Latest News from around the web
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Build a 400 MHz Logic Analyzer for $35
What do you do when you’re a starving student and you need a 400 MHz logic analyzer for your digital circuit investigations? As [nanofix] shows in a recent video, you find one that’s available as an open hardware project and build it yourself.
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Crucial P510 1TB Solid State Drive Review @ APH Networks
Description: The Crucial P510 1TB mainstream performance SSD delivers extremely high linear read and write speeds on the latest PCIe 5.0-based NVMe interface at a great price, but its real world results are no better than the previous generation.
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Google completely remade its Snapseed iOS photo editor
After several years, Google has released a major update to the iOS version of its Snapseed photo editor. Version 3.0 is the program offers a complete redesign of both the iPhone and iPad apps. All of the images that have been edited with the tool are displayed in a grid. Navigation has been rearranged into three tabs, with a new Faves section for the photo tools that you want to quickly use on the regular. It boasts more than 25 different tools and filters for altering photos, including some newly added film filters. Snapseed also has a refreshed its logo with a more streamlined look.
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Apple’s AI-infused Siri may not show up until spring 2026
The new Siri could be included in a planned iOS 26.4 update next year, which Bloomberg writes will likely arrive in March. Apple announced the smarter and more personal version of Siri at WWDC 2024 over a year ago now, and nearly two years before this hypothetical Spring 2026 release date. The company could demo the updated AI assistant again at its iPhone event in the fall or even release the new Siri early, but timing reportedly remains up in the air.
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AMD Instinct MI350X Series AI GPU Silicon Detailed
AMD today unveiled its Instinct MI350X series AI GPU. Based on the company’s latest CDNA 4 compute architecture, the MI350X is designed to compete with NVIDIA B200 “Blackwell” AI GPU series, with the top-spec Instinct MI355X being compared by AMD to the B200 in its presentation. The chip debuts not just the CDNA 4 architecture, but also the latest ROCm 7 software stack, and hardware ecosystem based on the industry-standard Open Compute Project specification, which combines AMD EPYC Zen 5 CPUs, Instinct MI350 series GPUs, AMD-Pensando Pollara scale-out NICs supporting Ultra-Ethernet, and industry-standard racks and nodes, both in air- and liquid-cooled form-factors.
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Meta is helping to fund geothermal energy projects in New Mexico
Meta has entered into an agreement with XGS Energy to develop “next-generation geothermal energy” projects in New Mexico. The plan is for these projects to connect directly into the electrical grid that Meta’s data centers draw from, feeding the growing energy needs of the company’s AI development.
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Mixtape turned me back into a Millennial teenage dirtbag
Mixtape is the answer to the question, “What if the movie High Fidelity was a video game?” It’s not a perfect analogy, but it’s pretty damn close, and either way it’s a sign that Mixtape is going to be a fabulous slice of late-1990s, early-2000s nostalgia, complete with a banging soundtrack.
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Several services including Spotify and Snapchat are partially down
Update, 4:07PM ET: Google said it restored all service. However, other platforms have continued to experience problems. Snapchat acknowledged the ongoing issues on its support page. OpenAI has also posted that users may be having log in issues due to “issues affecting multiple external internet providers.”
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Apple will at long last let you customize snooze times on alarms in iOS 26
We’ve been covering all the news Apple announced at WWDC 2025, but possibly the most exciting element coming to iOS 26 wasn’t discussed on stage. The next update to the operating system will let people set custom snooze times. MacRumors reported that iOS 26 will offer anywhere from one to 15 minute snoozes that users can select when setting the alarm.
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The Nothing Phone 3 will be available in the US via Amazon
The Nothing Phone 3 is getting an official release for US customers. The handset will be available to purchase from Amazon or directly from the company, according to a report by TechCrunch. Nothing CEO Carl Pei has been teasing this news since April, but now it’s official.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will end with a truncated fifth season
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will only visit around 26 strange new worlds before shuttling into that cancellation sunset. The show will end with a truncated fifth season of six episodes, according to reporting by Deadline.
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Razer’s new Kishi V3 controllers can fit up to a 13-inch iPad
Razer has announced its latest lineup of Kishi mobile gaming controllers, capable of housing your phone, small tablet and, in the most comically extreme case, a full-size iPad.
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10 Video Game Series That Were Killed off Too Soon
It seems like there are far too many franchises that earn a following, only to end up being dropped by the publisher or developer. Even in the face of financial success, many franchises are left by the wayside to languish.
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Razer Launches New Kishi V3 Controllers for Mobile Gaming
Razer, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, today announced the next evolution of mobile gaming: the Razer Kishi V3, Kishi V3 Pro, and Kishi V3 Pro XL. Designed for gamers who demand console-grade performance and elite control anywhere they play, the Kishi V3 lineup redefines what is possible in mobile gaming—for iPhone, Android, mini tablets, full-sized tablets, and even PC.
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NuPhy Prepares AIR75 V3 Ultra-Thin Wireless Mechanical Keyboard
The NuPhy company might be considered a small one, however since its official launch in 2019 it has managed to make itself known mostly for its low-profile keyboards such as the Air series. Their latest addition, the NuPhy AIR75 V3 mechanical keyboard is now ready for pre-order. With an ultraslim 12.8 mm profile, this 75% layout keyboard houses 84 keys in a compact aluminium frame (aluminium top case with ABS bottom, PC plate, and double-shot PBT keycaps) measuring 318. 9 mm x 128.9 mm with a weight of 724 grams. Another standout feature is the 4000 mAh battery providing up to 1200 hours of usage with backlighting disabled, or 60—100 hours with RGB lighting active.
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Konami and Bloober Team are remaking the original Silent Hill
A remake of the original Silent Hill is in development, it was revealed during Konami’s Press Start stream on Thursday. An image announcing that another Silent Hill game from developer Bloober Team was in the works appeared during the stream. It was accompanied by music from the first game in the series. The official Japanese Silent Hill account on X later clarified that Bloober is modernizing the original 1999 entry.
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Microsoft’s Copilot Vision AI helper is now available on Windows in the US
Microsoft has begun rolling out a major update for Copilot. Starting today, Windows 10 and 11 users in the US can try out the assistant’s Vision feature. The tool allows you to share up to two apps with Copilot, so that you can then chat about what it sees. “[Copilot Vision] acts as your second set of eyes, able to analyze content, help when you’re lost, provide insights, and answer your questions as you go,” Microsoft says.
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Instagram will soon let you re-arrange your grid
You don’t have to make a huge effort planning Instagram posts anymore so that your profile takes on a certain aesthetic or so that your grid reads or looks a certain way. Instagram will soon (and finally) let you re-order the posts already on your grid. Alessandro Paluzzi, who reverse engineered apps and posted upcoming features online, found an “edit grid” option within Instagram way back in 2022. Instagram didn’t say when exactly the feature will be available, but when you do get the edit grid option, tapping it will take you to a screen where you can rearrange your posts in the way you want them to appear on your profile.
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Don’t Sleep on the Galaxy S25 Edge, it’s Actually Worth Buying
If you’re thinking about buying the Galaxy S25 Edge but have a few doubts, you’ve landed at the right place. Samsung’s thinnest smartphone may not be for everyone, but for those who value a futuristic form factor that offers exceptional comfort and portability, it’s hard to find a better alternative.
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Icy Dock Unveils New Concept Product CP155 Adapter
The ICY DOCK CP155 is a rugged E1.S SSD form factor converter that transforms a 5.9 mm or 8.01 mm E1.S NVMe SSD into a standard 9.5 mm E1.S drive. It precisely matches the connector position, external dimensions, and mounting points of native 9.5 mm E1.S modules, ensuring full compatibility with existing backplanes, trays, and tool-less drive carriers. Built with a durable all-metal enclosure and bundled with high-efficiency thermal pads, the CP155 not only improves compatibility but also enhances passive heat dissipation—making it an ideal solution for system integrators, data center engineers, and OEMs looking to unify SSD module dimensions across multiple platforms.