Tech
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Firm that uses AI to locate ancient lost shipwrecks is hiring a literal pirate to salvage sunken treasure, paying up to $500,000 a year — AI mines 500 years of Spanish colonial records spanning 80 million pages to find undiscovered wrecks and lost cargo
You'll have to provide your own bottles of rum, though.
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LinkedIn Won’t Be Expanding Its Data Centers in the Next Year
Despite the ongoing AI boom, LinkedIn is holding the line on compute spending. Instead, it’s challenging engineers to make every GPU count.
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Lioness season 3 episode 1 release date and time — when will it launch on Paramount+?
Poor Joe... she's never going to have an easy day at work. But, when does Lioness season 3 episode 1 land on Paramount+?
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A Civilian Plane Crashed in New Mexico. Was the Military’s Tech to Blame?
Drone warfare is making the skies more dangerous, even for airplanes far from the battlefield.
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Quantum computers are starting to become useful as scientific tools | New Scientist
Three problems that are out of reach for conventional computers have been cracked by quantum computers and show how important the machines could become for scientific research
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Flat head syndrome discovered in Iron Age skeletons | New Scientist
Certain sleeping positions can lead to babies developing flattened heads, and an analysis of ancient skulls from Italy reveals that this condition affected people in the 9th century BC
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Data Centers
Discover more about Data Centers with insights from the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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Gamers compress 80TB map of Minecraft's oldest anarchy server down to a 15TB download — custom .zvcr compression format and 28 bots map 1 million blocks on infamous 2b2t server
Preserving 80TB of digital anarchy into 15TB of compressed data
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How to watch Women's Open 2026: Free Live Streams & TV Channels
All the ways to watch Women's Open 2026 live streams for free from anywhere, with Ryu Hae-ran and Nelly Korda chasing glory at Royal Lytham & St Annes.
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Verizon scores $1 billion Google deal to connect its data centers to dark fiber - but is this only the beginning?
Verizon wants to connect AI infrastructure
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‘It's a library you've actually got control over’: I built my own Netflix using Plex to escape streaming price hikes — and I’m convinced it’s the future for Blu-ray and DVD fans
It's got to the stage where I'm getting back into my Plex library because streaming apps have too many frustrations.
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'Best processor on the market': The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D drops to its lowest-ever price
AMD's flagship CPU boasts 16 cores, 32 threads, Zen 5 architecture with 3D V-Cache, boost speeds up to 5.7GHz, and an all-time low price.
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Massive AI ambitions push Big Tech deeper into hidden debt
Big Tech's hidden $1.65 trillion debt sparks fresh Enron comparisons as AI spending reaches astonishing new financial extremes
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Russian $50m Su-57 crash sparks extraordinary Ukrainian claim
Ukraine claims Russian air defenses destroyed a $50m Su-57 after hackers allegedly infiltrated Moscow's own military network during the operation.
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I love 4K Blu-ray and the more I test, the more I realize why Christopher Nolan ignores Dolby Atmos and sticks with DTS 5.1 surround sound — here are 7 of my favorite discs with DTS-HD MA soundtracks that will blow away
While Dolby Atmos may have the name-power, I've found its rival is no slouch either, so I picked my top 7 DTS 4K Blu-rays.
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NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, July 30 (game #879)
My clues will help you solve the NYT's Strands today and keep that streak going
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Google has a new way of talking about the latest cyber threats — so get ready for a whole load of crazy new names
New, randomly generated names to 'remove bias'
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The KitchenAid KF3 brews a mean espresso time after time and looks great doing it, but iced-coffee drinkers should tread with caution
If you have a smaller kitchen and want an automatic coffee machine that gives off a premium look and feel, this compact KitchenAid could be for you.
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I bought a power bank for summer travel, but it actually fixed my bedside cable nightmare
EcoFlow's Rapid Power Bank packs 170W across three ports into a TSA-friendly 25,000mAh shell, and it's now my go-to for late-night iPad charging and travel.
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NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, July 30 (game #1145)
My clues will help you solve the NYT's Connections puzzle today and keep that streak going
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Quote of the day by Tom Hanks on AI in cinema: 'Without a doubt, people will be able to tell. But the question is, will they care?' — a cynical observation about modern film audiences
The technology available to filmmakers is improving dramatically, but there's a big backlash brewing around the use of generative AI
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Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, July 30 (game #1648)
My clues will help you solve Quordle today and keep that streak going
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'What Is That Perfect Shot?' — Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro Max Is Finding New Ways to Bring MLS Fans Closer to the Action
Finding shots traditional broadcast cameras can’t capture
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Spectacular fossil preserves internal organs of ancient marine reptile | New Scientist
A stunningly intact marine reptile named Austronaga minuta that lived around 245 million years ago may have looked like a miniature version of more famous later ocean predators, like plesiosaurs
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Ukraine military to get DragonFire-style drone-killing lasers within months
A cost-effective anti-air solution to drones?
