Reverse engineering an abandoned app: restoring TileCreatorPro access
TL;DR A user relied on TileCreatorPro, a Windows-era design tool bought in 2017 from ThoughtFishMedia, and found the vendor site…
Los Angeles passes new law ending a peculiar refrigerator rite
TL;DR A New York Times report says Los Angeles has enacted a law that ends a previously common 'rite of…
Keeping Syria connected during war: Surviving ISIS and intelligence
TL;DR A Syria Telecom engineer using the pseudonym "Mahmoud" describes being detained by ISIS after a bus search revealed travel…
Migrating cells and microchimerism: How shared cells reshape human identity
TL;DR Cells exchanged between fetus and mother persist long after pregnancy, creating tiny populations of genetically non-self cells in many…
Donut Lab unveils first production-ready all‑solid‑state battery for OEMs
TL;DR Donut Lab announced an all‑solid‑state battery it says is ready for OEM production use, with the firm claiming Verge…
Nvidia details Vera Rubin CPU and GPU architecture and NVL72 at CES
TL;DR At CES Nvidia provided an early look at its Vera Rubin CPU and GPU platform, including NVL72 rack refinements,…
Nvidia says DGX Spark performance has more than doubled since launch
TL;DR Nvidia announced a software update at CES that it says yields an average 2.5x performance uplift for the DGX…
Intel launches Panther Lake Core Ultra Series 3, first chips on 18A
TL;DR Intel has introduced Panther Lake as the Core Ultra Series 3, the company’s first processors using its 18A node,…
iPadOS 26.2 and macOS 26.2 enable 160MHz 5GHz Wi‑Fi on some iPads and Macs
TL;DR Apple’s iPadOS 26.2 and macOS Tahoe 26.2 include a change that raises the maximum channel bandwidth to 160MHz on…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: Vera Rubin AI Chips Now in Full Production
TL;DR Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said at CES that the company’s next-generation AI superchip platform, Vera Rubin, is now in…