A group of flight sim enthusiasts is building a complete sim rig in their garage using the cockpit of an old 747 jumbo jet. The Jurassic Jets Team , whose members’ backgrounds range from construction, engineering, and aviation, bought the cockpit of an old, decommissioned Boeing 747-300, and they used it as a base to construct an authentic flight simulator for X-Plane . What makes the project more challenging is that the 747
Elon Musk says idling Tesla cars could create massive 100-million-vehicle strong computer for AI — 'bored' vehicles could offer 100 gigawatts of distributed compute power
During Tesla’s Q3 2025 earnings call, the firm’s CEO, Elon Musk, proposed that the cars take part in "a giant distributed inference fleet" to tap into their incredible compute power "if they are bored." Musk went on to estimate that, at some point, the advanced car fleet could summon "100 gigawatts of inference." Predictably, Musk’s latest musings have met with a mixed response on social media
U.S. and China agree on one-year tariff truce, including semiconductor and rare earth breakthroughs — the future of Nvidia AI chip sales to the nation remains murky
In momentous news for the global trade war and the global semiconductor industry, President Trump and China's Xi Jinping have reportedly agreed on a one-year tariff truce that could pave the way for a lasting easing of tensions between the two nations. As reported by the New York Times , the pair met at an airport in the South Korean city of Busan, which finally brought some clarity and de-escalation to the ongoing trade war between the two superpowers.
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OpenAI's Microsoft contract negotiation is a necessary step toward a future IPO — Altman's goal is to build 30 gigawatts of compute infrastructure, valued at $1.4 trillion
After months of negotiations and with a looming end-of-year deadline , Microsoft and OpenAI have finally agreed on the wording for their working relationship going forward, clarifying several salient points that had proven difficult for both companies to agree upon until now.
The key points include the fact that Microsoft now owns a 27% stake in OpenAI, valued at $135 billion USD. In addition, Microsoft will retain OpenAI's IP rights through 203
QNAP's new NAS brings exotic data center 'ruler' SSDs into your house — massive ES.1 form factor SSDs for up to 19.2TB of storage for $4,399
QNAP now offers pre-installed bundles for the company's NASbook TBS-h574TX, featuring EDSFF ( Enterprise and Datacenter Standard Form Factor) E1.S SSDs, commonly referred to as the "ruler" form factor. The Thunderbolt 4 NAS, powered by an Intel processor, is now available with capacities of 9.6TB or 19.2TB.
The TBS-h574TX supports standard M.2 2280 and
Australia's police to use AI to decode criminals' emoji slang to curb online crime — "crimefluencers" will be decoded and translated for investigators
Artificial intelligence has taken the world by storm, incorporating itself knee-deep in various aspects of our society seemingly overnight, for better or for worse. In the case of Australia's police, the intention is pure, and the goal is to prevent crime or catch suspects more effectively with the use of an AI that can translate modern, online slang, in particular, emojis. Young adults who are part of hate groups on social media that spread violent rhetoric and often act on
WD launches investigation into problems with its controversial SMR hard drives — same drives that got WD sued in 2021 now reporting failure rates due to 'fundamental' flaws
Hard drive manufacturer Western Digital has confirmed that it is looking into potential problems with its older hard drives identified by data recovery scientists. The drives in question, a collection of 2TB to 6TB WD Blue and Red models released around 2020, are SMR drives, a classification that already brought WD a class-action lawsuit in 2021.
"Trust and reliability are the foundation of everything we do at Western Digital," reads WD's official response
3D-printed full-auto bullpup 'ghost guns' can now be made for a couple of hundred dollars — designs have evolved dramatically outside the U.S.
The topic of 3D-printed " ghost guns " has always been one of the highest-caliber discussions worldwide — both in and out of the United States, where gun ownership is chambered in the Constitution. Things are a bit different outside the U.S., as detailed in an interesting exposé in Bloomberg — ownership of guns is highly restricted in other countries, and their manufacturing, even more so. The write-up is interesting for anyone interested in 3D
Huge Microsoft outage ongoing across 365, Xbox, and beyond — colossal internet breakdown for the second time in days, Zoom, Starbucks, and Capital One all affected
There's another AWS outage.
Windows 11 videos demonstrating account and hardware requirements bypass purged from YouTube — platform says content ‘encourages dangerous or illegal activities that risk serious physical harm or deat
A YouTube creator’s videos, posted just days apart and demonstrating how to bypass Microsoft ’s Windows 11 limitations, were removed for allegedly violating the platform’s community guidelines. Rich, the creator behind the channel CyberCPU Tech , suspected that the takedown of the first YouTube video, a guide on how to log in to Windows 11 using only a local account , was due to YouTube’s AI algorithm flagging it as a false positive. However, he