Gadgets
Who Is The Chinese Scientist Behind an “Impossible” Sodium Battery Breakthrough?
A Chinese scientist under 35 has spent a decade chasing something the field kept calling impossible. Lu Yaxiang has built a sodium battery that charges…
China Builds A Humanoid Robot With Supercomputer In Its Head
A Chinese robotics firm has unveiled a humanoid that thinks entirely for itself, though the brain inside is unmistakably American. Booster Robotics launched the T2…
Nintendo Switch 2 OLED Rumored for 2028 Alongside Looming Price Hike
Nintendo’s next major hardware move might already be in the works. While the current Nintendo Switch 2 launched with a standard LCD screen, recent rumors…
Chinese Startup Bets on 3D Chip Stacking to Sidestep US Export Controls
China has a new answer to NVIDIA, and it comes from a chip startup few had heard of a month ago. Shanghai-based Dongfang Suanxin unveiled…
Why Data Centers Are Eyeing This Sodium-Ion Battery
ESS Tech launched Bridge, a modular sodium-ion battery system built for AI data centers, utilities, and critical infrastructure. The Oregon company designed the platform as…
Meta Cracks Down on AI Glasses LED Removal Amid Privacy Backlash
Meta announced Wednesday that it will disable cameras on its AI glasses whenever users tamper with the recording indicator light. The mandatory software update is…
Nintendo Switch 2 Price Jumps to $500 as Europe Gets New Model
Nintendo just officially confirmed a major hardware shift for its latest console. The company is releasing a revised Nintendo Switch 2 model in Europe later…
Drones That Can Fly For 30 Years? DARPA May Have Made A Breakthrough
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Morgan State University a $3.37 million contract to develop advanced radiovoltaic systems. These convert radioactive decay into…
Micron Begins $9.3 Billion Chip Plant Expansion in Japan
US chip giant Micron has begun a major expansion of its Japan plant. The project targets its memory factory in Hiroshima. It carries a price…
Valve’s $1,049 Steam Machine Hit With Fatal “Red Line of Death” Error
Valve’s highly anticipated Steam Machine finally started shipping on June 29. However, the launch is already facing major turbulence. Just days after units left the…
MUSICA: Inside One of the World’s Fastest Supercomputers
Austria has launched one of the world’s 100 fastest supercomputers. The system carries 1,088 NVIDIA chips and immense computing power. It can perform more than…
You Now Have to Pay Meta to Use Built-In Glasses Feature
Meta has told owners of its AI glasses they must pay for a once-free feature. Full access to Conversation Focus now sits behind a monthly…