The CD turns 43: The format that changed music forever

August 17, 2025

2025-08-17 19:02:00 www.techspot.com On August 17, 1982, engineers at a Polygram factory in Langenhagen, Germany, pressed the first commercial compact...

IBM and Google say scalable quantum computers could arrive this decade

August 17, 2025

2025-08-17 10:17:00 www.techspot.com Quantum computing, long seen as a distant goal, is moving closer to reality as leading tech firms...

Experimental AI smart glasses can read lips to improve hearing aids

August 17, 2025

2025-08-14 08:51:00 www.techspot.com Researchers at the universities of Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh Napier, and Stirling recently showcased a pair of smart glasses...

Former PlayStation boss says video game prices should have increased every console generation

2025-08-15 06:17:00 www.techspot.com The price of video games remains one of the most contentious issues in the industry. Companies want...

Experimental "microwave brain" chip processes AI with less than 200 milliwatts of power

2025-08-16 13:37:00 www.techspot.com Researchers at Cornell University have developed a chip that combines traditional digital processing with a microwave neural...

Hackers unleash torrent from Norwegian dam, releasing 132 gallons per second for four hours

2025-08-16 14:43:00 www.techspot.com In April, hackers remotely accessed the Bremanger dam's digital controls, which manage fish farming operations, and opened...

Volkswagen locks extra speed behind subscription: microtransactions for cars

2025-08-16 11:12:00 www.techspot.com Auto Express reports that Volkswagen ID.3 drivers in the United Kingdom must now pay £16.50 ($22.32) per...

Mini SSDs pack NVMe performance into a microSD-sized form factor

2025-08-15 07:58:00 www.techspot.com Chinese flash storage supplier Biwin, which provides SSDs for HP, Acer, and other manufacturers, initially unveiled what...

Godfathers of AI Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun warn "maternal instincts" are vital for keeping AI under human control

2025-08-15 08:38:00 www.techspot.com Earlier this week, Hinton said he was skeptical that the safeguards AI companies were building to ensure...

Lenovo achieves record sales on strength of AI PCs and data center growth

2025-08-15 09:09:00 www.techspot.com The company defines an "AI PC" as a laptop or desktop equipped with dedicated AI processing hardware;...

Kalmuri is a lightweight screen capture and recording tool for Windows

2025-08-15 10:03:00 www.techspot.com Kalmuri features a minimalist interface but it's capable of full-screen or area capture, screenshot and MP4 video...

Normal Computing tapes out the world's first thermodynamic chip for AI and scientific computing

2025-08-15 10:55:00 www.techspot.com Thermodynamic computing is similar to probabilistic computing, where randomness and noise aren't obstacles to overcome but valuable...

FFmpeg adds first AI feature with Whisper audio transcription filter

2025-08-15 11:39:00 www.techspot.com For the first time in its long history, FFmpeg is integrating AI models with the introduction of...

Sam Altman says investors are acting irrational in a booming AI bubble

2025-08-15 15:26:00 www.techspot.com OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has acknowledged what many economists have suspected for months: the artificial intelligence sector...

Nvidia partners with the National Science Foundation to accelerate AI projects

2025-08-15 12:22:00 www.techspot.com A central element of the partnership is funding the Open Multimodal AI Infrastructure to Accelerate Science (OMAI)...

Russian cyberattack in the Netherlands leaves speed cameras offline indefinitely

2025-08-15 10:16:00 www.techspot.com On July 17, a cyberattack against the Public Prosecution Service of the Netherlands took place, believed to...

Stanford's brain-computer interface turns inner speech into spoken words

2025-08-15 07:15:00 www.techspot.com Four people living with severe paralysis, caused by conditions including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and brainstem stroke, took...

New FAA proposal could clear path for nationwide drone deliveries

2025-08-14 09:59:00 www.techspot.com If adopted, the rule would allow drones weighing up to 1,320 pounds to travel beyond visual range...

PSA: Update your Plex Media Server now

2025-08-14 22:01:00 www.techspot.com Plex has disclosed a security vulnerability affecting Plex Media Server versions 1.41.7.x through 1.42.0.x, reported through its...

US government weighs buying a stake in Intel after Trump meets CEO

2025-08-14 22:18:00 www.techspot.com According to sources talking to Bloomberg, the US government is now discussing the possibility of purchasing a...

Danish students just built a drone that can fly and swim

2025-08-14 11:48:00 www.techspot.com The device originated as the bachelor's thesis project of Andrei Copaci, Pawel Kowalczyk, Krzysztof Sierocki, and Mikolaj...

AMD's desktop and server market shares hit record highs, but Intel gains in mobile

2025-08-14 16:26:00 www.techspot.com The latest data from Mercury Research shows AMD's desktop CPU market share in Q2 2025 reached an...

Arm brings AI-powered graphics upscaling to mobile devices

2025-08-14 12:31:00 www.techspot.com Arm has unveiled a new "neural" technology designed to upscale and enhance graphics on smartphones, tablets, and...

DeepSeek R2 model delayed after Nvidia hardware was replaced with Huawei chips

2025-08-14 11:06:00 www.techspot.com DeepSeek's R1 model shook the AI industry when it arrived in January over claims it was trained...

New York files lawsuit against Zelle over scams and security lapses that led to $1 billion in losses

2025-08-14 08:11:00 www.techspot.com The latest lawsuit targets Early Warning Services, LLC (EWS). Zelle's parent firm is owned by seven of...

PowerToys 0.93.0 debuts modern dashboard and key feature upgrades