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<h5><strong>A hot potato:</strong> The prospect of humanoid robots building more humanoid robots sounds like something from science fiction, but an Austin-based company has just signed a deal that could eventually lead to this scenario. It's inevitably caused more fears about human jobs being...

<h5><strong>What just happened?</strong> Around a month after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg complained about company leaks, roughly 20 employees have been fired for allegedly leaking confidential information, and it sounds as if more terminations will follow. Exactly what the leaks entailed is...

<h5><strong>What just happened?</strong> Here's something nobody could have predicted before the RTX 5000 series arrived: a systems integrator has launched a program that ensures the cards it stocks have the correct ROP counts before they're sent to customers. The move comes after Nvidia...

<h5><strong>What just happened?</strong> The United States' relationship with the UK could come under further strain following news that US officials are investigating whether its ally broke a data treaty by demanding that Apple build a backdoor into iCloud. </h5><p><a...

<h5><strong>What just happened?</strong> Handheld gaming PCs might be incredibly popular right now, but that doesn't mean they'll all be successful. The clamshell-style Ayaneo Flip, for example, has been killed off, despite some backers of the crowdfunding campaign already having received their...

<h5><strong>Highly anticipated:</strong> The "Half-Life 3 confirmed" catchphrase might not be around for much longer. There's been a slew of speculation that the 18-year wait since Half-Life 2: Episode 2 could soon end, and that the mythical Half-Life 3 is in the final stages of development...

<h5><strong>What just happened?</strong> Meta has admitted that an "error" caused Instagram users to see a slew of violent and pornographic content on their personal Reels page. The company has apologized for the mistake, which resulted in video clips filled with everything from school shootings...

<h5><strong>A hot potato:</strong> Big tech companies have been quick to put an end to or cut back their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, a response to pressure from Donald Trump and his administration. Pushing back against the trend is Apple, whose shareholders voted down a...

<h5><strong>What just happened?</strong> It appears that Nvidia has started addressing at least one of the many problems affecting the RTX 5000-series. A fix for the black screen issues that have impacted certain Blackwell GPUs, as well as previous card generations, is already available for some...

<h5><strong>Something to look forward to:</strong> Razer has introduced a new iteration of its desktop-replacement Blade 18 gaming laptop. Not only does it come with the latest RTX 5000-series mobile GPUs (up to an RTX 5090) and Intel Arrow Lake CPU, but it also offers a dual-mode display. That...

<h5><strong>In brief:</strong> If you lost tens of millions of dollars on something, you'd likely spend most of your life regretting it. But not when you're a multi-millionaire (or billionaire) like Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast. He's admitted that Amazon's Beast Games cost him tens of millions...

<h5><strong>Facepalm:</strong> Another instance of an attorney using generative AI to file briefs containing non-existent cases has led to a judge recommending a $15,000 fine for his actions. That's more than three times what two lawyers and their law firm were fined in 2023 for doing the same...

<h5><strong>A hot potato:</strong> Activision has admitted what most people have suspected for years: it is using some AI-generated content in Call of Duty. It doesn't come as too much of a surprise given the evidence, which includes an image of a zombie Santa Claus in a loading screen with six...

<h5><strong>What just happened?</strong> More than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush, Tori Amos, and the Eurythmics' Annie Lennox, have released a silent album in protest against proposed changes to Britain's copyright laws. The new rules could allow companies to use artists' work to train...

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