Celestial spectacle will be at its most impressive on 28 February, when Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will align across the sky Space enthusiasts are in for a treat at the end of this month as six planets will appear close together in the night sky. The phenomenon,...
Astronomers celebrate cancellation of $10bn Chile project that threatened clearest skies in the world
Astronomers had warned that proximity of INNA facility to telescopes would have irreparably damaged observation The scientific community is celebrating the cancellation of a project which would have threatened the clearest skies in the world in Chile’s Atacama Desert. The proposed $10bn, 3,000-hectare green hydrogen and ammonia production facility, known...
RRAM hasn’t delivered yet, but stacked memory is being pitched to run neural networks in place
A team at the University of California, San Diego has redesigned how RRAM operates in an effort to accelerate the execution of neural network models. According to UCSD electrical engineer Duygu Kuzum, the approach could eventually enable a new class of local AI applications, assuming the technology's remaining challenges can......
Logitech’s Pro X2 Superstrike mouse replaces microswitches with electromagnetic analog sensing
The Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike is now available for purchase at a hefty $180 price tag. The Swiss manufacturer claims that the new mouse can provide a competitive edge over traditional solutions – a selling point likely to appeal to esports athletes and other professional gamers. Read Entire Article
G.Skill settles class action lawsuit over deceptive memory speed claims for $2.4 million
The plaintiffs claimed that G.Skill violated federal consumer protection laws by falsely advertising the speeds of its DDR4 desktop memory modules, rated above 2133 MHz, and DDR5 DIMMs, rated over 4800 MHz. The lawsuit argued that the misleading labeling led customers to believe the advertised speeds could be achieved by......
Spotify’s growth looks like a victory lap, hits 750 million monthly users
For the fourth quarter of 2025, Spotify generated €4.5 billion ($5.4 billion) in total revenue – a six percent increase quarter-over-quarter and up seven percent compared to the same period in 2024. Gross margin reached 33.1 percent, and operating income of €701 million exceeded expectations due to lower than anticipated...
Light may outshine quantum for some of computing’s toughest optimization problems
Published in Nature, the study details the first large-scale demonstration of a photonic Ising machine operating without the cryogenic constraints typical of quantum computing systems. The device, developed by physicist Bhavin J. Shastri and collaborators at McGill University, builds on a concept rooted in early 20th-century magnetism and adapts it......
YUMI exFAT adds smarter drive prep options
YUMI remains a reliable pick for building multi-boot USB drives, especially if you like having control over how your media is set up. The latest release introduces a handy new preparation menu: users can now reserve unformatted space and choose the target filesystem upfront, making it easier to fine-tune a...
Octopus-inspired hydrogel reveals hidden image when exposed to temperature changes or solvents
The hydrogel behaves like a programmable canvas. Rather than using traditional pigments, researchers embedded data directly into its physical structure during printing. When the hydrogel warms or interacts with a different solvent, hidden information inside – ranging from letters to portraits – gradually comes into view. In one demonstration, the......
This lucky gamer’s PC hardware dump discovery included $500 worth of DDR4 memory
A Redditor and possible Beatles fan, going by the NSFW name of ringosbigf**kingnose, posted about their discovery on the r/pcmasterrace subreddit. Read Entire Article