Steam to add hardware specs to reviews — optional feature could help you dodge poorly optimized games
tomshardware - Steam revealed in its Client Beta patch notes that it will let users show the specifications of their hardware when leaving reviews. This should help other players considering a title see if the feedback was affected by the reviewer's hardware, although V…
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Sony WF-1000XM6 earbuds launch globally at $330 with enhanced ANC
Abbas Jaffar Ali / tbreak - Sony's flagship earbuds get redesigned with pill-shaped form and 25% better noise cancellation than XM5. New AI audio processing and 32-hour battery life target AirPods Pro 3 at $330 globally.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 11:20 pm / permalink 19114 / 5 stories in 22 days
OpenAI has yet another new coding model and this time it's really fast
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - OpenAI's new GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is a smaller coding model that runs on Cerebras chips and pushes over 1,000 tokens per second. It's the company's first model built specifically for real-time programming.The article OpenAI has yet another new coding model…
- Hardware partnership — Cerebras deployment and Nvidia sidestep (6)
- OTHER — legal and regulatory concerns (1)
- Performance benchmarks — extreme throughput demos (1)
- Product launch — Codex‑Spark for real‑time coding (4)
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Hardware partnership — Cerebras deployment and Nvidia sidestep
OTHER — legal and regulatory concerns
Performance benchmarks — extreme throughput demos
Product launch — Codex‑Spark for real‑time coding
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Amazon's Fire TV Sticks just gained a powerful new streaming app
Craig Donaldson / pocket-lint - Nvidia GeForce Now has launched on the Fire TV Stick 4K Plus and 4K Max.
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Samsung announces QD-OLED Penta-Tandem branding for its latest five-layer panel tech
techspot - The "Penta" part in the new branding is literal. Samsung Display says the blue OLED light source inside its QD-OLED panels has moved from a four-layer structure to a five-layer, tandem-style stack.Read Entire Article
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Waymo’s next-gen robotaxi is ready for passengers — and also ‘high-volume production’
Andrew J. Hawkins / theverge - After years of testing and validation, Waymo announced today that it's sixth-generation robotaxi technology is finally ready for passenger trips. The updated autonomous driving system will first be rolled out for employees and their friends in San Francis…
- Field ops: DoorDash pilots and DC lobbying battle local rules (2)
- Manufacturing drama: Hyundai deals and China-built vans spark scrutiny (2)
- On the ground: Ojai robotaxis roll out, production-ready for riders (4)
- Waymo’s push: one‑million weekly rides and rapid market scaling (2)
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Field ops: DoorDash pilots and DC lobbying battle local rules
Manufacturing drama: Hyundai deals and China-built vans spark scrutiny
On the ground: Ojai robotaxis roll out, production-ready for riders
Waymo’s push: one‑million weekly rides and rapid market scaling
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Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 12:20 pm / permalink 19078 / 14 stories in 22 days
The Sony WF-1000XM6 earbuds reclaim the noise-canceling crown
John.Higgins / theverge - Apple, Bose, and Sony are in a running battle for the best noise-canceling earbuds, and the Sony WF-1000XM6 put Sony back in first place - if you can get a good fit with the included foam tips. With each iteration of the XM series, Sony has aimed for - an…
- Experts hail Sony's earbuds for best-in-class ANC and sound (6)
- On-site test finds fit and ANC shortcomings amid rivals (1)
- Podcast and hands-on roundup referencing Sony's new earbuds (1)
- Sony launches XM6 earbuds; pricing, color, and regional availability (5)
Experts hail Sony's earbuds for best-in-class ANC and sound
On-site test finds fit and ANC shortcomings amid rivals
Podcast and hands-on roundup referencing Sony's new earbuds
Sony launches XM6 earbuds; pricing, color, and regional availability
Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 11:20 am / permalink 19074 / 13 stories in 22 days
Meet Amazon’s $99 device that keeps you online when Wi-Fi fails
Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Amazon’s eero launched the eero Signal 4G LTE on Wednesday to provide automated cellular backup for home networks during internet outages. The $99.99 device serves as a failover system that maintains connectivity for remote workers and security systems by…
Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 6:22 am / permalink 19060 / 4 stories in 22 days
"Windows 11 26H1" is a special version of Windows exclusively for new Arm PCs
Andrew Cunningham / arstechnica - Arm PCs have enjoyed special treatment from Microsoft for the past two years.
