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hardware 19.04.2026

ASRock and TeamGroup have created a budget DDR5 module called HUDIMM for economical computers

ASRock Expands DDR5 Memory Support ASRock has announced that its motherboards on Intel 600/700/800 chipsets now support DDR5 HUDIMM modules with a single 32‑bit subchannel. This i...

hardware 19.04.2026

Apple lags behind the AI boom: Mac models are in short supply, and some have disappeared from store shelves

Apple pulls high‑RAM Mac Mini and Mac Studio models from sale 1 — What changed - The official Apple website and retail stores no longer list Mac Mini and Mac Studio options equip...

hardware 19.04.2026

Windows 11 now supports Xbox mode on both desktops and laptops as well as tablets

Microsoft launches “Xbox Mode” on Windows 11 devices Microsoft announced the introduction of a new gaming mode—“Xbox Mode,” now available in the preview build of Windows 11 (build...

hardware 19.04.2026

Experts have discovered a critical vulnerability in the security of most Samsung, Xiaomi, Nokia, and Honor smartphones

Vulnerability of biometric unlocking on Android smartphones Many popular models from Motorola, OnePlus and Samsung use face recognition as a login method. However researchers disc...

hardware 19.04.2026

The court reinstated the $3 billion lawsuit by VLSI against Intel and sent the patent dispute to a jury trial.

Brief summary of the decision The U.S. Federal Appeals Court issued a ruling to return the full‑scope patent lawsuit brought by VLSI Technology against Intel for $3 billion to tri...

hardware 19.04.2026

Adobe in disarray: competitors have exposed the company's weak pricing on its products.

Adobe Under Pressure from Competitors: How the Creative Software Market is Changing In recent months, pressure on the market leader – Adobe – has intensified in the creative softw...

hardware 19.04.2026

Asus confirms that its motherboards support half‑length DDR5 HUTIMM.

Asus explores DDR5 HUDIMM with a single 32-bit subchannel A member of the Asus ROG research team, Bing Lin, reported that the company is conducting experiments with DDR5 HUDIMM me...

hardware 19.04.2026

New publication: Samson – “Smut” not in our walls. Review

Hardware Requirements Component Minimum Recommended Processor Intel Core i5‑10505 (3.2 GHz) / AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (3.6 GHz) Intel Core i5‑11400 (2.6 GHz) / AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT (3.7 G...

hardware 18.04.2026

China postponed the crew change of TianGong for a month after discovering a crack in the viewport.

The Chinese space station “Tiangong” extends the crew’s stay Earlier this week Chinese media announced that the current crew of the Tiangong station intends to remain in orbit for...

hardware 18.04.2026

AI demonstrated successes in researching rare and underrepresented languages

Large language models are narrowing the linguistic gap New versions of artificial intelligence (AI) demonstrate significant progress in handling rare and low‑resource languages, s...

hardware 18.04.2026

Tinder and other services will implement real user verification, says World Altman about stepping beyond the cryptocurrency sphere.

Short news from Tools for Humanity (TFH) The company TFH behind the World ID project (formerly Worldcoin) announced new plans to integrate its identity verification technology int...

hardware 18.04.2026

Microsoft Edge on Android now plays YouTube videos in the background, bypassing previous restrictions.

YouTube Tightens Control Over Workarounds, but Microsoft Edge Makes a Comeback In an effort to increase the number of paid subscribers, YouTube is actively shutting down “workarou...