The AI buildout shows no signs of slowing. And with hundreds of billions of dollars a year going into data centers and GPUs, compute has become the single biggest cost for anyone building AI products. But for all that spending,...
The U.S. phone provider escaped a large-scale breach of its network after identifying Chinese-backed hackers early on.
Finally, there’s a Linux distro that makes Arch and Hyprland easy – while adding the polish of MacOS. What’s not to love about MainstreamOS?
Opinion: Comcast’s new motion detection technology could benefit your home, but it also raises privacy concerns. The details are in the fine print.
Meta’s new Mac app is part of the company’s push to make more business-friendly AI...
Apple’s latest attempt to settle its App Store dispute with the European Commission has drawn criticism from Epic Games and a cautious response from a consumer group, which warned that “the devil is in the...
Surveillance tech company Flock has struggled with its public image for years, but the problem has become particularly acute in recent weeks. Its network of ALPRs has long attracted criticism over mass surveillance and the...
Attitudes towards AI are shifting in America. More than half of adults now say that they are more concerned than excited about the technology, and that includes those under 30 for the first time. This comes from a survey...
Here’s a historical hack for you: you have a big, rolling pressurized kettle, also known as a steam locomotive. It needs water to make up for the steam constantly chuff-chuff-chuffing away, or bad things happen. How do you get...
Operation Blue Skies, which also involves the UK government, will subtly reroute flights to test...
The repair department claimed it would only take 32GB—but is that a valid excuse for cutting a laptop’s RAM by half?
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