Month: January 2025
How to sign up for the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience
The Nintendo Switch 2 is finally official, and while we still don’t know when anyone will be able to own the new console, we do know when some lucky people will get to try one for themselves. Nintendo is holding hands-on events starting on April 4 and running through June…
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Microsoft triples down on AI
Microsoft made a trio of announcements this week that are going to be very important for how the company approaches its big AI bet in 2025. It started off by creating a new AI engineering group to focus its developers on building an AI platform and tools for both Microsoft…
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Nvidia RTX 5080 GPU could sell out fast – and I’m worried things might be even worse for the flagship RTX 5090
Nvidia’s initial Blackwell GPUs are rumored to have ‘extremely limited’ stock It’s claimed that the RTX 5090 will be particularly thin on the ground This is the case for the German market, but it could well reflect the wider picture We’ve heard our first rumblings that Nvidia’s initial next-gen GPUs,…
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Xiaomi tipped to set impressive new phone battery benchmark in 2025 – and I hope Apple and Samsung are taking notes
Xiaomi’s rumored phone could have the battery capacity of two iPhone 16s The phone is expected to release via Xiaomi’s Redmi sub-brand Samsung could be eyeing similar tech for next year’s Galaxy S26 A new rumor suggests that Xiaomi is working on a new phone with an enormous 7,500mAh battery,…
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A giant battery power plant is on fire in California
A fire broke out at the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in Central California Thursday. The battery power plant is the largest in the world according to the company, Vistra, that owns it. The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office issued evacuation orders for nearby residents and closed parts of Highway 1…
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Biden orders review, new rules governing US national cybersecurity
President Biden introduces new governmental cybersecurity requirements Third-party software providers must demonstrate adherence to new requirements The federal government must use end-to-end encryption by default In one of his last acts as President of the United States, Joe Biden has signed an executive order aimed at strengthening US national cybersecurity.…
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