SPhotonix is the latest big name in 5D glass storage technology, and it's proving to be quite ambitious in its goal to bring the technology to market, estimating "another three or four years of R&D" to get it there. 5D glass storage, for the uninitiated, refers to a technique where high-density, high-durability silica glass is used with

Pop!_OS is a new Ubuntu-based Linux distribution from System76, flaunting the COSMIC Desktop Environment and available on either a PC of your choice or one of many US-made laptops or desktops. While the naming of Pop!_OS recalls a more distant era of computing, the operating system itself is quite modern, featuring all the core features you've

Despite its limits as a game streaming device, PlayStation Portal has proven surprisingly successful—and now, the update allowing for PlayStation Portal to stream from Sony's servers instead of your own PlayStation 5 has finally come out of beta, meaning the device can now technically function as a standalone handheld. There are still many

The Nex Playground has caught the Internet's attention this holiday season, and it may just prove to be the sleeper hit of this console generation. Since Nintendo Wii made motion controls mainstream with its release in November 2006, motion controls have developed significantly but with mixed reception. Xbox 360 soon received a motion-tracking

Half-Life 3 may be a Steam Machine launch title, according to journalist Mike Straw. Since the Steam Machine's launch date and MSRP have yet to be announced, however, those plans may have changed. According to the report, all of the originally-planned announcement dates have passed, and it seems tied to the ongoing RAM crisis impacting the

In Star Trek, it took until the year 2151 for a functional universal translator to come into existence, but Google is leveraging Gemini to accelerate that timeline. The company is offering real-time speech-to-speech translation via Google Translate, using your existing phone's audio hardware. It's hard not to be critical of generative AI and

This past week Disney inked a $1 billion deal with OpenAI to become a content licensing partner for the Sora AI video generation platform, then immediately went on the legal offensive against Google. As with prior cease and desists sent to Meta, Character.AI, NBC, Warner Bros., and others, Disney's cease and desist relates to AI tools being

The beloved series Tomb Raider is making a return with not one, but two new games being published by Amazon Game Studios and developed by series veterans Crystal Dynamics. The two new titles revealed during The Game Awards 2025 are Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, a 2026 title billed as a fully-modernized remake of the original, and Tomb Raider: Catalyst,

Those of you using WinRAR, Windows 10, or both should be on high alert. Two new vulnerabilities have been documented in the wild and are being actively exploited. As of this week, The National Coordinator for Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience (CISA) has documented CVE-2025-6218 and CVE-2025-6222, two currently-active attack vectors.

The ongoing memory shortage and resulting price hikes continue to impact various markets, and according to TrendForce, smartphone, notebook, and console manufacturers, are about to react. The impact won't simply trigger price increases in existing products, either—rather, new devices are expected to compromise on other specifications as well