Day: January 9, 2026

At this year's show, Flint wasn't showing off just lab prototypes. The batteries running toy trains at its booth were production-grade AA and AAA cells made from plant-based materials, not the metal-heavy chemistries that dominate today's market. Flint says those alkaline-style replacements are slated to reach consumers later in 2026,......

A team of researchers recently reported the discovery of AT2024wpp, an extremely energetic event involving a black hole and a massive star locked in a deadly cosmic dance. The stellar object was "spaghettified" by the black hole, a tidal disruption event that released an amount of energy equivalent to 400......

According to Korean sources, Samsung and SK Hynix are more than willing to raise memory chip prices while the AI-driven financial bubble continues. Both companies are reportedly notifying their high-profile customers that server DRAM prices could increase by as much as 60 – 70 percent compared to the fourth quarter...

Intel executive Nish Neelalojanan accused AMD of using "ancient silicon" in its handheld gaming PC APUs during an interview at CES this week. He also argued that when Intel eventually introduces handheld APUs based on Panther Lake processors with Xe3 Arc integrated graphics, the company's low-power E-cores will deliver superior......

While much of the IT industry continues to abuse AI as a stale marketing buzzword, Dell appears more interested in selling practical PC systems. CES 2026 was dominated by talk of an "AI revolution," but the US manufacturer delivered a notably different message. In fact, Dell was among the few......

Ocenaudio is a fast and lightweight audio editor for Windows, macOS, and Linux, designed for quick edits without a learning curve. It offers real-time effects preview and reliable support for all common audio formats. Recent updates have brought improved visual tools and smoother performance. Read Entire Article

For the September 2025 quarter, xAI reported a net loss of $1.46 billion, up from $1 billion earlier in the year. The company burned through $7.8 billion in cash during the first nine months alone, driven by heavy spending on data centers, Nvidia GPU purchases, and compensation tied to AI......

There has been growing outcry over Grok after it was revealed that the chatbot is being used to generated nude and other sexualized deepfakes, sometimes involving minors. A study found that it created about 6,700 images every hour that were identified as sexually suggestive or nudifying. For comparison, the other......

Unlike current low-power indoor (LPI) and very-low-power (VLP) systems, GVP devices will operate at higher energy levels – up to 11 dBm per MHz power spectral density and 24 dBm equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) – giving them greater range, throughput, and reliability. Read Entire Article

It had been expected that Nvidia would replicate what it did with the RTX 4000 series and release an RTX 5000 Super line within a year of the vanilla version's launch. Read Entire Article