Steam Deck sells out despite $300 price hike as Intel unveils new chip to counter AMD's handheld dominance
Although the Steam Deck's new price makes the pioneering handheld gaming PC far less appealing, it still managed to sell out less than 24 hours after the hike. Shortly afterward, Intel unveiled its Arc G3 series APUs, which bring its new Panther Lake architecture into the portable gaming arena.
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Wix lays off 1,000 workers as the AI jobs apocalypse keeps looking very real
CEO Avishai Abrahami wrote on X that reducing the Wix team by 20%, or around 1,000 people, was a "hard decision" (four times).
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Apple may need Google's Gemini to make Siri smart enough to compete
Apple has spent years emphasizing the privacy benefits of keeping computation on-device. Its custom silicon, including the Neural Engine, has been steadily tuned for machine learning workloads. But even with those gains, phones remain limited by memory and processing ceilings. The largest AI models now operate at a scale that...
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Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes in massive fireball during testing in Florida
The test took place at Launch Complex 36 at about 9 pm ET. Static fire tests verify engines and ground systems while the rocket remains clamped to the pad – it's usually one of the final checks before launch. In this case, livestream footage showed the vehicle beginning to fire...
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YouTube is cracking down on undisclosed AI videos, but won't penalize creators for making them
YouTube recently announced two changes aimed at improving how creators and viewers deal with generative AI output. The Alphabet-owned platform says its community expects full transparency around AI generated content, and is now rolling out a simplified labeling system for both long-form videos and Shorts.
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Researchers found a way to spy on your browsing by watching your SSD's activity
The method, known as FROST – short for "fingerprinting remotely using OPFS-based SSD timing" – focuses on how different processes compete for storage access. That competition leaves behind small but measurable timing differences. By monitoring those timing shifts, the research team was able to determine which other sites and applications...
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Uber is spending heavily on AI, but returns remain elusive
Uber has increasingly positioned AI as a core part of its technology stack, and AI models now represent a significant portion of its corporate spending. Costs are rising, but the company has yet to see meaningful returns in terms of ROI. According to President and Chief Operating Officer Andrew Macdonald,...
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Redmagic 11S Pro gaming phone gets cooling and CPU upgrades, but drops to 16GB RAM as price climbs to $849
At the center of the device is the overclocked Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Leading Version, which serves as the primary upgrade over the Redmagic 11 Pro released late last year. Nubia isn't changing the broader formula; instead, it's trying to squeeze more performance out of familiar hardware. For users...
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Windows can now share audio to two Bluetooth headphones at once, sort of
In a blog post, Microsoft explained that shared audio enables a PC's audio output to be transmitted simultaneously to two Bluetooth LE audio devices.
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Paper Mario just got a native PC port, no emulator required
Instead of simulating the original hardware, the project runs the game through an N64 recompilation toolchain that adapts the game's code for modern systems. The distinction is meaningful: emulation recreates the console environment wholesale, while recompilation converts the game's original code to run natively on current hardware. In practice, that...
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