The Top 7 Consumer Electronics Stories of 2025
In 2025, many of IEEE Spectrum‘s top consumer electronics stories were about about creating the experience you want with technology. Open-source software offered more customization for...
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AI Data Centers Demand More Than Copper Can Deliver
Summary In data-center terms, scaling out involves linking computers, while scaling up packs more GPUs into a computer, challenging copper’s physical limits. Copper cables face a...
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This copycat controller can’t clone the PS5’s best features, but it’s a solid option for Xbox and PC gamers.
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This guide explains top 10 dangerous Linux commands in simple terms. Learn why they are risky and how beginners should think about them. The post Dangerous...
Read moreThe Environmental and Human Rights Costs of China’s Clean Energy Investments Abroad
Chinese companies have pledged hundreds of billions of dollars in clean energy manufacturing investments overseas, but the projects are having significant social, environmental, and human rights...
Read moreThe 48 Best Shows on Netflix, WIRED’s Picks (December 2025)
Stranger Things, City of Shadows, and Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft are just a few of the shows you need to watch on Netflix...
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Choosing a mattress for your guest room, Airbnb, or VRBO rental is challenging. This hybrid is up for it.
Read moreTurntable 5.0 Adds Collapsible Player Controls & Year-End Recap
Turntable 5.0 adds collapsible player controls you can hide on-demand, plus a year-end ‘wrapped’ recap pulling stats from Last.fm, Libre.fm and more. Free on Flathub. You’re...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Squid Camouflage
New research: Abstract: Coleoid cephalopods have the most elaborate camouflage system in the animal kingdom. This enables them to hide from or deceive both predators and...
Read moreHow To Accelerate Growth With AI-Powered Smart APIs
Enterprise IT teams now are navigating an evolving landscape defined by distributed applications, hybrid clouds, complicated API ecosystems and a wave of generative AI (GenAI)-powered workloads...
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Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming...
Read more[$] An early look at the Graphite 2D graphics editor
Graphite is an effort to unify illustration, raster editing, desktop publishing, and animation in one browser-based application. The project has been in development since 2021 and...
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