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Graduates are managing AI - but are they learning much else?
Graduates are spending more time managing AI, but are they missing out on other work experience?
Your desktop's front USB ports may be slowing down every device you plug into them
The front USB ports of your computer are useful, but they often can't compete with the rear ports.
Please stop asking me when the AI bubble will pop
People, including on this staff, keep asking me with varying degrees of excitement or trepidation when the AI bubble will burst. I'll tell you what I tell them: If I knew that, I …
Arkane and its Blade game may end up at Ubisoft as Xbox considers offers
"At least two" other companies have also pitched themselves as the studio's possible new owners.
What made Nothing's CMF Phone 2 Pro so much cheaper than others?
Nothing sister brand CMF made a lot of clever choices to keep the Phone 2 Pro cheap.
NVIDIA's controversial DLSS 5 is coming to RTX Remix to 'enhance' older games
The NVIDIA modding platform lets you remaster classic games with modern graphics, and now DLSS 5 is included.
Here's how to adjust Apple AirPods for small ears
Those with small ears may require some extra finessing when adjusting their Apple AirPods to get the perfect fit, and there are a few ways you can ensure that.
Canva is announcing changes and layoffs affecting 22 percent of its staff
Canva is making significant changes affecting 1,271 people, which is 22 percent of its staff, co-founder and CEO Melanie Perkins announced today. "For some people, this will mean …
Meta's Quest 2 and Quest Pro reach 'end of feature development'
The app stores will stay open for both devices after support ends next year.
Anthropic is working on a system to prove AI models’ identity
Called FlashProve, the system would let anyone check that an AI response really came from the model it claims to be from.
California fights "preposterous" Trump admin demand to scrap state broadband laws
State tries to obtain broadband funds despite rejecting Trump admin condition.
Sonos adds new Presets and prepares for the 27voice AI beta
Sonos is rolling out a big app update that includes new Presets and early access to its AI voice assistant. You can create a preset to play music at a specific volume in a certain…
Data centers are turning to old jet engines as the wait for power grows
The years-long wait for access to the grid and new turbines is causing data center builders to turn to an unusual, less efficient and less environmentally friendly solution: once-…
Hackers hijack cPGuard autoupdate to deploy backdoor, steal data
Attackers have compromised the update infrastructure for the cPGuard web security suite to distribute a backdoor and a data-stealing script. [...]
Valve is making changes to deal with a ‘significant increase’ in Steam game submissions
In a new post today, Valve acknowledged that it's seen "a significant increase in submissions for store and page review in recent months" and says it's "running a little behind" b…
Binance says hackers used fake job interviews and an internal AI tool to pull off the $6.3 billion heist
The largest crypto theft to date was pulled off by combining some well-known hacking techniques over the course of a few months, according to Binance. A postmortem from the compan…
Ted Schlein’s Ballistic Ventures seeks $490M for new funds amid AI-driven cybersecurity boom
Cybersecurity focused Ballistic Ventures is seeking to raise $360 million for a new flagship fund and another $130 million for a separate investment vehicle.
WorkOS says attacker used ARTEX AI to breach internal sales app
Developer platform WorkOS suffered a data breach after a threat actor accessed business contact records and summaries of customer communications. [...]
Reddit is testing in-app search ads as traffic from Google declines
The company wants to help advertisers reach users who show a "high purchase" intent.
Here’s what it’s like to use Audio Intelligence on the Apple Watch
It's impossible to paint a full picture of what Audio Intelligence on the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 will be right now. The watchOS 27.3 developer beta just dropped earlier…
Hiding inside Palantir’s skyrocketing quarter is a foreboding signal
Palantir delivered such a huge third-quarter earnings report on Monday that its press release even bragged that the numbers were “crushing consensus expectations.” Yet, retail inv…
Those Jeff Bezos hair transplant photos are very fake
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and actor Jason Statham have a distinctive feature in common: They're both famously bald, and that definitely hasn't changed in the last few days. Howeve…
What type of battery does the Slate Truck use?
Slate had made arrangements in 2025 to buy its batteries from a Georgia company, then switched this year to an Illnois firm with a different kind of technology.
Orbital Matter 3D printed the first rigid beam in the vacuum of space
An in-space construction first could be an enabler for the space data centers of the future.