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Security

Ransomware attacks on billion-dollar companies jumped 74 percent in a single quarter

Ransomware groups shifted strategy in Q2 2026, with attacks on companies earning over 1 billion dollars surging 74 percent quarter over quarter.

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Space

A meteorite punched through a New Jersey roof. It carried chemistry older than Earth.

Scientists confirmed a meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home contains amino acids and organic compounds from 4.5 billion years ago.

· 3 min read
Computing

The ROG Xbox Ally X20 is the handheld Xbox fans actually wanted

Asus and Microsoft's ROG Xbox Ally X20 special edition upgrades the screen and joysticks on the already strong Xbox Ally X.

· 3 min read
Computing

TSMC July sales jump 45% as AI chip demand keeps climbing

TSMC reported a 45% year-on-year revenue jump in July 2026, driven by continued demand for advanced AI chips.

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Computing

Lumilens raised 700 million to bring optical networking to the data centre

Lumilens raised 700 million dollars to bring optical networking to the data centre, swapping electrical wiring for light to break the AI bandwidth ...

· 3 min read
Computing

Tesla and SpaceX break ground on Terafab, a 16.8 billion dollar Texas chip plant

Tesla and SpaceX are building Terafab, a 16.8bn dollar Texas chip factory to feed their own AI, robotics and space compute. Here is what it means.

· 2 min read
Computing

How to set up a Raspberry Pi home server in 2026

How to set up a Raspberry Pi home server in 2026: pick the board, flash the OS, run Docker, and self-host Pi-hole, Immich and more, step by step.

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Computing

SK Group and NVIDIA's $500bn pact just made memory the most important chip in AI

SK Group and NVIDIA signed a partnership worth more than 500 billion dollars to build Vera Rubin AI infrastructure powered by SK hynix HBM4 memory. ...

· 3 min read
AI

OpenAI Astra solves ten open maths problems in a single day

OpenAI Astra cracked ten maths problems open for up to 30 years, with machine-checked Lean proofs, for about 2,000 dollars in tokens.

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Robotics

Humanoid robots have quietly reached warehouse scale

Figure, Tesla Optimus and Boston Dynamics are now running thousands of general-purpose humanoid robots in commercial warehouses. The bottleneck was ...

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Space

How to watch the Perseid meteor shower 2026: peak night, times and kit

The Perseid meteor shower 2026 peaks overnight on 13 August under a new moon. When to look, where to stand, and the simple kit that helps you see ...

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Space

SpaceX successfully tests Starship's reusable heat shield for long-duration reentry

One of the least glamorous but most technically demanding challenges in reusable rocketry is the heat shield.

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Security

A major ransomware attack has hit NHS systems across England

The National Health Service has been targeted by ransomware before.

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AI

Meta's Llama 4 reaches 100 million users in under three months

Meta's open-weight AI strategy has always been a bet that volume beats exclusivity.

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Science

LHS 1140 b: First confirmed atmosphere on a rocky habitable-zone world

Astronomers confirm the first atmosphere on a rocky planet in a habitable zone: LHS 1140 b, revealed by helium leaking into space, 49 light years ...

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AI

Japanese companies are building industry AI on NVIDIA's Nemotron models

Japan's approach to AI adoption has always been a little different from the West's.

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Security

Critical VMware and Cisco flaws are under active attack: Patch this week

Two critical flaws in VMware and Cisco are under active attack, letting attackers skip the login screen. Here is what to patch this week and why it ...

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AI

NVIDIA Agent Toolkit adds PhysicsNeMo and CUDA-X to power engineering AI

NVIDIA has quietly made a significant expansion to its Agent Toolkit, and if you work anywhere near simulation, engineering, or scientific computing ...

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AI

Japan's manufacturers are building physical AI on NVIDIA Cosmos and Isaac

Japan's robotics and manufacturing industry, one of the most sophisticated in the world, is making a coordinated move into physical AI.

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Space

Total solar eclipse on 12 August 2026: where to watch and how to do it safely

The total solar eclipse on 12 August 2026 crosses Iceland and northern Spain. Where to stand, how long totality lasts, and how to watch the Sun ...

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AI

Qualcomm buys AI software firm Modular in 3.92 billion dollar deal

Qualcomm is buying AI software firm Modular for about 3.92 billion dollars, a bet that the software running AI models now matters as much as the ...

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Computing

NAS vs cloud storage: the real 5-year cost

NAS vs cloud storage compared on the real 5-year cost, privacy and hassle, plus the crossover point where owning a NAS finally beats paying cloud ...

· 7 min read
AI

Open Secure AI Alliance: Nvidia unites dozens of rivals on AI security

Nvidia launched the Open Secure AI Alliance with dozens of rivals, from Microsoft to CrowdStrike, to build shared open-source defences for AI ...

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Security

Passkeys explained: Why passwords are finally dying

Passkeys swap your password for a device key unlocked by your face or fingerprint. Here is what they are, why they beat passwords, and how to switch ...

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Computing

NVIDIA's Vera Rubin is shipping, and the performance per watt numbers are striking

NVIDIA's next chip generation is no longer a roadmap slide.

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