AI & RoboticsNews

Amazon CEO takes aim at Nvidia, Intel, Starlink, more in annual shareholder letter

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s annual shareholder letter reads something like a Kendrick Lamar diss track, if the rapper was a corporate-speak-talking CEO and not a poetic Pulitzer-prize winning musician. Meaning, you have to know the history to understand all of the competitors Jassy takes aim at, alongside cute personal stories about his unrealized dream of being a sportscaster and watching…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

How the e-bike industry just pushed back against and won on (some) tariffs

In a rare bit of good news for the e-bike industry, manufacturers, importers, and advocacy groups have successfully fought off a potentially painful round of new tariffs on bicycles and e-bikes in the US. This week, the White House confirmed that bicycles, e-bikes, and frames will not be subject to new Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum. Even better, some existing tariffs tied to those…
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DefenseNews

France mulls fallback tank for delayed MGCS program in defense update

PARIS — France is in talks with manufacturers about an intermediary solution to replace the country’s aging Leclerc main battle tank, as a project with Germany to develop a next-generation tank is delayed, Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin told lawmakers on Wednesday. The French-German project for the future Main Combat Ground System, which was supposed to produce the Leclerc’s…
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ComputersNews

I upgraded to OLED and now every other monitor feels broken

Guys, I’ve done it. I’ve drunk the kool aid and joined the pantheon of super gamers that will tell you without doubt, that if you aren’t gaming on an OLED monitor, you’re missing out. That’s what I wish I’d been able to tell myself earlier, at least. This upgrade…
ComputersNews

Why your ‘fast’ PC feels slow: Blame your RAM

If your PC isn’t performing as expected despite a powerful CPU and fast graphics card, the RAM might be the culprit. Modern apps and games process huge amounts of data, and if your RAM can’t keep up, the CPU ends up slowing down. You can check for a RAM bandwidth…
GamingNews

'This Really Feels Like a Beta Test' — Fans Criticize Free-to-Play Pokémon Champions, With Complaints Over Missing Features, Switch 2 Performance Issues and Its Limited Roster

Pokémon Champions is getting a mixed response from fans, who have criticized the newly-launched free-to-play game for its lack of features, performance issues and limited roster of creatures. Available now on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, Pokémon Champions is pitched as the home of the franchise’s competitive battling scene for years to come. But it’s clearly still early days, and…
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