According to unnamed sources cited by Reuters, officials developing the portal plan to route all incoming traffic through US-based VPN servers, ensuring that visitors cannot be personally identified. The sources added that user activity will not be tracked on the site. Read Entire Article
Project Silica breakthrough lets Microsoft store digital data in glass for 10,000 years
Microsoft has been developing Project Silica for years, transforming glass into permanent storage media capable of retaining digital data for up to 10,000 years. The company recently highlighted its latest advancements, including significant improvements in cost, performance, and storage complexity. Read Entire Article
The Trump administration wants Silicon Valley to fix federal tech
Tech Force – spearheaded by the Office of Personnel Management and led by Scott Kupor, a former Andreessen Horowitz venture capitalist – has secured partnerships across the tech industry. Apple, Coinbase, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, xAI, and Palantir have all agreed to participate, providing executives and training resources to support......
The Elder Scrolls VI will feel more like Elder Scrolls than Starfield
During a recent interview on the Kinda Funny Games podcast, Howard said the next Elder Scrolls installment will return to the open-world adventure that fans of the fantasy series and Fallout expect. He described Bethesda's most recent major releases, Starfield and Fallout 76, as creative detours. Read Entire Article
Robots run up walls and perform martial arts in China’s most-watched TV event
The gala has long reflected the state's ambitions in aerospace, 5G, and semiconductor research. This year, humanoid robots took center stage. More than a dozen of Unitree's robots, each equipped with articulated limbs and vision systems calibrated for real-time balance correction, performed a fluid martial arts routine. Read Entire Article
Suddenly Toto’s most valuable business isn’t toilets, but chipmaking ceramics
Behind the investor interest is a highly specialized component: electrostatic chucks, or ESCs, used in semiconductor etch tools to hold wafers flat, clean, and thermally stable while they are bombarded with plasma. Read Entire Article
The rise of delivery robots is sparking vandalism, protests, and debate
Serve Robotics, a San Francisco-based startup spun out of Uber, has emerged as one of the most aggressive players in the race to automate local delivery. Just a year ago, its fleet numbered only about 100 robots. But the firm has since deployed roughly 2,000 machines across multiple cities. Read...
Trump, weeks after backlash over racist post, hosts Black History Month reception
President Donald Trump has hosted a White House reception for Black History Month, less than two weeks after he sparked a bipartisan outcry by posting a racist video on social media that depicted former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Oba...
Study finds that dangerous days when weather is prone to fire soaring around the world
A new study shows hot, dry and windy weather that fuels extreme wildfires has nearly tripled worldwide in 45 years
Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz fight pitch-rigging case as spring training starts
Prospects for a spring fraud trial for two Cleveland Guardians stars accused of colluding with sports bettors to rig bets are fading after they appeared in Brooklyn federal court as their teammates start their new season