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Roku and TCL face lawsuit over software updates that allegedly brick smart TVs
Posted on Wednesday May 06, 2026
The lawsuit alleges that a series of updates pushed to certain Roku-powered TVs introduced recurring issues that, in some cases, rendered the devices unusable. The models named include Roku Select Series and Roku Plus Series sets, along with TCL's 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-series TVs running Roku OS.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Game engines were built for video games, but Japan is finding more interesting things to do with them
Posted on Wednesday May 06, 2026
A recent report by Nikkei Asia highlights several interesting cases in which 3D engines are being used for far more than simply powering commercial video games. Japanese sources describe the "extended life" of popular SDKs such as Unity and Unreal Engine, which together account for around 70% of the traditional...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Nvidia partners with Corning to build the fiber optic backbone for next-gen AI data centers
Posted on Wednesday May 06, 2026
Nvidia said the deal will expand Corning's US-based optical connectivity manufacturing capacity tenfold and boost its domestic fiber production capacity by more than 50%. Collectively, the new facilities will create north of 3,000 high-paying jobs, we are told. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed, nor was a timeline...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
The quiet reinvention of search in the age of AI
Posted on Wednesday May 06, 2026
"Search is dead" has been a recurring headline for years. First, it was social media that was supposed to replace it. Then apps. Then, voice assistants. Now it's generative AI.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A single Micron SSD can now store 245TB and use half the power of hard drives
Posted on Wednesday May 06, 2026
The recently introduced 6600 ION SSD is available in both U.2 and E3.L form factors and can provide up to 245 terabytes of storage in a single drive. Micron describes the new unit as the highest-capacity commercially available SSD in the industry, in line with other high-capacity drives released in...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Apple is paying $250 million after overselling AI features before they actually worked
Posted on Wednesday May 06, 2026
The complaints focused on how Apple marketed its AI features alongside the iPhone 16 and certain iPhone 15 models. Consumers who purchased those handsets between June 2024 and March 2025 may be eligible for payments of up to $95 per device. Apple denied any wrongdoing as part of the settlement.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Scientists create "living plastic" that can self-destruct on command
Posted on Wednesday May 06, 2026
Scientists at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology have developed a "living plastic" with a built-in kill switch. The material contains spores from engineered Bacillus subtilis, a common soil bacterium, that remain inactive during normal use.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Microsoft Edge stores all your saved passwords unencrypted in memory
Posted on Wednesday May 06, 2026
Security researcher Tom Jøran Sønstebyseter Rønning recently shared evidence that Microsoft's web browser-based password manager stores all of its saved passwords in memory without encryption while running. He released and demonstrated a simple proof of concept that displays the passwords and their associated accounts.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AMD warns gaming revenue will plunge over 20% as memory prices drive up PC hardware costs
Posted on Wednesday May 06, 2026
AMD's first-quarter results were good news for investors. Revenue hit $10.3 billion, up 38% year over year, while the data center segment climbed 57% to $5.8 billion on the back of Epyc CPUs and Instinct GPUs. Client and Gaming also improved, rising 23% to $3.6 billion, with gaming revenue up...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A major study claiming ChatGPT improves student learning has been retracted
Posted on Wednesday May 06, 2026
By the time of the retraction, the paper had already traveled far. Published in May 2025 in Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, it attempted to measure ChatGPT's impact by combining results from 51 separate studies. The authors compared outcomes between students who used the chatbot and those who did not,...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »