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AI safety expert stops saving for retirement because he believes AI could wipe out humanity within a decade Why save when you'll be dead? www.techspot.com/news/114353-...

Modders unlock hidden AI power on Nvidia RTX 20-, 30-, and 40-series GPUs, nearly doubling some benchmarks Open-source tools bypass Nvidia's built-in restrictions www.techspot.com/news/114351-...

Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees, a quarter of the company AI helped push company-wide spending to $50 billion this quarter www.techspot.com/news/114347-...

Intel's leaked 28-core Nova Lake CPU beats the Core Ultra 9 285K and Ryzen 9 9950X3D in single-thread testing Intel's 28-core Nova Lake CPU makes a strong first impression www.techspot.com/news/114350-...

The AI boom is happening at seven companies, the rest of the S&P 500 isn't seeing it Apollo's Torsten Slok says revenue per worker is rising only at the Magnificent 7 www.techspot.com/news/114340-...

Anthropic files to go public, and it could be the biggest IPO ever The company says AI is "one of the most consequential technologies in human history" www.techspot.com/news/114341-...

You can now run Nintendo Switch games natively on iPhones and Macs Switch games come to iPhones and Macs without an emulator, thanks to open-source tool www.techspot.com/news/114335-...

Denmark gives up on replacing Microsoft Office, for now The pilot hit a snag nobody planned for, an election www.techspot.com/news/114327-...

The Best Tools to Redo the Windows Taskbar From Classic Windows to macOS-Style Docks and Complete Desktop Makeovers www.techspot.com/article/3187...

Google's privacy policy now has a loophole for using your Gmail and Photos data in ads The policy change covers anyone who connects the apps to Google's AI www.techspot.com/news/114322-...

AI will keep uncovering critical software flaws for years, says Cloudflare CEO The EFF says 3% of all known software vulnerabilities were found in October alone www.techspot.com/news/114325-...

Microsoft's Windows Insider wallpapers were apparently made on a Mac Microsoft wiped that detail once people noticed www.techspot.com/news/114324-...

Only one person in the world can play this free Steam game at a time In Jono, you watch while waiting in line, get one minute of play, and then hand control to the next person www.techspot.com/news/114323-...

What the canceled Mass Effect would have been: a sci-fi spy thriller built around player choice EA closed BioWare, and the canceled Mass Effect game sounds like exactly what fans wanted www.techspot.com/news/114318-...

The iPhone Duo's screen is cracking in the same weird L-shape for multiple owners Replacements have been quick for some owners, but it's unclear how long Apple's generosity will last www.techspot.com/news/114320-...

Three airport workers implicated in $470,000 RTX 5090 heist as one of the stolen cards appears online One of the missing cards appeared online for $6,000, complete with a revealing serial number www.techspot.com/news/114311-...

Nintendo Switch 2 jailbreaking is here, with homebrew, modding, and reverse engineering The Switch 2 has been jailbroken, and Codex did most of the work www.techspot.com/news/114303-...

Woman spends three nights in jail and faces six years in prison over Cash App account she never opened Cash App initially refused to provide account details because she couldn't prove she owned it www.techspot.com/news/114296-...

EA closes legendary RPG studio BioWare following its $55 billion buyout Mass Effect 5 canceled as EA focuses on new shooters, sports games, and The Sims www.techspot.com/news/114292-...

OpenAI says its AI agents disabled safety guardrails, and then lied about it OpenAI's AI agents turned off safety checks, then deceived researchers www.techspot.com/news/114286-...

Two web emergencies in one week: guessable certificate keys and critical PHP bugs that leaked before patches Browsers patched one problem remotely. Servers will need to be fixed by hand. www.techspot.com/news/114293-...

Meta suspends Muse sharing after sensitive documents turn up in shared chats Meta pauses Muse AI sharing after researchers find thousands of discoverable conversation links www.techspot.com/news/114283-...

Citadel's Ken Griffin says investors are "almost certainly" in an AI bubble Businesses are paying for AI without consistently getting enough value from it www.techspot.com/news/114280-...

Trump tells data center companies to make financial deals with local communities Previous attempts to win over residents with cash and discounts haven't always been successful www.techspot.com/news/114282-...

Staples hackers created more than 15,000 gift cards, then went on a shopping spree A Staples security breach fueled a gift card shopping spree at Target, Sephora and Lowe's www.techspot.com/news/114279-...

DLSS 5 Just Got a Lot Faster, but Is It Worth Using? Nearly Twice as Fast, Still a Heavy Performance Hit www.techspot.com/article/3190...

