Acer's new Swift laptop made me wonder if Windows PC makers are trying too hard

The Acer Swift 16 AI was one of my favorite laptops of 2025. This year's refresh, however, takes a different direction. [...]

Energy Vault acquires 175 MW battery project in Texas as it bets on AI-driven power demand

In the sprawl north of Dallas, where data centres are multiplying and the Texas grid groans under record demand, Energy Vault has placed a new bet on battery storage, and on the idea that the companie [...]

Samsung reveals its cheaper mini-LED TVs for 2026 — and it’s dropping QLED on some of them, I kid you not

New Neo QLED TVs, and two more affordable mini-LED models with no quantum dots mentioned [...]

Cyberattackers are moving faster to break your network - how to fight back

Cybercriminals are implementing zero-day exploits a week before patches become available, according to a new report from Mandiant. [...]

Splitgate's 1047 Games is starting work on a Titanfall-style movement shooter

At the close of a video announcing the second season of Splitgate: Arena Reloaded, the company's co-founder and CEO Ian Proulx revealed that "a small section of the team" has started wo [...]

Google's new version of Android Automotive will move beyond infotainment

Google wants Android in cars to break out of the infotainment box. [...]

Apple Confirms It's Bringing Ads to Maps as Part of New Apple Business Platform

Apple is adding advertising to its Maps, Mail, Wallet and Siri services this summer. [...]

Halter raises $220M at $2 billion valuation as virtual fencing for cattle goes global

A cow wearing a GPS collar doesn’t sound like a $2 billion idea. But for the ranchers who have strung virtual fences across 60,000 miles of American pastureland in under two years, it apparently is. [...]

Popular AI proxy LiteLLM got hacked with malware that spreads through Kubernetes clusters

LiteLLM, a popular open-source proxy for AI APIs, has been compromised with malware that steals credentials and spreads across cloud systems. NVIDIA AI Director Jim Fan warns this represents a new cla [...]