Linux 7.0 Brings Apple Type-C PHY, Snapdragon X2 & Rockchip HDMI 2.1 FRL Additions
Ahead of the Linux 7.0 merge window ending this weekend, the PHY updates were merged this week for this next major kernel release. There are some...
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The Download: Microsoft’s online reality check, and the worrying rise in measles cases
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Microsoft has a new...
Read moreWhy the era of relying on dozens of “purpose-built” databases is finally coming to an end
What will drive the next wave of innovation in enterprise applications? Ask the experts, and you’ll likely hear a similar answer: data platforms that enable AI...
Read moreEpilogue GB Operator Review: Play Your Game Boy Games on a Laptop
Epilogue’s adorable GB Operator plug-in gizmo is a must-have for collectors of retro Nintendo Game Boy games.
Read moreSelf-Host Weekly (20 February 2026)
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Read morejQuery Releases v4: First Major Version in Almost 10 Years
jQuery 4 has launched, celebrating 20 years of innovation in web development. This major update modernizes the library by removing legacy code and outdated browser support...
Read moreBoldr Kelvin Review (2026): Heats Your Body, Heats the Wall
The Boldr Kelvin heater looks cool and promises energy savings and far-infrared heat. Too bad it also heats backward.
Read moreMicrosoft deletes blog telling users to train AI on pirated Harry Potter books
Following backlash in a Hacker News thread, Microsoft deleted a blog post that critics said encouraged developers to pirate Harry Potter books to train AI models...
Read moreRing Cancels Its Partnership with Flock
It’s a demonstration of how toxic the surveillance-tech company Flock has become when Amazon’s Ring cancels the partnership between the two companies. As Hamilton Nolan advises,...
Read moreNextSilicon’s Maverick-2: the Future of High-Performance Computing?
A few months back, Sandia National Laboratories announced they had acquired a new supercomputer. It wasn’t the biggest, but it still offered in their eyes something...
Read moreRocket Report: Chinese launch firm raises big money; Falcon 9 back to the Bahamas
Welcome to Edition 8.30 of the Rocket Report! As I write this week’s edition, NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is undergoing a second countdown rehearsal at...
Read moreOpenTelemetry Project Publishes “Demystifying OpenTelemetry” Guide to Broaden Observability Adoption
The OpenTelemetry open-source observability project recently published a comprehensive guide titled “Demystifying OpenTelemetry” aimed at helping organizations understand, adopt, and scale observability using the OpenTelemetry standard....
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