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New 3D printer tech uses elliptical laser beams to stir molten metal and create ‘alloys-on-demand’
By Luke James published
NIST has demonstrated a metal 3D printing method that stirs molten metal during the print by sending the laser along looping elliptical paths instead of straight lines.

Microsoft is reportedly testing Copilot+ AI features with discrete GPUs instead of NPUs
By Jowi Morales published
Is this the beginning of the end for Copilot+ PCs?

OpenAI hit with sweeping probe from massive coalition of 42 US state attorneys general just days after reported IPO filing
By Etiido Uko published
State attorneys general have opened a broad investigation into OpenAI, subpoenaing documents on ads, user retention, data handling, minors, health data, model behavior, and safety policies.

AMD taunts Apple's MacBook Neo for failing to run 75% of top PC games
By Hassam Nasir published
Don't buy a MacBook is gaming is a priority.

US government warned Anthropic that Fable 5 had been jailbroken, but firm 'refused' to fix before US implemented export controls
By Luke James published
David Sacks said the US government warned Anthropic that Claude Fable 5 had been jailbroken and that CEO Dario Amodei refused to fix the flaw.

AI cryptomining network's 320,000 RTX 3090-class GPUs allegedly burn 112 megawatts of power on ‘zero useful AI computation’
By Etiido Uko published
A preprint claims Pearl’s AI mining network consumes 320,000 GPU-equivalents and 112 MW while producing no verified useful AI computation.

Hardcore SpongeBob speedrunners smudged Xbox optical disks with sweat and grease to exploit 'lag clip' trick
By Mark Tyson published
A grease smear-induced optical disc reading quirk can save speedrunners lots of time in SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom on Xbox.

Dev releases ‘unblockable’ ASCII video stream software, stoking fears of unstoppable ads
By Mark Tyson last updated
A new and unique video streaming solution is pitched as a 'high-performance, real-time ASCII video rendering engine' that can be used to broadcast 'an unblockable video stream.'

More than 75 data center build-outs worth $130 billion have been successfully blocked in the first three months of 2026
By Jowi Morales published
This could put a dent towards the availability of compute in the future.

AMD challenges Nvidia's DGX Spark with $3,999 Ryzen AI Halo with Windows 11 support
By Kunal Khullar published
Powered by the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor and 128GB of unified memory, AMD's developer kit arrives as a direct competitor to Nvidia's DGX Spark, which recently saw a price increase to $4,699.
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