Google is reportedly rolling out a long-requested feature: the ability to change your actual Gmail address. Your old address becomes an alias, but there’s a catch. This could be a huge relief for millions.
Geoffrey Hinton, the so-called “godfather of AI,” warns the technology is advancing faster than he anticipated. He predicts 2026 will see AI capable of replacing many more jobs, with software engineering in its sights.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the Trump administration’s rollback of Biden-era broadband mandates is projected to save taxpayers $21 billion. By removing requirements for union consultation, “affordable” plan stipulations, and fiber preferences, costs per connection have plummeted, from as h
Intel’s Arc Alchemist GPUs can now use the newer Xe kernel driver on Linux instead of the legacy i915. Benchmarks show a performance uplift, but the latest kernel broke support for higher-end cards. The transition to modern drivers is proving messy.
TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield competition narrowed thousands of applicants down to 200 top contenders. Among them, these seven space and defense startups stood out for their innovative approaches to propulsion, AI, and navigation.
The story of a covert Chinese lab building a working EUV lithography machine is falling apart. A new analysis reveals the prototype is a nonfunctional collection of mismatched parts, incapable of making a single chip.
Researchers have created the world’s smallest programmable, autonomous robot. At just 200 by 300 micrometers, it’s smaller than a freckle and can operate for months powered by light.
The open-source firmware project Coreboot has dropped its year-end update, and it’s packing some serious hardware support. Version 25.12 brings official backing for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X1E80100 and a proof-of-concept for next-gen AMD Turin, signaling a major push into modern platforms.
According to a science journalist, we consistently misread science fiction by either fetishizing its dystopian tech or treating it as a literal blueprint. Both mistakes blind us to the genre’s real power: to question the world as it is.
Samsung is pushing to make India a core manufacturing hub, not just for phones but for critical components like displays. The move leverages government incentive schemes and could reshape global supply chains.
