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windowslatest 39h ago

Windows 11 wins the Steam Machine benchmarks but loses the experience, and you shouldn’t install it

YouTuber tested Windows 11 on the Steam Machine against SteamOS across Geekbench 6, Cinebench R24, 3DMark Time Spy, and nine game and resolution combinations. The results cover synthetic benchmarks, real-world gaming, and we tell you whether installing Windows makes sense.
theregister 37h ago

EU forces Google to share its toys with the other AI and search kids

The Chocolate Factory is not amused
arenaev 29h ago

Volvo contemplates electric sedan and wagon for the US market

According to a new report, Volvo is currently "studying" the idea to launch a sedan and station wagon in the US - they could be hitting showrooms in 2028. They will both be electric and they are allegedly already in development for the European market. So adapting them for the US market should be relatively easy.
42h ago

Leadership Summit 2026: AT&T CEO John Stankey on Developing Technology and Talent in the AI Era

A conversation about balancing long-term institutional strengths with a rapidly evolving marketplace.
kottke 36h ago

From the Brooklyn Public Library, a list of “the...

From the Brooklyn Public Library, a list of “the 250 most influential books in United States history”. Incl. Neuromancer, The Fire Next Time, Nickel and Dimed, The Power Broker, and The Snowy Day.
singularityhub 10h ago

Anthropic Says Chatbots Have What May Be a Key Feature of Consciousness. Are They Right?

The AI company says a new finding about how Claude works echoes an influential theory of consciousness. That doesn't prove the AI is itself conscious.
nautil 40h ago

What a Picture of a Dog Has to Do with Reason and Logic

People who can’t see images in their minds challenge an old philosophical standby
news.mit 45h ago

For energy systems that power a reliable grid, the future is all about location

MIT researchers find that where new energy projects are built could be key to avoiding blackouts in a future with hotter weather and other challenges.
omgubuntu 10h ago

Flathub’s AI slop ban looks like it was the right call

When Flathub banned AI-coded app submissions last month, some critics warned the platform was denying the future by dismissing a new wave of “vibe-coded” software as out-and-out “slop”. Well, new data suggests otherwise, as nearly three-quarters of the rejected apps are already dead, existing only a few months.
dailyartmagazine 39h ago

All You Need to Know About the Lascaux Cave

The post All You Need to Know About the Lascaux Cave appeared first on DailyArt Magazine.
eff 44h ago

EFF and ARTICLE 19 Submission to the European Commission on the DSA Trusted Flagger Guidelines

EFF and ARTICLE 19 have submitted joint comments to the European Commission on draft guidelines for the Digital Services Act’s trusted flagger mechanism. Having long advocated for a DSA that protects freedom of expression while preserving intermediary liability protections and the prohibition on general monitoring, we welcome the Commission's effort to provide practical guidance on how the trusted flagger system should operate.
spacenews 17h ago

SpaceX’s only problem is finding more space to work with

SpaceX’s IPO marks the moment the space dream became a mainstream capital markets story.
infoq 18h ago

Cloud Native Infrastructure Emerges as the Foundation for Trustworthy Agentic AI

A new technical analysis published by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) argues that the future of agentic AI will be built not on entirely new infrastructure, but on the mature cloud-native ecosystem that already powers modern distributed applications By Craig Risi
smashingmagazine 22h ago

When It Makes Sense To “Block” The Main Thread

The common rule of thumb is to never “block” the browser’s main thread when running JavaScript tasks. But is this a hard rule? Victor Ayomipo describes a use case he encountered involving a screenshot extension where he made an exception to the rule and decided that blocking the main thread was absolutely the right thing to do.
atlasobscura 8h ago

The Temple of Claudius in Colchester, England

In 43 AD, after the Roman conquest, the Romans' first colony and legionary fortress in Britannia (Britain) was established in Colchester. For the first time, bricks and mortar were used in Britain to construct new buildings as the town grew. The Romans named the town Camulodunum, and this name appears on early coinage (as ‘CAM’) as well as in Roman literary sources, marking Colchester out as Britain’s oldest recorded town.
sciencenews 8h ago

Inside the fight against the parasite Cyclospora

Parasite-induced cases of explosive diarrhea are sweeping the United States. Containing the outbreak won’t be easy.
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