Are Sun-like stars the only stars where Earth-like worlds exist? This is what a recent study presented this morning at the 2026 meeting of the American Astronomical Society hopes to address as a team of…
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HP’s EliteBoard G1a is a Ryzen-powered Windows 11 PC in a membrane keyboard
Alternatively, HP’s EliteBoard will bring Windows and a more powerful x86 architecture to the keyboard-PC form factor. HP says the EliteBoard will support Windows 11 Pro for Business and an AMD Ryzen AI 300-series…
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AI is quick but risky for updating old software, researchers warn
At first glance, artificial intelligence looks like a software developer’s dream. A recent McKinsey & Company report found that programmers generated code up to 45% faster with the help of generative AI.
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With GeForce Super GPUs missing in action, Nvidia focuses on software upgrades
For the first time in years, Nvidia declined to introduce new GeForce graphics card models at CES. CEO Jensen Huang’s characteristically sprawling and under-rehearsed 90-minute keynote…
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Manganese gets its moment as a potential fuel cell catalyst
The road to a more sustainable planet may be partially paved with manganese. According to a new study by researchers at Yale and the University of Missouri, chemical catalysts containing manganese—an abundant, inexpensive metallic…
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Mobileye acquires humanoid robot startup Mentee Robotics for $900M
Mobileye made its name, and money, by supplying automakers with millions of computer vision chips designed to support automotive safety features and later advanced driver assistance systems. The Intel subsidiary and publicly traded company later…
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Predicting the onset of lithium plating using full-cell voltage: A pseudo-P curve approach
Researchers at National Taiwan University have proposed a novel method to predict the onset of lithium metal formation—an internal battery response—during fast charging, using only external voltage measurements from commercial lithium-ion cells.
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Dell’s XPS revival is a welcome reprieve from the “AI PC” fad
After making the obviously poor decision to kill its XPS laptops and desktops in January 2025, Dell started selling 16- and 14-inch XPS laptops again today.
“It was obvious we needed to…
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Founder of spyware maker pcTattletale pleads guilty to hacking and advertising surveillance software
The founder of a U.S.-based spyware company, whose surveillance products allowed customers to spy on the phones and computers of unsuspecting victims, pleaded guilty to federal charges linked to his long-running operation.
pcTattletale…
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Seasonal Ice May Explain Long-Lived Lakes on Early Mars
How did Mars maintain surface liquid water billions of years ago? This is what a recent study published in AGU Advances hopes to address as a team of researchers from the United States and Canada investigated…
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