It felt like a gargantuan achievement – I’m someone who regularly forgets the most important item on a shopping list Tell us about your colorful wedding dress There’s a scene from the 2010s series Sherlock that I think about a lot. Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) visits his “mind palace” to...
Did you solve it? The simple T-puzzle that fools everyone (at first!)
The answer to today’s T-zer Earlier today I set you a classic 19th century puzzle The T-puzzle Continue reading...
Thinking of buying a new SSD? Watch out for potential price hikes
Western Digital and SanDisk recently announced upcoming storage price hikes, with a TrendForce report blaming the surge to unprecedented AI server demand. While it's still unclear whether the impact will trickle down to consumer storage, anyone planning to buy a new SSD should start paying close attention to price trends....
AI is transforming the future of learning and jobs, says Google DeepMind CEO and Nobel laureate
Hassabis, a neuroscientist recognized for his groundbreaking work on AI-driven protein folding models, pointed to the growing need for individuals to master the process of learning itself. Read Entire Article
AIDA64 Extreme 8 debuts with native 64-bit support, smarter display handling
AIDA64 Extreme v8.00 is a major update that brings native 64-bit support for faster performance. It introduces OpenCL benchmarks for Nvidia RTX 5000 GPUs, improved multi-monitor handling with per-display DPI scaling, Unicode localization, support for Windows PE v3.0+, and a new SPZIP format for more compact SensorPanel layouts. Read Entire...
This disposable vape just became a “smokin’ fast” web server
In what might be the nerdiest twist on vaping yet, an engineer has turned a disposable vape into a fully functional web server. That's right: a device running on just 24 KB of flash and 3 KB of RAM – usually meant to track how many puffs are left – can now......
Intel’s new Core i5-110 appears identical to a 2020 Comet Lake chip
Intel's online CPU database recently added the Core i5-110, an oddly branded processor that uses five-year-old technology for reasons known only to the semiconductor giant. Intel confirms the CPU's codename was formerly "Comet Lake," and its hardware specifications appear to be essentially identical to the Core i5-10400. Read Entire Article
There has never been a successful, widespread malware attack against iPhone, claims Apple
Apple noted in a recent blog post that the only system-level attacks targeting iOS have been mercenary spyware, which are historically associated with state actors. These attacks typically use exploit chains executed by sophisticated hacking syndicates with massive financial backing. Read Entire Article
Wearable finger mouse brings precision control anywhere, no desk needed
The latest candidate to replace the handheld mouse is the Finger Maus. Think of the wearable computer as a pulse oximeter, except it performs the functions of a computer mouse instead of checking your blood oxygen saturation level. Read Entire Article
Nano Banana drives Google Gemini past ChatGPT on iPhone app rankings
Google's Nano Banana image-editing tool is driving the rapid rise of the company's Gemini app, which has surged to the top of Apple's App Store in the United States. Its success underscores the intensifying competition with OpenAI's ChatGPT, which had long held the top spot before Google's recent ascent. Read...