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 5:22 pm / permalink 19043 / 3 stories in 23 days
Foxconn’s Scrapped LCD Factory Deal Could Hit Apple
Nehal Malik / iphoneincanada - Apple’s supply chain may be facing a new wrinkle in Japan. According to Nikkei Asia, Foxconn has withdrawn from its planned acquisition of Sharp’s second LCD factory in Kameyama, citing weak LCD prices. As a result, Sharp will halt production at the facil…
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 12:20 pm / permalink 19031 / 3 stories in 23 days
Apptronik raises $520M to produce humanoid Apollo robot commercial deployments
Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Apptronik Inc., the maker of artificial intelligence-powered humanoid robots, today announced it has raised $520 million more in early-stage funding, bringing the total capital raised by the company to nearly $1 billion. The Series A-X extension round fol…
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 9:21 am / permalink 19018 / 5 stories in 23 days
Microsoft is Refreshing Secure Boot Certificates on Millions of Windows PCs
techpowerup - On your Windows PC, the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware has a Secure Boot Certificate that mandates only verified software starts the boot-up sequence. Microsoft is preparing to refresh these certificates, and the company announced t…
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Allonic nabs $7.2M pre-seed to automate the ‘robot body’ supply chain
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Even though robotic intelligence has improved, manufacturing remains slow, costly, and constrained by outdated methods. Manually assembling parts…
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 5:21 am / permalink 18969 / 8 stories in 25 days
Memory & NAND Prices Surged Over 90% In Q1 2026 & Another 20% Hike Expected In Q2
Hassan Mujtaba / wccftech - Q1 2026 has so far seen memory and NAND prices surge by over 90%, and another 20% hike is expected in the coming quarter of Q2. Both PC & Server Memory+NAND Prices Shot Over 90% In Q1 2026 (So Far), & Latest Reports Suggest Even More Hikes For Q2 Accordin…
Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 3:20 am / permalink 18923 / 3 stories in 26 days
AMD on FSR 4 for RDNA 3 and Older GPUs: "No Updates to Share at This Time."
techpowerup - AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 technology, now known simply as FSR 4, is currently supported in many games, but not across all AMD RDNA GPU generations. In response to an inquiry from Hardware Unboxed, AMD mentioned that it is still uncertain whether…
Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 1:20 am / permalink 18919 / 3 stories in 26 days
Apple Testing Two Major iPhone 18 Pro Camera Upgrades
Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple is actively testing two major rear camera improvements for the iPhone, according to a reputable leaker.The Weibo user known as "Digital Chat Station" claims that Apple is testing a new main camera for the iPhone with a variable aperture. A variable …
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Intel's Arrow Lake Refresh judgment day is reportedly on March 23 — missing Core Ultra 9 290K Plus from U.S. retailer listings spurs cancellation rumor
tomshardware - New leaks point toward a March 23 embargo lift for review of Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake refresh. However, this batch appears to include only three chips, with the Core Ultra 9 290K Plus absent from the lineup. Early pricing for these three processors has…
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Apple's iPhone 17e could arrive as soon as this month with MagSafe
techspot - Macworld reports that Apple is set to launch the iPhone 17e this spring, possibly as soon as late February. Likely keeping its predecessor's $599 starting price, the entry-level phone is expected to be a cut-down version of the iPhone 17, with several upg…
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ETH Zurich spinout Chiral bags $12M to scale robotic platform for graphene chip integration
Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Swiss deeptech startup Chiral has secured $12 million in seed funding to commercialise its robotic platform designed for…
Back to Top / Friday, February 6, 2026, 5:21 am / permalink 18826 / 4 stories in 29 days
Apple iPhone 17e rumor points to February 19 release date
Max Buondonno / theshortcut - The next entry-level iPhone could be around the corner
Back to Top / Thursday, February 5, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 18810 / 9 stories in 29 days