IBM and Cisco have announced plans to jointly build a distributed quantum computing network capable of linking fault-tolerant systems over long distances. In an announcement on Thursday, November 20, the companies said they aim to demonstrate a two-machine entanglement proof-of-concept by 2030, with the ultimate goal of enabling scalable quantum workloads that span multiple sites and processors. If successful, the collaboration would mark a shift in how quantum computing resources are deployed, moving beyond single

The developers of the Linux-based Zorin OS say their latest release, Zorin OS 18, has already been downloaded more than one million times , and according to telemetry, over 78% of those downloads came from Windows systems. It's not a perfect proxy for real migrations, but it's a striking data point during a moment when Microsoft 's user base is unusually restless. As Windows 10's end-of-support deadline disappears further into

A new annual report from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission delivered to United States Congress claims that the People’s Republic of China is actively developing techniques and technologies to sever undersea communications cables as part of its “gray zone” strategy. Undersea cables carry up to 95% of global internet traffic, and the commission links China’s efforts to the potential disruption of global communications in a future conflict.

In the report’s chapter on

Thanks to the AI boom devouring the majority of the world's memory and storage supply, end-consumers are now facing increasingly inflated prices for common components. DDR5 RAM, a necessity for building current-gen Intel or AMD systems, has now reached record highs in terms of pricing; a 64 GB kit of G.Skill's Trident Z5 Neo 6000 MT/s RAM is listed at $599.99 on

This Black Friday bargain on Amazon lets you get your mitts on AMD's top-performing graphics card, the Radeon RX 9070 XT Reaper from PowerColor, for just $599.99 . This matches the lowest pricing offered for this card, and is also the original MSRP marked for the 9070 XT at launch. However, that price increased to $799.99 when the card was actually released.

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Black Friday has officially started, and there's a veritable flood of sales at multiple 3D printer makers. In addition, there are still some deals to be had at Amazon, too! We're tracking these great 3D printer deals, so all you need to do is grab one of the best 3D printers and a few rolls of filament to keep you printing. We have the full

It’s Black Friday week, but Amazon is already several days into its big sales event, with huge discounts to be had, including deals on several monitors to upgrade your setup. This 27-inch Lenovo gaming monitor is one of them, and it’s one of the cheapest 1440p displays I can find on sale right now (at least, from a reputable brand), if not the cheapest one out there.

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Budget gamers looking for a new GPU are in for a treat as MSI just dropped the price of its entry-level Blackwell gaming GPU. The MSI Gaming RTX 5050 Shadow 2X is now down to just $219.99 — a 21% discount from its regular price of $279.99, saving buyers $60. It’s also $30 cheaper than Nvidia’s suggested retail price, making it one

A solo miner running just 6 terahashes per second of computing power has overcome odds of about 1 in 180 million to mine a full Bitcoin block via the CKpool pool. According to CoinDesk , the miner secured 3.146 BTC plus transaction fees — a payout worth around US$270,000 at current rates , despite commanding only about 0.0000007% of the network’s estimated 855.7 exahashes