USPTO rejects Nintendo's "summon and fight" Pokémon patent as Palworld battle continues
Nintendo can respond to the decision within two months, amend the claims, and appeal. But the fact that the examiner rejected all 26 claims is hardly a great look for a patent that IP lawyers were hammering long before this latest ruling arrived.
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SpaceX quietly files for massive IPO that could value the company at over $1.75 trillion
The people, who asked not to be identified because the details are private, said SpaceX could seek a valuation above $1.75 trillion, eclipsing Saudi Aramco's 2019 IPO as the biggest to date.
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Memory spiked first, CPUs followed, now PCBs could be the next victim of the AI boom
TrendForce reports that DRAM and NAND costs will continue increasing in the second quarter of 2026 as demand from AI data centers remains strong. Meanwhile, sources from the tech industry supply chain have informed Nikkei Asia that shortages of basic materials will raise the prices of printed circuit boards and...
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Hoax post claiming the world's oldest tortoise had died was a crypto scam
Several large media outlets, including the BBC, USA Today, and the Daily Mail, reported yesterday about an X post that purportedly belonged to Joe Hollins, a vet who has previously cared for Jonathan.
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NYC hospital chief says AI could replace many radiologists if regulations change
"We could replace a great deal of radiologists with AI at this moment, if we are ready to do the regulatory challenge," Katz told participants.
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Quantum computers might crack today's encryption far sooner than we thought
According to a study by engineers at Caltech and the UC Department of Physics, quantum computers do not need to be nearly as powerful as previously believed to crack the most advanced cryptographic technologies. The research claims that Shor's algorithm could break RSA public-key encryption using quantum computers with just...
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March Steam survey: Intel Arc finally breaks into the charts as AMD and Linux reach record shares
February was one of those weird months where the Steam survey saw massive changes from the status quo: the RTX 5070 became the top GPU, AMD lost CPU share, Windows 11 was down 10%, and Chinese became the most common language among participants.
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Apple turns 50 with a legacy of reinventing the personal computer
The Apple-1, designed by Steve Wozniak and sold through stores like Byte Shop, arrived as a fully assembled board powered by a MOS Technology 6502 processor and 4 KB of memory. It lacked a case, keyboard, or power supply, and users had to load Integer BASIC from cassette.
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Sony's upcoming handheld could outperform Xbox Series S with next-gen upscaling
Prominent leaker KeplerL2 recently claimed that Sony's rumored handheld will feature a faster graphics chip than the Xbox Series S. The device, codenamed Canis, is expected to complement the PlayStation 6, which is not expected to arrive before late 2027.
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Google offers researchers early access to Willow quantum processor
The Early Access Program invites researchers to design and propose quantum experiments that push the boundaries of what current hardware can achieve. It is a selective program – the processor will not be publicly available – and Google is setting firm deadlines for participation. Research teams have until May 15,...
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