How cloud architecture is reinventing primary storage for the AI era In modern cloud environments, primary storage determines how effectively AI can scale. TechRadar · Jul 29
Silent Hill: Townfall is shaping up to be a great analog horror take on the series Silent Hill: Townfall goes big on analog horror. TechRadar · Jul 29
Can smartwatches and glasses get smarter? Inside Qualcomm and MediaTek’s new wearable AI play How new 3nm silicon from Qualcomm and MediaTek brings on-device AI to smartwatches and glasses — without killing battery life. TechRadar · Jul 29
They might have grown up online — but Gen Z are apparently far less likely to use antivirus, study finds A new survey from cybersecurity specialists Kaspersky has revealed a worrying trend among Gen Z: they’re ignorant of online threats. TechRadar · Jul 29
'I refused to let 3D die!': Someone built a custom player for all 3D movie formats — and is even futureproofing it to preserve the grandeur of 3D for whatever the future of projectors and TVs holds An intrepid Redditor has built a 3D movie player that supports three different generations of 3D, with an eye to the future of TV and projector tech. TechRadar · Jul 29
Nvidia paid $20 billion for SRAM decode - AMD just partnered for it instead AMD and Cerebras are claiming 5x higher tokens per watt from their new disaggregated inference tie-up. TechRadar · Jul 29
A 330 MW data center wanted to buy a farm, switch off the irrigation, and drink the difference — California's most powerful irrigation district said no, so it sued The largest AI data center project in California is suing to get access to the Colorado River, and the 287 million gallons of water it allegedly needs to cool a 330-megawatt facility. TechRadar · Jul 28
NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, July 29 (game #1144) Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles. TechRadar · Jul 28
Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday, July 29 (game #1647) Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions. TechRadar · Jul 28
NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, July 29 (game #878) Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram. TechRadar · Jul 28
Quote of the day by Bill Gates: 'There's nothing on the iPad I look at and say, 'Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it'' — downplaying Apple's foray into tablets Microsoft's attempts to conquer the mobile devices market have long stuttered, with Bill Gates famously dismissing the iPad TechRadar · Jul 28
50-year-old A-10 Thunderbolt II Warthog gets reprieve as BRRRRT act keeps it alive after Iran showdown The BRRRRT Act seeks to slow A-10 retirements by restoring capabilities and tightening replacement requirements following recent operational missions. TechRadar · Jul 28
The CIA’s most ridiculous Cold War spy weapon was a Xerox photocopier A disused bowling alley, a fire-prone photocopier, and a home-movie camera: inside the CIA's wild secret operation against the KGB. TechRadar · Jul 28
I took a deep dive into the future of robot vacuums — here's what the biggest brands have cooking, from from E.T.-style limbs to full humanoid home helpers With sweeping, vacuuming and mopping pretty much nailed, what's next in robovacs? TechRadar · Jul 28
TechRadar · Jul 28 Ukraine has used its own indigenous Tomahawk-lite guided jet bombs on targets 125 miles away Ukraine approves turbojet-powered guided bombs reaching 200 kilometers while expanding domestic manufacturing, engineering expertise, and precision strike capabilities.
TechRadar · Jul 28 Meta smart glasses were the best tech I took on my honeymoon, but privacy concerns kept them from being as frictionless as I wished they could be Despite rising hate for Meta’s AI glasses, my wife wouldn’t take her smart Oakley HSTNs off during our honeymoon.
TechRadar · Jul 28 The Galaxy Z Fold 8 is the modern-day wild Nokia phone and may finally put foldables on the map — but how much credit will Samsung get for this enchanting design once the iPhone Ultra arrives Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 looks nothing like any foldable on the market, and that is exactly the point.
TechRadar · Jul 28 Meta drops major climate pledge after a decade of membership, says it is still committed to renewable energy As it apparently expands reliance on fossil fuels, Meta has parted company with the RE100 initiative.
TechRadar · Jul 28 This Plugable portable monitor fixed my single-screen workflow — but one cable rule almost ruined everything for me Plugable's 15.6-inch USB-C portable monitor turned my laptop into a two-screen setup with a single cable
TechRadar · Jul 28 ‘What we're really fighting is people scripting computers to generate thousands of songs and uploading them in batches to overwhelm, flood and replace’: Deezer's Head of Research on that industry-leading AI-filter — and why we need it now more than ever ‘Just by relying on some plain signal processing and mathematical tools, we were able to actually detect these artifacts for most models out there’
TechRadar · Jul 28 I pitched Chuck Lorre a plan for how Stuart Fails to Save the Universe can retcon The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon's biggest mistake — and he's seriously considering it There's an obvious way that Stuart Fails to Save the Universe can rectify a Big Bang Theory so big that the creators publicly apologized for it — so I've asked them to make that change.
TechRadar · Jul 28 Nvidia launches Open Secure AI Alliance — but there's no room for OpenAI, Anthropic or Google The Open Secure AI Alliance conceived to promote trust in the development and use of AI, but some companies are notable by their absence...
TechRadar · Jul 28 I gave ChatGPT my entire bookshelf — and it became the world’s most personalized librarian Giving ChatGPT my entire bookshelf transformed it from a generic recommendation engine into a surprisingly thoughtful librarian
TechRadar · Jul 28 Brave1 and the open source future of war From writing apps to coding autonomous drone swarms, software engineers are becoming defense innovators through a new open source military ecosystem.
TechRadar · Jul 28 'They will renew your subscription even if you turn off the auto-renewal' — Which VPN has the most price complaints on the Play Store? We analyzed almost 30,000 Android VPN reviews to reveal the hidden cost of major VPNs