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VR-Controlled Robot Wins Competition by Completing 10 Tasks Under 6 Minutes
VR-Controlled Robot Wins Competition by Completing 10 Tasks Under 6 Minutes

Telepresence isn’t always about Star Wars-style holograms. Sometimes it’s about transporting a remote individual’s actions and expressions to another place using a bulky, VR-driven robot.

Corsair’s PSU Chief Weighs in on Melting RTX 4090 Adapters
Corsair’s PSU Chief Weighs in on Melting RTX 4090 Adapters

In the end, this entire dustup might just come down to user error.

Intel Announces ‘Raptor Canyon’ NUC 13 Extreme
Intel Announces ‘Raptor Canyon’ NUC 13 Extreme

This is the most powerful Intel NUC ever, with redesigned cooling and a space for the largest triple-slot GPUs like the RTX 4090.

LG Shows Off a 12-Inch Display That Can Stretch to 14 Inches
LG Shows Off a 12-Inch Display That Can Stretch to 14 Inches

LG Display has just revealed a stretchable display that can expand from 12 to 14 inches. It's not quite ready to be integrated into your next gadget, but it's a step forward for display technology.

MediaTek Announces Dimensity 9200 SoC With Wi-Fi 7, Hardware Ray Tracing
MediaTek Announces Dimensity 9200 SoC With Wi-Fi 7, Hardware Ray Tracing

You probably won't come across any Wi-Fi 7 networks for a while, but the Dimensity 9200 is ready for the future.

Microsoft Mulls Energy-Saving Game Modes With Lower FPS, Resolutions
Microsoft Mulls Energy-Saving Game Modes With Lower FPS, Resolutions

If you could sacrifice your gaming experience for your energy bill, would you?

Chinese Chip Designers Are Lowering Clock Speeds Amid US Sanctions
Chinese Chip Designers Are Lowering Clock Speeds Amid US Sanctions

Engineers are now looking at ways to dumb-down these chips to skirt the rules, hoping that TSMC will restart production.

Nvidia’s RTX 4080 16GB Could be Even Harder to Buy than the RTX 4090
Nvidia’s RTX 4080 16GB Could be Even Harder to Buy than the RTX 4090

FPS-starved gamers in the Nvidia camp might find themselves forced to upgrade to Ampere this holiday shopping season.

College Students Have Built the First Carbon Neutral Vehicle
College Students Have Built the First Carbon Neutral Vehicle

Thanks to a group of undergrads, we might someday be able to continue using personal vehicles without exacerbating climate change.

Researchers Give People Lab-Grown Blood in World’s First Clinical Trial
Researchers Give People Lab-Grown Blood in World’s First Clinical Trial

If proven safe and effective, lab-grown blood cells could supplement transfusion banks when supplies are scarce.

Starlink Announces 1TB Data Cap for Residential Users
Starlink Announces 1TB Data Cap for Residential Users

SpaceX has informed its customers of a major policy change: starting next month, the service will be capped at 1TB of monthly usage during peak hours.

Scientists Discover Closest Known Black Hole to Earth
Scientists Discover Closest Known Black Hole to Earth

Scientists from the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics believe they've just identified a dormant black hole just 1,600 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus, taking the crown as the closest one currently known.