DuckDuckGo recently asked its community whether they actually wanted AI baked into their web browsing experience. The response was loud and clear: an overwhelming majority said no. Now, the company says it's going to honor that choice by offering two different versions of its search experience. Even so, power users......
ASML slashes 1,700 jobs even as demand for chipmaking machines hits record highs
CEO Christophe Fouquet framed the restructuring as an effort to make ASML more agile. Roughly four percent of the company's global workforce – about 1,700 positions – will be cut, primarily affecting managerial and support roles in the Netherlands, with smaller reductions in the US. Read Entire Article
Neural network detects 800+ rare cosmic phenomena in historical Hubble archives
A study demonstrates that AI can be harnessed for scientific discovery. The neural network in question, named AnomalyMatch, was used to detect hundreds of previously unknown anomalies in our local universe. Researchers first tested it on the historical Hubble dataset, but the AI is expected to reveal even more cosmic......
Crypto laundering surged to $82 billion last year and the numbers keep rising
The data represents a staggering leap from 2020, when illicit crypto laundering totaled just $10 billion globally. By contrast, last year's total reached $82 billion, driven largely by the rise of specialized Chinese-language "guarantee platforms" and related laundering services operating across Telegram, payment processors, and over-the-counter markets. Read Entire Article
After 70 years of false starts, fusion energy is finally gaining momentum
The machines at their center, called tokamaks, have evolved from experimental curiosities into instruments capable of sustaining confined plasma – matter so hot it mimics the interior of stars – for record periods of time. Read Entire Article
Transmission torrent client just got a major performance upgrade
After an extensive beta period, Transmission 4.10 improves torrent download performance, expands IPv6 support, and reduces CPU usage. It also includes dozens of refinements across all platforms, keeping the client lightweight, and reliable as longtime users often put it. Read Entire Article
Android 17 leak reveals a translucent design similar to Apple’s Liquid Glass UI
Tipster MysticLeaks recently posted – and later deleted – a series of screenshots on Telegram that appear to show background blur effects applied across much of Android 17, echoing Apple's Liquid Glass UI in iOS 26. Read Entire Article
The future of wearables: Computer chips you can weave, wash, and wear
The development, published in Nature, marks a milestone in flexible electronics. Read Entire Article
Zotac warns memory crisis poses an existential threat to graphics card makers
A recent memo from Zotac's South Korean division, translated by prominent leaker @harukaze5719, states that GPUs will become more expensive and difficult to obtain in 2026 and potentially beyond. As Asus and other manufacturers begin raising prices, Zotac does not currently see a light at the end of the tunnel....
Intel XeSS 3 multi frame generation now rolling out to Arc GPUs
Included in driver package version 32.0.101.8425/32.0.101.8362 WHQL, XeSS 3 is Intel's new multi-frame generation (MFG) approach to upscaling. The idea is not new (nor are we convinced we like it) but it does remain ambitious: insert up to three AI-generated frames after every traditionally rendered frame, smoothing out animation without......