Engineers just found a way to cool quantum systems using microwave noise

In a paper recently published in Nature Communications, the Chalmers team unveiled what they call a minimal quantum refrigerator. The devic...

Small brains, big compute: Scientists want to build GPS chips that work like a honeybee's brain

GPS is more than just a way for us to get from point A to point B. Our smartphones, vehicles, drones, cameras, wearable devices, and countl...

Apple redesigns its Mac buying experience with a new build-to-order configurator

It's a notable departure from Apple's long-standing sales formula. Historically, Mac models were divided into several predefined ve...

Streamer's RTX 4090 catches fire while live on Twitch, gamer asks viewers "WTF do I do?"

Before we go one step further, let's drop a friendly TechSpot Public Service Announcement: if you're using your PC and your PC catc...

Workplace AI use has tripled in two years, with tech and finance leading the charge

These stats mark a sharp rise from the 21% who reported any AI use just two years earlier, when Gallup first began collecting comparable da...

Google dismantles massive proxy network that turned 9 million Android phones into data relays

The discovery triggered what Google is calling the largest residential proxy network takedown in history. Armed with a federal court order,...

Duke Nukem 3D turns 30, developer celebrates iconic shooter's anniversary

Joe Siegler, formerly of 3D Realms and Apogee Software, recently shared photos to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the day he uploaded t...

Apple's iPhone business just set an all-time record with $85 billion in sales

Net income climbed to $42.1 billion with earnings per share of $2.84, which is up 19 percent year-over-year. Shareholders will also be happ...

Google expands access to Project Genie, its AI tool that turns photos and text into explorable worlds

Under the hood, Project Genie evolves from Genie 3, a world model first demonstrated by Google DeepMind last year. Unlike fully 3D game eng...

Microsoft's Maia AI chip ambitions might include an exclusive SK Hynix HBM3e memory deal

According to reports from Korean sources, Microsoft and SK Hynix have recently entered an exclusive partnership in the memory business. The...

Nvidia GeForce Security Update Driver 582.28 WHQL for Windows 10, 11

Software security update display driver for GeForce GPUs which are no longer supported by Game Ready Drivers or Nvidia Studio Drivers.

Apple iPhone captured seven of the top 10 best-selling phones in 2025

Apple's iPhone 16 was the best-selling smartphone last year by a wide margin. The iPhone 16 Pro Max captured second place, narrowly bea...

Tesla to phase out Model S and Model X so it can focus on robots

The decision ends a major chapter in Tesla's history. The Model S, introduced in 2012, and the Model X, launched in 2015, helped define...

How heavy was the first ever 1 GB hard drive?

Real hard drives have handles – two handles. And no, that's not the BFG. Read Entire Article

Crypto laundering surged to $82 billion last year and the numbers keep rising

The data represents a staggering leap from 2020, when illicit crypto laundering totaled just $10 billion globally. By contrast, last year...

After 70 years of false starts, fusion energy is finally gaining momentum

The machines at their center, called tokamaks, have evolved from experimental curiosities into instruments capable of sustaining confined p...

Android 17 leak reveals a translucent design similar to Apple's Liquid Glass UI

Tipster MysticLeaks recently posted – and later deleted – a series of screenshots on Telegram that appear to show background blur effects a...

A new chemical trick could extend lithium-ion battery life without redesigning cells

The work, led by Chunsheng Wang at the University of Maryland, offers a relatively simple way to make lithium-ion batteries more durable us...

Microsoft built a 750W AI chip to challenge Nvidia's dominance, claims 3x performance gains over Amazon

Microsoft recently announced Maia 200, a new AI accelerator specifically designed for inference workloads. According to Redmond, Maia 200 c...

Big Tech is finally on trial for how it built its algorithms

The plaintiff, a 19-year-old Californian known by her initials, K.G.M., claims that years of using Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Snapchat...