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hardware 20.02.2026

The AI bubble burst: major tech companies have lost hundreds of billions in market value since the start of the year, but the consequences vary.

Artificial Intelligence: From Boom to Market Correction *The AI boom began in the fall of 2022 when OpenAI introduced ChatGPT and drew investor attention to new technologies. Sinc...

hardware 20.02.2026

Apple dropped a new “Podcast” on YouTube and Spotify, completely rethinking it

Apple launches updated video podcast platform Apple announced a new version of its Podcasts app in which audio and video versions of podcasts will be combined into one interface....

hardware 20.02.2026

Alibaba launched the open LLM Qwen 3.5, capable of handling 201 languages and working with AI agents, sometimes outperforming Gemini 3 Pro in speed.

Alibaba launches new AI model – Qwen 3.5 Chinese technology giant Alibaba announced the release of its artificial intelligence model Qwen 3.5. It is available in two variants: Va...

hardware 20.02.2026

Android will now automatically save files to Google Drive.

New File Backup Features via Google Drive Google Play announced an upcoming update of services for Android devices. The description of the new release mentions a feature that auto...

hardware 20.02.2026

Apple unveils new releases on March 4: the expected iPhone 17 e, updated Macs, and an iPad.

Apple Prepares for New Product Launch on March 4 in New York This week the company began sending invitations to journalists for an upcoming event scheduled for March 4 in New York...

hardware 20.02.2026

Apple has begun testing end-to-end encryption for RCS messages on the iPhone

Apple has released a beta version of iOS 26.4 with E2EE support in RCS * What’s new? In the current beta, developers can already test end‑to‑end encryption (E2EE) for messages se...

hardware 20.02.2026

Steam Deck will only become available for purchase intermittently again—Valve explained that this is the reason the items disappeared.

Valve Responds to Steam Deck Unavailability in the U.S. Valve has finally reacted to reports that the portable Steam Deck console is not being sold in the American store. Updated...

hardware 20.02.2026

YouTube intensified its conflict with ad blockers, beginning to delete users’ video comments and descriptions.

What’s happening? In recent days, there has been a noticeable surge of posts online claiming that comments on YouTube videos have stopped working, and some users are even seeing v...

hardware 20.02.2026

Europe demonstrated how to develop its own server processor based on RISC‑V during the Intel 3 process.

Reducing Import Dependence in Europe: A New Experiment with RISC‑V European engineers from the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC‑CNS) confirmed that their own server processors...

hardware 20.02.2026

ASML plans to widely adopt the High‑NA EUV technology next year for manufacturing chips with transistor sizes of 1.4 nm and smaller.

Short Summary The new stage of semiconductor miniaturization requires a shift to more advanced lithography methods. In the next two years, the industry is expected to launch chip...

hardware 20.02.2026

Sony has launched a PlayStation 5 rental service that allows customers to pay on a monthly basis

PlayStation UK launches PS‑5 rental The British division of PlayStation has announced a new service – you can rent a Sony PlayStation 5 console instead of buying it. The subscript...

hardware 20.02.2026

The death of Hideo Sato, father of the creators of the gaming console Sega, was announced today.

Death of the “father of Sega hardware” – Hideki Sato Shortly before last weekend a tragic moment occurred in the gaming industry: Hideki Sato passed away. He is considered one of...