Tech

SpaceX is offering Memphis residents a 50 percent discount on monthly Starlink internet service following community backlash and a lawsuit over pollution from the company’s nearby AI data center. But the discount does nothing to address the underlying complaints. The question it raises is whether cutting internet prices constitutes a remedy for air pollution, or […]

Sony has set a firm deadline for the end of the physical PlayStation game disc. Starting January 2028, the company will stop manufacturing physical discs for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles, marking the final chapter in the industry’s two-decade transition from physical to digital distribution. The announcement on the official PlayStation Blog cites […]

A growing body of research is converging on a troubling conclusion for the open web: AI-generated search answers are systematically dismantling the economic model that has kept independent publishing alive for two decades. Two academic papers and new usage data from Pew Research paint a picture of accelerating decline. AI Overviews, the summarized answers that […]

Google has brought Gemini Spark, its always-on agentic assistant, to macOS. The Mac version arrives about a month after Spark’s initial launch on other platforms, giving Apple users access to the same persistent assistant that can monitor topics in real time, interact with third-party apps, and manage local files. What Spark does on the desktop […]

Imagination Technologies has published a detailed white paper on HyperLane, its hardware-based GPU virtualization architecture that allows multiple operating systems to share a single GPU without interference. The technology is aimed primarily at automotive, data center, and consumer edge devices, where a single high-performance platform increasingly needs to run multiple simultaneous workloads with strong isolation […]

Anthropic has launched Claude Science, a dedicated workbench for computational research that runs on the company’s existing Claude models rather than introducing new AI capabilities. The move signals a strategic bet that scientists need better workflow tools, not more powerful models, to accelerate their work. What Claude Science is, and isn’t Claude Science is not […]

Japan has formalized a national strategy to deploy 10 million AI-powered robots across 18 industries by 2040, moving its robotics ambitions from policy talking point to a funded national programme. The government has commissioned a consortium led by SoftBank-backed Noetra and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) to develop a multimodal […]

Windows PCs still relying on Secure Boot certificates issued in 2011 are at risk as those certificates expire throughout 2026, with the final batch due to expire in October. Secure Boot acts as a security checkpoint during the boot process, verifying that drivers and software have valid digital signatures before allowing them to run. Expired […]

A new report from GitLab has found that organizations are adopting AI coding tools faster than they can build the policies and systems needed to manage the resulting code, creating what the company’s chief product officer described as a governance gap driven by volume. The AI Accountability Report, conducted by The Harris Poll and published […]

Microsoft has discontinued the Surface Go and Surface Laptop Go, its two budget-oriented Surface PC lines, according to sources familiar with the company’s hardware roadmap. Current models — the Surface Go 4 and Surface Laptop Go 3 — are out of stock at most retailers with no plans for restocking or successor devices. The move […]