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AMD's Am9080 at 50: The reverse-engineered chip that launched AMD into the CPU era
Posted on Monday October 27, 2025
The Am9080 arrived in mass production in 1975 as AMD's version of Intel's 8080 – an instruction-set-compatible implementation built on AMD's own n-channel MOS process rather than a carbon-copy fabrication. That detail matters: the Am9080 wasn't a rebadged Intel part.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Engineering the perfect robotic hand could unlock a $5 trillion humanoid market
Posted on Sunday October 26, 2025
Robotics engineers worldwide are tackling one of the most challenging frontiers in artificial intelligence and mechanical engineering: building a hand that functions like a human's. While humanoid robots can walk, lift, and balance, the absence of dexterous, sensor-rich hands remains a significant barrier to large-scale deployment in factories and other...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Airbus, Thales and Leonardo to merge space units in biggest shake-up in decades
Posted on Sunday October 26, 2025
Europe's space industry is undergoing a major realignment as Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo merge their space operations into a single company headquartered in Toulouse. The long-discussed deal aims to create what executives describe as a unified European rival capable of matching the speed and efficiency of Elon Musk's SpaceX.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AMD X3D Turbo vs. Intel 200S Boost One-Click Overclocking
Posted on Sunday October 26, 2025
A year ago the Ryzen 9800X3D beat Intel's Ultra 285K by 24%. With 200S Boost overclocking on the table, we are retesting to see if one click tuning can close the gap.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Microsoft Outlook is getting reimagined for the AI era under new leadership
Posted on Sunday October 26, 2025
An internal memo obtained by The Verge outlines Gaurav Sareen's vision as Microsoft's new corporate vice president of global experiences and platform, who has assumed direct leadership of the Outlook team. Sareen is taking over from Lynn Ayres, who is on sabbatical. In the memo, Sareen describes the shift as...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
The Halo remake is headed to PlayStation in a major exclusivity shift
Posted on Saturday October 25, 2025
For more than two decades, the Halo series has stood as a defining property for Microsoft's gaming business – its green-armored protagonist synonymous with the Xbox brand. That connection will soon change. Microsoft confirmed that a remake of the original Halo: Combat Evolved will launch on PlayStation 5 in 2026,...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Fujitsu is still putting Blu-ray drives in laptops – and people in Japan still want them
Posted on Saturday October 25, 2025
Fujitsu's FMV Note A WA3-K3 laptop is now available in Japan, starting at ¥124,800 (approximately $800 USD). All configurations include an internal optical drive, while the top-tier model – priced about ¥10,000 ($70) higher – upgrades it to a Blu-ray drive.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
HP is betting on Saudi manufacturing as the kingdom pitches itself as the Middle East's tech factory
Posted on Saturday October 25, 2025
HP has begun producing computers in Saudi Arabia through a large-scale manufacturing partnership, marking one of the country's most significant technology investments under its Vision 2030 economic diversification program. The move makes HP the latest global hardware maker to anchor its supply chain in the kingdom, joining a wave of...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Cybersecurity experts warn real-time voice deepfakes are here
Posted on Saturday October 25, 2025
Cybersecurity firm NCC Group has demonstrated that combining open-source AI tools with off-the-shelf hardware can generate real-time voice deepfakes with minimal latency. The technique, dubbed "deepfake vishing," uses AI models trained on samples of a target's voice to produce live impersonations that operators activate via a start button on a...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
BBC study finds AI chatbots still get news wrong 45% of the time
Posted on Saturday October 25, 2025
Analysis from the BBC and other European news outlets has found that around 45 percent of AI chatbot responses based on news articles contain errors. The findings have potentially severe implications as tech platforms continue promoting them.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »