iFixit is creating a repairability scoring standard for US electronics
The repair specialist says the new system will be separate from its familiar teardown scores, which have long rated devices based on factors such as ease of disassembly, parts access, documentation, and software restrictions. Instead, the NSF project is intended to become a more formal, repeatable standard that can be...
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Video Game History Foundation founder says piracy remains the only viable game preservation method
Video Game History Foundation founder Frank Cifaldi recently supported claims that piracy is the only effective way to preserve video games. The comments lay the blame squarely on game companies' refusal to keep legacy content available or allow archivists to build legal repositories.
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Singapore charges suspects over $5.7 million and $42 million property tied to Nvidia AI server smuggling route to China
Lim Jenny and Woon Guo Jie Aaron are accused of handling proceeds tied to the alleged scheme, with investigators tracing more than $926,000 in each of their bank accounts to criminal activity. Authorities also seized a high-end property valued at $42 million that was allegedly purchased using those funds and...
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Concorde-style supersonic flights over US land could return, as long as they're quiet enough
The aptly named rule, titled Enabling Supersonic Overland Flight, would amend Parts 1 and 91 of federal aviation regulations.
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A leaked Microsoft experiment reveals a new OS built entirely around Copilot and AI agents
Back when Copilot was still a brand-new AI experience, Microsoft was already trying to turn the service into a cloud-based OS. That experiment appears to be long gone now, but Microsoft is apparently still trying to bring Copilot everywhere, despite stating otherwise.
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Someone finally built a working Game Boy emulator for E-ink screens
M5Stack's PaperS3 was originally built for smart home controls, electronic labels, and educational tools. But YouTuber Wenting Channel recently detailed how he turned the old dev board into a 60Hz E-ink Game Boy, its paper-like display an unexpectedly good match for the handheld's graphical capabilities.
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Meta is using old DDR4 memory in DDR5-only AI servers to save on hardware costs
Documents presented by Meta at ISCA 2026 this week reveal that its new "MemServers" are powered by AMD's Epyc Turin CPUs, featuring 158 cores and 316 threads.
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A new attack uses a BioShock-style puzzle to convince AI browsers they're not in the real world
Researchers from LayerX recently unveiled BioShocking, a new type of vulnerability designed to target AI-powered browsers capable of executing autonomous tasks on the open web. The security firm explained that BioShocking can "game" an AI-based browser, causing the system to execute malicious instructions after effectively bypassing its intended security guardrails.
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OpenAI may give the US government a 5% stake, following Trump's Intel playbook
Chief executive Sam Altman has argued that the public should share in the economic gains created by AI. In discussions with policymakers, he suggested that a government stake could help distribute those financial gains more broadly while improving relations between the industry and regulators.
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Dell just overtook HP as the top PC maker in the US as the entire market shrinks
Omdia recently reported that PC shipments in the US fell 7% year over year in the first quarter of 2026. The London-based research firm estimates that 15.8 million PCs were shipped to the US market during 1Q26, marking the steepest annual decline since the third quarter of 2023. The weak...
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