Microsoft can sell almost anything these days; even the relatively unpopular Xbox Series consoles have sold tens of millions of units. The company is a household name, and whether you like it or not, you've probably given Microsoft money at some point or another. That wasn't always the case, though. Back in the mid-1980s, it wasn't even clear that Windows was going to hang around that much longer, as Microsoft was

An LED testing ‘device’ which largely consists of a hot dog, two forks and a power supply has been entered into an electronics competition. Luckily, this is the 2025 Hackaday Component Abuse Challenge, where being zany is a winning strategy.

But don’t try this at home.

Ian Dunn’s 100% "Safe" 120VAC LED tester looks glorious, with its LED sprinkles. Bonus: if you test your LEDs

Lowering defect densities and increasing yields are the key challenges for chipmakers and chip designers who use hundreds of methods for both tasks. This is because semiconductor fabrication technologies involve thousands of steps, and each can affect defect rates and yields. A recent discovery by researchers at Chinese universities has revealed how resists behave during development and how the post-exposure bake (PEB) step can reduce defect density by up to 99% in some cases, according to a paper published in Nature . However,

Elon Musk has confirmed that Tesla’s AI6 chip will be manufactured at both Samsung’s Taylor facility and TSMC’s Arizona fab. The update from the company’s CEO follows earlier comments in which he described Samsung’s site as technically superior — remarks that had suggested a one-fab strategy for Tesla’s most advanced silicon. That’s no longer the case.

According to Musk, both AI5 and AI6 are being built by Samsung

China-based Mini PC manufacturer Minisforum has just globally launched the MS-R1, the company's first foray into the ARM market, with a compact yet powerful device. Building on the interest in Nvidia's DGX Spark, the ongoing AI boom has made desktop-class ARM systems a hot topic, and Minisforum's MS-R1 differentiates itself by including support for dedicated GPUs and a UEFI.

Black Friday might not officially start until 28th November, but Black Friday sales start earlier and earlier with each passing year. Our favourite retailers have already begun ramping up the discounts across the board here in the UK, and we're already hard at work, searching high and low on the information superhighway for the best of them to share with our readers

T-Mobile is making serious inroads in the home broadband market with its own-branded 5G Home Internet service and , more recently, the launch of Mint Mobile MINTernet . Now, the company is refreshing its 5G Home Internet service with new tiers and hardware upgrades for new customers.

• New 5G Home Internet tiers and Wi-Fi 7 at T-Mobile

Previously, T-Mobile offered a single tier of service, with unlimited 5G data at $50 per month

Nextorage's innovative NX-PFS1PRO portable SSD delivers competitive performance comparable to the best external SSDs on the market while also prioritizing data security . The manufacturer has integrated an extensive array of security features into the NX-PFS1PRO to safeguard your valuable data from unauthorized access.

The NX-PFS1PRO incorporates hardware encryption and is equipped with a self-protection feature designed to immediately erase all data on the SSD in the event of unauthorized access. Additionally, the drive is