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30 years later, the iconic 'Bliss' green hill from Windows XP is still thriving — lucky passerby captures the hill looking almost identical to the 1996 photograph in 'super rare' event

A Redditor travelling through Napa Valley on 18th February 2026 was lucky enough to see the iconic "Bliss" hill in a form close to the original wallpaper. This terrain is usually covered in vineyards, so it doesn't look as picturesque, but during rare times of the year, you can catch…

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California bill would restrict 3D printer sales to state-approved models to prevent printing gun parts — joins Washington and NY on legal offensive

California 3D printer control bill would restrict sale to DOJ-approved models

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After 17 years, Minecraft Java Edition starts replacing OpenGL with a Vulkan multi-threaded renderer — update will prove a boon for performance and modding

Minecraft Java Edition will get a Vulkan multi-threaded renderer, replacing the aging OpenGL.

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AMD's next-gen Ryzen 10000 desktop CPUs rumored to come in seven different configs — Starting from 6 cores, flagship "Olympic Ridge" silicon may feature up to 24 cores

The next desktop chips from AMD are said to refresh the core configs of the Ryzen brand in a major way. Finally stepping away from 8-core CCDs, "Ryzen 10000" is said to bring 12-core chiplets that should enable a new 24-core dual CCD flagship option. The base config is reportedly…

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AMD's AI chips to be used as debt collateral in $300 million loan, report says — Cloud startup to use chips in Ohio datacenter

AMD's chips will be used as debt collateral in a $300 million loan to cloud startup Crusoe with financing from Goldman Sachs.

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Acer and Asus shut down support for PC and laptops in wake of patent dispute ruling, drivers and updates inaccessible to existing customers — German website finds a workaround (Update)

Asus and Acer bring German websites down, leaving users without support or downloads due to the companies' recent spat with Nokia over the HEVC codec.

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Microsoft's new Windows 11 speed test is just a link to Ookla's Speedtest via Bing — button housed in the taskbar in latest Insider Preview build

Amidst endless complaints over the instability and bloating nature of Windows 11, Microsoft's latest insider builds add new emojis and a taskbar feature for its beta testers. Now, you can check your internet speed by right-clicking the network icon or opening network quick settings, where you'll be taken to a…

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Dell launches new budget 1080p gaming monitor with an ultra-fast 240Hz refresh rate for less than $130 — new 27-inch IPS display includes AMD FreeSync support and 0.5ms response time

Dell's new 27-inch SE2726HG gaming monitor is a budget-friendly option for gamers, featuring a fast 240Hz refresh rate and AMD FreeSync Premium support for just $129.99.

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Quantum teleportation demonstrated over existing fiber networks — Deutsche Telekom’s T‑Labs used commercially available Qunnect hardware for the demo, claims 90% average accuracy

'Teleporting quantum information is now a practical reality,' says Deutsche Telekom, after a successful tech demo.

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China brain computer interface outfit accelerates to human trials in quest to outpace Neuralink — mix of government backing and investor enthusiasm speeds time to market for NeuroXess

China could overtake the US in brain computer interface (BCI) technology leadership thanks to streamlined planning, regulatory approval, and financing.

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A 16-year-old intern helped Netgear catch scammers in India for $800 — Culprits would pose as Netgear employees & sell fake support packages to customers

After scammers were successfully able to phish their way through Netgear customers for months, the company was forced to adopt a more unconventional cybersecurity measure: a 16-year-old intern named Wyatt. He was able to eventually lead the law firm to the source bank accounts of these scammers back in India.

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Nearly half of PC gamers prefer DLSS 4.5 over AMD's FSR and even native rendering — Nvidia scores clean sweep in blind test of six titles

In a new blind test featuring six different games, users heavily preferred the image quality of DLSS 4.5 and crowned it as the best against FSR 4 and native rendering. Nvidia walked away with 48.2% of all votes, with native rendering scoring 24% and FSR coming in third place with…

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AI hyperscalers move to secure long-term uranium supply from mining companies — fuel required for nuclear plants to power future data centers

This deal will help AI hyperscalers secure the fuel they need for SMRs, avoiding getting hit by a shortage if demand spikes due to the massive power requirements of future data centers.

