Junk is the new punk: Why we're falling back in love with retro tech - It was a simpler time It's 2025 and the latest mega-album has just been released – on cas... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/08/25/straight_outta_1996_why_were/

Biotechs Turn to Digital Coins, Crypto to Boost Stock Prices - Struggling small biotech firms are pivoting into cryptocurrencies, rebranding as "... - https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/08/25/2145230/biotechs-turn-to-digital-coins-crypto-to-boost-stock-prices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #biotech

How lidar measures the cost of climate disasters - The wildfires that swept through Los Angeles County in January 2025 left an indelible ma... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/25/1121450/lidar-climate-change-disasters-cost/ #climatechangeandenergy #app

CLEAR to launch biometric ‘eGates’ at Seattle airport to speed security in time for World Cup - CLEAR eGates match a traveler’s facial image with their identity document and boa... - https://www.geekwire.com/2025/clear-to-launch-biometric-egates-at-seattle-airport-to-speed-security-in-time-for-world-cup/ #seattle-tacomainternationalairport #sea-tacairport #travel #clear #tech

30 Years of Satellite Data Confirm Predictions from Early Models of Sea Level Rise - "The ultimate test of climate projections is to compare them with what has played ... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/24/1745208/30-years-of-satellite-data-confirm-predictions-from-early-models-of-sea-level-rise?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

This futuristic 3D-printed cyberdeck has two swiveling touchscreens — and it's powered by a Raspberry Pi 5 - Maker Sector 07 has created a 3D-printed cyberdeck that fea... - https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/this-futuristic-3d-printed-cyberdeck-has-two-swiveling-touchscreens-and-its-powered-by-a-raspberry-pi-5 #3dprinting

Lucky user finds 6TB of free SSD storage while dumpster diving — finder plans to use the six 1TB Samsung 850 Pro SSDs to download entire Steam library - Samsung 850 Pro SSDs may be old, but they’re still quite he... - https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/lucky-user-finds-6tb-of-free-ssd-storage-while-dumpster-diving-finder-plans-to-use-the-six-1tb-samsung-850-pro-ssds-to-download-entire-steam-library #pccomponents #storage #ssds

Make Redmond angry by setting up Windows 11 with a local account - They want you to use a Microsoft account, but we'll show you how to get around it hands o... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/08/05/set_up_windows11_local_account/

Japanese city pushes two-hour daily smartphone limit to promote healthier sleep for its citizens, particularly school-age children - A city in central Japan is considering regulating smartphon... - https://www.tomshardware.com/phones/japanese-city-pushes-two-hour-daily-smartphone-limit-to-promote-healthier-sleep-for-its-citizens-particularly-school-age-children #phones

VirtualBox 7.2 fixes flaky 3D guests and adds Arm-on-Arm support - Oracle-backed FOSS hypervisor a worthy rival to Hyper-V and VMware hands on  VirtualBox 7... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/08/23/virtualbox_72_fixes_3d_guests/

In Trump’s Washington, Palantir is winning big - From warfighting and tracking deportations to writing State Department cables with AI, th... - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/01/palantir-trump-defense-tech-ai-software/

LibreOffice 25.8 Slams the Door On Windows 7 and 8.x - BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: LibreOffice 25.8 has landed, and whil... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/23/0124202/libreoffice-258-slams-the-door-on-windows-7-and-8x?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #windows

DirectX speeds up game loads up to 10X with new advanced shader compiling — feature debuts with Xbox PC app on ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X, more devices later - Microsoft moves shader compilation to the cloud, delivering... - https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/directx-speeds-up-game-loads-up-to-10x-with-new-advanced-shader-compiling-feature-debuts-with-xbox-pc-app-on-rog-xbox-ally-and-ally-x-more-devices-later #videogames #pcgaming

CME Group and FanDuel partner for event contracts platform - Derivatives marketplace CME Group and gaming company FanDuel announced a new partn... - https://readwrite.com/cme-group-and-fanduel-partner-for-event-contracts-platform/ #gambling

Europe Is Losing - Europe's share of global economic output has fallen from 33% to 23% since 2005 whi... - https://slashdot.org/story/25/08/22/1925255/europe-is-losing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #eu

US Will Not Approve Solar or Wind Power Projects, President Says - President Donald Trump says his administration will not approve solar or wind powe... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/21/1224252/us-will-not-approve-solar-or-wind-power-projects-president-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #usa

Microsoft makes MCP in Visual Studio GA but researchers warn of risks - Compositional risk from multiple MCP Servers highlighted by report Microsoft has declared... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/microsoft_makes_mcp_generally_available/

Trump Confirms US Is Seeking 10% Stake In Intel - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: After the Trump administrat... - https://slashdot.org/story/25/08/20/2051231/trump-confirms-us-is-seeking-10-stake-in-intel?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #intel

Windows Power Users Frustrated as Microsoft Forces Automatic App Updates - Microsoft has removed the ability to disable automatic app updates in the Microsof... - https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/19/1719236/windows-power-users-frustrated-as-microsoft-forces-automatic-app-updates?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #microsoft

How Laser Headlights Died In The US - Automotive headlights started out burning acetylene, before regular electric light... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/18/how-laser-headlights-died-in-the-us/ #hackadaycolumns #laserheadlights #headlights #regulation #mischacks #phosphor #fmvss

Did you Recently Buy a Used E.V.? We Want to Hear from You. - The prices of used electric cars have fallen sharply in recent months, making them a more... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/business/used-electric-vehicles-callout.html #electricandhybridvehicles #prices(faresfeesandrates) #internal-reader-callout #contenttype:service #unitedstates #automobiles #usedcars

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB vs RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GPU face-off: how much difference does twice the memory make for the same chip? - Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5060 Ti comes paired with 8GB and 16GB... - https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/geforce-rtx-5060-ti-8gb-vs-rtx-5060-ti-16gb-gpu-face-off #pccomponents #gpus

No more 'Sanity Checks.' Inclusive language guide bans problematic tech terms - 'Hung' is out and 'Unresponsive' is in, according to the Academy Software Foundation and ... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/08/12/inclusive_language_guide_gets_an/