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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. In brief: Years of leaks and statements from Google have teased the company's plans for ChromeOS to evolve into a more direct competitor to Windows and macOS. Googlebook represents a first major
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* Sandisk reduced SSD pre-conditioning times from days to only several hours * SPRandom achieves steady state performance using only one complete drive write * Open sourcing SPRandom gives hyperscalers faster deployment options Sandisk has open sourced a key algorithm which can dramatically speed up the pre-conditioning process for solid-state drives (SSDs). SanDisk
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Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The Private AI That Remembers — Anuma is the all-in-one AI platform with private, portable memory.
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Matt Gush/Shutterstock Santa Clara County has become the latest entity to sue Meta over scam ads on Facebook and Instagram. The lawsuit, brought by County Counsel Tony LoPresti, alleges that the company has profited from "a vast ecosystem of scam ads" that have defrauded senior citizens and
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Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump had called Makary over a weekend to scold him for not moving fast enough to authorize flavored vapes, particularly menthol, mango, and blueberry flavors from the Los Angeles manufacturer Glas. The FDA authorized those flavored products days later and issued
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Honey, I shrunk the hyperscaler The plan aims to speed up AI compute deployment while compensating residents. SPAN's XFRA node would sit alongside houses with a wall-mounted smart panel and backup battery nearby. Credit: SPAN Data centers may be coming to your neighborhood as side installations associated with
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May 12, 2026 5:52 PM Famous for helping build Apple's iPhones, Foxconn just suffered another cyberattack, highlighting the perils of warehousing some of the world's most valuable data. Photograph: Taylor Glascock/Getty Images A ransomware group is attempting to extort the electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn,
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TL;DR Redwood Materials hired former Tesla CFO Deepak Ahuja, signalling IPO preparation as JB Straubel’s battery recycling startup pivots to powering AI data centres with second-life EV batteries through its Redwood Energy division. Deepak Ahuja, the chief financial officer who took Tesla public in 2010 and served two
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TL;DR Beijing broadcast Huawei’s secret chip lab on prime-time TV two days before Trump’s state visit, signalling that US export controls have consolidated China’s semiconductor ambitions under a national champion the US cannot reach. On Friday evening, China Central Television’s most-watched news programme broadcast footage
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TL;DR Bristol Myers Squibb signed a $15.2 billion deal with China’s Hengrui Medicine for 13 early-stage drug programmes, as Big Pharma’s patent cliff makes Chinese innovation the fastest path to commercial survival — even as the BIOSECURE Act tries to decouple the two countries’ biotech sectors. Bristol
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* Battlefield 6 Season 3 launches today * It introduces a massive new map and new weapons, among other major content * A developer described the team as "100% dedicated" to improving the game Right now, Battlefield 6 seems like it's in a bit of a rough spot. After
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Artificial intelligence platforms may be just as susceptible to social engineering as human beings, but they are proving remarkably good at finding security vulnerabilities in human-made computer code. That reality is on full display this month with some of the more widely-used software makers — including Apple, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and
