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Microsoft's $1 billion Kenya AI data center could require switching off "half the country"
Posted on Tuesday May 12, 2026
The project was announced in May 2024 during Kenyan President William Ruto's state visit to Washington. G42 was expected to lead construction of the Olkaria facility in Kenya's Rift Valley, with Microsoft using it to launch a new East Africa cloud region for Azure. The first phase was supposed to...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
The FCC has banned new foreign-made routers, but existing ones can keep receiving updates until 2029
Posted on Tuesday May 12, 2026
The change leaves the FCC's broader policy intact. Rules adopted in March block approval of new consumer routers manufactured outside the United States, part of an effort the commission says targets national security risks in foreign supply chains. That restriction remains in place, with exemptions granted selectively to companies the...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Amazon blocks sales of e-bikes that exceed legal speed limits
Posted on Tuesday May 12, 2026
The retail giant told KCRA 3 News that it will no longer sell e-bikes in California that go faster than state law allows. The decision follows a consumer alert from California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who reminded buyers and sellers that the state divides e-bikes into three classes: Class 1...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Apple is rolling out end-to-end encryption for iPhone to Android RCS messages
Posted on Tuesday May 12, 2026
iPhone owners who want to text users of non-Apple devices more securely should install iOS 26.5, which Apple released on Monday. The update introduces support for end-to-end encryption when using Rich Communication Services (RCS). The encryption, which makes messages unreadable outside the sending and receiving devices, is available to users...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A stainless steel breakthrough could slash the cost of green hydrogen production
Posted on Tuesday May 12, 2026
The material, known as SS-H2, is designed to remain stable where conventional stainless steel fails. The work, published in Materials Today, builds on Huang's long-running Super Steel research program, which has previously produced ultra-strong alloys and antimicrobial stainless steel.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AMD's 8GB Radeon RX 9050 could arrive soon to challenge Nvidia's RTX 5050
Posted on Tuesday May 12, 2026
According to VideoCardz's report, the Radeon RX 9050 will be a lower-clocked Navi 44 model positioned below the Radeon RX 9060 series in AMD's product stack.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Gamers Are Wrong About 1440p vs 1080p CPU Benchmarking
Posted on Tuesday May 12, 2026
Here We Go Again, or: Why GPU Bottlenecks Hide True CPU Performance. Gamers keep demanding 1440p CPU benchmarks, but higher resolutions often hide the very performance differences CPU testing is supposed to reveal. Here's why 1080p still matters most.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
The fight to stop publishers from bricking your games and shutting down servers just got a powerful new enemy
Posted on Tuesday May 12, 2026
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has come out against California bill AB 1921, a state bill that would compel developers to offer remedies before deactivating servers for online games. Stop Killing Games has been fighting this battle for the last couple of years and was quick to condemn the ESA's position.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Steam Machine may launch soon as reservation system and four retail packages surface
Posted on Monday May 11, 2026
Hints about the new reservation system were found in the latest Steam update files released last week. Redditor Pepeizq, who spotted the reservation system code, also found references to at least four Steam Machine packages and two Steam Frame packages. The code also mentioned the existing Steam Controller and Steam...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
UK firefighters respond to a lithium-ion battery fire every five hours, data reveals
Posted on Monday May 11, 2026
Electric bikes were responsible for nearly a third of all calls – 520, to be exact – in the UK last year. Unsurprisingly, retrofitted models were involved in more incidents compared to those that shipped with batteries from the factory. For comparison, there were only 149 calls for ebike fires in 2022.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »