AI & ML

Orico BookDrive P10Plus (512GB) review: Magnetic back and 100W passthrough charging

Orico's BookDrive P10Plus feels solid and has a magnetic back for snapping onto smartphones, as well as a 100w passthrough charging port. But its perf...

Mar 01, 2026 • 5 min read

AI & ML

Honor Magic V6 beats Galaxy Z Fold 7 not by being thin, but with a 6,660 mAh battery [Gallery]

The Honor Magic V6 has arrived and, rather continuing to be obsessed with a thinner device, Honor took a new route in focusing in on a massive battery...

Mar 01, 2026 • 5 min read

AI & ML

Enthusiast runs desktop PC off 56 AA batteries — Intel computer lasts less than 5 minutes while playing Minesweeper

YouTube creator ScuffedBits experimented with a desktop PC and AA batteries just to see how many they needed to run and for how long will a desktop PC...

Mar 01, 2026 • 5 min read

AI & ML

The Nvidia GeForce3 launched 25 years ago — underappreciated at launch, its impact shaped the industry

Technological evolution rarely looks important in the moment. In fact, sometimes it even looks like a regression.

Mar 01, 2026 • 5 min read

AI & ML

California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup

The law's broad definition of an "operating system provider" pulls in not just Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS, but Linux distributions and Valve's S...

Mar 01, 2026 • 5 min read

AI & ML

AMD’s K6-III ‘Sharptooth’ debuted this week in 1999 with on-die L2 cache to savage the Intel Pentium II — it also held the line against the Pentium III

AMD launched its first processors with on-die L2 cache this week in 1999, heralding the beginning of the Super Socket 7 era.

Mar 01, 2026 • 5 min read

AI & ML

Grab a mobile workstation with a jaw-dropping $1,200 discount and 96GB of DDR5 memory — Lenovo's robust & powerful ThinkPad P14s is on sale for just $1,539

The P-series in Lenovo's ThinkPad lineup is aimed at professionals looking for a lot of CPU power, and this unit in particular pairs that with an insa...

Feb 28, 2026 • 5 min read

AI & ML

US military uses a laser to blast a drone out of the sky on the US-Mexico border — the target belonged to Customs and Border Protection in the friendly fire incident

The U.S. military accidentally shoots down a CBP drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border with a laser system after mistaking it for a cartel drone.

Feb 28, 2026 • 5 min read

AI & ML

Xiaomi 17 series launches globally from €999 alongside new Wear OS watch and Find Hub tracker

Xiaomi is kicking off MWC 2026 with the global debut of the Xiaomi 17 series, as well as a new Wear OS smartwatch and its first Find Hub tracker, amon...

Feb 28, 2026 • 5 min read

AI & ML

OpenAI strikes deal with Pentagon following Claude blacklisting — Anthropic to challenge supply chain risk designation in court

Altman’s announcement came not long after President Trump “ordered” every federal agency to immediately stop using Anthropic's technology.

Feb 28, 2026 • 5 min read

AI & ML

390TB video game archive being taken offline due to skyrocketing RAM, SSD, and hard drive prices — AI-driven supply squeeze results in closure of one of the largest online video game archives

Myrient, which hosts more than 390TB of preserved video games, is set to go offline at the end of March 2026 due to rising storage and memory costs. T...

Feb 28, 2026 • 5 min read

Analytics

Samsung’s excuse for skipping Qi2 magnets in Galaxy S26 ignores the big picture

The Galaxy S26 series doesn’t have Qi2 magnets and the official excuse for why ignores the big picture. more…

Feb 28, 2026 • 5 min read

AI & ML

Memory vendor under fire for imposing hefty 15% depreciation fee on returns despite skyrocketing RAM value — user expected RMA replacement but gets hit with a loss instead

Silicon Power reportedly charged a 15% depreciation fee while refunding a user their 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3200 RAM, meaning they'll only receive $46.72,...

Feb 28, 2026 • 5 min read

AI & ML

OpenAI raises $110 billion in largest-ever private tech funding round, Nvidia throws in $30 billion — AI startup now valued at $730 billion

$50 billion from Amazon, $30 billion from Nvidia, and $30 billion from SoftBank, with additional investors expected to join as the round progresses.

Feb 28, 2026 • 5 min read

AI & ML

AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D vs Intel Core i9-14900K faceoff — Intel’s Raptor Lake platform continues to be relevant in 2026

The Ryzen 7 9850X3D now leads AMD’s gaming lineup, but Intel’s Core i9-14900K remains a powerful choice for productivity-focused users. We tested both...

Feb 28, 2026 • 5 min read

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Developer's 1994 Linux desktop recreation runs in your browser as a modern web app — open-source project brings old-school CDE interface back from the dead and features classic 90s web browser, text editor, and more

A new GitHub project has resurrected the 1994 Linux experience with this Debian clone in your browser, a pixel-for-pixel recreation of the original Co...

Feb 28, 2026 • 5 min read

AI & ML

What new Google Messages features are rolling out [February 2026]

Like other Google apps, Messages for Android A/B tests many features. It can take the RCS/SMS client a rather long time to actually launch new functio...

Feb 28, 2026 • 5 min read

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Friday’s best Android game and app deals: Lovecraft’s Untold Stories, Inbetween Land, more

Pokémon 2026 is in full swing and you’ll find all of today’s new game announcements and product reveals waiting right here, but for now we are taking...

Feb 27, 2026 • 5 min read

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Deals: Galaxy S26 w/ FREE buds, FREE storage upgrades, or $350 off Tab S11 + Galaxy Watch Ultra $450 off orig. price, more

Happy Pokémon Day 2026 to all you Trainers out there (all of the big announcements are waiting right here), but we are on to today’s best deals for no...

Feb 27, 2026 • 5 min read

AI & ML

The Galaxy S26 in ‘Cobalt Violet’ has a bit of an identity crisis [Gallery]

Samsung’s standout color for the Galaxy S26 series is its “Cobalt Violet,” and while I’m always down for purple smartphones, this one is underwhelming...

Feb 27, 2026 • 5 min read