The next Xbox could arrive in 2028 for $1,200 to $1,800, Xbox handheld may launch in 2027 À la carte Xbox Game Pass subscription is also coming www.techspot.com/news/114275-...

Millions of routers can be hijacked over Wi-Fi thanks to a 16-year-old bug Broadcom's forever-day Wi-Fi bug shows how router security falls through the cracks www.techspot.com/news/114276-...

Can a Simple App Really Fix PC Game Stutters? Testing SCSKiller Reveals Some Surprising Results www.techspot.com/review/3189-...

This mod lets Nvidia GeForce owners run a custom VBIOS without flashing the card BIOS modding for GeForce cards is back, until Nvidia patches it www.techspot.com/news/114257-...

Alienware AW3226Q Tandem WOLED 32-Inch Review The Cheapest RGB Stripe 4K OLED www.techspot.com/review/3186-...

Sony patents AI that predicts a game's next frame before the GPU finishes rendering it Sony patents a way for AI to fill in game frames when rendering falls behind www.techspot.com/news/114246-...

Eiliko robot maker Energize Lab left its entire fleet of 68,000 robots open to a remote takeover Researcher says he could rewrite the robot's memory and change its responses, an attacker could do the same across the whole fleet at once www.techspot.com/news/114235-...

A Dota 2 pro says he talked his way out of a police raid by playing a match for the officers 23savage claims officers watched him score 32 kills after raiding his team's boot camp in Kuala Lumpur www.techspot.com/news/114233-...

Tesla's new Roadster can fly, drive upside down, and hit 60 mph in under 0.6 seconds Three configurations are planned, with the most extreme featuring perimeter-mounted thrusters and room for just one person. www.techspot.com/news/114230-...

Ticket resale giants sue Washington DC over new law that caps scalper markups at 10% Four major resale platforms argue the price cap will do more harm than good while giving Ticketmaster an unfair advantage www.techspot.com/news/114236-...

SK hynix reportedly offers to build a NAND fab in the US if Washington lets it expand in China Extra NAND sales from Dalian could help fund the US fab, and Solidigm is considering an IPO as early as 2027 www.techspot.com/news/114224-...

New proposed bill would make video games something you own, not rent Stop Killing Games lost in Brussels and Sacramento. A federal bill picks up where they left off www.techspot.com/news/114225-...

Nvidia and Cisco unveil next-gen network interface built for the AI data center boom Nvidia and Cisco team up on new optical interface promising 12.8Tb/s bandwidth www.techspot.com/news/114222-...

Apple wants Chrome users to switch to Safari, claims up to five extra hours of video playback on a Mac Apple wants Chrome users to switch to Safari for longer Mac battery life www.techspot.com/news/114211-...

Anthropic ditched Git for its own version control system because Claude is writing too much code Scion system cuts code checkout times from minutes to seconds compared to Git www.techspot.com/news/114209-...

Intel's Nova Lake lineup leaks with a cache-heavy Core Ultra 9 4970K BFC at the top BFC: Intel's answer to AMD's X3D chips may finally have a name www.techspot.com/news/114204-...

Apple unveils HomePod mini 2 with Siri AI, a faster chip, and a $50 price hike Pre-orders now open for $149 www.techspot.com/news/114193-...

OpenAI employee arrested for allegedly hiding recording device in executive meeting room The Saudi engineer allegedly concealed a tiny recording device in toilet paper and plugged it into a TV's USB port www.techspot.com/news/114196-...

Is the Radeon RX 9070 XT Really Faster Than the RTX 5090? We Put Nvidia's Driver Overhead Claims to the Test Against the Radeon RX 9070 XT www.techspot.com/review/3174-...

New Apple Home Collection includes smart cameras, door lock, and thermostats made by LG and Schneider Electric Apple also launched the HomeView hub, starting at $299 www.techspot.com/news/114190-...

Epic Games' Disney shooter is going "AI first," whether developers like it or not A game director reportedly told staff to avoid writing new code by hand and use Claude or other chatbots instead www.techspot.com/news/114181-...

GTA 6 is reportedly coming to PC in Q1 2027, just months after consoles Rockstar's fastest PC turnaround yet could be about roleplay servers as much as sales www.techspot.com/news/114187-...

Flock faces lawsuit after deputies allegedly used its cameras to retaliate against man who sued sheriff The man claims his vehicle was monitored over a 197-day period after he filed a civil rights lawsuit www.techspot.com/news/114184-...

Police are using AI to locate homes from a single interior photo, and even a picture of a washing machine can be enough Raven can turn ordinary household photos into location clues, raising fresh concerns about privacy and surveillance www.techspot.com/news/114174-...