Microsoft began rolling out its October 2025 Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 today, bringing a broad mix of new features and routine security fixes. The update applies to both the 24H2 and 25H2 releases, which share the same system architecture, and includes changes across security, system settings, and user......
New 2D memory chip could extend Moore’s Law into the atomic era
Researchers at Fudan University in Shanghai have developed the world's first fully functional memory chip made entirely from two-dimensional materials. The achievement, published in Nature, demonstrates that atomically thin semiconductors can be successfully integrated with conventional silicon systems, a milestone once thought to be decades away. Read Entire Article
UK regulator fines 4chan $26,000 and counting under Online Safety Act
UK telecoms watchdog Ofcom writes that 4chan has not responded to a request for a copy of its illegal harms risk assessment or a second request for information about its qualifying worldwide revenue. Read Entire Article
The Netherlands invokes Cold War-era law to seize control of Chinese chipmaker Nexperia
The chip industry is beginning to resemble a battlefield, and governments around the world are taking preemptive action to avoid being caught off guard. Dutch officials have now announced that they will intervene in decisions made by Nexperia, a major producer of less advanced components such as diodes, bipolar transistors,......
OpenAI and Broadcom team up on $10 billion custom AI chip deal
OpenAI and Broadcom are moving forward to develop and roll out 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips and computing systems over the next four years. This not only marks a significant stride in OpenAI's effort to expand its infrastructure but also signals its ambition to influence the design of specialized......
Obsidian for the privacy-minded: offline, secure notes
Obsidian offers a markdown approach to note-taking, stores your notes locally, and optionally syncs them with end-to-end encryption, keeping you in control. Obsidian supports graph views and backlinks, and caters to users who value privacy without sacrificing rich linking. Read Entire Article
TP-Link conducts successful Wi-Fi 8 trials, promises better reliability and lower latency
Chinese tech firm TP-Link has announced its first successful Wi-Fi 8 trial using a prototype device. According to the company, the trial – conducted in collaboration with an unnamed partner – successfully validated both the Wi-Fi 8 beacon and data throughput, marking a "critical milestone in Wi-Fi 8 development." Read...
Final Sentence is the battle royale game typing enthusiasts have been waiting for
According to the US Department of Education, nearly half of all high school students took a keyboarding class in 2000. By 2019, that number had fallen to just 2.5 percent and is probably even lower today. Applications like Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing made it fun to practice using the keyboard......
OpenAI no longer required to store all users’ deleted ChatGPT logs after court ruling
In December 2023, The New York Times sued OpenAI over some very familiar claims: that it had used the publication's copyrighted material in its training data. The suit states that millions of the Times' news articles, in-depth investigations, opinion pieces, reviews, how-to guides, and more were used to train OpenAI's......
Two critical flaws put 7-Zip users at risk of remote code execution
Two recently discovered security flaws could make 7-Zip a serious risk to data and system security. These bugs had been known internally for months, and 7-Zip developer Igor Pavlov released a patch this summer. However, users relying on older versions are strongly advised to update ASAP. Because 7-Zip does not......