Key takeaways: Saudi Arabia’s HUMAIN struck various deals with US companies in May 2025, aiming to cater to 6% of the world’s AI demand. The country aims to leverage its low-cost energy sources to make AI computing 30% more affordable than the rest of the world. However, Saudi Arabia’s close ties with China and the …
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Key Takeaways: AI becomes a new surveillance tool: ICE’s $5.7M contract for Zignal Labs software marks a major step toward automated social media monitoring on a massive scale. Private tech feeds public surveillance: Software once used for PR and marketing analytics now fuels law enforcement intelligence and national security operations. Algorithms define ‘threats’: AI models …
Elon Musk has told Joe Rogan that he hopes to unveil a flying car “before the end of the year.” As Gizmodo has reported, Rogan asked Musk about about the long-delayed second-gen Tesla Roadster in his show, when the Tesla CEO suddenly started talking about wanting the vehicle to fly. If you’ll recall, Tesla unveiled …
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Techtober may have come to an end, but our reviews team is still hard at work with this fall’s haul of new devices. Over the last two weeks, we’ve tested two new Apple products, a powerful gaming handheld, some seriously impressive headphones and Meta’s sporty smart glasses — and that’s just the start. Read on …
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Apple continues to refine the look and feel of the iPhone with each major iOS release, and iOS 26 places more emphasis than ever on personalization. The one big change is the introduction of Spatial Scenes, a feature that allows you to create what Apple calls “holographic” lock screens. Instead of being a flat image, …
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Image: Rob Schultz / IDG A smart speaker makes for an easy first step into smart home technology. Before you kit out your house with thousands of dollars of lighting and security upgrades, you can familiarize yourself with voice-assistant technology while enjoying music, podcasts, and news in a hands-free home environment. Here are our top …
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Minisforum, a manufacturer of desktop mini PCs, said that it’s raising prices due to an increase in “raw material” component costs. The culprits appear to be rising DRAM and flash memory prices, where the market is beginning to worry and act upon possible shortages. Last night, Minisforum posted a notice on X (via Tom’s Hardware) …
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Handheld gaming PCs are impressive, but at the end of the day, they’re running integrated graphics originally meant for laptops and cheaper PCs. That means they have some fairly hard limits in terms of graphical oomph. To help owners stay in the know about what games will work on what devices, it’s launched the “Handheld …
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Image: Matthew Smith / IDG There’s nothing more frustrating than hearing the familiar ding of a dying battery. This scenario always seems to happen when there’s zero outlets in sight. Bummer, man. Nowadays, laptops are lasting longer than ever thanks to the energy-efficient chips from Intel and Qualcomm. Many laptops we’ve tested here at PCWorld …
We tested the battery life on hundreds of laptops. These 5 refused to die Read More »
“There’s nothing new under the sun,” said a wise guy a while back. Consider those words if you’re looking for Disney-owned channels like ABC and ESPN on your YouTube TV live service today. They’re gone, as Google and Disney have failed to hammer out a new streaming contract. This contentious process is the same thing …
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