The original PowerShot 600 arrived in the summer of 1996. The pioneering digital camera featured a 1/3-inch CCD image sensor capable of generating photos with a maximum resolution of 832 x 608 pixels. It was paired with a 50mm, f/2.5 aperture lens and an optical viewfinder. The shooter packed 1MB......
As Google doubles down on AI spending, Gemini delivers a breakout quarter
Alphabet reported quarterly revenue of $113.8 billion, an 18 percent increase from a year earlier, fueled by the performance of its AI systems. Net profit surged 30 percent to $34.5 billion, with Gemini at the center of that growth. Read Entire Article
As Roblox embraces text-to-world tools, Japanese creatives brace for fallout
The new Roblox feature is built on the same underlying technology as Roblox Cube, the company's 3D asset generator introduced last year. While the first iteration produced only static geometry, the updated engine links prompt-based generation to the platform's runtime physics, collision, and scripting layers, allowing newly created assets to......
PlayStation 5 outsold the Switch 2 during the holidays, helped by Ghost of Yōtei
That 8 million figure matters because it puts PS5 ahead of Nintendo's brand-new Switch 2 in the same calendar quarter. Nintendo's latest investor presentation shows Switch 2 hardware sell-in of 7.01 million units for its fiscal Q3 (Oct – Dec 2025). In other words: Sony's five-year-old console still managed to......
Survival horror classic ‘Alone in the Dark’ trilogy is free on GOG for a limited time
The package, available for free until Thursday morning, includes Alone in the Dark 1, 2, and 3 – all emulated through DOSBox. Like most titles sold on GOG, the DRM-free downloads come with digital manuals, soundtracks, and other supplementary materials. Because the trilogy is part of GOG's preservation program, the......
Kingpin of dark web-based drug marketplace “Incognito Market” sentenced to 30 years
Clayton described Lin as one of the world's most prolific online narcotics traffickers. For at least four years, the Taiwan-born man managed a massive volume of e-commerce transactions totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. Lin launched the Incognito Market website in October 2020, exploiting the Tor browser's anonymous network in......
Plasma engines are emerging as the next frontier in deep-space propulsion
Plasma propulsion transforms an inert propellant – often hydrogen – into plasma, a superheated mix of ions and electrons. Magnetic fields then funnel and accelerate the plasma to extreme velocities, generating thrust. Read Entire Article
Google plans to terminate ChromeOS in 2034, court documents reveal
After years of rumors and speculation, Google confirmed in 2025 that it plans to "fuse" Android and ChromeOS into a single desktop platform. The new system, known internally as Aluminium OS, is reportedly already under active development. What remains unclear is the fate of ChromeOS, the operating system that has......
Nioh 3 refines Team Ninja’s formula into its most ambitious Soulslike yet
Nioh 3 features deeper, more flexible combat, a semi-open-world structure, and seamless switching between Samurai and Ninja styles, earning praise as the most complete and accessible entry in the series-and one of the stronger modern Soulslike experiences for fans of demanding action RPGs. Read Entire Article
NASA’s Artemis II will test laser communications system in lunar orbit
The mission will mark NASA's first crewed test of laser communications in lunar orbit. O2O will use infrared light instead of radio frequencies to transmit voice, mission data, and high-resolution video back to Earth. While the technology has been tested on seven prior uncrewed missions, Artemis II is the first to......