Tech News & Gadgets AI Infrastructure Provider Modal Labs Nears $15.75B Valuation in $750M Funding Round Led by Accel September 28, 2026 Basiran Modal Labs, a prominent player in the artificial intelligence inference infrastructure space, is reportedly closing in on a massive $750 million funding round. According to a source with direct knowledge…
Wearables & Smartwatches Garmin Acquires Muscle Oxygen Pioneer Moxy as Tech Giant Faces New Patent Lawsuit September 28, 2026 Reynand Wu The sports technology sector is buzzing following two significant developments involving Garmin. In a quiet transaction that caught much of the industry off guard, the wearable giant has acquired Moxy,…
Consumer Electronics & Hardware GMKtec Unveils the Evo-X5 Pro Mini-PC Featuring AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495 and 192GB of Memory September 28, 2026 Dwi Wanna GMKtec has officially launched the Evo-X5 Pro, its latest flagship agentic AI mini-PC designed to bring workstation-class performance to an ultra-compact form factor. Built around some of the most powerful…
Mobile Gaming & Esports EU Proposes New ‘Kids Act’ Targeting Video Games, Mobile Monetization, and Online Safety September 28, 2026 Dwi Wanna The European Commission has officially published its long-awaited legislative proposal for the EU Keeping Internet Digital Services Trustworthy and Accountable Act, widely referred to as the "Kids Act." Drafted as…
Linux & Open Source Firefox 157 released with ‘biggest visual refresh in years’ September 28, 2026 Reynand Wu The new theme features rounder and more colorful core user interface elements. Subtle pastel gradients now gently tint the window chrome on Windows and macOS, as well as on Linux…
AI & Machine Learning in Mobile New Research Breakthrough Bridges Efficiency Gap in Federated Optimization and Stochastic Variational Inequalities September 28, 2026 Nana Wu In the rapidly evolving landscape of distributed machine learning and optimization theory, researchers are continually searching for ways to make collaborative data processing faster, more reliable, and mathematically sound. A…
Tech How-Tos & Tutorials Asustor Lockerstor 2 Gen2+ NAS Review: Enterprise Security Meets Compact Hardware September 28, 2026 Evan Lee Salim The network-attached storage market has long balanced the scales between consumer-friendly simplicity and professional-grade control. Devices aimed at home users often prioritize straightforward setups, media streaming out of the box,…
Consumer Electronics & Hardware AI-Powered Trucking Heist Backfires as Thieves Steal 20 Tons of Sand Instead of Nvidia GPUs September 28, 2026 Azzam Bilal Chamdy The relentless surge of the artificial intelligence boom has transformed high-performance hardware into some of the most coveted and heavily guarded commodities on the planet. As tech giants, enterprises, and…
Custom ROMs & Modding From Neuroscience to Gaming: Raspberry Pi Powers Twitch Stream Where a Simulated Fruit Fly Brain Plays Pokémon September 28, 2026 Azzam Bilal Chamdy Earlier this month, Google and the Janelia Research Campus made waves in the scientific community by releasing the comprehensive blueprints of a fruit fly brain. Researchers likely anticipated that this…
Tech Business & Industry Trends Beyond Efficiency: How Media Organizations Are Turning Archives into AI-Powered Products September 28, 2026 Suro Senen For the better part of the last three years, the conversation surrounding artificial intelligence in the media industry has been almost exclusively tethered to the concept of efficiency. Newsroom leaders…
