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Wikipedia is now getting paid by Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity, and other AI companies
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026
As generative AI companies search for cleaner training data, one of the internet's oldest institutions is quietly changing its economic model. The Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, has confirmed new agreements with major AI players, including Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity. The deals formalize paid access to the...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Gigabyte is considering a handheld gaming PC, but only if it can stand out from the crowd
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026
Gigabyte CEO Eddie Lin spoke to PC World about several subjects at CES last week, including the company's stance on joining the handheld PC market.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Scientists create a spray-on powder that seals life-threatening wounds in seconds
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026
The agent, known as AGCL powder, was developed through a cross-disciplinary collaboration between materials science and biological engineering, with input from an active-duty South Korean Army Major whose battlefield experience shaped the design's real-world focus.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AMD is adding a one-click AI tools installer to Radeon GPU drivers
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026
AMD has confirmed that the next version of its Adrenalin software, set to arrive on January 21, will introduce new features to streamline the installation of local generative AI development tools. The announcement follows a multi-front AI development push that the company teased at CES last week.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
DDR3 is making an unexpected comeback now that DDR4 is also too expensive
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026
According to a post on the China-based PC hardware forum Board Channels, people looking to build relatively affordable workstations with lots of memory are buying old Intel X99 HEDT motherboards along with DDR3 RAM. These boards natively support DDR4 modules, but Chinese vendors are reportedly selling modified versions that work...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
The open-source Mentra Live smart glasses are built for livestreaming to platforms, including OnlyFans
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026
Entering a market dominated by the likes of Meta's Ray Bans isn't easy, but the Mentra Live does have several features helping them stand out. They use an open-source OS called, fittingly, MentraOS, the SDK of which developers have had access to since early 2025.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
OpenAI quietly launches ChatGPT Translate to take on Google Translate
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026
At first glance, ChatGPT Translate looks familiar: a large input box for typing or pasting text, two dropdown menus for selecting the source and target languages, and a copy button to retrieve the translated result. But its most distinctive feature sits beneath the surface – literally. The interface offers users...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Former Tripwire CEO says working from home contributed to industry-wide game delays
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026
Gibson is now the owner and founder of Templar Media. The first game it's publishing couldn't be further from the gore-filled horrors of the Killing Floor: an upcoming title called Gate Zero, an adventure game where players travel back in time to explore ancient Judea & Galilee and "experience the...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Why the future of data centers might be smaller than you think
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026
For most of the last decade, data centers have been synonymous with size. These sprawling, warehouse-scale installations consume vast amounts of power to support everything from online banking to the surge of artificial intelligence processing. Nvidia's Jensen Huang has described them as "AI factories," underscoring how critical they have become...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Laptop makers have about a year of memory stock to ride out the RAM crunch, Intel says
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026
In a recent interview, Intel said the laptop market is likely to emerge mostly unscathed from the memory chip shortage driven by the AI data center craze. Some analysts had predicted sharp price increases or the possibility of downgraded specs for upcoming laptop models. According to Intel, however, things should...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »