SpaceX to launch a swarm of US reconnaissance satellites next month

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unnamed sources told reuters that spacex is working with aerospace and defense contractor northrop grumman to develop a highly advanced network of spy satellites the devices are almost ready to...

These credit cards feature OLEDs that light up upon payment

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with this issuers can emblazon their logos and designs in radiant color at every card swipe or contactless transaction this sentry hopes will help banks and issuers amplify their brands and boost...

How to build a Wii the size of a deck of cards

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modder james loopj smith recently introduced a fully functioning wii that could easily fit in a shirt pocket a complete assembly guide is available on github but it requires advanced motherboard...

Micron set to receive grants totaling over $6 billion for US chip production

techspot 2024-4-18

sources familiar with the matter told bloomberg that the deal is not yet finalized but could be wrapped up and announced as soon as next week based on the language used in the article it does not...

Nintendo emulator Delta lands on the Apple App Store, now the top free app

techspot 2024-4-18

according to testut igba was a knockoff of gba4ios which he developed while still in high school testut expressed frustration that apple approved the clone despite it being filled with ads and...

Google will invest more than $100 billion in AI, DeepMind founder says

techspot 2024-4-18

according to demis hassabis the child prodigy who founded deepmind google is likely to invest more than 100 billion in ai technology and applications in the near future deepmind is a british...

Russia-backed hacking group suspected of attack on US water system

techspot 2024-4-18

in january a resident in the small town of muleshoe north texas noticed that a water tower was overflowing tens of thousands of gallons of water flowed into the streets and drains in what the...

How to play PS1 Doom on PC (and why you might want to)

techspot 2024-4-18

a recent trend in modding involves reverse engineering classic console games to play them on various platforms without resorting to emulating the original console while doom is already an iconic pc...

Astronomers detected the most massive stellar black hole in the Milky Way

techspot 2024-4-17

european astronomers have confirmed the existence of gaia bh3 a previously unknown stellar black hole bh3 is the most massive stellar black hole discovered in the milky way so far and the second...

AMD unveils new Ryzen Pro 8000 processors for AI PCs

techspot 2024-4-17

built on the zen 4 architecture these are the first set of pro chips from amd to include built in neural processing units npus for ai workloads they also come with integrated rdna graphics read...

Amazon Prime US customer numbers jump 8% to 180 million, an all-time high

techspot 2024-4-17

the latest amazon prime numbers come from consumer intelligence research partners cirp which has been tracking memberships since 2014 the report notes that growth slowed down in the us before covid...

HMD and Heineken collaborate on the Boring Phone, a nostalgic return to simplicity

techspot 2024-4-17

in addition to heineken beer hmd partnered with boston based streetwear brand bodega on the boring phone why would anyone want a phone that proudly defines itself as boring hmd says that modern...

Japan aims to strengthen antitrust laws against Apple and Google

techspot 2024-4-16

according to a new report by nikkei asia japanese authorities are poised to toughen their antitrust regulations posing a significant challenge to incumbents in the mobile market the publication...

New charging algorithm could double life of li-ion batteries

techspot 2024-4-16

a team of european researchers from helmholtz zentrum berlin hzb and humboldt university in berlin developed an alternative charging solution to make li ion batteries last much longer than they do...

Bad actors are tempting T-Mobile employees with cash rewards to perform SIM swaps

techspot 2024-4-16

the texts reportedly come from different numbers across multiple area codes making them more difficult to trace or block the mobile report points to multiple reddit posts and tips from readers...

Elon Musk says X will introduce an annual fee for new users to like, post, bookmark, and reply

techspot 2024-4-16

x owner elon musk confirmed the introduction of a charge in a reply to an account commenting on the subject read entire article

Tesla is laying off 10% of global workforce amid declining sales and production cuts

techspot 2024-4-15

tesla boss elon musk gave workers the bad news in an internal memo sent over the weekend over the years we have grown rapidly with multiple factories scaling around the globe with this rapid growth...

Spectra Cube offers up to 75 petabytes of tape-based, cloud-optimized storage capacity

techspot 2024-4-15

colorado based company spectra logic recently introduced the latest product in its line of tape libraries for truly hardcore storage enterprise needs spectra cube is the first library specifically...

Former Blizzard president says players should be able to show their gratitude by tipping game devs

techspot 2024-4-15

ybarra who left blizzard in january spelled out his likely well intentioned but poorly implemented idea on x twitter read entire article

Intel Meteor Lake-powered Huawei MateBook X Pro draws scrutiny from US lawmakers

techspot 2024-4-15

it was the donald trump administration that placed huawei on the bureau of industry and security bis entity list almost five years ago ensuring that us companies cannot do business with the tech...

The DiskMantler can take apart a hard drive in as little as 8 seconds by vigorously shaking it

techspot 2024-4-14

data elimination company garner has introduced the diskmantler a product measuring 24 inches x 15 inches x 45 inches designed to disassemble decommissioned hard drives and separate the valuable...

Western Digital is working on 900MB/s and 2TB SD cards for launch this summer

techspot 2024-4-13

western digital unveiled several new memory cards this week at the 2024 nab show in las vegas pushing speed and capacity to new levels with this announcement western digital joins samsung in...

Google to spend $1 billion to lay two new cables on the Pacific seabed

techspot 2024-4-12

google has announced a new 1 billion investment to enhance digital connectivity to japan this initiative known as pacific connect involves the development of two new undersea cables in...

Apple iPhone SE 4 specs point to large OLED display, A16 SoC, according to leaks

techspot 2024-4-12

x leaker nguyen phi hung claims the fourth generation iphone se will feature a 6 1 inch ltps oled display with a 60 hz refresh rate which would be a significant upgrade over the 4 7 inch lcd found...

US risks losing space and military tech dominance without commercial sector support, Space Force commander warns

techspot 2024-4-12

gen b chance saltzman chief of space operations for ussf talked about the need for the military to form partnerships with the commercial space sector such as spacex ula and blue origin eventually...

Amazon CEO says company is going all-in on generative AI, thinks it could be as big as the cloud and internet

techspot 2024-4-12

in his annual letter to shareholders jassy wrote that generative ai may be the largest technology transformation since the cloud which itself is still in the early stages and perhaps since the...

Avi Wigderson wins Turing Award for his influential work in computational randomness

techspot 2024-4-11

on wednesday the association for computing machinery a prestigious organization in the field of computer science awarded mathematician avi wigderson the turing award this award often called the...

Adobe is paying upwards of $7 per minute for original video content to train AI

techspot 2024-4-11

copyrighted material is off limits as is footage containing nudity or other inappropriate or offensive content read entire article

The Humane Ai Pin first reviews are in, and testers are unimpressed

techspot 2024-4-11

the humane ai pin aims to replace smartphones but in its current state it appears more like a prototype than a finished product read entire article

Apple will soon allow iPhone repairs with used parts

techspot 2024-4-11

apple told the washington post that initially iphone 15 or newer owners will be able to leverage the revised program to replace common components like displays batteries and cameras with used parts...

The UK could ban the sale of smartphones to under 16s

techspot 2024-4-11

the discussions come as the uk clamps down on smartphones use among young people in february the government issued guidance on the use of the devices in english schools in order to reduce...

Google launches Chrome Enterprise Premium, a paid-for browser with advanced security features

techspot 2024-4-11

announced by google at its cloud next conference in las vegas chrome enterprise premium is a top tier paid for version of chrome enterprise which has been around since 2017 read entire article

Demand for HDDs by AI companies has pushed prices up 20%, more hikes expected

techspot 2024-4-11

joining the list of components being made more expensive by the ai revolution are hdds western digital one of the largest drive and data storage companies has already confirmed that both hdds and...

Compaq, Gone But Not Forgotten: The Best-Selling PC of the 1980s and 1990s

techspot 2024-4-11

tbt the year was 1982 and computers had finally made the jump from machines that took up a full room to something that could fit on a desk but they were still far from portable so three...

