Essential Apps to Install on Windows and macOS
Just unboxed your new computer? Here's our curated list of essential desktop apps for Windows and macOS to kickstart your productivity and set up the perfect workspace.
OpenAI's employee compensation dwarfs every major tech IPO of the past 25 years
Equity pay packages are 34 times higher than pre-IPO tech norms
Bottom line: OpenAI's financial model reflects the intense pressure to retain the people driving its breakthroughs. The company's willingness to spend aggressively on equity has redefined what competitive pay looks like in artificial intelligence – and raised the stakes for every firm vying to shape the field's future.
A microwave-sized factory is now running in space and can hit 1,000°C
The goal is making far purer semiconductors in microgravity
Microsoft Office is down to $35 for a lifetime license
TL;DR: If you're looking for a powerful productivity suite without paying any subscriptions, Office 2021 is now available for just $35. All the essential tools you need for work or personal projects at over 80% off the regular price.
Doom can now run as your Windows screen saver
A fun, although not entirely original project featuring id's legendary FPS
Used Nintendo 3DS consoles are commanding nearly Switch 2 prices amid retro gaming boom
Prices are only expected to rise in 2026
A $5,000 RTX 5090? New reports warn of steep GPU price hikes
As if things weren't bad enough already
Florida is building a highway that can wirelessly charge EVs while you drive
Delivering 200kW charging - with caveats
New York wants social media to carry tobacco-style health warnings
Governor Hochul stated that New Yorkers deserve safety and transparency
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Upgrading During the DRAM Apocalypse with AMD's $75 CPU
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No Ryzen Killer: Intel Core Ultra 5 225F Review
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The Modern SD Card Buying Guide
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Nvidia RTX 5050 vs Intel Arc B580: Budget GPU Battle
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Single Stick vs. Dual Channel RAM: How Much Performance Do You Actually Lose?
Play physical SNES games on your PC with Epilogue's SN Operator
Easily digitize your SNES game collection
Intel and Nvidia's superchip plans blend CPUs, GPUs, and big money
Nvidia's $5 billion Intel deal is starting to look like a bargain
Asus teases "Neo" AM5 motherboards with vapor chamber cooling, improved cable management
Set to debut at CES 2026
Experimental camera can focus on multiple planes simultaneously
Foreground, middle ground, and background appear sharp in the same photo
Wired subscriber data exposed as hackers claim to have stolen 40 million Condé Nast records
Hackers say the Wired leak is only a small part of a larger cache
Nvidia's $4 trillion rise raises questions about financing its own customers
Inside the financial web behind Nvidia's AI dominance
Bottom line: Nvidia's explosive rise to become the world's most valuable company has come with an uneasy question from investors: how much of its record-breaking growth depends on financing its own customers? Now worth more than $4 trillion, Nvidia designs the specialized silicon and software that power AI systems, from data centers hosting ChatGPT to national AI computing hubs. But behind that scale lies a complicated web of investments that critics say resembles vendor financing – a practice in which a company lends money to customers who use those funds to buy its products.
A Pennsylvania court says police can sift through Google searches to find suspects
Courts are treating Google searches like bank records now
Meta makes $2 billion bet on agentic AI with Manus acquisition
Its automated research and web tools drew millions of users within months
Steam's 2025 best sellers show indie games competing with AAA hits
Silksong, Kingdom Come II, and Schedule I rank highly
The takeaway: Valve has released a preliminary list of Steam's top-selling games of 2025. Although AAA hits and older live-service titles predictably dominate the list, indie games make a strong showing, especially new releases such as Hollow Knight: Silksong.
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INDUSTRY
AI data centers are turning to jet engines and diesel because the grid can't keep up
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BENCHMARKING
Cinebench 2026 launches with support for next-gen GPUs
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SCIENCE
Researchers build world's smallest autonomous robots
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LOOK MA, NO CHIPS
The myth of China's stolen EUV machine meets reality
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YOUTUBE
More than 20% of YouTube's feed is now "AI slop"
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HARDWARE
The Best GPU at Every Price Point
TSMC's 2nm N2 process officially enters volume production
Fabrication starts at the Kaohsiung plant with expansion to a second site in 2026
LG unveils Gallery TV, a canvas-style rival to Samsung's The Frame
Featuring MiniLED tech for improved brightness, contrast, and clarity
The Arctic's extreme cold is breaking even the world's most advanced military tech
The Arctic doesn't care how advanced your technology is
The Worst GPUs of 2025: We Love Our GPUs, Just Not These Ones
This GPU generation brought some progress, but also some baffling decisions. In 2025, AMD and Nvidia were still pushing 8GB graphics cards, and gamers are finally pushing back.
Cinebench 2026 released with support for next-gen GPUs and Apple Silicon
Maxon has launched Cinebench 2026, updating its long-running benchmark with performance improvements and support for modern hardware, including Nvidia Blackwell and Hopper GPUs, AMD's Radeon 9000 series, and Apple M4 and M5 systems. The new version moves to an updated Redshift rendering engine and adds a dedicated test for SMT enabled CPU cores.
GOG co-founder buys retro gaming storefront from CD Projekt Red
Nothing changes for users, but questions about long-term profitability linger
Asus denies recent reports of launching its own memory chip facility
The plant wouldn't come online soon enough to solve the current shortage
The people building humanoid robots say the hype is running ahead of reality
Humanoid robots can walk and run – doing useful work is another story
HWMonitor provides a simple view of PC hardware temperatures and voltages
HWMonitor tracks essential system metrics such as CPU and GPU temperatures, voltages, fan speeds, and power usage. It offers a quick snapshot of hardware behavior, making it useful for routine monitoring and basic troubleshooting.
Hackers flood Rainbow Six Siege with billions in virtual currency, forcing the Ubisoft marketplace offline
Ubisoft has yet to ban any players, including those who spent the gifted currency
AI data centers are turning to jet engines and diesel because the grid can't keep up
Powering AI is getting louder, dirtier, and more complicated
Text Grab is a lightweight OCR utility for instant text capture
Text Grab is a small app from the same developer behind PowerToys' Text Extractor. If you just need fast OCR without the rest of the suite, Text Grab gets it done with zero fuss.
A forgotten South Korean tungsten mine could help the US break its reliance on China
A decades-old mine is reentering service as the US redraws its mineral strategy
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