UK's DragonFire laser proves combat readiness with high-speed drone kills

The UK Royal Navy recently confirmed that the DragonFire laser has achieved a significant new milestone, targeting and ...

Solo Bitcoin miner defies astronomical odds to claim block worth $270K

According to CoinDesk, the lowly miner had a one in 180 million chance of solving a Bitcoin block on any given day. At ...

AMD could increase graphics card prices by 10% due to memory shortage crisis

We've covered several aspects of the memory shortage, including this deep dive into how AI demand is causing the problem and ...

FCC rolls back plan to make cybersecurity a legal duty for telecom carriers

Chairman Brendan Carr said the earlier interpretation pushed CALEA beyond what Congress intended and would have led to ...

Infosys co-founder hikes 70-hour workweek call to 72 hours, praises China's 996 model

Murthy has long been a controversial figure over his call for young Indians to work 70-hour weeks if they want to succeed and help the nation's ...

The US is throwing big money at rare-earth tech, taking on China's dominance with new chemistry

Rare-earth elements are embedded deep within much of today's hardware stack, but the real bottleneck is no longer geological ...

Windows 1.0 was originally developed under what early project name?

First developed in 1981 by computer scientist Chase Bishop, the software project that would eventually become Windows actually started life under a far wonkier name: "Interface ...

Valve confirms the Steam Machine will be priced like a PC, not a console

The potential price of the Steam Machine has been hotly debated. With comparisons to the Xbox One and PS5 – and some using the "hybrid PC/Console" ...

UK announces world's first international esports competition for military personnel

The International Defence Esports Games (IDEG) was launched in London last week. Over 40 allied nations are taking part, including Canada and Poland – no mention ...