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Project Mariner is dead, but Google's browser-controlling AI plans are not
Posted on Thursday May 07, 2026
Google first announced Project Mariner back in December 2024. An extension for an experimental build of Chrome, Mariner could execute multi-step commands to browse websites, use Google search, retrieve specified information, go shopping, and more. Google positioned the agent as assisting with tasks that are usually tedious for humans.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AMD's next Epyc server chip debuts this year with 256 cores and 70% better performance
Posted on Thursday May 07, 2026
During an investor call following the release of AMD's first-quarter 2026 earnings, CEO Lisa Su confirmed that the Epyc Venice processors remain on schedule for launch later this year. The server CPUs will mark the debut of the Zen 6 architecture and AMD's first move to TSMC's 2nm process technology.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Elon Musk's SpaceX will help power Claude with 220,000 Nvidia GPUs despite his attacks on Anthropic
Posted on Thursday May 07, 2026
SpaceXAI, the combined company formed after SpaceX absorbed xAI earlier this year, announced that Anthropic will use compute capacity from Colossus 1, the Memphis data center Musk has repeatedly described as one of the world's largest AI supercomputers. The site offers more than 300 megawatts of new capacity and over...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Gen Z is turning subscriptions into short-term rentals for shows, movies, and games
Posted on Thursday May 07, 2026
One of the clearest signals in the data is how Gen Z approaches streaming. The report finds that 59% of users in that group subscribe to and unsubscribe from platforms specifically to watch a single show or film. In effect, streaming subscriptions have become temporary access points rather than ongoing...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
PCIe has doubled bandwidth every generation for two decades, PCIe 8.0 is on track to do it again at 1TB/s
Posted on Thursday May 07, 2026
Manufacturers can now review the 0.5 draft specification for PCIe 8.0. The spec aims to increase bandwidth significantly while reducing power consumption.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Nintendo investors want a hefty Switch 2 price hike as console sells at a loss
Posted on Thursday May 07, 2026
Bloomberg notes that apart from a brief uplift in March when Pokémon Pokopia launched, Nintendo's stock price has been on a downward trajectory this year. It started 2026 at $68.15 but is currently at $47.38, a fall of more than 30%.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Image generation is now the feature that moves the needle for AI apps
Posted on Thursday May 07, 2026
This reflects a shift from earlier phases of the AI boom, when advances in conversational models and features like voice drove adoption. Those improvements still matter, but they no longer spark the same immediate interest as tools that generate visual content.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Student brought multiple Taiwan high-speed trains to a standstill with handheld radio spoofing attack
Posted on Thursday May 07, 2026
Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) told local media that on April 5, a 48-minute stoppage affected four trains – though some outlets say it was three trains. The disruption was caused by a General Alarm signal that triggered emergency response protocols instructing the trains to stop manually.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Microsoft made Copilot a co-author on every VS Code project, reverted after developers revolted
Posted on Wednesday May 06, 2026
A recent pull request effectively turned Copilot into a "co-author" for every programming project created in Visual Studio Code – even when the programmer behind the screen did not use Copilot at all. Users informed Microsoft that they did not like the change, criticizing the company for adding more "slop"...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Hackers used Daemon Tools' own website to silently install backdoors on thousands of PCs for nearly a month
Posted on Wednesday May 06, 2026
Cybersecurity researchers at Kaspersky found that the attack compromised multiple versions of Daemon Tools, from 12.5.0.2421 through 12.5.0.2434. What made the campaign particularly difficult to detect was that the malicious installers were distributed directly from the official website and signed with legitimate digital certificates belonging to AVB Disc Soft, the...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »