According to CoinDesk, the lowly miner had a one in 180 million chance of solving a Bitcoin block on any given day. At roughly 6 TH/s, the miner accounts for just 0.0000007 percent of the Bitcoin network's total hash power. Read Entire Article
Windows just turned 40: What was the original project name of Windows 1.0?
The graphical user interface for MS-DOS circa 1985 Read Entire Article
Infosys co-founder hikes 70-hour workweek call to 72 hours, praises China’s 996 model
Murthy has long been a controversial figure over his call for young Indians to work 70-hour weeks if they want to succeed and help the nation's economy. He doubled down his stance last year, saying he'd "take it to his grave." Murthy also said he didn't believe in work-life balance,......
The US is throwing big money at rare-earth tech, taking on China’s dominance with new chemistry
Rare-earth elements are embedded deep within much of today's hardware stack, but the real bottleneck is no longer geological reserves – it is the industrial circuitry that converts ore and scrap into high-purity oxides and finished magnets. Smartphones, high-torque electric-vehicle motors, direct-drive wind turbines, and advanced medical imaging all rely......
Steam is now a billion-dollar side business for PlayStation
Until recently, Sony had largely treated Steam as a secondary outlet for older PlayStation titles, primarily single-player games that had already maximized their sales on console. But if Valve releases mainstream hardware that runs Steam natively and becomes a viable home for PlayStation Studios releases, Sony's PC strategy could be......
X launches paid marketplace for dormant usernames with complex access rules
The X marketplace rollout marks a shift in how social platforms govern digital identity and digital property. By limiting access and tying ownership to paid subscriptions, X is turning account handles into digital assets whose continuity depends on platform-defined rules and recurring fees. Read Entire Article
Intern quits after employer demands he hand over RTX 5060 won at Nvidia event
The incident began when a Shanghai intern was sent on an all-expenses-paid business trip to Suzhou on November 14 to take part in an Nvidia roadshow, MyDrivers reports. Read Entire Article
Matter 1.5 adds a universal camera standard, now the big platforms have to show up
For years, smart home cameras have been one of the most siloed device categories: powerful on their own, but awkward to mix across brands and tightly bound to proprietary apps and cloud services. Matter 1.5 simplifies smart home integration by establishing a shared framework for IP cameras, closure devices like......
Tencent isn’t buying Ubisoft, Ubisoft isn’t collapsing, and Assassin’s Creed is doing all the heavy lifting
Contrary to prior speculation, Tencent is neither fully acquiring Ubisoft nor exiting the companies' existing $1.25 billion agreement. During an earnings call following the delayed release of the H1 2025 – 2026 report, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot explained that the postponement occurred because the company's new auditors changed its fiscal...
Activists are simulating ICE raids in GTA and Fortnite to teach immigrant rights
A new wave of digital activism is emerging inside the world's most popular video games. In a recent demonstration, the New Save Collective – a team of 13 activists and organizers from diverse immigrant backgrounds – used the role-play mod for Grand Theft Auto V to simulate real-life immigration enforcement......