A driver change in the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel is a major win for aging AMD graphics cards. By defaulting to the modern AMDGPU driver, systems with decade-old GPUs could see performance improvements of around 30% and gain out-of-the-box Vulkan support for the first time.
Google has filed a lawsuit against data scraping company Serpapi. The suit alleges the firm used hundreds of millions of fake queries to bypass protections and harvest copyrighted search results.
After a fire in 2019, archaeologists found 100 burials under Notre Dame. One, nicknamed “The Horseman,” has now been linked to the lost poet Joachim du Bellay, who died in 1560. The identification hinges on bone analysis and historical records, though one detail doesn’t quite match.
The AI hype in Silicon Valley is hitting a wall with actual customers. According to two CEOs, businesses want practical tools, not buzzwords, and they’re still keeping a human in the loop.
The Indie Game Awards 2025 faced major controversy, rescinding its Game of the Year and Best Debut awards from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 after the developer admitted to using generative AI. A third award was also pulled due to the winner’s partnership with a company tied to military contractor And
Taiwan is racing to build a massive domestic drone industry to counter China, aiming for nearly 200,000 units annually by 2030. But the high cost of a China-free supply chain and getting its biggest tech firms fully committed are major hurdles.
The US energy regulator has ordered the country’s largest grid operator, PJM, to formulate clear rules for how large loads like data centers connect and pay for transmission. This follows the rejection of a high-profile behind-the-meter deal between AWS and Talen Energy. The move aims to prevent oth
SoftBank needs to find $22.5 billion to fulfill its funding commitment to OpenAI for the Stargate AI data center project. The company is selling stakes in companies like Nvidia and T-Mobile and may borrow against Arm to raise the cash. The deadline is the end of 2025.
A major US research program is harnessing the world’s most powerful supercomputers to solve a core problem in quantum materials science. The CONNEQT project will spend four years simulating what happens when materials like superconductors are hit with light, heat, or current, which is crucial for fu
In Kenya’s Rift Valley, a startup called Octavia is testing a novel approach to carbon removal. Their modular machines use excess geothermal energy to capture CO2 from the air, then store it permanently in the region’s unique basalt rock.
