The next Xbox might run Windows with Steam support and full backward compatibility

Microsoft is working on a new wireless file transfer option for Windows 11

Fusion breakthrough: NIF achieves 8.6 megajoules, shattering previous record

Forward-looking: While the path to practical fusion energy remains long, the recent advances at the National Ignition Facility have emboldened researchers. The facility's ongoing progress is a testament to decades of persistence – and a sign that the age of controlled fusion ignition is no longer a distant dream.

China launches the first 12 satellites of a massive computing constellation in space

Vivaldi 7.4 updates address bar, adds per-site shortcut controls

Intel demos Panther Lake chips, promises Arrow Lake performance with Lunar Lake efficiency

Sony WH-1000XM5 sees major discount following XM6 launch

Microsoft Build 2025: From chatbots to digital coworkers, and the "agentic" web

Six weeks on, Amazon Alexa+ shows few signs of public adoption

Printer manufacturer infected customer PCs for months

Facepalm: Procolored builds high-end direct-to-film printers used for customizing t-shirts and other products. Recently, its official software delivered dangerous malware to customers' systems, exposing serious security flaws in what should be trusted professional-level equipment.

Sam Altman defends Trump's AI chip deals with UAE and Saudi Arabia, calls critics "naïve"

A year later, Apple Vision Pro owners say they regret buying the $3,500 headset

Facepalm: It's been over a year since Apple launched its Vision Pro, the mixed-reality headset that you might have already forgotten about. Now, many people who paid $3,500 when the device first arrived are experiencing the same emotion: regret.

Nvidia's RTX 5060 launch and the erosion of independent GPU reviews

Facepalm: As Computex 2025 is set to unfold in Taipei, much of the tech world's attention will be understandably drawn to new innovations and big announcements at the show. Yet, amid the buzz, a more troubling story is playing out behind the scenes – one that raises serious concerns about transparency, media integrity, and the trustworthiness of GPU launch coverage. The issue? Nvidia's release strategy for the GeForce RTX 5060, and how the company is manipulating public perception through tightly controlled media "previews."

Decades-old Windows systems are still running trains, printers, and hospitals

OpenAI launches Codex, a new AI coding agent for software development

Nvidia driver enables RTX 5000 GPU support on Intel Core 2 CPUs – with a catch

Microsoft's cringey ad boasts that top Copilot+ PCs are 58% faster than the discontinued, year-old MacBook Air M3

Facepalm: It's been nearly 20 years since Apple launched the Microsoft-mocking "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" commercials, and the two companies continue to take shots at each other in their respective ads. The latest from the Redmond giant claims that top Copilot+ PCs are more than 50% faster than a Mac – specifically, the now-discontinued MacBook Air M3 that launched in March 2024.

Italy fines thousands as crackdown on pirate IPTV targets viewers

Which one of these features was available on the 1982 Epson HX-20 notebook computer?

Silicon Valley's era of open debate fades as companies clamp down on employee dissent

Through the looking glass: As the tech industry continues to tighten control over employee speech and activism, a culture once defined by open dialogue and political engagement gives way to one marked by silence and fear of reprisal. "It's different now; employers feel they can get away with stuff," said a former Google employee.

Student demands $8,000 refund after catching professor using ChatGPT in class materials

A hot potato: Recent reports suggest that students' use of generative AI to cheat on school assignments is approaching endemic levels. While many worry that tools like ChatGPT erode young people's critical thinking skills, some students have also caught teachers using the same tools, often with unsatisfactory results.