Connectors are wonderful and terrible things. Wonderful, in that splicing wires every time you need to disassemble something is really, really annoying. Terrible in that it can be just such an incredible pain-in-the-assets to find the right one if you’re stuck with just a male or a female for some unfortunate reason. We’ve all been
Read MoreConnectors are wonderful and terrible things. Wonderful, in that splicing wires every time you need to disassemble something is really, really annoying. Terrible in that it can be just such an incredible pain-in-the-assets to find the right one if you’re stuck with just a male or a female for some unfortunate reason. We’ve all been
Read MoreTexas’s electricity demand has surged to record highs in 2025 but renewable energy is meeting the challenge. According to new data from the Energy Information Administration, solar output has quadrupled since 2021, wind continues steady growth, and battery storage is increasingly stabilizing the grid during evening peaks. Electrek reports: ERCOT, which supplies power to about
Read MoreTexas’s electricity demand has surged to record highs in 2025 but renewable energy is meeting the challenge. According to new data from the Energy Information Administration, solar output has quadrupled since 2021, wind continues steady growth, and battery storage is increasingly stabilizing the grid during evening peaks. Electrek reports: ERCOT, which supplies power to about
Read MoreApple has begun shipping U.S.-made AI servers from a new factory in Houston, Texas — part of its $600 billion investment in American manufacturing and supply chains. CNBC reports: Apple Chief Operating Officer Sabih Khan said on Thursday that the servers will power the company’s Apple Intelligence and Private Cloud Compute services. Apple is using
Read MoreApple has begun shipping U.S.-made AI servers from a new factory in Houston, Texas — part of its $600 billion investment in American manufacturing and supply chains. CNBC reports: Apple Chief Operating Officer Sabih Khan said on Thursday that the servers will power the company’s Apple Intelligence and Private Cloud Compute services. Apple is using
Read MoreIBM announced that its quantum error-correction algorithm can now run in real time on standard AMD field-programmable gate array (FPGA) chips — a major step toward making quantum computing more practical and affordable. Reuters reports: In June, IBM said it had developed an algorithm to run alongside quantum chips that can address such errors. In
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The Canvas tool in Gemini can now generate presentations directly from uploaded documents or even text prompts. The feature creates themed slide decks with text and visuals, ready to export to Google Slides. It’s rolling out now for personal and Workspace accounts. If you’ve ever stared at a
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The Canvas tool in Gemini can now generate presentations directly from uploaded documents or even text prompts. The feature creates themed slide decks with text and visuals, ready to export to Google Slides. It’s rolling out now for personal and Workspace accounts. If you’ve ever stared at a
Read MoreThe U.S. will expand the use of facial recognition technology to track non-citizens entering and leaving the country in order to combat visa overstays and passport fraud, according to a government document published on Friday. Reuters: A new regulation will allow U.S. border authorities to require non-citizens to be photographed at airports, seaports, land crossings
Read MoreTL;DR IKEA is giving away an NFC-enabled miniature bed for your smartphone. The smart (and small) bed uses NFC to make sure you don’t pick up your phone before getting seven hours of sleep. Users can earn a reward voucher after completing a week’s worth of seven-hour uninterrupted sleep sessions. If late-night smartphone use is
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Nothing has published a post that explains its future plans and elaborates on the new Lock Glimpse feature. Select non-flagship devices will now include a selection of third-party partner apps and services. The company says it plans to keep third-party apps minimal and easy to remove. The Android
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares a report: The first announcement that Lip-Bu Tan made a day after becoming the permanent chief executive of Intel was about massive layoffs to right-size the company in accordance with market realities. Now, the extent of those layoffs is becoming clearer, indicating Intel let go of as many as 20,500 employees
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares a report: The first announcement that Lip-Bu Tan made a day after becoming the permanent chief executive of Intel was about massive layoffs to right-size the company in accordance with market realities. Now, the extent of those layoffs is becoming clearer, indicating Intel let go of as many as 20,500 employees
Read MoreOutlook users have only just got over the webification of Microsoft’s email client in recent years, and already there are major changes on the horizon. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans tell me that the company recently reorganized its Outlook team under new leadership with a focus on rebuilding the email client for the AI era.
Read MoreOutlook users have only just got over the webification of Microsoft’s email client in recent years, and already there are major changes on the horizon. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans tell me that the company recently reorganized its Outlook team under new leadership with a focus on rebuilding the email client for the AI era.
Read MoreDJI’s new smartphone stabilizer supports Apple’s DockKit so it can track and follow subjects using a variety of iPhone camera apps. | Image: DJI Just eight months after introducing the Osmo Mobile 7 Pro, DJI has already announced a follow-up. The new Osmo Mobile 8 doesn’t reimagine the now well-established design of the company’s smartphone
Read MoreDJI’s new smartphone stabilizer supports Apple’s DockKit so it can track and follow subjects using a variety of iPhone camera apps. | Image: DJI Just eight months after introducing the Osmo Mobile 7 Pro, DJI has already announced a follow-up. The new Osmo Mobile 8 doesn’t reimagine the now well-established design of the company’s smartphone
Read MoreAirbus, Leonardo, and Thales are merging their space divisions into a new France-based company that aims to create a “leading European player in space.” The joint venture, expected to launch operations by 2027 pending regulatory approval, will pool R&D resources to accelerate satellite development and strengthen Europe’s technological sovereignty in space. Engadget reports: The companies
Read MoreI’m used to declaring Google’s latest and greatest its, well, latest and greatest. Most years, that means switching my SIM card into whatever Pixel Pro I can get my hands on and keeping it there for as long as possible between reviews. This year, though, I feel a little different. I thought the Pixel 10
Read More‘This is a landmark victory – not only for App Store users, but for anyone who has ever felt powerless against a global tech giant,’ the lead claimant said. Read more: Apple could pay £1.5bn in damages after UK court ruling
Read MoreAn Icelandic programmer successfully ran Doom on the European Space Agency’s OPS-SAT satellite, proving that the iconic 1993 shooter can now run not just everywhere on Earth — but in orbit. ZDNet reports: Olafur Waage, a senior software developer from Iceland who now works in Norway, explained at Ubuntu Summit 25.10 how he, a self-described
Read MoreAn Icelandic programmer successfully ran Doom on the European Space Agency’s OPS-SAT satellite, proving that the iconic 1993 shooter can now run not just everywhere on Earth — but in orbit. ZDNet reports: Olafur Waage, a senior software developer from Iceland who now works in Norway, explained at Ubuntu Summit 25.10 how he, a self-described
Read MoreIf there’s any one benefit to having a cat as a pet instead of a dog, it’s that they’re a bit more independent and able to care for themselves for many days without human intervention. The only thing that’s really needed is a way to make sure they get food and water at regular intervals,
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Dinosaurs would not have become extinct had it not been for a catastrophic asteroid strike, researchers have said, challenging the idea the animals were already in decline. About 66 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period, a huge space rock crashed into Earth, triggering a
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