Five individuals participated in the experiment, which involved shooting pulses of visible-wavelength laser light directly into their eyes to stimulate individual photoreceptor cells on the retina. According to the scientists, this method theoretically enables the display of colors that lie beyond the range of natural human vision. Read Entire Article
Synology to require branded hard drives for future NAS models
The next high-end NAS line from Synology will require the use of the company's branded hard disk drives. The manufacturer announced the change in a recent press release, stating it will increasingly rely on a proprietary ecosystem for upcoming storage products. This new requirement will affect NAS models in the......
Use PDFsam to split, merge, and organize PDFs in a snap
PDFsam Basic is a free, cross-platform tool that allows you to perform a wide range of PDF tasks, including merging, splitting, rotating, and converting files. You can split PDFs by page number, file size, or bookmark levels, mix multiple PDFs, and more. Read Entire Article
Paul Rudd reprises role as Nintendo hypeman in new Switch 2 commercial
A crowd forms, and Nintendo closes out with its SNES catchphrase, "Now you're playing with power. Super Power." Read Entire Article
New Star Wars movie starring Ryan Gosling set for 2027, Lucasfilm confirms
The film will star Oscar-nominated actor Ryan Gosling, known for roles in the 2023 fantasy comedy Barbie and the 2004 romantic drama The Notebook. It will be directed by Shawn Levy, who helmed Marvel's 2024 blockbuster Deadpool & Wolverine. Jonathan Tropper will serve as one of the lead writers. Read...
LG launches 45″ and 39″ OLED gaming monitors with smart TV features
The UltraGear OLED 45GX90SA measures a hefty 45 inches, packs a 3440 x 1440 (21:9) resolution, and has an aggressive 800R curve. It also has a 240Hz refresh rate, a 0.03ms GTG response time, and 1,300 nits peak brightness for HDR (275-nits peak SDR brightness). Read Entire Article
Microsoft’s BitNet shows what AI can do with just 400MB and no GPU
The BitNet b1.58 2B4T model was developed by Microsoft's General Artificial Intelligence group and contains two billion parameters – internal values that enable the model to understand and generate language. To compensate for its low-precision weights, the model was trained on a massive dataset of four trillion tokens, roughly equivalent......
Google demos Android XR smart glasses with Gemini AI, visual memory, and multilingual capabilities
Until now, Google's Android XR glasses had only appeared in carefully curated teaser videos and limited hands-on previews shared with select publications. These early glimpses hinted at the potential of integrating artificial intelligence into everyday eyewear but left lingering questions about real-world performance. That changed when Shahram Izadi, Google's Android......
Western Digital and Microsoft launch HDD recycling program to recover rare earths from e-waste
Although solid-state drives have become the standard for personal computers, mechanical hard drives remain the backbone of data centers worldwide. When these drives are retired, they are often shredded for data security, and their components – ranging from aluminum and steel to rare earth magnets – frequently end up in...
New graphene-based flash memory writes data in 400 picoseconds, shattering all speed records
To put this achievement into perspective, PoX can perform 25 billion operations per second – surpassing the previous world record for similar technology by a factor of 100,000. Read Entire Article