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Thousands of iOS and Android VPNs are hiding behind fake websites and useless privacy policies — here's how to spot them
Our investigation into nearly 4,800 mobile VPNs reveals thousands using free @gmail addresses, copied template policies, and unhelpful websites
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Waiting to Buy Apple’s Latest AirPods While They’re on Sale? Now’s Your Chance
I’ve been waiting for a deal on Apple’s latest AirPods, and it’s finally here. Here’s what you need to know before you buy.
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After Testing Dyson’s New Vacuums Against the Old, There’s a Clear Winner
Curious if you should get Dyson’s new 2026 stick vacuums or stick to the older ones? I tested five models, old and new, to find out for you.
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The Odyssey in 4DX is a better format than IMAX 70mm — it finally compensates for the 'weakest' part of the new Christopher Nolan movie
I saw the viral screenings of The Odyssey in 4DX and knew I had to try it for myself — but what I didn't expect was to think it was better than the IMAX 70mm format.
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As a millennial, I'm fully on board with Gen Z's 'Neo Luddism' movement — but one thing about its anti-tech agenda worries me
Opting out is increasingly a mark of privilege, not a right
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Microsoft says physical discs should not have stopped working during the Xbox outage — clarifies issue with entitlement checks that failed to read licenses correctly, update on the way
You should have been able to play your discs offline.
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Playing Black Flag Resynced on a PS5 Pro in its gorgeous 40fps balanced mode has shown me that we don't need GTA 6 to have a 60fps mode
The rise of the PS5's balanced 40fps mode in games this generation has been a dream for fidelity-appreciating but console-focused players like me
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'If you can’t buy it, you can’t afford it' — why not everyone is buying Apple's new iPhone leasing offer
Apple's new leasing program means you never have to give up that new phone smell
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Xbox
Xbox reviews, news and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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It Looks Like Nothing Can Dent MAGA's Support for ICE
Despite weeks of renewed press coverage and controversy around ICE, Donald Trump’s supporters appear to be standing by the agency no matter what.
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It’s Frighteningly Easy to Jailbreak Some Frontier AI Models
I watched a new tool try to get around the model safeguards of four major frontier companies. You might be surprised by how they performed.
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Feeling stressed and overworked? Don't worry - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks that we just love to work, and that's why AI won't result in a four-day working week
Apparently we all just love being busy, Sam Altman says
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'I’m paying for things I sincerely did not ask for': Squarespace users aren’t happy with recent price hikes
Some Squarespace users see recent subscription increases as unfair
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Updating your app might not keep you safe: How outdated OpenVPN code leaves VPNs exposed
Our audit of Windows VPNs uncovers a graveyard of old OpenVPN configurations, with more than 50% of apps using versions over a year old.
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Last Word: Why don’t dogs look up when a low-flying plane passes overhead? | New Scientist
One correspondent with a particularly intelligent dog begs to differ with this question, while another looks to deepen the mystery
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Last Word: Are flies following a strategy when they keep hitting windows? Part 3 | New Scientist
An Australian reader with an abundance of flies in their locality tries to answer a question that has intrigued many of our readers
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I watched 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' in Dolby Atmos — and the new Marvel movie starring Tom Holland and Zendaya is the MCU at its brilliant best and worrisome worst
Tom Holland's new Marvel movie is fun enough, but doesn't take the big swings it needs to avoid some classic MCU pitfalls.
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It’s hard to feel sorry for AI companies when China is giving them a taste of their own medicine
It's time to read AI its rights
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Did NASA's Viking landers find life on Mars after all, asks new book | New Scientist
Steven Benner’s Meet The Neighbors is an intriguing tale of misunderstood planetary biochemistry. Paul Marks is engrossed
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Tom Gauld on the Great Wise One | New Scientist
Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon
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Gaming PCs
Gaming PC reviews, news and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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Tropical Diseases Like Dengue Fever and Chikungunya Are on the Rise in Europe
Climate change is helping invasive species to not only establish themselves across the Continent but to stay alive for longer. Scientists suggest we get used to it.
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A handy guide to the science of super-long fingernails | New Scientist
Feedback is delighted by a deep dive into why people sometimes wear "artificially elongated fingernails". But does it do more than just scratch the surface?
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Last Word: This week’s new questions | New Scientist
If the sun suddenly disappeared, how long would life on Earth last, from humans and plants to subterranean bacteria? And why do humans so readily adopt fiction into our lives, and feel emotion about characters as though they were someone close to us in real life?