Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra and its siblings might launch later than usual in 2026. A reliable leaker points to a February 25th Unpacked event, with sales starting in early March. In surprising news, Samsung may also freeze flagship prices again despite rising costs.
KDE’s next big update is on the horizon. Plasma 6.6 is set to fix a common panel crash and, at long last, deliver proper screen mirroring for users on the Wayland display protocol.
Researchers have found that ChatGPT can exhibit patterns similar to human anxiety when given violent or traumatic prompts. To counter this, they successfully used mindfulness-style instructions to stabilize the AI’s output. The findings highlight new challenges for AI safety in sensitive application
The White House has ordered the unwinding of a deal for HieFo Corp. to purchase chip assets from Emcore. The move follows a Cfius review and highlights ongoing tensions over critical tech.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is calling for a new consensus on AI, framing it as a tool for human amplification. His blog post comes amid investor questions about the return on the company’s massive AI investments. He argues 2026 is a critical year for getting the socio-technical deployment of AI rig
In a candid post, Instagram’s head Adam Mosseri admitted AI-generated “slop” is flooding our feeds. His surprising solution? Give up on tagging the fake stuff and start fingerprinting real human content instead.
The first trading day of 2026 saw a massive rally in Asian stocks, fueled by relentless AI enthusiasm. Chipmaker Shanghai Biren Technology skyrocketed over 90% in its debut, while Baidu jumped on news of its chip unit’s IPO filing.
Shifting from a linear to a circular supply chain is a massive technical and logistical challenge. It requires entirely new systems to track products coming back for recycling, not just going out the door. But the payoff is huge, especially for recovering precious metals from e-waste.
Proprietary note-taking apps lock your data in their ecosystems, making it hard to leave. Plain text files offer a simple, fast, and permanent alternative that you fully control. Here’s why the switch might be worth it.
Six years after its initial announcement, the Reiser5 file-system remains in an “unstable” development state. The project promises a novel approach to parallel scaling using file-system means, but its progress has been glacial.
