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RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCs
RAM represented about 15 to 18 percent of PC costs last quarter, HP said.
Trump's MAHA influencer pick for surgeon general goes before Senate
Casey Means holds no active medical license and promotes alternative medicine.
Pete Hegseth tells Anthropic to fall in line with DoD desires, or else
CEO was summoned to Washington after trying to limit military use of its technology.
Boozy chimps fail urine test, confirm hotly debated theory
Spare a thought for the intrepid graduate students who spent last summer in Africa collecting chimp urine.
WBD says Paramount’s new higher offer could be “superior” to Netflix's
WBD's board is still reviewing the offer.
Following 35% growth, solar has passed hydro on US grid
Coal makes a bit of a comeback, if only by accident.
DJI sues the FCC for “carelessly” restricting its drones
DJI lawsuit says company has been "severely harmed by the FCC's ruling."
UK fines Reddit for not checking user ages aggressively enough
UK agency alleges "Reddit failed to apply any robust age assurance mechanism."
In a replay of 2019, Apple says a single desktop Mac will be manufactured in the US
Apple is still working to get favorable tariff treatment from the Trump administration.
Inside the quixotic team trying to build an entire world in a 20-year-old game
Stories and lesson learned from an impossibly large community modding project.
50 mpg in a Nissan crossover? Testing the new E-Power hybrid system.
Nissan imported some Qashqais from Europe so we could sample the hybrid system.
Lamborghini cancels electric Lanzador as supercar buyers reject EVs
Investing heavily in battery EVs would be "financially irresponsible," CEO said.
Meta could end up owning 10% of AMD in new chip deal
AMD will supply 6 gigawatts' worth of chips to buttress Meta's AI efforts.
Scientists crack the case of "screeching" Scotch tape
Micro-cracks travel along the peeling tape at supersonic speeds, producing shock waves and sound pulses.
Pentagon buyer: We're happy with our launch industry, but payloads are lagging
"The point is to get missions out the door as fast as possible. Two to three years is too slow."
Data center builders thought farmers would willingly sell land, learn otherwise
Even in a fragile farm economy, million-dollar offers can't sway dedicated farmers.
Panasonic, the former plasma king, will no longer make its own TVs
Panasonic was one of the last Japanese companies still manufacturing TVs.
New Microsoft gaming chief has "no tolerance for bad AI"
But Asha Sharma faces scrutiny for lack of gaming experience.
The 2026 Mazda CX-5, driven: It got bigger; plus, radical tech upgrade
Starting at $29,990, there's a lot to like about the all-new Mazda, but it's not perfect.
AIs can generate near-verbatim copies of novels from training data
LLMs memorize more training data than previously thought.
Review: Knight of the Seven Kingdoms brings back that Westeros magic
Prequel series is just great storytelling, reminding GoT fans why they loved the original so much.
The first cars bold enough to drive themselves
Quevedo's telekino of 1904 was the first step on the road to autonomous Waymos.
Study shows how rocket launches pollute the atmosphere
Is the global atmospheric commons destined to be an industrial waste dumping ground?
NASA says it needs to haul the Artemis II rocket back to the hangar for repairs
"Accessing and remediating any of these issues can only be performed in the VAB."
Dinosaur eggshells can reveal the age of other fossils
Like rocks, egg shells can trap isotopes, allowing us to use them to date samples.
Have we leapt into commercial genetic testing without understanding it?
A new book argues that tests might reshape human diversity even if they don't work.
Major government research lab appears to be squeezing out foreign scientists
"Noncitizens" lost after-hours access to a NIST lab last month.
After fueling test, optimism grows for March launch of Artemis II to the Moon
We're now targeting March 6 as our earliest launch attempt ... there is still pending work."
Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer steps down after 38 years with company
Microsoft CoreAI exec Asha Sharma will take over in surprise executive shake-up.
MAHA moms threaten to turn this car around as RFK Jr. flips on pesticide
MAHA members call movement a "sham" after Kennedy supports glyphosate order.
Fury over Discord’s age checks explodes after shady Persona test in UK
Persona confirmed all age-check data from Discord's UK test was deleted.
FCC asks stations for "pro-America" programming, like daily Pledge of Allegiance
Brendan Carr wants "patriotic" shows for Trump's yearlong America 250 celebration.
Meta's flagship metaverse service leaves VR behind
The company asserts it will continue to make VR headsets, though.
Controversial NIH director now in charge of CDC, too, in RFK Jr. shake-up
The unusual dual role has renewed criticism of Bhattacharya's lack of leadership.
Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links
If DDoSing a blog wasn't bad enough, archive site also tampered with web snapshots.
Why Final Fantasy is now targeting PC as its "lead platform"
Director says PC is the "foundation" when targeting "high-end environments first."
"Million-year-old" fossil skulls from China are far older—and not Denisovans
The revised age may help make sense of 2-million-year-old stone tools elsewhere in China.
It's outright war for the Iron Throne in House of the Dragon S3 teaser
"The king has abdicated his throne. A new line is coming. A new line of unsullied kings."
Nintendo brings GBA-era Pokémon to the Switch, but not Switch Online subscribers
Games appear to be mostly unmodified ports of the well-regarded remakes.
Supreme Court blocks Trump's emergency tariffs, billions in refunds may be owed
Economists estimated more than $175 billion may need to be refunded.
Tesla slashes Cybertruck prices as it tries to move (unpainted) metal
The stainless steel pickup truck is Tesla's first real flop.
An AI coding bot took down Amazon Web Services
Blames "user error, not AI error" for incident in December involving its Kiro tool.
Microsoft deletes blog telling users to train AI on pirated Harry Potter books
The now-deleted Harry Potter dataset was "mistakenly" marked public domain.
Rocket Report: Chinese launch firm raises big money; Falcon 9 back to the Bahamas
The company that attempted China's first orbital-class rocket landing says it will soon try again.
Lawsuit: ChatGPT told student he was "meant for greatness"—then came psychosis
"AI Injury Attorneys" target the chatbot design itself.
NASA chief classifies Starliner flight as "Type A" mishap, says agency made mistakes
"The most troubling failure revealed by this investigation is not hardware."
Rubik’s WOWCube adds complexity, possibility by reinventing the puzzle cube
Technology is a double-edged sword in the $399 Rubik's Cube-inspired toy.
Diablo II’s new Warlock is a great excuse to revisit a classic game
New skill tree paths offer a fun twist on some generally familiar mechanics.
From chickens to humans, animals think "bouba" sounds round
There seems to be a deep-seated association between sounds and shapes.
F1: Preseason tests show how different 2026 will be
Everyone's trying to get mileage as F1 undergoes huge technical changes.
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