Hardware/Chips The Verge

Valve describes just how brutal RAM negotiations are in 2026

Valve discusses the high costs of its Steam Machine due to severe RAM supply constraints and pricing pressure from vendors in 2026.

Tech Business/VC Ars Technica

Polymarket's viral videos showed people winning big, but the bets were fake

Polymarket is accused of using cloned websites to showcase fake winning bets in viral marketing videos.

Hardware/Chips Ars Technica

Following user outcry, AMD reinstates memory encryption in consumer CPUs

AMD reinstates memory encryption in consumer CPUs following negative user feedback and accusations of pushing expensive chips.

Cybersecurity Hackaday

Breaking Into a Prison Tablet

A security researcher successfully jailbreaks a tablet provided to inmates in US prisons.

Hardware/Chips Hackaday

Graphics Upgrade for Nintendo Entertainment System

A project implementing a graphics upgrade for the classic Nintendo Entertainment System using expansion ports.

Software Engineering Hackaday

MSYS2 and the No-Fuss Way to Get More GNU Into Your Windows

A look at using MSYS2 to bring a GNU-like development environment and command line tools to Windows.

Open Source Phoronix

USB4STREAM Merged For Linux 7.2 To Quickly Send Data Between USB4 Connected Systems

USB4STREAM is merged into Linux 7.2 to enable high-speed, low-latency data transfers between USB4-connected systems.

Hardware/Chips Phoronix

Intel Optimization Zone 1.1 Lays Out Tuning Recommendations For More Workloads

Intel releases Optimization Zone 1.1, providing tuning recommendations for developers to maximize CPU performance across more workloads.

Hardware/Chips Hacker News

Steam Machine launches today

Steam Machine is launched, providing a dedicated hardware platform for gaming.

Hardware/Chips Hacker News

Canyon HUD helmet for road riding

Introduction of the Canyon HUD helmet designed for road cyclists to provide heads-up display information.

Other Hacker News

Japanese symbols that speak without words

An exploration of Japanese symbols and their ability to communicate meaning without words.

Cybersecurity Hacker News

Flock-Powered Police Chiefs Stalking Women Shows Why Warrants Are Needed

Report on how police use of Flock cameras to stalk women highlights the critical need for warrants.

Other Hacker News

Walt Disney Company is the most successful at monetizing human nostalgia [audio]

A discussion on the Walt Disney Company's success in monetizing human nostalgia.

Tech Business/VC TechCrunch

Microsoft and Chevron plan one of the largest gas-powered data center projects in US

Microsoft and Chevron are partnering on a massive gas-powered data center project in the US.

AI/ML VentureBeat

Alibaba's AI video model rises to No. 2 in global rankings, as OpenAI's Sora and ByteDance's Seedance fall away

Alibaba releases HappyHorse 1.1, a unified AI video generation model that ranks high in benchmarks and targets enterprise users.

AI/ML AI News

Mitigating vendor lock-in with Sakana AI Fugu multi-agent models

Sakana AI launches Fugu, a multi-agent orchestration model designed to reduce vendor lock-in for AI deployments.

Hardware/Chips ServeTheHome

This is the Storage of Spaceborne Computer 4 Bringing AI Compute to the Moon

HPE's Spaceborne Computer 4 is designed to bring AI inference capabilities to the lunar surface.

Hardware/Chips Hackaday

Investigating Annealing as Fix for Poor CF Adhesion in 3D Prints

Research into using annealing to fix adhesion issues between carbon fiber and thermoplastic filaments in 3D printing.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Jobs and Software Is Fucked

A Hacker News discussion thread exploring the potential impact of AI and automation on the future of software engineering jobs.

Tech Business/VC Hacker News

SpaceX Drops 14% in One Day, Price Now Below IPO Launch

News about SpaceX's stock price dropping significantly in a single day, falling below its IPO launch price.