Computer scientists at Cambridge University deployed the first ever webcam in 1991. Read Entire Article
Amazon sold a Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM kit that turned out to be DDR4 in disguise
Redditor Leading-Growth-8361 posted in the r/pcmasterrace subreddit that he bought some Corsair Vengeance DDR5 for his PC, but got a nasty surprise instead. Read Entire Article
Nvidia and SK hynix are building an AI SSD that could be 10x faster
At a recent conference, SK hynix Vice President Kim Cheon-seong announced that the Korean memory manufacturer is working with Nvidia on what could become a tenfold leap in SSD performance. According to Korean outlet Chosun, Kim said his firm was developing a new SSD with ten times more performance alongside......
Gaming demand is driving an OLED monitor boom as Asus overtakes Samsung
Global OLED monitor shipments reached 644,000 units in the third quarter of 2025, up 12% from the prior quarter and 65% from a year earlier. For the full year, shipments are projected to total 2.62 million units, implying annual growth of 84% as panel makers and brands push hard into...
A Starlink satellite appears to have exploded and is now spiraling toward Earth
According to SpaceX, the satellite will reenter Earth's atmosphere within weeks, and the event poses no danger to the crew of the International Space Station. Read Entire Article
Terminator 2D: No Fate is a new, brutally old-school shooter
Terminator 2D: No Fate adapts Judgment Day into a 2D action game built around pixel-art visuals, side-scrolling combat, and a notably high difficulty. Reviewers are praising its controls and commitment to arcade-era design. Read Entire Article
Russian hackers exploited misconfigured customer devices hosted on AWS for years, Amazon says
CJ Moses, Amazon's chief information security officer, confirmed the discovery in a December 15 analysis, describing the campaign as "a significant evolution in critical infrastructure targeting." Moses, who previously served as technical lead for computer and network intrusion analysis at the FBI's Cyber Division, said the attackers had "taken a......
Apple’s App Store “freedom” in Japan comes with strings attached, obviously
Apple has begun allowing iOS developers in Japan to distribute apps outside of the App Store and direct users toward alternative payment processors. However, the new policies come with various strings attached, drawing predictable condemnation from Epic Games CEO and frequent Apple opponent Tim Sweeney. Read Entire Article
Trump’s new nuclear pilot program is rewriting how reactors get approved
When President Donald Trump convened nuclear industry executives at the White House in May, it marked the public rollout of a major shift in US nuclear policy – one that places the Energy Department, not the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, at the center of an accelerated test-reactor program. Read Entire Article
Riot is forcing Valorant players to update their PC firmware to keep playing
The push follows Riot's disclosure of a critical flaw it uncovered in several popular motherboard models. The vulnerability can be exploited by well-funded cheaters targeting Valorant, prompting Riot to effectively mandate a UEFI firmware update for all players at once. Read Entire Article