'Like a field plowed prior to planting': Researchers want to grow lasers, yes lasers, on material commonly found in sand

Researchers at Imec have found a way to grow lasers directly on siliconImec’s lasers use gallium arsenide, a material that doesn’t naturally bond with siliconThis breakthrough could lower costs and…

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Forget about Blu-ray, Fluo-ray discs may well be the future of optical data storage with 10TB capacities for $1

New optical tech could slash archival costs by 10x or even moreOptera Data’s discs could hit 10TB for just $1 - cheaper than tape!The low-power, high-density storage has data centers…

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Apple’s big AI upgrade for Siri could be delayed – and if it doesn’t arrive in iOS 18.4, I’m afraid people will start losing patience

A report claims that Apple has stumbled with Siri’s big AI rolloutThe company is apparently facing ‘engineering problems’ and bugsIroning all this out may mean the revamped Siri doesn’t make…

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This $4299 laptop comes with 128GB RAM by default plus an AMD Ryzen AI 9 APU, and I can't wait to test it

HP’s $4299 EliteBook X G1a packs 128GB RAM, Ryzen AI 9, and Radeon 890MOffers AI-ready power, security features, and enough memory for massive modelsIt's a Windows powerhouse for those who…

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We're getting achingly closer to SOT-MRAM; the memory that could one day replace DRAM and NAND, but I can't see it happening soon

Scientists in Germany and France have built a smarter, greener memory tech for devicesThis new SOT-MRAM memory slashes energy use by 50% while boosting efficiencyIt ditches rare metals, making storage…

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'It didn't feel like it needed him': Captain America: Brave New World producer defends decision not to include Bruce Banner and The Hulk in Marvel's first movie of 2025

Captain America 4's creative team have explained why Bruce Banner/The Hulk doesn't appear in the movieJulius Onah and Nate Moore didn't want him to step on Sam Wilson's toes in…

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AMD’s RX 9070 GPUs could go on sale March 6, the day after Nvidia’s RTX 5070 – and I wouldn’t fret about those 900W power supply rumors

AMD RX 9070 GPUs are rumored to hit shelves on March 6Another rumor suggests 9070 XT could need a 900W power supplyThat’s for a top-end overclocked version of the 9070…

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Europe's largest telco wants to slash the cost of your router by reusing your old smartphone, and I think it's genius

Deutsche Telekom’s NeoCircuit Router pushes for sustainability in consumer electronicsProject looks to turn old smartphones into routersNeoCircuit Router aims for 70% reuse Deutsche Telekom is exploring a new way to…

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What is Starlink? How to get the satellite service for free on your phone with T-Mobile, plus everything you need to know

There’s never a good time to find yourself with no mobile reception. Whether you want to look up directions on Google Maps, send someone a WhatsApp message, or just want…

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First Doom, now Linux: an unnamed high school student runs Linux OS in a PDF doc in Google Chrome so what's next?

Chromium browsers can turn a PDF into a working Linux environment under emulationChrome's disabled JIT compiler hampers performance High school-aged developer has form for impressive PDF projects, such as running…

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