Algorithms, not GPUs, are the real force multipliers and this Infosys Prize winner proves it

Sachdeva’s breakthrough challenges one of the most studied problems in computer science, known as maximum flow, which ...
How-To Geek on MSN

7 deadly Linux commands that can wipe out or crash your computer

From fork bombs to fake “language pack” removals, these commands can wreck Linux fast. Here’s what they do and how to stay ...

The Biggest Fitness Trends at CES 2026 (and What I Think About Them)

Exoskeletons were the biggest new-to-me trend at CES. These are devices that you strap on to your body, and their motors give ...
Hackaday

Play Games In UEFI…to Access Your Computer

These days, bootstrapping a computer is a pretty straight forward process, at least as far as the user is concerned. But in ...

The PC let its freak flag fly at CES despite the RAM crunch

This year's big tradeshow unveiled so much wild, cool technology—even with the unescapable, nonstop mention of AI.

CISA retires 10 emergency cyber orders in rare bulk closure

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has retired 10 Emergency Directives issued between 2019 and ...

Did an exploding comet end the age of the wooly mammoths? New evidence says yes

Almost 13,000 years ago, North America underwent drastic changes at a rapid rate. Mammoths, mastodons, giant ground sloths, ...

VMware ESXi zero-days likely exploited a year before disclosure

Chinese-speaking threat actors used a compromised SonicWall VPN appliance to deliver a VMware ESXi exploit toolkit that seems to have been developed more than a year before the targeted ...
Scientific American

The First-Ever Private Space Telescope Could Launch before Decade’s End

Bigger than Hubble and launching as soon as 2029, the Lazuli Space Observatory would be the first-ever full-scale private ...

Stars that die off the beaten path

Astronomers have created a detailed forecast of where they expect to observe future stellar explosions in a nearby galaxy, ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Quantum computers could crack every code on Earth, here’s how

Every online bank transfer, private message and Bitcoin transaction rests on the assumption that some math problems are ...