We Can Now Make Our Own Steam Machine Companion Cube Case

July 19th, 2026 07:07 PM

We can now create our own Portal Companion Cube case for the Steam Machine with a 3D printer.

AI-Generated Code Is Cheap But the Context Infrastructure Behind It Is Not

July 17th, 2026 10:47 PM

The cost curve for generating code with AI has moved in one direction, and it has moved fast. What used to require a senior engineer’s full attention for an afternoon can now be scaffolded in minutes, and the price per token for the models doing it keeps falling. By the metric that dominated every early AI productivity argument, the cost of generation, the economics are undeniably favorable and getting more so. But production deployments have surfaced a different cost that the token price...

Amazon SQS turns 20: Two decades of reliable messaging at scale

July 13th, 2026 06:13 PM

On July 13, 2006, we launched Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) as one of the first three services available to customers, alongside Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3. We had learned firsthand that distributed systems need a reliable way to pass messages between components without creating tight dependencies. If one service called another directly and that service was slow or unavailable, failures cascaded through the entire system. Message queuing solved this by letting services communicate...

Performance benchmark shows Windows 11 totally dominates Linux in one absolutely key area

July 19th, 2026 08:04 PM

Performance benchmarks reveal that Windows 11 decisively outperforms Linux, completely dominating one absolutely critical area in this modern era. Read more...

James Webb Space Telescope Discovers How Black Holes Feed Themselves

July 19th, 2026 07:05 PM

"Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have been given a glimpse of the mechanisms that supermassive black holes use to feed themselves," reports Space.com: The powerful cosmic titans get really puzzling when astronomers using the JWST spot them before the universe was even 1 billion years old. That's because the mechanisms by which black holes devour matter to grow and then merge to create even more massive black holes should take at least 1 billion years to achieve...

Rate the Spain and Argentina players in World Cup final

July 19th, 2026 07:55 PM

Rate the Spain and Argentina players out of 10 below and come back 30 minutes after full-time to see the final ratings.

Gears of War 2 Gets Unofficial PC Port – Available for Download

July 18th, 2026 05:01 PM

Gears of War fans, here is something special for you. An unofficial PC version of Gears of War 2 has just been released, and you can download it right now. Created by Helios, this unofficial PC port allows you to play the entire single-player campaign. Moreover, it supports co-op via Steam. Furthermore, it includes all … Continue reading Gears of War 2 Gets Unofficial PC Port – Available for Download The post Gears of War 2 Gets Unofficial PC Port – Available for Download appeared first on ...

Here are all the ways Apple is raising prices and why

July 19th, 2026 03:37 AM

Apple’s hardware price increases in June were costly and unwelcome. They were also just the start of a wave of higher prices on Apple products and services. Over the last few weeks, Apple has been raising prices in all areas for different reasons.

Apple probably won't add Jony Ive to OpenAI trade secret theft suit

July 19th, 2026 02:57 PM

Four years ago, Jony Ive left Apple, and joined OpenAI, yet he isn't named in the intellectual property theft suit. The reasons for that are myriad, ranging from the personal to practical.Jony Ive & OpenAI's Sam Altman | Image Credit: OpenAIOn July 10, Apple launched what looks to become a major lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing ex-Apple employees of stealing intellectual property. However, despite former Apple design chief's links to OpenAI, he isn't in the crosshairs of Apple's...

Hackers abuse ViPNet software to target Russian govt agencies

July 19th, 2026 02:23 PM

An advanced threat actor is abusing the update mechanism for the ViPNet private networking product suite to target Russian organizations, including government agencies. [...]