Nvidia's banned Blackwell AI servers are selling for $1.1 million on China's black market
The US has restricted the export of Nvidia's most powerful AI chips to China since 2022 over fears that they could be used for military purposes.
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Does the Nvidia App Hurt Performance? We Benchmarked It.
Does the Nvidia App really hurt gaming performance? We benchmarked its background app, overlay, recording, and filters to see what affects frame rates and whether it is worth keeping installed.
The US government wants a working quantum computer by 2028 and quantum-resistant encryption by 2031
One order directs federal agencies to work with private companies and universities to deliver a quantum computer capable of supporting scientific research by 2028. The Department of Energy has been tasked with identifying the technical benchmarks that will define the system.
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Europe's digital euro is one step closer, designed to cut out Visa and Mastercard
The European Parliament said the digital euro can be used to make both online and offline payments to merchants across Europe. Online payments would be processed through an account-based system, while offline payments would function more like cash, with transactions conducted directly via local storage devices such as smartphones.
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Google Home Speaker debuts with Gemini AI and Matter support
The new Google Home Speaker brings Gemini and expanded smart home capabilities, and Matter hub support. Reviews highlight its more natural voice experience, though some note that audio quality doesn't clearly surpass the older Nest Audio.
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China just built the world's most powerful supercomputer – using Huawei chips and no GPUs
The TOP500 project has unveiled the 67th edition of its biannual ranking of the world's most powerful high-performance computing (HPC) systems. Announced at the ISC 2026 conference in Hamburg, Germany, the new list marks the surprise debut of LineShine, a previously unannounced Chinese machine that enters straight at No. 1,...
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Silicon Valley's longevity drug obsession is facing its first real reality check
Bryan Johnson, the tech entrepreneur who turned his body into a public experiment, stopped taking Rapamycin in September 2024 after several years of self-testing the drug. The immunosuppressant, which is clinically used to prevent organ rejection, had been a cornerstone of his longevity regimen since 2019. Over the years, he...
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SteamOS 3.8.10 is Valve's biggest step yet toward taking on Windows
SteamOS 3.8.10 is one of Valve's most significant OS updates yet, squarely aimed at hardware beyond the Steam Deck. The update adds support for the Steam Machine and third-party handhelds including the Asus ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion Go, and MSI Claw. Radeon gaming desktops can already run SteamOS via the recovery image – Nvidia support is still in the works.
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LastPass customer names, emails, and support records stolen in third-party breach, vaults unaffected
The good news for anyone still using LastPass after its previous security disasters is that this was not a compromise of the company's password manager infrastructure. LastPass says customer vaults remain secure, and its products and services were not affected.
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James Webb Telescope uncovers salt clouds on a strange pink planet 57 light-years away
Using Webb's ability to isolate faint planetary light from the glare of a nearby star, a team led by Northwestern University captured direct spectroscopic data from GJ504b for the first time. What had taken countless observation attempts from Earth was accomplished in roughly two hours. More importantly, the data was...
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