If you’ve been exhausted by the unstoppable deployment of AI chatbots like Microsoft Copilot across your entire PC, be warned: don’t turn on your TV.
Samsung said Thursday that it has begun rolling out Copilot to its 2025 lineup of AI-powered TVs, meaning your living room won’t be the escape from AI you might have been hoping for. Samsung’s smart monitors, including the Samsung Smart…
Nintendo Switch 2 Has Sold 2 Million Units in the U.S., 75% Ahead of the Switch 1's Pace
August 28, 2025
The Nintendo Switch 2’s second month on the market was another explosive one, at least in the U.S., where it surpassed 2 million units sold life-to-date, putting it 75% ahead of the unit sales pace set by the Nintendo Switch 1.
This is according to monthly data from…
It often takes a sequel to unlock an idea’s full potential. Just look at Assassin’s Creed 2, Mass Effect 2, or Batman: Arkham City – games which erased the imperfections of their predecessors and elevated rough diamonds to all-time-classic status. Based on a new demo I…
Chris Roberts, the chief developer of Star Citizen, has made a bold claim about next year’s single-player spinoff, Squadron 42, comparing it to the launch of behemoth Grand Theft Auto 6.
Cloud Imperium Games’ space sim is considered one of the most controversial projects in all video games. Over the near 13 years since its crowdfunding drive began, Star Citizen has been called many things…
Lightning Network data reveals a clear pullback in both capacity and channel count over the past year. As activity thins out, the network is showing stronger pockets of centralization—clustered around a handful of node operators, specific server hosts, and dominant…
As August winds down, readings on Ethereum’s supply, fees, throughput, holders and overall price point to a week with positive net issuance, steady onchain use, and relatively low transaction costs.
Ethereum Under the Hood
Blockchair’s supply trajectory data indicates…
Bitcoin’s daily transaction pace has cooled in 2025 after a blistering run last year. Data covering Jan. 1, 2017, through Aug. 23, 2025, shows that 2025’s year-to-date throughput trails 2024’s full-year average by roughly one-quarter, and miners’ fee share of rewards is hovering near the low end of the nine-year span.
Bitcoin’s Busiest Days Cluster in 2024; 2025 Remains Above Long-Run…
Warped spacetime with surprise 'double-zoom' reveals radiation around distant supermassive black hole
August 28, 2025
Thanks to a theory put forward by Albert Einstein over 100 years ago and a happy coincidence, astronomers have discovered radiation being pumped out from the core of a quasar — within which a supermassive black hole lurks.
The team, led by Matus Rybak of Leiden University…
That mysterious 'Wow! signal' from space? Scientists may finally know where it came from — and it's probably not aliens
August 28, 2025
For researchers seeking answers to the question of whether we are alone in the universe, one event nearly half a century ago lingers even today — the so-called “Wow! Signal” detected back in 1977.
That strong, baffling radio episode was captured by Ohio State…
Starship Mars rocket met 'every major objective' on epic Flight 10 test launch, SpaceX says
August 28, 2025
The Starship megarocket passed its latest launch trial with flying colors, according to SpaceX.
Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, launched from SpaceX’s Starbase site in South Texas at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT) on Tuesday (Aug. 26), kicking off the vehicle’s 10th-ever test mission.
Flight 10 was eventful and ambitious. Starship met the challenge, “taking a…
