Blockbench is a versatile modeling tool for 3D artists and Minecraft mod creators

Blockbench is a voxel-based 3D modeling tool with texture painting, keyframe animation, plugin support, and Minecraft-compatible exports, w...

Robots the size of rice grains aim to revolutionize brain surgery

Existing solutions often involve stiff, invasive tools that can cause major damage to sensitive brain tissue. Robeauté's bot, which is ...

Neverwinter Nights is still getting community-fueled updates, two decades after launch

A group of software engineers volunteered their time to deliver a massive new update for Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition, the improved...

Federal funding boosts US chip packaging with $1.4B in CHIPS Act awards

The awards target two key areas: advanced substrates and materials research, and a brand-new facility for piloting and prototyping advanced...

Nintendo Switch 2 officially announced, with more details set for April 2

Nintendo's two-minute reveal trailer highlights several external hardware changes from its predecessor, though performance details rema...

ChargePoint unveils "anti-vandalism" EV charger cables designed to deter copper thieves

The new cut-resistant cables incorporate advanced technology by weaving steel strategically through the wiring, making them far more diffic...

Lawyer drops Meta as client, citing Mark Zuckerberg's "toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness"

Stanford law professor Mark Lemley represented Meta in a 2023 copyright case in which the company used a data set containing copyrighted e-...

Oracle won't relinquish JavaScript trademark, so the JS community prepares for court battle

The initial attempt to cancel Oracle's ownership of the "JavaScript" trademark was unsuccessful. Deno Land and other prominen...

Celebrate The Sims' 25th anniversary with a huge update and 25-hour livestream

The upcoming update to The Sims 4 overhauls the main menu to better emphasize the current save file players are working on. It introduces a...

Chrome adds Google Lens search for anything on a webpage

Chrome 132 is a major release with refinements that include improved toolbar customization, password sharing to mobile, Google Lens for jus...

Latest Doom port runs inside a PDF document, but performance is limited

We can now add PDF documents to the ever-growing list of "things" that can run Doom. A high school student interested in programm...

20% of online job listings are misleading or never result in employment

According to data from hiring platform Greenhouse, roughly one in five jobs posted online either are not real or were never intended to be ...

Nvidia's data center customers are postponing Blackwell chip orders due to overheating and other issues

The Information notes that Blackwell GB200 racks, crucial components in data centers, have exhibited problems during initial deployments. T...

Millionaire who wants to live forever stops taking longevity drug over concerns it sped up aging

Johnson, who earned over $300 million when his mobile and web payment company Braintree was acquired by PayPal in 2013, has gained plenty o...

Meta AI's Llama language model modded to run on decades-old Xbox 360

After seeing Exo Labs run a large language model on an ancient Pentium II running Windows 98, developer Andrei David decided to take on an ...

Before Apple, iPod creator Tony Fadell had his MP3 player idea rejected by which two companies?

Companies believed the market for an MP3 player was too niche and unprofitable. But not Apple. Read Entire Article

Upgraded iPad Air and MacBook Air with M4 chip, Apple Intelligence coming in 2025

In his latest Power On newsletter, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman revealed that the new 13-inch and 15-inch iPad Air models will be powered by...

Yes, video game budgets are skyrocketing, but the reason goes beyond graphics

There is a compelling case to be made that the gaming industry's bloated budgets are driven by a frenzied quest for greater graphics. T...

VMware Workstation and Fusion now free for all, including commercial users

Starting today, VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion are available for free on both personal and commercial environments. This shift mean...

Zuckerberg slams Apple for not "inventing anything great in a while"

In a recent podcast interview with Joe Rogan, Zuckerberg went after rival Apple, accusing the iPhone maker of resting on its laurels and ha...