Peak gets its final major update and a "new secret for you to discover" next week
Aggro Crab has confirmed its co-op climbing game, Peak, will get its final major update on 11th August. Read more
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Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D faceoff — battle of the upper mid-range CPUs
AMD's 3D V-Cache takes on Intel's latest Core Ultra architecture as we compare the two across various metrics including gaming, productivity, power consumption, and value.
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Open-source stealth USB hides an encrypted partition behind an 8GB decoy drive — 'Phantom Drive' appears as a regular USB stick until you create a text file to unlock the hidden data
This USB looks like a standard 8GB drive, but it unlocks a hidden partition when you create a text file with the password inside. The password...
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Cancelled Quake 4 expansion gets surprise GitHub release after former XCOM 2 developer discovers it on an old hard drive: 'This essentially saved my life'
Quake 4: Awakening was in development at Ritual Entertainment before being scrapped.
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AI detectors are creating a new era of distrust
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more news about how AI is changing our daily...
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Mind-bending self-replicating GIF code prints an exact copy of itself, is both a program and its own visual output — champion coder shows off 'Piet Quine' technique
A champion coder's latest confection is a Piet Quine – a GIF image that prints itself byte-for-byte.
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The Complicated Case of Passing On Your Digital Estate
There’s no perfect way to transfer possession of your digital assets to your loved ones after you’re gone. But there are things you can do now...
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Micron reportedly offers pennies on the dollar for Crucial RAM return, only offers to reimburse original MSRP despite it being only 37% of market value — chipmaker later reverses course with a better solution
Crucial memory owner recounts their experience with Micron's warranty process since the company has axed the Crucial brand.
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4 Best Compression Boots: Therabody, Hyperice, and More (2026)
Whether you’re training hard, traveling often, or dealing with poor circulation, these are the best compression boots for anyone looking for better muscle recovery.
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Continously Extruding 3D Printed Tubes with Compressed Air
[Jan] of [Roetz 4.0] has a unique approach to multi-material 3D printing: he’s designed an extruder which takes two different materials and extrudes one as a...
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Mount Toba eruption doesn't seem like it could nearly kill our species
The massive Toba eruption seems to have had little climate impact.
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Owner of original Intel 8080 pre-production layout seeks restorer — handcrafted Rubylith mask shows 5,000 transistors and interconnect patterns of the fabled 2 MHz CPU
The owner of 'the original engineering copy of the Intel 8080 rubylith mask' is looking for a skilled restorer.
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