|
Navigation
Search
Top: PC / Tech.
|
The latest geek News
Saturday January 24, 2026. 12:30 PM
Neurophos is developing a massive optical systolic array clocked at 56GHz good for 470 petaFLOPS of FP4 compute As Moore's Law slows to a crawl and the amount of energy required to deliver generational performance gains grows, some chip designers are looking to alternative...
Plus: The FAA blocks drones over DHS operations, Microsoft admits it hands over Bitlocker encryption keys to the cops, and more.
Plus: Asus exits the smartphone market, and Sony partners with TCL on TVs.
It’s LVMH Watch Week, so here's WIRED's pick of the timepieces that made their debut—plus one notable gatecrasher.
A clinical trial found that seniors at high stroke risk who wore an Apple Watch were four times more likely to have hidden heart rhythm disorders detected than those receiving standard care. The researchers noted that over half the time, these smartwatch wearers with heart...
Researchers have succeeded in developing the smallest fully autonomous robot in history. It measures less than 1 millimeter and can swim underwater for months powered only by light.
Drone, satellite, and other data combined to monitor unwanted vessels The UK Home Office is spending up to £100 million on intelligence tech in part to tackle the so-called 'small boats' issue of refugees and irregular immigrants coming across the English Channel.…
A new study shows that earthquake monitoring networks can track falling space debris by detecting the sonic booms produced during atmospheric reentry, sometimes more accurately than radar. The Associated Press reports: Scientists reported Thursday that seismic readings from...
Bruce66423 shares a report from the Guardian: New filtration technology developed by Rice University may absorb some Pfas 'forever chemicals' at 100 times the rate than previously possible, which could dramatically improve pollution control and speed remediations....
In 2026, lower-end PCs may be more difficult to come by, and for those that are available, price tags may rise. This is fallout from Intel’s plans to pivot its manufacturing capacity from chips for PCs to Xeon processors to support intensive AI workloads. The company has...
California became the first U.S. state to join the World Health Organization's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), one day after the U.S. formally exited the WHO. The Hill reports: This announcement comes just one day after the U.S.'s withdrawal from the WHO...
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from the Guardian: The financial campaigner James Daley has launched a 1.5 billion pound (approximately $1.5 billion) class action lawsuit against Apple over its mobile phone wallet, claiming the U.S. tech company blocked...
Shipping experts say the big winter storm across a wide swath of the country should be business as usual—if their safeguards hold.
Clearly Filtered water pitchers, bottles, and under-sink filters are 10 to 19 percent off. I tested three filters to see how they performed.
The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into Deel over allegations that it recruited a spy inside rival Rippling, according to documents seen by The Wall Street Journal. From the report: An Ireland-based Rippling employee, Keith O'Brien, alleged in ...
But ex-CISA boss and new RSAC CEO Jen Easterly will be there exclusive The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency won't attend the annual RSA Conference in March, an agency spokesperson confirmed to The Register.…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: When TikTok users in the U.S. opened the app today, they were greeted with a pop-up asking them to agree to the social media platform's new terms of service and privacy policy before they could resume scrolling. These changes...
Encrypting the data stored locally on your hard drives is generally a good idea, specifically if you have use a laptop and take it with you a lot and thieves might get a hold of it. This issue becomes even more pressing if you carry sensitive data as a dissident or...
The White House doubled down after posting a digitally altered photo of Minnesota protester Nekima Levy Armstrong, dismissing it as a 'meme' despite objections from her attorney and comparisons to reality-distorting propaganda. 'YET AGAIN to the people who feel the need to...
Last year brought a wealth of new features and fixes to Firefox on Linux. Besides numerous improvements and bug fixes, I want to highlight some major achievements: HDR video playback support, reworked rendering for fractionally scaled displays, and asynchronous rendering...
|
25 sources
Current Date
Jan, Sat 24 - 12:40 CET
|
