An avalanche and flood struck Nepal's Rasuwa district on 26 August, killing thousands and destroying homes, roads and energy infrastructure, while disrupting trade and tourism. Scientists writing in Nature note this follows similar disasters in India's Chamoli district in 2021 and Nepal's Melamchi valley the same year, each triggered by rock, ice or glacial lake collapses that cascaded into destructive floods.
nature.com
· 2026-10-20
At a rally in Highland Heights, Kentucky, President Trump claimed he called Google and that the company 'kisses his ass' now, unlike during his first term. He cited this as evidence of his increased influence, referencing the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario on Google Maps.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-18
Intel's advanced packaging methods, EMIB and Foveros, now underpin most of its client and data center CPUs after debuting with 2017's Kaby Lake-G chips. The company's roadmap shows the two technologies evolving to be both more sophisticated for high-end products and simplified for cost-sensitive ones, while increasingly working together alongside new process nodes. Intel's stated long-term goal is building system-in-package designs as large as 12 reticles combining EMIB with Foveros Direct 3D.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-14
A leaked product table from LC Tech Leaks outlines seven upcoming Nova Lake-S desktop processors, topped by the Core Ultra 9 4970K BFC, with 'BFC' apparently denoting models that use Intel's large last-level cache technology across three product tiers. The list also shows a shift to four-digit model numbers and includes a 65W cache-heavy chip, the Core Ultra 9 4900 BFC, alongside standard non-BFC variants like the 4950K and 4850K.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-14
Framework has refreshed its budget-oriented, repairable Laptop 12 with Intel's new Wildcat Lake processors, keeping the 2-in-1 convertible design, touchscreen with optional stylus, and multiple color options. The base model starts at $549 without RAM or storage, but a fully configured unit costs roughly $200-$300 more than rival laptops like Dell's updated XPS 13.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-13
A developer building an FPU emulator devised a way to compute leading-zero and trailing-zero bit counts using floating-point exponent manipulation instead of native CLZ/CTZ CPU instructions, and found the approach can be vectorized across multiple integers at once using SIMD (u64x4). Benchmarks on the author's Haswell CPU showed the vectorized version running at 0.45 ns per iteration versus 1 ns for scalar code, with a separate test on Alder Lake by Ian Qvist showing 0.29 ns versus 0.85 ns.
purplesyringa.moe
· 2026-10-11
Motherboard maker Gigabyte indicates Intel plans to release new CPUs next year using the older LGA 1700 socket, which supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory. Intel VP Robert Hallock said Raptor Lake chips will remain available for 'years to come' and that LGA 1700 remains viable because demand for DDR4 persists. A 32GB DDR4 kit costs around $210 versus roughly $480 for a comparable DDR5 kit.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-09
Germany is set to finish a decades-long conversion of former lignite mines in Lusatia into Europe's largest artificial lake landscape, spanning 14,000 hectares. Lake Sedlitz, the final lake in the network, will open for swimming and boating later this month, following the flooding of pits that began with Lake Senftenberg in 1967. The region, located between Berlin and Dresden, previously had few natural lakes due to its permeable sand and gravel soil.
euronews.com
· 2026-10-09
Germany's Lusatian Lakeland, located between Berlin and Dresden across Brandenburg and Saxony, now comprises 23 artificial lakes covering roughly 14,000 hectares, created by flooding former open-cast lignite mines. The transformation began in 1967 with Lake Senftenberg, which was fully flooded by 1972 and opened to the public in 1973, and has continued for decades using groundwater and water diverted from rivers. Mining-rehabilitation company LMBV says five of the lakes are now linked into a connected waterway, with further integration planned.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
· 2026-10-09
Gigabyte announced a BIOS update extending support for upcoming Intel processors to its full lineup of B760 and H610 motherboards, covering both DDR4 and DDR5 variants, with the chips expected in early 2027. The update excludes other LGA 1700 boards like Z690, Z790, and B660, and Gigabyte has not revealed SKUs, specs, or pricing for the new CPUs.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-09
Caige Bragg, an 18-year-old from Alabama, won the Strike King Bassmaster High School National Championship held at Paris Landing State Park in Tennessee, beating 213 other teams with a catch weighing 11 pounds, 3 ounces. His prize included a $25,000 boat and a $5,000 college scholarship. Youth participation in organized bass fishing has reportedly doubled over the past decade to about 12,000 members.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-10-08
Following President Trump’s directive to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, Google and Apple updated their maps accordingly. The controversy has led to increased downloads of alternative map services like MapQuest, which is gaining traction among users dissatisfied with Big Tech’s map modifications. This shift highlights growing interest in non-mainstream mapping options amid privacy concerns and map label disputes.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-08
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