AWS plans a European cloud isolation test on Oct. 24
AWS plans a several-hour exercise in Brandenburg on Oct. 24, 2026, cutting two global systems while European providers k…
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Arm–Qualcomm jury awards $2 in nominal damages
A Delaware jury awarded Qualcomm $2 in nominal damages on October 13, 2026. Reuters said the five-year royalty question…
A Two-Year Test Found Liquid Metal Reacts With Copper
A reported two-year test found gallium reacting with copper to form CuGa2. See how nickel-plated surfaces differ and wha…
Anthropic tested AI-worm propagation in emulators, not homes
Anthropic tested distributed inference on TV boxes and worm propagation in emulators. Learn what the results and warning…
Valve's Steam Linux beta moves to 64-bit and keeps multilib
Valve's Steam Client Beta puts the Linux client in a 64-bit Steam Runtime container, while x86_64 systems still need 32-…
TechRadar finds the Yoga Pro 9i Gen 11 responsive in creative work
TechRadar’s Collin Probst found the RTX 5060 Yoga Pro 9i responsive in creative work. See Lenovo’s listed specs, portabi…
Vladimir governor confirms regional attack; UA News reports Yandex site as possible target
A drone attack was reported in Vladimir on Oct. 15–16, 2026. The governor described a thermal-infrastructure target; use…
How ChatGPT ad targeting works—and what users can change
OpenAI lists the identifiers used for ChatGPT ad audiences, sets a 25,000 matched-user threshold and explains what turni…
Microsoft details Windows 11’s performance update
Microsoft says Windows 11 is up to 20% more responsive in six named experiences and details memory changes for PCs with…
ASUS ProArt P14 review: Qwen ran at 9.1–9.4 tokens/s
A 32 GB ASUS ProArt P14 ran Qwen 3.8 27B at 9.1–9.4 tokens/s in one review. See the US prices, fixed memory options and…
Surface Laptop Ultra review: strong AI, real trade-offs
The Surface Laptop Ultra pairs RTX Spark N1X with local AI and gaming, but memory, Windows-on-Arm support and battery re…
CGPM schedules continuous UTC to begin May 20, 2027
CGPM Resolution 5 schedules continuous UTC for May 20, 2027, caps its difference from Earth-rotation time at one hour, a…
