Chinese researchers send world-record bidirectional data transmission over 626 miles — ‘hollow-core’ fiber test hits 64 terabits per second and could transfer 160 4K movies a second by transmitting signal through gas not glass, cutting latency by 30% Computers & IT
This year’s best Black Friday laptop deals in the US and UK — our top picks from Dell, Amazon, Best Buy, HP, Lenovo, Currys, and more Computers & IT
Corsair’s budget gaming keyboard surprised me with its satisfying feel — but if you love mechanical switches, you should look elsewhere Computers & IT
‘Model weights need the same level of scrutiny as code’: Microsoft researchers find AI agents can be backdoored by editing just a few neurons Computers & IT
‘Good riddance’: Apple is closing its Support Community forums after 28 years of service, but not everyone is disappointed Computers & IT
Yet another major Japanese firm hacked — now furniture giant Nitori says hackers stole 37.6 million customer records Computers & IT
PSA: the best laptop deals at Dell this Black Friday are likely to be for students — this is why the XPS 13 and 14S are highlights Computers & IT
Cloud hosting firm Railway says recent breach leads to $740,000 in fraudulent AI charges Computers & IT
Grab 32GB DDR5 for $351 with this Newegg bundle with the 9800X3D, $87 less than the next cheapest memory — gaming PC build kit includes enthusiast Asus X870E motherboard and free AIO liquid cooler with $128.99 in total savings Computers & IT
Adobe wants to make laboriously switching apps a thing of the past — starting with a two-way partnership with Google Computers & IT
Adobe Firefly is becoming more of a hub for routine work — but does that mean you’ll use Photoshop and Premiere less? Computers & IT
Snap Specs are big, bold, and quirky, but now that I’ve tried them, I don’t see them turning me into Tony Stark Computers & IT
The Secretlab ErgoArch Monitor Light Bar is a new desk light featuring versatile 3-point adjustment and designed for the Magnus Monitor Arm and ‘unmatched versatility’ — here’s when you can get yours Computers & IT
AMD Zen 6 EPYC ‘Venice’ deep dive and benchmarking – 9686F outclasses Nvidia’s Vera, dual EPYC 9996 with 1,024 threads delivers up to 93% performance gain gen-on-gen Computers & IT
AMD VP and chief Zen architect rebuke claims that Nvidia and Arm made CPUs for agentic AI — ‘We didn’t magically know four years ago that agentic was going to be a thing’ Computers & IT
Sega newsletter data breach sees 2.2 million email addresses exposed — gaming giant says it is investigating, but user financial data not affected Computers & IT
Lenovo’s early Black Friday laptop deals could save you up to $700 — here are 5 I’d recommend on Yoga, ThinkPad, and Legion gaming machines Computers & IT
Starting with Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Disney Imagineering is giving Disneyland guests “a small peek behind the curtain” with a new app that lets them test future park experiences Computers & IT
Nvidia GPU price hike rumor suggests RTX 5070 Ti could end up at almost triple its MSRP — seriously bleak times could be ahead for PC gamers Computers & IT
New ‘BluePhishing’ scam sees criminals spoof AI agents to get access to corporate environments Computers & IT
‘Get you out of your device and back to your vacation’ — Disney’s new AI experiment with Ray-Ban Meta could change how you explore Disneyland Computers & IT
Adobe wants you to spend less time editing and more time creating – Creative Cloud opens its doors to third-party AI agents Computers & IT
$10 programmer saves BIOS-locked Lenovo ThinkPads from the dump — exploit bypasses supervisor passwords to save 4th- to 8th-gen Intel models from e-waste Computers & IT
