The German government is working on a law to empower police to act against drones with unknown operators. Lawmakers have agreed on a new draft that would authorize police to shoot down and neutralize "rogue" drones deemed an immediate threat. Read Entire Article
Logitech Pop smart home buttons to become e-waste as support ends
Logitech's Pop buttons for smart home automation will soon become completely useless e-waste. The company released the devices less than a decade ago but is now abandoning early adopters, claiming the market and technology have outpaced the product. Read Entire Article
Apple changes App Store policies to comply with new Texas age verification law
Once the new law takes effect, Texans creating new Apple accounts will have to verify that they are 18 or older. Younger users must join a Family Sharing group and link their account to a parent or legal guardian. The owner of the linked account will receive a prompt to......
Global PC shipments surge as Windows EOL transition fuels upgrade cycle
IDC recently shared its latest preliminary results on global PC shipments, giving manufacturers reason to celebrate. According to the market intelligence firm, global shipments in the third quarter of 2025 grew by 9.4 percent, reaching 75.8 million units. The market is performing strongly overall, although contributions vary across different regions....
Scientists have discovered a potential candidate for a more scalable qubit
Quantum computing's biggest challenge is no longer proving the concept works – it is figuring out how to make the technology practical at scale. Today's qubit architectures, whether based on superconducting loops or trapped ions, are sensitive, expensive, and difficult to mass-produce. Many require ultra-cold environments near absolute zero. Some......
Battlefield 6 PC specs revealed: 32GB RAM for 4K, 6GB GPU minimum for 1080p
EA has shared full release details for Battlefield 6, which launches globally on October 10. The company has confirmed release times for different regions, along with complete PC system requirements. Read Entire Article
DupeGuru lets you quickly find and remove duplicate files from your drives
DupeGuru is a free utility that helps you locate and clean up duplicate files across Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. With smart fuzzy-matching algorithms, it can detect identical or similar files-even when names, tags, or formats differ slightly. Read Entire Article
Nearly all US growth in 2025 tied to AI and data center-related capital spending
Investment in data centers and information processing technology has taken center stage in the growth of the US economy this year, setting new benchmarks and prompting economists to reconsider long-held assumptions about what drives expansion. Read Entire Article
Intel signals strong comeback with next-gen Core Ultra 3 and Xeon 6+ chips
Given some of the challenges Intel has faced recently, there's been an even greater-than-usual interest in the company's next-generation chips – codenamed Panther Lake for PCs and Clearwater Forest for servers. Read Entire Article
858TB gone forever: South Korea’s data center fire shows the cost of no backups
On September 26, technicians were relocating lithium-ion batteries in the NIRS data center. Forty minutes later, the batteries exploded, causing a blazing inferno Read Entire Article