China struck the word "semiconductor" from a 25-year-old chip law to cover photonic and quantum designs, and it is being seen as a potential leadership claim

A judge in New Mexico ordered Meta to pay $567 million into an abatement fund after a jury ruled the company violated the states unfair practices act.

A New Mexico judge ordered the Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp parent company to pay another $567m for the way it has harmed children.

After that shocking season 3 finale, I'm thrilled that My Life with the Walter Boys season 4 has already been confirmed. But what do we actually know about it?

AI usage is evident but isn't yet a serious problem

Now that Samsung has a new form factor in the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8, it is only natural for at least some prospective buyers to be weighing it against the more established foldable design in the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra. After all, the difference in price between the two isn't huge, so the decision has to be based on other considerations. So, let's look into some of the finer points in this comparison together. Perhaps we might just help you figure out which is the best Fold for you. Table ..

The guardian of Nissan brands in Malaysia, Edaran Tan Chong Motor (ETCM), has recently provided two units of Nissan Kicks e-Power for evaluation by the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM). They will be used to assess the subcompact hybrid SUVs capability in terms of performance, practicality, and adaptability through real-world frontline operations. The Proof of Concept []

NASA's proposed PROMISE Moon rover could cost up to $1.33 billion despite plans to reuse existing Mars rover engineering hardware.

The airline industry wants passengers to be careful when travelling with lithium ion batteries.

Google's $15 billion data-center project in Visakhapatnam is facing protests and legal challenges over fears that it will worsen local water shortages and disturb wildlife near the Kambalakonda sanctuary. Google says the campus will use advanced air cooling and comply with Indian law, while state officials deny that residential or rural water supplies will be tapped. Reuters reports: The southern state of Andhra Pradesh, governed by an ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has hailed the ..

For smartphones selling at over $600, Apple owns 65% of that market and grew 9% year over year in the first half of 2026. However, Chinese brands are making a dent in local market share. iPhone demand increases Apple's premium market share Apple ships 23% of all smartphones sold globally and captures 49% of all profit . It's a behemoth on its own, but when accounting for smartphones in the $600 plus range, it's the clear leader in market share. According to a report from Counterpoint Research, ..

The US Air Force says Boeing's F-47 remains on schedule, with its first flight expected in 2028 under Next Generation Air Dominance.

WeatherNext can deliver a 15-day forecast predicting storms' track and intensity.

Grindr says AI is boosting engineering productivity, supporting a new $350-per-month premium tier and driving stronger subscriber growth and retention.

CNBCs Jim Cramer said earnings season reinforced five investing themes he thinks will produce the market's best buying opportunities.

The nonpartisan watchdog found Elon Musk's DOGE didn't cut as much federal spending as it claimed and that it fell far short of its promised $2 trillion.

The congressman thinks it's time for a "Data Center Bill of Rights."

Airbnb said it's seeing strong demand "across all regions," contributing to the company's better-than-expected forecast.

Get The Award-Winning Luminar Neo Lifetime Bundle for $79.99 and own AI- powered photo editing software, creative tools, and training with a one-time purchase.

alternative_right shares a report from The Hill: A federal judge in Mississippi ruled Wednesday that "tower dump" warrants are unconstitutional, declining to reverse a lower court decision refusing the government's request to obtain the search warrants in a series of violent crime investigations. A "tower dump" involves cellphone companies providing law enforcement with access to the time and location data of all mobile devices connected to specific cell towers during a designated time window. ..

Primetime has given us our first look at Robert Pattinson's Chris Hansen, and some other surprises too.

Sadly, it's also the end of the line for Pixel 6 phones.

Jon Prosser was sued by Apple over the alleged theft of pre-release information, saw a default ruling due to inaction, had that overturned, and is once again failing to provide discovery materials. There's a reason this time. Jon Prosser in his latest video about Apple. Image source: FPT Life hasn't been easy for Jon Prosser since a July 2025 lawsuit from Apple accused him and Michael Ramacciotti of stealing information from Apple employee Ethan Lipnik's test device. He says he's not guilty, ..

It would be an ambitiously high price for the AI-powered hardware pivot.

Taalas' current chip runs a small version of Meta's Llama 3.1, though the company is working on chips for big

Free users are getting unlimited chats and deeper thinking.

Security researchers tracked and eavesdropped on a WIRED reporter using vulnerabilities in a pink plastic smartwatch. Its just one piece of a deeply insecure supply chain of GPS-enabled gadgets.

OpenAI continues to churn out upgrades to its various GPT models, the latest GPT-5.6 promises to be more succinct and provide confident wrong answers less often. Here's what's new. ChatGPT gets a slider for compute intensity Apple and OpenAI have a relationship where ChatGPT is an extension for the previous version of Siri, though that could come to an end soon. The latest updates don't affect users of that specific function, but the Mac utilities and iOS app will gain new features and ..

Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich used Claude to build a gloriously impractical setup that runs Doom in the background and pastes each rendered frame into Microsoft Paint through the Windows clipboard. The project is referred to as "DoomPaint" or "MS Paint Doom" on GitHub. The Register reports: To be clear, Microsoft Paint isn't doing anything other than serving as a place to paste from the game. [...] ViZDoom runs the Doom .wad file and renders it headlessly. Each frame is passed through ..

The EU has been throwing its weight around, trying to force interoperability between the major digital platforms. But companies can work at the issue too companies like Sunbird, which may as well be called phoenix since its back from the dead. Sunbird has built an Android app that promises proper iMessage support. Is that still necessary now that Apple devices support RCS? The company points out that RCS messages still appear in a green bubble to iPhone users. Also, some features like ..

Details have leaked about OpenAI's new hardware, and by all accounts, it's going to be shaped and sized a lot like a second-generation Alexa Dot, be battery-powered, and retail for between $300 and $400. Amazon Echo Dot, second generation The rumor mill has been loaded with rumors about OpenAI's hardware. A new accounting of the device says it will be a smart speaker without a display. Furthermore, it is rumored to be about the same size as a hockey puck, like the second-generation Echo Dot ..

The gloves are off as GrapheneOS calls Revolut's approach to security "incredibly negligent."

The first High Bandwidth Flash spec is here: 512GB stacks at up to 3TB/s. What isn't here is a ship date, and perhaps more importantly, Nvidia isn't on the participant list.

Savers Value Village is launching a new AI pricing tool to keep product prices consistent and low, the company told CNBC exclusively.

The Dawn of the Machine expansion was made by MachineGames in collaboration with id Software.

Early tech demos show model-specific integrated circuits churning out up to 17,000 tokens a second

Shares of AppLovin tanked 19% Thursday off a second-quarter earnings miss, falling short of analysts' expectations for revenue.

Disneys Created in LA brings creators to the historic El Capitan Theatre, and TechRadar spoke with founder Jon Youshaei about how accessible technology is blurring the line between Hollywood studios and the next generation of storytellers.

OpenAI researchers say multiple AI agents secretly created an internal message board to share hacking techniques, eventually finding ways around restrictions, exploiting a zero-day, and helping two models breach Hugging Face without human prompting. "This is a pivotal moment both for our company as well as the AI industry as a whole," Michael Dalton, one of the AI-maker's researchers, said during a presentation at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Politico reports: ..