At a press event reminiscent of a high-profile car launch, China's leading battery maker CATL detailed innovations that could bring electric cars closer to price and performance parity with their gasoline-powered counterparts within the next few years. Read Entire Article
Sega arcade classic OutRun is becoming a movie, directed by Michael Bay
Sega's OutRun debuted in arcades way back in 1986 and was lauded for its impressive graphics, selectable soundtrack, and nonlinear gameplay. It was the highest-grossing arcade game of 1987 and proved to be Sega's top-earning cabinet of the decade. Read Entire Article
G.Skill unveils world’s first 256GB DDR5-6000 CL32 U-DIMM memory kit
The new kit runs at 6000 MT/s with a CL32 latency and supports AMD's Extended Profiles for Overclocking (EXPO), allowing for extreme memory tuning on AMD-based systems. For users seeking even higher speeds, all four modules can be overclocked to reach DDR5-7000. Read Entire Article
AI is enabling cybercriminals to act quickly – and with little technical knowledge, Microsoft warns
In its latest edition of the Cyber Signals report, Microsoft writes that AI has started to lower the technical bar for fraud and cybercrime actors looking for their own productivity tools. Read Entire Article
New study reveals cybersecurity threats in next-gen DNA sequencing
The research, published in IEEE Access and led by Dr. Nasreen Anjum of the University of Portsmouth's School of Computing, is the first to systematically map cyber-biosecurity threats across the entire NGS workflow. Read Entire Article
Microsoft tightens policies for low performers, adds voluntary exit plan
In an internal email seen by Business Insider, Microsoft's new chief people officer Amy Coleman wrote about new and enhanced tools that would help accelerate high performance and swiftly address low performance. Read Entire Article
Logitech quietly raises prices on popular PC accessories by up to 25% after tariffs
In his video, Dougherty raises questions about the impact of ongoing tariffs and the future affordability of tech gear in the United States. Flagship products such as the Logitech MX Master 3S mouse and the K400 Plus Wireless Touch Keyboard were among those affected. The latter increased in price from......
Sam Altman says polite ChatGPT users are burning millions of OpenAI dollars
Some shocking headlines involving the costs of being polite to AI chatbots like ChatGPT have circulated over the past few days. A few examples include: Read Entire Article
Open source AI is the new Linux, only faster
When DeepSeek launched its advanced model on Hugging Face, it marked a turning point for AI and the global open-source movement, says Asay. DeepSeek's release sparked a wave of global developer activity, including a high-profile effort from the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI), which launched a rival project called......
Guess who said this in 2004: “Two years from now, (email) spam will be solved”
Who was the tech exec that made this overconfident claim 20 years ago? Read Entire Article