Month: August 2025
Trump administration suspends FEMA employees who warned about disaster response
FEMA has suspended at least 30 employees after they warned that spending limits, staffing cuts, and gaps in leadership hurt the agency’s ability to respond to disasters. The employees received emails notifying them that they’d been put on administrative leave on Tuesday night, according to The New York Times, which…
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Xbox Cloud Gaming is now playable in the cheaper Game Pass tiers
It's now a little cheaper to try Xbox Cloud Gaming. Previously restricted to the Game Pass Ultimate tier, it's now open to Core and Standard subscribers. Xbox Cloud Gaming is still in beta, so you'll need to sign up (for free) as an Xbox Insider. Game Pass Core and Standard…
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Metal Gear Solid Delta awkwardly mixes modern visuals with old-school frustrations
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater seemed to be designed specifically for me, at first. I’ve played and loved nearly every entry of the Metal Gear Solid series, and the original MGS is one of my favorite games of all time. These weird, third-person stealth action games feature bizarre characters…
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China could move away from Nvidia AI chips quicker than expected after brash ‘addiction’ comments from US Commerce Secretary
Nvidia’s H20 chip became collateral in a heated geopolitical clash Nvidia’s revenue stream risks serious disruption with the Chinese market tightening Chinese tech giants hesitate to abandon Nvidia hardware for weaker alternatives China’s recent decision to tighten restrictions on Nvidia’s H20 chip sales has drawn attention not only because of…
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A tiny firm wants to slash energy consumption by changing the way CPUs are designed – and it is even planning a new high performance server chip
NeoLogic raises $10 million to advance CMOS+ CPUs, reducing circuit complexity CMOS+ enables 6-32 input gates, reducing power use and die size First processors expected in 2026, targeting energy efficient AI data center workloads NeoLogic has raised $10 million in in Series A funding as it works to change how…
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Microsoft’s employee protests have reached a boiling point
Some Microsoft employees are willing to risk everything to protest their employer. No Azure for Apartheid, a group led by current and former Microsoft employees, started last year as a petition to Microsoft executives. It demanded that Microsoft end all Azure contracts and partnerships with the Israeli military and government,…
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