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Backblaze has investigated whether it could make money mining Chia with its spare capacity. The company doesn't think its own odds are very good.

Stopping a big space rock from colliding with Earth would be a tall order with our current level of technology, but scientists now believe telecom satellites could help avert doomsday if an asteroid has Earth in its sights.

It's still on you to be aware of threats to stay safe, but Android is by its very nature more secure than a desktop computer. Still, you've probably already got what you need.

If you wanted the tutorial I've been promising for 16 months on how to upscale and improve Deep Space Nine, this is the article you've been waiting for.

Microsoft says you'll be able to go back to Windows 10 if you don't like Windows 11 when it arrives later this year.

Microsoft may announce a new Cloud PC service next week. For a flat fee, end users would have access to a virtual PC they could access from other devices.

Dozens of mobile games will now use facial recognition to make sure no one underage is playing games too late at night. This is only the start, and Tencent says its "Midnight Patrol" technology is coming to more games soon.

Microsoft wants to implement its own machine learning solutions for Xbox, possibly in competition with AMD's FSR or Nvidia's DLSS.

Intel is ending Lakefield production barely a year after the chip launched.

Years back, when NASA's Cassini-Huygens probe explored the Saturnian system, scientists were fascinated to see how much methane was present in Enceladus' geysers. At the time, it seemed feasible the methane was naturally occurring, but that's less likely now that new research has ruled out all the known geochemical processes.

Newegg is entering the PC-building business. Its business model is designed to sell you a new PC whether you want one or not.

Despite having ample power, the OnePlus 9 is aggressively throttling performance for most apps while allowing benchmarks full power. As a result, its phones have been pulled from the Geekbench charts.