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This $35,000 computer made of living human neurons can run Doom
Posted on Saturday February 28, 2026
The CL1 is the first commercial system from the same researchers who wowed the tech world in 2022 by teaching a cluster of 800,000 neurons to play Pong. The new CL1 pushes the idea into engineered hardware, built around 59 electrodes positioned on a planar array of metal and glass....Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
These ultra-budget laptops "include" 1.2TB storage, but most of it is OneDrive trial space
Posted on Saturday February 28, 2026
Redditor "bmr99" spotted several Amazon pages for HP laptops advertised as including 1.2TB of storage, but they actually combine 128GB internal SSDs with free one-year OneDrive cloud storage trials. All of the examples also include dangerously low-end specs while attempting to boost interest with steep temporary discounts.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Nvidia pulls Resident Evil Requiem Game Ready driver over fan control issues
Posted on Saturday February 28, 2026
After Nvidia launched the February 2026 Game Ready and Studio Driver, which includes optimizations for Resident Evil Requiem and the Marathon server slam, users complained that some fans on RTX GPUs would not turn on, raising the risk of overheating. Some noted that their cards began ignoring custom fan protocols...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Microsoft expands Windows 365 Cloud PC thin clients to Asus and Dell hardware
Posted on Friday February 27, 2026
Microsoft has announced that two new devices are joining its Cloud PC program. Asus and Dell will begin offering systems designed to deliver the cloud-based Windows 365 experience over the coming months, with purpose-built internet clients aimed at streamlining the modern workspace. Naturally, customers must pay a variable monthly subscription...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Smart TV apps are quietly scraping web data for AI training
Posted on Friday February 27, 2026
Bright Data operates a global proxy network designed to collect publicly available web content, and customers are voluntarily joining the network so that they can spare a few dollars on their TV viewing experience. According to a recent report, code associated with Bright Data has appeared in certain smart TV...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Perplexity launches Computer, wants AI to run tasks for months, not minutes
Posted on Friday February 27, 2026
Rather than relying on a single model, Perplexity AI's Computer system functions as an orchestrator across multiple models. Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 serves as the primary reasoning engine, while Gemini handles deep research tasks. Nano Banana generates images, Veo 3.1 produces video, Grok executes lightweight, speed-optimized tasks, and OpenAI's ChatGPT...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Smartphone sales are expected to drop 13% worldwide amid memory crunch
Posted on Friday February 27, 2026
According to a new report from market research firm International Data Corporation, global smartphone shipments are expected to total around 1.1 billion units this year, down from 1.26 billion in 2025. This marks a significant downward revision from the company's November 2025 forecast, which projected a decline of between 0.9...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Broadcom bets on 2nm stacked silicon to rival Nvidia in AI
Posted on Friday February 27, 2026
The technology is based on a vertically integrated design that bonds two chips into a single stack. By tightly coupling these silicon layers, Broadcom's engineers aim to increase data transfer speeds while reducing energy consumption – a critical advantage as AI workloads become more computationally intensive.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
US arrests OnlyFake operator accused of selling over 10,000 AI-generated digital fake IDs
Posted on Friday February 27, 2026
According to the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, 27-year-old Ukrainian national Yurii Nazarenko (also known by several aliases, including "John Wick") was charged and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud involving identification documents and authentication features.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Modder builds a CPU cooler powered by "infinite" ice from a hacked ice maker
Posted on Friday February 27, 2026
The experiment sits halfway between absurdist entertainment and an intriguing case study in thermal engineering. The concept is deceptively simple: use melting ice to absorb the CPU's heat, then recycle the meltwater to make new ice, forming a closed-loop cooling system.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »