Latest News

This open-source keyboard lets you snap keys together in any layout
Posted on Wednesday October 28, 2026
The project comes from Nathan Alspaugh, an MIT freshman studying aerospace engineering, who said he has spent around 100 hours working on it since March. When he posted the project to Hacker News this week, he said the idea came from his frustration that nobody sold triangle- or circle-shaped keyboards.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Police are using AI-powered license plate cameras to pull over drivers for "suspicious" travel patterns
Posted on Wednesday October 28, 2026
The ACLU recently outlined a pattern of police traffic stops based solely on data from Flock cameras and other license plate readers. The reports go back to at least 2025 and show how closely authorities can track the movements of most motorists.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Palit denies Galax factory is shutting down due to Nvidia RTX 5000-series chip shortages
Posted on Wednesday October 28, 2026
Palit's official statement says it is aware of recent reports and speculation regarding Galax's business operations. It adds that the brand continues to operate as usual, no manufacturing facilities have been shut down, and Galax products remain available in both domestic and international markets.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Watch this autonomous drone chase a person through a forest without GPS, maps, or cloud computing
Posted on Wednesday October 28, 2026
Purdue computer science professor Aniket Bera posted the 44-second video on LinkedIn last Friday. It shows a quadcopter from his IDEAS Lab weaving between trees to keep a person in frame. And the drone works it all out on its own computer, without a map of the forest to rely...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Congress is questioning Delaware's plan to let AI agents run companies
Posted on Wednesday October 28, 2026
House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer wrote to Governor Matt Meyer on October 26, requesting documents about the proposed Artificial Intelligence Company, or AIC.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Discord will make some channels and messages searchable on Google
Posted on Wednesday October 28, 2026
Answers posted after mid-December to questions in discoverable Discord servers can appear in search results on the open web. Usernames and avatars won't appear next to the messages, and admins can already opt out of the new policy.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A new report accuses Microsoft of using 10 "dark patterns" to keep you on Edge
Posted on Wednesday October 28, 2026
The Browser Choice Alliance (BCA), a group of browser makers advocating fair competition and freedom to choose a browser, commissioned the report, which was produced by the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT).Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Radeon 9070 XT vs. Radeon 7900 XTX: 50+ Game Benchmark
Posted on Wednesday October 28, 2026
Two generations apart, AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 7900 XTX are surprisingly close. We benchmark 51 games to see where RDNA 4 pulls ahead, where RDNA 3 holds on, and which GPU makes more sense.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Researchers set a real-time fiber record: 3.2 petabits per second over 10.3 kilometers
Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026
A joint initiative by Chinese researchers and engineers has set a new record for real-time fiber-optic communications. The team sent 3.2 petabits per second (Pbps) through a single optical fiber, topping the 2.5 Pbps mark the same group set earlier this year. The figure reflects bidirectional transmission, with traffic flowing...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
DoorDash reportedly in talks to acquire Instacart in $17 billion deal
Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026
Instacart was also recently tied to acquisition rumors with Uber, but sources say those talks are no longer active. It is unclear if Uber would try again if DoorDash comes up short.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »