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The new Crucial X10 1TB Portable SSD just got a 41% price drop

Crucial only launched its latest entrant to the SSD market last month, so we thought it would be some time before we saw a significant price drop on it. However, with Prime Day just around the corner, the Crucial X10 1TB Portable SSD just plunged by 41% in this Amazon deal. Crucial X10 1TB Portable SSD for $81.99 ($58 off) It almost goes without saying that the markdown represents an all-time low price on the storage device, and similar savings are reflected on other variants. For instance, if

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Here Is Everyone Mark Zuckerberg Has Hired So Far for Meta’s ‘Superintelligence’ Team

Mark Zuckerberg notified Meta staff today to introduce them to the new superintelligence team. The memo, which WIRED obtained, lists names and bios for the recently hired employees, many of whom came from rival AI firms like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. Over the past few months, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been on a recruiting frenzy to poach some of the most sought-after talent in AI. The social media giant has invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI and hired Alexandr Wang, its CEO, to run Meta

Meta restructures its AI unit under ‘Superintelligence Labs’

In Brief Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is restructuring the company’s AI efforts to center around building AI “superintelligence.” Going forward, all teams working on AI at Meta will fall under a new group called Meta Superintelligence Labs, according to Bloomberg, which viewed an internal memo sent Monday. Alexandr Wang, the former CEO of data labeling startup Scale AI, will lead the group as chief AI officer. He’ll partner with former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, who will oversee Meta’s AI products

This Wacom drawing tablet is loaded with perks digital artists will love, and it's $100 off

Allison Murray/ZDNET Save $100 on the Wacom One Touch 13 at Amazon, making it cost just $500. ZDNET's key takeaways The Wacom One 13 Touch costs $600 and is designed for digital artists. This drawing tablet comes with a high-quality, customizable pen that never needs to be charged, and provides a drawing experience like pen to paper. Even though it has a color display screen, you still need another device, like a PC or laptop, for it to work. Plus, it's expensive. Like everything these day

How I easily added Mac-like multitouch gestures to my Linux machine

Jack Wallen/ZDNET Years ago, I attempted to configure multitouch gestures for Linux and found it next to impossible. Back then, it was all about configuring with a text file, and the options were cumbersome and confusing. Even with one of the first GUI apps that came along, the results were never promising. Fast-forward to now, and there's a simple-to-use app that makes adding and configuring multitouch gestures a breeze. That app is called Touché, and it makes customizing touchpad gestures v

How to easily add and configure multitouch gestures on Linux

Jack Wallen/ZDNET Years ago, I attempted to configure multitouch gestures for Linux and found it next to impossible. Back then, it was all about configuring with a text file, and the options were cumbersome and confusing. Even with one of the first GUI apps that came along, the results were never promising. Fast-forward to now, and there's a simple-to-use app that makes adding and configuring multi-touch gestures a breeze. That app is called Touché, and it makes customizing touchpad gestures

Anker Recalls More Power Banks for Fire, Explosion Risk: How to Get a Free Replacement or Gift Card

Electronics company Anker expanded an official global recall of some of its Power Bank products, adding five more models to a recall of the Anker PowerCore 10000 power banks with the model number A1263 announced earlier in June. The recall was initiated following 19 reports of the portable chargers catching fire and exploding. Anker's products are made in China. In addition to the June recall of the A1263 and a previous October 2024 recall of the A1642 PowerCore 10000, new products recalled are

Not just luck — it’s strategy: Tiffany Luck on winning over VCs at TechCrunch All Stage

Join Tiffany Luck, partner from NEA, at TechCrunch All Stage as she unveils the art of pitching to venture capitalists. Luck will share insider tips on what VCs truly value, empowering you to tell your story with clarity and impact without falling prey to common pitfalls that derail pitches. The goal of this session: Deliver actionable strategies for you to captivate investors and secure the funding you need to propel your startup forward. Your pitch is your power — sharpen it with insights fr

Google bets on fusion power as its greenhouse gas emissions grow

is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home , a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals. Google has agreed to purchase electricity from a forthcoming nuclear fusion power plant, the so-called holy grail of clean energy that scientists have been chasing for more than half a century. While the fusion industry reached a significant milestone a few years ago, the tec

Nearly 20% of cancer drugs defective in four African nations

Across Africa, cancer medications have been found to be substandard or counterfeit. That means people are being given medicine that may not work, or that could even cause them harm. An alarming number of people across Africa may be taking cancer drugs that don't contain the vital ingredients needed to contain or reduce their disease. It's a concerning finding with roots in a complex problem: how to regulate a range of therapeutics across the continent. A US and pan-African research group publ

Nearly 20% of cancer drugs defective in 4 African nations

Across Africa, cancer medications have been found to be substandard or counterfeit. That means people are being given medicine that may not work, or that could even cause them harm. An alarming number of people across Africa may be taking cancer drugs that don't contain the vital ingredients needed to contain or reduce their disease. It's a concerning finding with roots in a complex problem: how to regulate a range of therapeutics across the continent. A US and pan-African research group publ

Ultrasound toothbrush promises painless checks for hidden gum problems

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: The toothbrush-shaped ultrasound transducer (left image) features a small head size (right image), allowing easy access to premolars and molars in the back of the mouth. Credit: Adapted from ACS Sensors 2025, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.5c00521 When visiting the dentist, you might remember being poked and prodded by a t

Playdate Season 2 review: Tiny Turnip and Chance's Lucky Escape

It's hard to believe that Playdate Season Two is almost over already, but here we are in week five with just one more drop of new games left to go after this. In the latest batch, we got the climbing metroidvania, Tiny Turnip, and Chance's Lucky Escape, a short point-and-click adventure that leans into the absurd. In line with the rest of this season's games, which have consistently been really solid, they're both pretty damn fun. Tiny Turnip Luke Sanderson Tiny Turnip is one of the standouts

Performance Debugging with LLVM-mca: Simulating the CPU

Some time ago I had a performance problem that wasn’t easy to explain by just looking at the code, since the version I expected to be faster was actually slower. Since the problem is simple yet illustrative, I am using it as a showcase on how to debug performance issues using llvm-mca. According to it’s documentation llvm-mca is a performance analysis tool that uses information available in LLVM (e.g. scheduling models) to statically measure the performance of machine code in a specific CPU. In

Reproducible Builds

Process in computer science Logo of the Software Freedom Conservancy's Reproducible Builds project Reproducible builds, also known as deterministic compilation, is a process of compiling software which ensures the resulting binary code can be reproduced. Source code compiled using deterministic compilation will always output the same binary.[1][2][3] Reproducible builds can act as part of a chain of trust;[1] the source code can be signed, and deterministic compilation can prove that the bina

Sirius: A GPU-native SQL engine

Sirius is a GPU-native SQL engine. It plugs into existing databases such as DuckDB via the standard Substrait query format, requiring no query rewrites or major system changes. Sirius currently supports DuckDB and Doris (coming soon), other systems marked with * are on our roadmap. Performance Running TPC-H on SF=100, Sirius achieves ~10x speedup over existing CPU query engines at the same hardware rental cost, making it well-suited for interactive analytics, financial workloads, and ETL jobs.

I Used AI to Track My Blood Sugar With My Oura Ring. These 3 Takeaways Surprised Me

I've used my Oura Ring the past few years to track my sleep, recovery and stress. But recently, Oura unlocked a new insight I didn't know I needed: blood sugar levels. I'm constantly experimenting with the latest health tech, so I was naturally intrigued when I learned that Oura Ring partnered with Dexcom's Stelo, a continuous glucose monitor designed for people without diabetes. The goal of this collaboration is to help everyday people like me understand how food and general eating habits impac

Robotic sucker can adapt to surroundings like an actual octopus

Some of the most ingenious tech has been inspired by nature. From color-changing materials that function like cephalopod skin to a tiny biomimetic robot that looks and moves like an actual cockroach, the extraordinary adaptations of some organisms have upgraded our technological capabilities. Now the octopus is lending an arm—or a sucker. Octopus tentacles have remarkably strong suckers with an adhesion power that could be an asset to soft robots that need to pick things up and hold onto them.

Scaling smarter: How enterprise IT teams can right-size their compute for AI

This article is part of VentureBeat’s special issue, “The Real Cost of AI: Performance, Efficiency and ROI at Scale.” Read more from this special issue. AI pilots rarely start with a deep discussion of infrastructure and hardware. But seasoned scalers warn that deploying high-value production workloads will not end happily without strategic, ongoing focus on a key enterprise-grade foundation. Good news: There’s growing recognition by enterprises about the pivotal role infrastructure plays in e

The inference trap: How cloud providers are eating your AI margins

This article is part of VentureBeat’s special issue, “The Real Cost of AI: Performance, Efficiency and ROI at Scale.” Read more from this special issue. AI has become the holy grail of modern companies. Whether it’s customer service or something as niche as pipeline maintenance, organizations in every domain are now implementing AI technologies — from foundation models to VLAs — to make things more efficient. The goal is straightforward: automate tasks to deliver outcomes more efficiently and s

This 1TB Crucial SSD Costs Less Than It Did Last Prime Day, 4.7-Stars With 126K+ Reviews on Amazon

If your computer has been slowing down lately and you’ve been putting off an upgrade, now might be the perfect time to make a simple change that can make a big difference. A new hard drive could totally change the way you get things done. Or unwind. Simply put, having more space can mean significantly improved load times, and you don’t have to worry about deleting files you don’t want to get rid of. Head to Amazon to get the Crucial BX500 1TB Internal SSD for $57, down from its usual price of $

Joybird Eliot Sleeper Sofa Review: Gorgeous and Functional

Back in 2020, my colleague Scott Gilbertson tried the Joybird Eliot sofa. And he hated it. Ever since, the Joybird Eliot has been the only pick in the “Avoid” section of our couches buying guide. When Joybird reached out explaining that it had revamped the Eliot (and its customer service—more on that later), I was skeptical about trying it. But I did it for you, reader, and I'm happy to report that after three months of testing, this improved couch earns a passing grade in my book. From Swatch

The Next Acetaminophen Tablet You Take Could Be Made From PET

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have succeeded in transforming certain plastic waste into acetaminophen using the natural properties of the common bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli). This breakthrough represents a milestone with the potential to drive more sustainable methods of drug production and, at the same time, contribute to the reduction of plastic pollution globally. The study, led by Stephen Wallace, revealed that E. coli cells contain phosphate, an organic compound capabl

PJ5 TTL CPU

Well, we did it… we cracked 4MIPS on our TTL CPU. I have to admit I’m both relieved and surprised. The key parts to achieving this was to decrease the latency for the instruction decode and also the flag register writing. The time to decode an instruction, perform a bit of math and then write to the flags was at around 270nS. With the changes we made, the instruction decode had a radical reworking and the flag writing had some big changes as well, means we go this down to under 200nS. Which m

Parameterized types in C using the new tag compatibility rule

June 26, 2025 nullprogram.com/blog/2025/06/26/ C23 has a new rule for struct, union, and enum compatibility finally appearing in compilers starting with GCC 15, released this past April, and Clang later this year. The same struct defined in different translation units (TU) has always been compatible — essential to how they work. Until this rule change, each such definition within a TU was a distinct, incompatible type. The new rule says that, ackshually, they are compatible! This unlocks some

Some thoughts on my first YC Demo Day

This year was my first time attending YC Demo Day. It’s a fascinating event and, really a fascinating product for investors. Growing up in the bay area, I remember over a decade ago admiring people in YC. I was always impressed and it is a real privilege to be able to attend from the other side (as an investor). I went not because I am a prolific investor, I went because I thought that it would be a unique experience. The Product: Startups This seems obvious, but the startups are the produc

Why a16z VC believes that Cluely, the ‘cheat on everything’ startup, is the new blueprint for AI startups

When Cluely, a startup claiming to be building a product that helps people “cheat” on everything, announced that it raised a $15 million Series A financing from Andreessen Horowitz, some people on X criticized the VC firm for backing the controversial company. After all, Cluely isn’t just offering a product that may have questionable uses, but the startup has become famous for using what many people call rage-bait marketing. But Cluely’s ability to grab attention is precisely what attracted a1

SigNoz (YC W21, Open Source Datadog) Is Hiring DevRel Engineers (Remote)(US)

SigNoz is a global open source project with users in 30+ countries. We are building an open-source application monitoring which helps developers monitor their applications and troubleshoot problems, quickly. We have crossed 21000+ Github stars, 6000+ members in the slack community and 150+ contributors. Company Vision Software and digital systems are becoming larger parts of our daily lives. Most companies are becoming software companies with increasing part of value they create coming from s

The Social Network Part 2 in development, trades startup drama for whistleblowers and algorithmic chaos

Something to look forward to: One of the best movies ever made about the tech industry, The Social Network, is getting a quasi-sequel. The story of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg will continue with original writer Aaron Sorkin returning. He will also be taking David Fincher's place behind the camera this time around. 2010's The Social Network, an adaptation of Ben Mezrich's book The Accidental Billionaires, follows the story of Facebook and creator Mark Zuckerberg's early days. It was nominated f

If You Have PS5, Crucial T500 Gaming SSD Drops Nearly 50% for Early Prime Day, Limited Stock Available

If you want to keep up with all the big game releases of the year, you’re not going to be able to do that without either immediately deleting them after playing or by expanding your storage capacity. When new titles clock in at over 100GB, you need to make some tough choices in terms of what gets to stay around. The easy solution it to just get yourself a much bigger solid state drive. See at Amazon The Crucial T500 SSD heavily discounted at the moment over at Amazon: The savings range from $3