AMD next-gen APUs reportedly sacrifice a larger cache for AI chips

techspot 2024-4-11

according to members of the anandtech forums amd has significantly reduced cache size to accommodate large ai chips on upcoming strix point hardware if the reports prove accurate it would suggest...

Texas is replacing thousands of human exam scorers with AI

techspot 2024-4-10

the test was redesigned in 2023 the revised exam now features fewer multiple choice questions and more open ended questions which are called constructed response items the new tests have as many as...

AI chatbots have an insatiable, unsustainable thirst for power

techspot 2024-4-10

arm ceo rene haas has highlighted the unsustainable energy demand of ai technology warning of potential severe consequences if significant breakthroughs are not achieved soon speaking before the...

Pretendo will keep Wii U and 3DS consoles online after Nintendo Network shutdown

techspot 2024-4-10

pretendo network aims to provide a free open source alternative for nintendo servers necessary to power online features on the 3ds and wii u this fan made initiative is now the only viable option...

LG TV owners should update their firmware, webOS vulnerability found in a few models

techspot 2024-4-10

security researchers at bitdefender have discovered four severe vulnerabilities affecting four lg smart tvs the company recently issued updates to fix the issues which could grant attackers root...

Intel expected to unveil faster Battlemage GPUs by the holiday season

techspot 2024-4-10

sources at the 2024 embedded world conference told computerbase that intel hopes to introduce its second generation dedicated graphics cards codenamed battlemage before black friday this year the...

US federal government has a new plan for slashing greenhouse emissions from buildings

techspot 2024-4-9

the doe released a new national blueprint for the building sector aiming to reduce ghg emissions from buildings by 65 percent by 2035 and 90 percent by 2050 developed in collaboration with the...

Fairbuds from Fairphone: Repairable wireless earbuds designed to last

techspot 2024-4-9

fairphone said that in a market where it feels like most offerings are designed to be disposable its fairbuds are meant to last the buds feature a total of seven spare parts that can easily be...

Intel is finally investigating reports of high-end 13th/14th-gen CPUs causing game crashes

techspot 2024-4-9

there were several reports at the start of the year about core i9 13900k and core i7 14900k users experiencing crashes in games while many reported seeing an out of video memory error some noted...

Larian publishing director slams game studios laying off employees: "None of these companies are at risk of going bankrupt"

techspot 2024-4-9

there have been around 9 000 layoffs across the video game industry in 2024 so far from massive companies such as ea which let go of 670 people to smaller organizations like deck nine games it...

Card game creator says it paid an AI artist $1,500 per hour to create its images, stating "no one is on his level"

techspot 2024-4-9

the official champions of otherworldly magic twitter x account posted a message that reads we pay our ai artist 15 000 usd per month for exactly 10 hours of work read entire article

Cool and clear: New window coating blocks heat-generating UV rays without sacrificing clarity

techspot 2024-4-8

sun blocking window film and coatings have been around for decades but they are not all created equal many are designed to work best when light enters at a 90 degree angle but in the real world...

Seagate developing dual-layer, heat-assisted magnetic recording tech for 120TB HDDs

techspot 2024-4-8

seagate recently introduced its mozaic 3 storage platform which implements hamr technology for 30tb hard disk drives the us storage giant is now collaborating with sony to develop new hamr write...

GPU-Z adds Intel Meteor Lake support, along with various improvements

techspot 2024-4-8

gpu z 2 58 adds support for intel meteor lake and for radeon rx 7600m and rtx 3050 4gb gpus other enhancements include 8k support and improved formatting for certain values read entire article

The Best GPU for Every Price Point

techspot 2024-4-8

when it comes to gpus and graphics cards we go in full depth year after year we test dozens of gpus from nvidia amd and now intel to determine which are worth your money and which are dead on...

Fake AirPods cases that feature a display screen are popping up all over the internet

techspot 2024-4-7

about a year ago the us patent and trademark office published a patent filed by apple in september 2021 for a set of airpods that came with a built in touchscreen display and case the users could...