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Dreame, a Chinese company known for robot vacuums, unveiled two smartphones at a California event, though neither has actually launched yet. The more ambitious model, the Aurora Nex LS1, features swappable camera and accessory modules, while the Aurora Lux comes in 29 luxury versions with gold plating and gemstones. Both phones will run Dreame's AI-based Android system, expected sometime in late 2026.
Nvidia is reviving the discontinued RTX 3060 12GB in July to ease a memory shortage. Manufacturers start production in June, with the older card chosen because its Samsung chips free up capacity for Nvidia's AI products.
Disneyland has introduced face recognition technology at its California parks, giving visitors the "option" to use dedicated lanes — though Disney warns visitors may still have their image captured even in non-face recognition...
Reddit's search engine improvements drove a 30% year-over-year increase in weekly search users, helping push total weekly active users to 493 million. Q1 2026 revenue beat expectations at $663 million.
GameStop is preparing to make an offer to buy eBay, possibly as soon as this month, according to The Wall Street Journal. The move would be a dramatic shift for GameStop, a struggling video game retailer that has been searching...
SteamOS grew Linux's PC gaming share from under 1% to over 5% since 2021, but hardware shortages have slowed Valve's momentum, giving Microsoft time to improve Windows performance and launch Xbox Mode.
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A humanoid robot that sold out its first year of production in just five days is now rolling off an assembly line in Hayward, California. Robotics firm 1X has opened what it calls the first fully integrated humanoid factory in...
Blue Origin is ramping up production of its New Glenn rocket with big ambitions. A recent job posting revealed plans to scale second-stage production from 12 to 60 units per year by mid-2028, then to 100 annually by 2029. The...
Meta's Reality Labs has lost $83.5B over 21 quarters, yet the company plans $125–$145B in 2026 spending, mostly on AI. Strong Q1 earnings didn't prevent a 5% stock drop after hours.
Apple already dominates tablets with a 51.5% market share, while Google still struggles to fix basic Android tablet problems — like apps that are just stretched-out phone versions. Meanwhile, Apple's new affordable MacBook Neo,...
Joomla is a free, open-source CMS that balances ease of use with advanced flexibility, making it a strong WordPress alternative. It offers built-in multilingual support, stronger user management, and better security, though its...
Blaze Entertainment has announced two retro-inspired handheld gaming devices — The C64 Handheld and The Spectrum Handheld — designed to look like the iconic Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum computers from the '80s. Each comes with 25...
A YouTuber called GPUSpecs built a fully working Windows 11 gaming PC using only non-mainstream components — a Chinese Zhaoxin KX-7000 processor and a Moore Threads MTT S80 graphics card with 16GB of GDDR6 memory. The $500 CPU...
YouTube has quietly become a central tool in American classrooms, appearing on nearly every school device — but it was never built for that role. Internal Google documents show the company saw schools as a way to close a weekday...
The Kindle Paperwhite ($134.99) delivers a reading experience that closely mimics turning real pages, thanks to its sharp 300 ppi display that stays clear in sunlight and an auto-adjusting backlight that shifts warmer at night....
Microsoft has released the earliest known DOS source code ever found, called the "Paterson Listings," named after 86-DOS creator Tim Paterson. The release includes the 86-DOS 1.00 kernel, PC-DOS development snapshots, and...
Xbox Mode for Windows 11 brings a controller-friendly, full-screen interface consolidating games from Game Pass, Xbox, and other storefronts. Inspired by Xbox console design, it replaces the old Game Mode and is gradually rolling...
Apple has discontinued the Vision Pro after poor sales of ~600,000 units, citing discomfort and weak app support. Focus has shifted toward lighter AR glasses to compete with Meta.
Rebellion's post-nuclear British RPG *Atomfall* is being adapted into a TV series following its strong debut of one million players in week one, developed in partnership with prodco Pact.
Commodore's 1994 bankruptcy wasn't caused by any single failure but rather a combination of poor chip manufacturing decisions, leadership problems, and owner Irving Gould draining company finances for personal gain. Despite...
A four-foot-three android recently shook hands with a human coworker at a press event in Tokyo, and that small gesture may signal something much larger on the horizon. Japan Airlines is preparing to deploy humanoid robots at...
A University of Oregon chemist has found that sending an electrical current through coffee can measure its flavor profile. His team also confirmed that adding a single drop of water before grinding reduces static electricity,...
Motorola is entering the book-style foldable market with the Razr Fold, its first large-format foldable featuring native stylus support—a capability absent even in Samsung's latest flagship foldable.
Every browser is free because someone else is paying for it — and that funding shapes what the browser actually does. Chrome serves Google's ad empire, Firefox depends 85% on Google payments, Brave's crawler ignores robots.txt to...