After a catastrophic asteroid impact 78 million years ago, life didn’t just survive—it thrived, at least according to new research that provides the first direct evidence of microbial life recolonizing an impact crater. The study, which centers on the Lappajärvi impact structure in Finland, both confirms the ongoing theory that meteoric craters

Apple’s strategic stubbornness to avoid slapping a touchscreen display on its MacBook laptops is coming to an end, and not a moment too soon. At least, that’s the word from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has a positive (though not spotless) track record when it comes to these sort of things. In a post on X, Kuo said Apple is planning on releasing

Big things are happening at Intel these days, as CEO Lip-Bu Tan looks to transform the chip maker’s business model after stumbling a bit in the past few years. The newest development—and one we didn’t see coming—is that NVIDIA is investing $5 billion in Intel’s common stock at a purchase price of $23.28 per share, which suggests a high level

It is difficult to even comprehend the scale of modern photolithography. Current-generation manufacturing processes are described with terms like “2 nanometer” and “18 angstrom”. Those numbers undersell the actual size of the logic gates, but the point is, we’re working at a scale so small that the wavelengths of light used for the etching

If you’ve noticed odd stutters or audio crackles when using an ASUS laptop, you aren’t the only one. And just yesterday, Reddit user u/ZephKeks (Zephkek on GitHub) posted an explosive deep dive revealing exactly why that is. It turns out that these issues with ASUS laptops aren’t down to Windows 11’s idiosyncrasies, but rather genuinely faulty

The Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team at Human Security have discovered an ad and click fraud campaign dubbed SlopAds. The operation resulted in over 224 apps that have been downloaded 38 million times in 228 countries. It was a sophisticated effort that deployed several obfuscation techniques designed to evade security researchers

When the covers for the Lamborghini Pregunta concept car were pulled back in 1998, people were blown away by its futuristic aircraft-inspired design and engineering. Even if it was the last of the pre-Volkwagen-owned Raging Bulls, the one-off supercar has remained inspirational and futuristic more than two decades later. For the second time

Once again, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched a preliminary investigation into Tesla, this time focusing on the Model Y’s electronic door handles following multiple complaints from owners, including reports of children being trapped inside vehicles. NHTSA’s probe is centered on an estimated 174,290 Model Y SUVs

Finnish cryocooler manufacturer Bluefors has signed an agreement to secure a long-term supply of helium-3 harvested from the Moon. Yes, you heard right. No one has set up shop to mine on the moon and yet companies are snapping up lunar resources like kids at a candy store. This particular contract (with U.S.-based space resources company Interlune)

Sony’s DualSense controller is one of the best gamepads around and courtesy of a new PlayStation 5 system update, it just became a heck of a lot more convenient to use it on multiple platforms and systems. The days of having to pair and re-pair DualSense controllers on separate systems are officially over. Instead, you can register up to four

While AMD is keeping its nine-year-old socket AM4 kicking with yet another Ryzen 5000 series processor launch, Microsoft is getting ready to send its decade-old operating system, Windows 10, into retirement. It’s not a total retirement, but free support for Windows 10 comes to an end next month, and Consumer Reports sees this as a major security

AMD is writing the book on socket longevity and it’s doing it with AM4, which is approaching a decade of service. Just when you thought we’d seen the last hurrah for the aging platform when AMD released a new Ryzen 5 5500X3D with 3D V-Cache earlier this summer, it’s went and quietly launched yet another socket AM4 processor, the Ryzen 5 5600F.

TSMC’s next-generation N2 process has officially booked its first customers: Apple, MediaTek, and AMD, with NVIDIA reportedly paying a hefty premium to get pole position for A14. Notably absent from the confirmed list is Intel, which is striking precisely because Intel has relied on TSMC’s 6nm, 5nm, and 3nm-class nodes for GPU, SoC, and even

From the 1980s thru 2008, scientists observed that nuclear activity inside the Sun was continuously trending downward, and it was expected that this would continue. However, a new study by the American Astronomical Society has revealed that the Sun has ditched this downward trajectory and has instead increased in activity since 2008. According

Today, Minisforum formally announced and shared details of its MS-S1 Max Mini PC, a characteristically compact machine with the formidable Ryzen AI Max+ 395 SoC and a built-in 320W PSU. This mini-PC also features a full-length PCI Express x16 slot and a total TDP of 160 Watts before the PCIe slot is occupied, though for the beefiest possible

Yesterday on Reddit, intrepid user u/AthleteDependent926 posted a bombshell to the r/Radeon subreddit: AMD’s FSR 4 source code leak in August contained all the files needed to run FSR 4 with older GPU hardware. Doing so requires the use of OptiScaler, which we previously covered allowing users to enable FSR 4 in games that only supported DLSS

Microsoft is bringing some big upgrades to its Xbox App for Windows based devices. The company is looking to deliver a more convenient and coherent gaming experience for Windows PC gamers, with an aggregated library as well as access to third-party storefronts. Specifically, it’s hoping to give upcoming handhelds such as the Asus ROG Xbox

Palm-reading (or more precisely, palm vein recognition) smart locks aren’t exactly new, but good ones from reputable brands can get pricey. Enter Wyze with its new Palm Lock that promises to bring the convenience and security of biometric lock tech for a truly competitive price. Fingerprint and touch locks are so old school; now you can unlock

Spotify is upgrading its services— just after finally adding lossless streaming for Premium users earlier this month, thankfully without a price bump, they’re also removing a key shackle from Spotify’s free tier. Now, Spotify’s free users can also listen to playlists and albums in their intended order, and pick-and-choose individual songs

We’re seeing a similar plot line with AI demand compared to the crypto craze that enraptured the market a few years ago. First, GPUs became scarce and in high demand, with high prices not far behind. Next, even CPUs entered the fray, and now it’s happening to storage media. Due to the large amount of data required by AI workloads, storage