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This 98-qubit quantum computer moves ions around to compute more efficiently
Posted on Tuesday August 25, 2026
Helios is the largest trapped-ion quantum computer demonstrated so far. Quantinuum, which is based in Cambridge, UK, and Broomfield, Colorado, previously demonstrated machines with 32 qubits in 2023 and 56 qubits in 2025.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
"We've all been too ambitious": Sam Altman says our old habits are delaying the great AI transition
Posted on Tuesday August 25, 2026
A recent survey found that almost 49% of US adults now use AI chatbots. While that is up from 33% two years ago, it's not as all-encompassing as, say, the number of people who use the internet every day.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs. 9070 XT: Which Should You Buy?
Posted on Tuesday August 25, 2026
We compare the Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT across 52 games at 1440p and 4K, test how each responds to undervolting, and determine whether the XT model is worth its price premium.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
IBM is building a dual-architecture mainframe chip that will run Arm and Z software on the same cores
Posted on Tuesday August 25, 2026
The processor was showcased at Hot Chips 2026 and is expected to use 11 IBM Z cores built on a 2-nanometer process. IBM said the cores will operate above 5.7 GHz and support native execution of both z/Architecture and AArch64 instructions.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Intel re-enters Amazon's top-10 best-selling CPUs after over a year, but AMD still dominates
Posted on Monday August 24, 2026
Intel's Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core i7-14700K rank #6 and #9, respectively, surrounded by an array of Ryzen chips spanning multiple generations. Both are mid-range parts, priced at $255 and $312, respectively. The 270K Plus belongs to Intel's Arrow Lake Refresh series, while the 14700K comes from the...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Windows NT 4.0 turns 30: when Microsoft brought the Windows 95 look to the enterprise
Posted on Monday August 24, 2026
Microsoft released Windows NT 3.1, its first true 32-bit operating system, in 1993. The "New Technology" platform initially adopted the traditional user interface of the DOS-based Windows 3.x operating environment, but things began to change exactly 30 years ago.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Trump says data center protesters are "making a mistake," but his allies disagree
Posted on Monday August 24, 2026
Explaining the reason for his support despite strong opposition from members of his own party, Trump insisted that data centers are beneficial because they create "tremendous amounts of jobs and money." He added that people opposed to new data centers are making a mistake because the original concerns about excessive...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A hidden Windows cleanup routine is quietly deleting Asus laptop GPU drivers
Posted on Monday August 24, 2026
The Eco mode feature available on Asus gaming laptops can cause Windows to remove the GPU driver installed on the system. A user who owns a ROG Zephyrus G14 laptop discovered the unpleasant issue after spending "months" investigating why the system's discrete GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU would suddenly disappear....Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Which of these companies once owned meaningful chunks of TSMC, ASML, and NXP – and today owns none of them?
Posted on Monday August 24, 2026
Imagine owning stakes in three companies now worth a combined $2.6 trillion... and selling all of them before it mattered.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Happy 35th anniversary to the Super Nintendo, one of gaming's greatest consoles
Posted on Monday August 24, 2026
The Super Nintendo debuted in North America on August 23, 1991, after having launched as the Super Famicom in Japan a full nine months earlier. Nintendo was technically late to the 16-bit fight considering Sega's next-gen gaming machine had been around since the tail end of the 80s, but made...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »