Floppy Disk patent was granted today in 1972 – when 80KB took up 8 inches

Nintendo Switch 2 with user-replaceable batteries coming to the EU — console maker confirms it will comply with regulations set to take effect from 2027

California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verification law after backlash

Modern Blu-ray drives can now rip GameCube, Wii, and Xbox 360 games to PC

Samsung $400,000 worker bonuses near approval after clearing legal challenge — non-chip employees in line for just $4,000 launch last-minute bid to scupper deal with union

Survey reveals that 99% of CEOs now expect AI-driven layoffs — companies are racing to replace junior workers with AI, even as many executives remain uncertain about the returns on AI investments

Drone breaks world speed record with 453 mph in test run — exotic sawtooth carbon fiber propeller blades one of the key advances in the Blackbird design

Kevin O'Leary claims Chinese propaganda is to blame for anti-datacenter backlash — Administration, industry proponents see foreign plot despite 'scant evidence'

Italian council sets 200% tax on data center development in agricultural zones — aims to spur the use of old industrial areas instead and limit environmental impact

Maryland citizens hit with $2B power grid upgrade for out-of-state AI

Angry TSMC employees considering strikes, unionization over employee bonuses, report claims — company reportedly considering 15% payout cut to fund capex despite record revenues fuelled by AI surge

Samsung chip workers vote to accept $340,000 average bonus, ending months-long strike threat — resentment over deal has slowed down Samsung foundry division

First Apple M5 memory exploit discovered using Anthropic AI, gives root access on MacOS

China says 'world's first' offshore wind-powered underwater data center has entered full operation, houses 2,000 servers — 24 megawatt subsea AI facility uses ocean water for passive cooling and offshore wind for power

Meta data center allegedly muddies Georgia town's drinking water, investigation underway — EPA promises immediate investigation after congresswoman brings dirty jars of water to hearing

Samsung's $400,000 payout for memory workers sparks revolt as other divisions get only $4,000, fueling intentional production slowdowns — internal resentment disrupts packaging operations…

768GB Intel Optane DIMMs to run 1T-parameter LLM with single GPU at 4tps

Louis Rossmann offers to pay legal fees for a threatened OrcaSlicer developer

Microsoft's $1 Billion AI Data Center Will 'Switch Off Half of Kenya'

Chinese memory maker CXMT enters mainstream consumer memory with Corsair Vengeance DDR5 kit — Chinese-made DRAM emerges as an antidote for crushing shortages

China bypasses US GPU bans with 1.54-exaflops 'LineShine' supercomputer — CPU-only monster packs 2.4 million Huawei-designed Armv9 cores

Researcher develops 'spray-on' stealth coating for drones — volcanic rock formulation claims to reduce radar return signals by up to 43dB, compared to 20 to 30dB for typical radar absorbent material

LinkedIn user hides AI prompt injection in bio to force recruitment spam to be sent in Olde English prose — bots also also manipulated to address user as ‘My Lord’

Samsung narrowly avoids 18-day chip strike after last-minute wage deal with 48,000-worker union — tentative deal, subject to workers' vote, suspends billions of dollars worth of potential losses

Huawei develops 122TB SSD with new packaging tech to sidestep US sanctions on 3D NAND chips — Chinese firm develops proprietary tech to cram more NAND dies in a smaller footprint

Microsoft BitLocker – YellowKey zero-day exploit

GitHub bans security researcher who posted zero-day Windows exploits

Nikon weaponizes lower prices to break ASML's lithography monopoly

Louis Rossmann taunts Bambu Lab by hosting banned 3D Printer firmware fork, dares $1 billion company to sue him — more creators pledge support and boycotts…

College student hacks Taiwan high-speed rail line with software defined radios, stopping four trains

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