Investment firms GI Partners and Legacy Investing are transforming the iconic Chicago Board Options Exchange building into a major data center. The 300,500 square foot property at 400 S. LaSalle Street will deliver 33MW of capacity with exceptional fiber density. The conversion represents a signific
In a world where running Docker on your NAS is practically a rite of passage, one writer explains their minimalist approach. They maintain two separate NAS devices—one for reliability and one for experimentation. The result? Fewer headaches and more dependable storage.
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple has put the Mac Pro on the “back burner” and is focusing development on the Mac Studio. The company appears to be prioritizing the Mac Studio with upcoming M5 Ultra chips over updating its flagship pro desktop. This suggests the Mac Pro’s days might be num
Mini PCs from companies like Geekom and Minisforum are delivering unprecedented performance in tiny packages at affordable prices. But according to The How-To Geek, rising RAM costs and cloud streaming could end this golden era sooner than expected. Now might be the best time to buy before prices cl
AMD’s desktop CPU market share jumped to 33.6% in Q3, gaining nearly 5 percentage points year-over-year. The company’s mobile share remained stable at around 20% as Intel pulled back from low-end products.
Chinese tech giant Baidu has unveiled two new AI processors and large-scale computing systems targeting inference and training workloads. The M100 chip optimized for inference launches in early 2026, followed by the M300 for training massive models in 2027. Baidu is building “supernode” clusters com
Microsoft’s PC Manager centralizes Windows cleanup tools in one interface but offers minimal real performance gains. The app mainly repackages existing system utilities while steering users toward Microsoft’s ecosystem, including forcibly opening links in Edge regardless of default browser settings.
Apple continues its rapid software update cycle with the second developer beta builds for iOS 26.2, iPadOS 26.2, and macOS Tahoe 26.2. The updates bring gaming features, CarPlay improvements, and changes to sleep tracking categories. Beta testers can now explore these features ahead of public releas
IBM is moving quantum processor production to a 300mm wafer fab facility, doubling production speed. The company unveiled two new processors targeting different milestones in its quantum roadmap.
Windows 8.1 brought revolutionary features like on-demand OneDrive storage and app snapping that became industry standards. Microsoft’s ambitious tablet-focused approach in 2012-2013 laid groundwork for modern computing, even if the interface was polarizing. The operating system represented a rare m
