The classic 3.5-inch hard disk drive seemed to have reached its technological limits long ago. While solid-state drives outperformed it in almost all performance metrics, the HDD remained primarily a cost-effective data storage device. However, with the explosive growth of AI-driven workloads, this picture is changing fundamentally. Hyperscalers and cloud providers are faced with the […]

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For more than two decades, the Swift space telescope has been providing crucial insights into some of the most energetic events in the universe. Now, NASA has largely suspended the observatory’s scientific operations in order to stabilize its orbit and buy time for a planned rescue mission. The reason for this is an unexpectedly sharp […]

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A DIY project with a powerful message: YouTuber ETA Prime builds a kind of Steam Machine from a mining board – for around $150. The basis is the ASRock BC-250, a relic from the crypto euphoria, equipped with partially defective console chips. The result: surprisingly playable, but technically not a sure-fire success. PS5 chip, second […]

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The once spartan text editor is becoming a potential target for attacks. What used to be little more than a digital notepad is now packed with features – and that is precisely the problem. Microsoft closed the CVE-2026-20841 security vulnerability on Patch Tuesday in February. The CVSS score is 8.8, and the attack complexity is […]

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The global CPU market recorded further growth in the fourth quarter of 2025, with the server segment in particular growing significantly faster than the traditional client segment. While shipments of client processors rose by 2.7 percent compared to the previous quarter, server CPUs grew by 6.5 percent over the same period. This continues the more […]

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With Mesa 26.0, the free Linux graphics stack is experiencing one of the biggest ray tracing upgrades in recent years. Anyone running a Radeon based on RDNA 3, RDNA 3.5, or RDNA 4 and using the Vulkan driver RADV will see dramatic performance gains in some cases – without the need for new hardware. This […]

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Calendar week 7 of 2026 is marked by a very clear pattern in public security reporting: large-scale data leaks and confirmed security incidents are in many cases not caused by exotic zero-day chains, but by the systematic exploitation of organizational weaknesses, particularly in identity services, third-party providers, and internal access control. Also striking is the […]

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