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
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.
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.
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.
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HARDWARE
The Best GPU at Every Price Point
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RYZEN
AMD's 5-year-old CPUs are popular again because RAM is too expensive
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EMAIL
Gmail will finally let you change that embarrassing old address
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SCIENCE
Magnetic cloaking is moving from theory to real-world engineering
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NEXT-GEN
Zen 6 and Nova Lake set to clash with massive 3D V-Cache designs
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GAMING CULTURE
Why some video games improve brain function – and others don't
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
AI demand pushes 4TB DDR5 RAM prices to Porsche and Range Rover levels
DDR4 remains relatively affordable, at least for now
Ayaneo Pocket Vert handheld offers Dreamcast, PS2, and GameCube emulation from $269
Now available for pre-order with early bird pricing
Modders are upgrading Nvidia RTX 5080 cards to 32GB of VRAM
Paying for an additional 16GB of high-performance VRAM? In this economy?
Apple's foldable iPhone leaks again, and it's thinner than expected
New video fleshes out dimensions, display specs, and potential design trade-offs
More than 20% of YouTube's feed is now "AI slop," report finds
The US ranks third in AI slop consumption and subscribers
Tesla's robotaxi vision faces a reality check from Waymo's head start
Tesla talks trillion-dollar robotaxis, but Austin tells a slower story
LG goes all-in on 5K gaming with new UltraGear evo OLED and Mini LED displays
Three "world's firsts," according to LG
The battery boom is reviving US graphite mining after decades of dormancy
The US is betting on domestic graphite to reduce reliance on China
Researchers build world's smallest autonomous robots
At one-tenth the width of a millimeter, these robots think, swim, and survive for months
Quantum computing made measurable progress toward real-world use in 2025
DARPA's benchmarking effort, new qubit architectures, and algorithm work drive industry momentum
The auto industry is being forced to move faster by China's EV makers
Building a new car now takes two years, and that's the new normal
Upgrading During the DRAM Apocalypse with AMD's $75 CPU
We once told people to avoid the Ryzen 5 5500. Years later, it's a top-selling CPU. With DDR5 prices spiraling, has this budget Zen 3 chip become the right choice after all?
Nvidia's $20 billion Groq deal looks a lot like an acquisition in disguise
The licensing pact gives Nvidia talent, tech access, and industry leverage without triggering regulators
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