Here’s what the FCC ban on foreign-manufactured routers actually means for consumers
Router manufacturers will now need to jump through some restrictive hoops to sell products in the U.S.
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OpenAI takes on another “side quest,” buys tech-focused talk show TBPN
OpenAI has struck a deal to acquire TBPN, a technology-focused talk show popular in Silicon Valley, making an unexpected move into broadcasting after pledging to abandon...
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NASA/Reid Wiseman NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window after completing the translunar injection burn....
Read moreDivergent & GA-ASI: How Connecting at AMUG Led to an Important Industry Partnership
As I mentioned in my AMUG 2026 overview, I had a lot of delays traveling to Reno, Nevada to attend the conference. So unfortunately, I missed...
Read morePicking Up ‘Skull Vibrations’? Could Be XR Headset Authentication
“Skull vibration harmonics generated by vital signs” can be used to sign in to VR, AR, and MR headsets, according to emerging research.
Read moreNew Rowhammer Attack Puts GDDR6-Powered NVIDIA GPUs at Risk
Rowhammer attacks exploit vulnerabilities in DRAM hardware by causing targeted bit-flips, allowing attackers to bypass memory isolation and gain control over a device. These attacks were...
Read moreSecurity updates for Friday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (freerdp, grafana, kernel, rsync, and thunderbird), Debian (chromium, inetutils, and libpng1.6), Fedora (bind9-next, nginx-mod-modsecurity, and openbao), Mageia (firefox, nss...
Read moreAMDGPU Driver Ready To Be The Default For Aging Kaveri / Kabini / Mullins APUs
With Linux 6.19 AMD GCN 1.1 and GCN 1.1 dGPUs now default to the AMDGPU driver rather than the legacy Radeon Linux driver. For these Southern...
Read moreThe Habitable Worlds Observatory Will Need Astrometry To Find Life
We’re getting closer and closer to finding a real Earth-like exoplanet. But finding one is only half the battle. To truly know if we’re looking at...
Read moreCanada Backs Aspect Biosystems With $280M to Scale Bioprinted Tissue Therapies
The Government of Canada is supporting bioprinting company Aspect Biosystems with a new $280 million project to help develop and manufacture its bioengineered cellular medicines. The...
Read moreENIAC’s Architects Wove Stories Through Computing
This year marks the 80th anniversary of ENIAC, the first general-purpose digital computer. The computer was built during World War II to speed up ballistics calculations,...
Read moreMarathon isn’t deathmatch gone wide, it’s multiplayer Alien: Isolation and every other player is a xenomorph
The human colony on Tau Ceti IV has been abandoned for half a century, as far as anyone can tell. The only exports leaving the planet...
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