Category: News
Ubuntu’s latest version now needs more RAM than Windows 11
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS requires a dual-core 2GHz CPU and 6GB RAM, which is more than Windows 11’s 1GHz and 4GB minimums…
Inside Project Nova, Firefox’s biggest redesign in years
The Firefox browser is readying for some major changes in a few short months…
Netflix’s New App Is a Safe Place for Young Kids to Play Mobile Games
The new app, called Netflix Playground, includes titles themed around Dr. Seuss, Peppa Pig, and Sesame Street…
New Rowhammer attacks give complete control of machines running Nvidia GPUs
GDDRHammer, GeForge and GPUBreach hammer GPU memory in ways that hijack the CPU…
How the Amazon Echo learned to talk — and listen
On Version History: Why Amazon was wrong about voice shopping, right about music, and somehow both too late and too early…
Unfortunately, It’s Time to Talk About 6G. Here’s What You Need to Know
Qualcomm predicts a fast rollout leading to a commercial debut in 2029. But there are a few major challenges to overcome first, not least of which is the lack of any only-on-6G selling points…
How Nvidia learned to embrace the light in its quest for scale
The GPU king’s move to optical scale-up was inevitable…
Windows 11 Abandoned Native Apps. Now It Needs Them to Survive
Web apps made Windows slower, clunkier, and less compelling. Microsoft is finally scrambling to fix it—it’s about time…
Musk Forces Banks to Use Grok, Ahead of SpaceX IPO
Many of the banks involved in SpaceX’s potential $2 trillion IPO have allegedly agreed to spend ‘tens of millions’ on xAI’s controversial chatbot…
Microsoft will force-update PCs to Windows 11 25H2. You can’t opt out
The reason? For security purposes. The “intelligent rollout” of the mandatory update is being conducted via machine learning…
Chrome 148 will ‘lazy load’ video and audio, closing a long-standing gap
Chrome’s lazy loading is expanding beyond images and iframes to include video and audio elements in an upcoming update…
Seniors Are Losing Billions to Online Scammers—and Most Don’t Even Know It
New research shows nearly three-quarters of adults over 55 have been targeted or know someone who has fallen victim to online scams. Here’s what you can do about it…