Sources recently told The Verge that Xbox Insiders will soon be able to test a free, ad-supported tier of Microsoft's cloud gaming service. While Microsoft previously confirmed plans for ad-supported cloud gaming, concrete details remain limited. Read Entire Article
Windows 95 had a secret restart trick most people never knew
Raymond Chen recently shared another interesting tidbit about the inner workings of Windows 95. The original 32-bit consumer operating system had a "secret" fast-restart feature, which users could activate by holding the Shift key while restarting through the OS GUI. If everything worked as intended, the system would restore a......
Why Silicon Valley is losing faith in the American dream
In Silicon Valley, the servers are humming again – and so is the unease. Massive data centers packed with Nvidia GPUs are fueling the artificial intelligence boom, generating extraordinary wealth for chipmakers, cloud providers, and startups racing to train large-scale models. But beneath the boomtime exuberance, investors and engineers increasingly......
TCL will take over Sony’s home entertainment division, including Bravia TV line
The new company will operate globally, we are told, and will be responsible for handling everything from product design and development to manufacturing, logistics, sales, and even customer service. The as yet unnamed venture will handle both televisions and home audio equipment, and is expected to carry on the Sony......
New chips, new designs, and bold prototypes defined PCs at CES 2026
In some ways, it's easy to see why. After all, it has become the show where the biggest PC chip suppliers (AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm) all announce their latest generation SoCs and all their largest customers (Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung among others) debut the latest systems housing these......
TSMC struggles to meet surging AI chip demand amid data center boom
The industry is slowly coming to the realization that AI is not a magic spell for automatically boosting revenue and efficiency, but the tech world shows no signs of slowing down the AI train. According to a recent report from The Information, two of the biggest IT corporations in the......
NYSE is testing a new blockchain platform for 24/7 trading
The platform would operate separately from the traditional exchange floor. The project, which is still awaiting regulatory clearance, marks ICE's most direct step yet into tokenization. Read Entire Article
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei says allowing Nvidia H200 sales to China is like “selling nuclear weapons to North Korea”
The Trump administration formalized the 25% duty on Nvidia's H200 and AMD's MI325X chips shipped to China last week, creating a new revenue stream for the US government. Read Entire Article
What’s open and closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Government offices, the stock market and many schools are closed Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but most businesses are open
Sheinbaum reassures Mexico after US military movements spark concern
Mexico is showing sensitivity to U.S. military movements since the attack earlier this month on Venezuela