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Over 80% of companies report no productivity gains from AI so far despite billions in investment, survey suggests — 6,000 executives also reveal 1/3 of leaders use AI, but only for 90 minutes a week

A survey of 6,000 executives reveals a significant productivity disconnect, where 80% of firms report no measurable improvement to operations with the use of AI, while a third of senior leaders only use the technology themselves for just 1.5 hours per week.

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Lenovo denies allegations of transferring data to China — class action lawsuit alleges company uses trackers to expose American behavioral data to ‘foreign adversaries’

A lawsuit says that Lenovo is tracking Americans visiting its website and exporting all the information to its Chinese servers.

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Data storage Guinness World Record broken by QR code pixels measuring just 49nm — 1.98 sq micrometer size is smaller than bacteria, can only be read with an electron microscope

A collaboration between TU Wien and Cerabyte has established a new Guinness World Record for creating and reading the smallest ever QR codes.

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$1,000 bought an RTX 5080 in November 2025, now it only buys an RTX 5070 Ti — report shows 15% average global price hike across Nvidia, AMD & Intel GPUs

Nvidia's RTX 5090 is the most overpriced GPU in the world, selling at 65% above its MSRP while AMD's RX 9070 XT saw the smallest price hike of just 7% worldwide. India has been hit the worse with extreme price surges, while Australia has been largely stable. On average, GPUs…

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Meta will deploy standalone Nvidia Grace CPUs in production, with Vera to follow — company sees perf-per-watt improvements of up to 2X in some CPU workloads

As part of a broad partnership announced today, Nvidia says Meta will deploy its Arm-powered Grace server CPUs as standalone platforms in production data centers to boost performance-per-watt in certain workloads.

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Dutch Secretary of Defense threatens to 'jailbreak' nation's F-35 jet fighters — says it's just like jailbreaking an iPhone, in response to questions over software independence

Is Dutch Sec. Gijs Tuinman alluding to a European effort to continue using their F-35 jets even if the U.S. stops supporting them?

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Phison CEO thinks NAND shortages could shut down entire consumer electronics companies in 2026 — claims at least one foundry demands three-year cash payment upfront

Phison CEO says NAND shortages can kill consumer electronics companies in 2026

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AMD denies report of MI455X delays as Nvidia VR200 systems are rumored to arrive early — company says Helios systems 'on target for 2H 2026'

AMD's Helios rack-scale solution based on the MI455X accelerators, the company's major hope for AI market, may slip to 2027, whereas Nvidia may speed up roll out of the Vera Rubin platform if the latest market rumors are to be believed.

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High-end Android phones are now powerful enough to emulate the PC version of Cyberpunk 2077 — YouTuber gets 2020's hottest PC game running at playable frame rates on Red Magic 11 Pro

Cyberpunk 2077 may have required a powerful gaming PC to enjoy at its 2020 release, but YouTuber ETA Prime has shown that the game can now be played on a high-end smartphone with decent performance with x86 emulation.

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New report shows RAM prices are continuing to fall in Germany, US trends less certain — SSDs and HDDs are more expensive than ever in the States

Memory prices have stabilized in Germany, with some kits even experiencing price cuts over the past month, showing decent progress towards normalization. They're still over 300% more expensive than they were five months ago, though. In contrast, HDDs and SSDs have become more expensive, and their prices continue to rise.

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NZXT unveils new H2 mini PC with 9800X3D, Intel 285K configurations — H2 Flow Mini-ITX case and C850 SFX power supply for builders

NZXT has unveiled a new H2 Mini Pc for the U.S. market, as well as a compact power supply and H2 Flow Mini-ITX case.

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