AMD Ryzen 5 5500F review: Vermeer rides again for budget gaming PCs
AMD Ryzen 5 5500F review: Vermeer rides again for budget gaming PCs

After years with the Cezanne-based 5500, AMD has finally updated its $100 CPU to the 5500F in the Vermeer family, adding a 200 MHz boost in clock speed and a PCIe 4.0 upgrade.

Hugging Face releases Carbon-X, an AI model for questions about DNA
Hugging Face releases Carbon-X, an AI model for questions about DNA

Hugging Face has released Carbon-X, an open-source AI model that lets researchers ask questions about DNA in everyday language. Users paste in a genetic sequence, ask a question, and get an answer with an explanation. The model card shows its partners …

‘We’re removing the friction between creator vision and spatial execution’ — Audeze and Audiokinetic are introducing native head-tracking support for the Maxwell 2 ANC headset directly inside Wwise

Audeze has announced a new partnership with Audiokinetic to introduce native head-tracking support for the Audeze Maxwell 2 ANC headset directly inside Wwise.

I Went From AI Prompt to 3D-Printed Armor in 18 Hours

What started off as a dare became a fully fledged app in less than a day

The No. 1 Habit To Unlock Happiness Even On The Worst Days, By A Psychologist

Glimmer hunting, the habit of noticing small moments of ease, can bring you happiness on hard days — here’s what the science says and how to start practicing it.

Why Human Judgment Matters More As AI Gets Better, Faster

The better and faster AI becomes, the more dangerous it is to assume we need less human expertise.

AI agents are ready to shop. Some retailers are wary.
AI agents are ready to shop. Some retailers are wary.

Using an AI agent to shop for you is a strange experience. Tech companies have marketed them as personal assistants – the democratizing of labor that ordinarily would only be available to the rich and powerful. In practice, at least for buying things, it’s more like sending an anxious and apologetic teenager out to the […]

No, the internet isn’t dying due to ‘one of the most significant vulnerabilities of 2026’ – but this is what you need to know
No, the internet isn’t dying due to ‘one of the most significant vulnerabilities of 2026’ – but this is what you need to know

Everything you need to know about PHP2Shell in terms of what it is, and what this security flaw means for the average person browsing the web.

Claude did not invent scorpion antivenom
Claude did not invent scorpion antivenom

An investment research firm wanted to prove AI could revolutionize drug development. So they teamed up with Anthropic to see whether an unreleased version of Claude could make scorpion antivenom. It couldn’t. It came up with some promising starting points, but nothing close to an actual drug, experts tell The Verge. Citrini Research, the firm […]

Why Deals With Spotify And Disney Could Reshape Podcasting

Joe Rogan’s Spotify deal and PAVE Studios’ Disney+ and Hulu agreement show how podcast rights deals, licensing and video distribution could reshape podcasting.