The McDermitt Caldera most likely hosts the world's largest deposit of lithium trapped in claystone. Located on the Nevada – Oregon border, the extinct supervolcano could contain 20 to 40 million metric tons of lithium. Based on the current average US price of roughly $37,000 per ton, the caldera may......
Magician’s implanted RFID chip is now useless after he forgets the password
The experiment began as a quirky blend of performance art and technological curiosity. The chip was intended to serve as a prop for interactive magic tricks, activating routines when a smartphone with a compatible reader was pressed against Zi's hand. Read Entire Article
Online shoppers in New York are seeing a new warning: “This price was set by an algorithm”
New York is the first state in the US to require online retailers that use personalized pricing to display a disclosure. The regulation is part of a broader state budget measure targeting what regulators and consumer advocates call "surveillance pricing" or "algorithmic pricing" – adjusting prices for individual customers based......
Samsung unveils ferroelectric NAND breakthrough to cut power use by up to 96%
As the AI boom fuels massive data-center buildouts, demand for memory keeps climbing – and with it, the notoriously high power consumption of today's NAND. Samsung's researchers are pitching a new architecture that could sharply reduce those energy costs. Mobile devices might also benefit if the findings catch on. Read...
Nearly a billion PCs are still running Windows 10, and half are too old to upgrade
During the PC maker's latest earnings call, COO Jeffrey Clarke said there are around 500 million Windows machines in the wild that are too old to run Windows 11. Another half a billion are capable of running the newer operating system but haven't been upgraded yet. Both situations, Clarke notes,......
EU strikes deal on new payment rules that force providers to refund fraud losses and reveal hidden fees
European authorities have completed the negotiation phase for the Payment Services Regulation and the Third Payment Services Directive, two new regulatory frameworks designed to improve user protection and transparency in online payments. The rules aim to harmonize and modernize how payment service providers operate across the European Union, covering payment......
Windows 11’s updated File Explorer remains painfully slow despite using twice as much RAM
Microsoft's solution for the sluggish Windows 11 File Explorer is more of a workaround than a proper fix. To boost response times, the OS now preloads the app into system memory at every startup. The update rolled out last week as part of Windows 11 Preview Build 26220.7271 (KB5070307). Read...
Android’s latest enterprise update shows encrypted work texts aren’t as private as they look
Rich Communication Services is Google's modernization of SMS and MMS for Android. It offers read receipts, typing indicators, and end-to-end encryption, positioning it as a secure replacement for the older texting standards. Read Entire Article
Lara Croft and Tomb Raider earn two new entries in Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records has once again recognized Tomb Raider and its protagonist, Lara Croft. According to the British organization, the adventurer is now officially the best-selling video game heroine in the world. Croft has also appeared on more magazine covers than any other video game character. Read Entire Article
File Converter lets you do quick file conversions in Windows, with two clicks
File Converter is a simple utility that integrates directly into the Windows context menu, letting you convert files with a single right-click. It supports a wide range of audio, video, image, and document formats, offering outputs like MP3, MP4, GIF, WebP, PNG, and PDF. Read Entire Article