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    Amazon quietly cancels Blue Jay warehouse robot months after debut

    The discontinuation marks a major course correction in Amazon’s robotics strategy – and underscores the persistent gap between AI’s rapid progress in software and its slower, costlier translation into the physical world. Blue Jay, introduced in October 2025, represented Amazon’s fastest-developed warehouse robot to date, leveraging advances in artificial intelligence… Read Entire Article Source link More

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    Extreme upscaling: What happens when DLSS turns 38×22 pixels into 4K?

    YouTuber 2kiliksphilip recently demonstrated how Nvidia DLSS behaves when upscaling from absurdly low resolutions to 4K. While games are not playable in this form, the experiment highlights both the technology’s effectiveness and the progress it has made since the introduction of DLSS 2.0 about five years ago. Read Entire Article Source link More

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    This exoplanet system formed backwards, and nobody can explain why

    In a conventional system like our own, rocky planets such as Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars orbit closest to the host star. Farther out, gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn occupy the outer regions. Uranus and Neptune are classified as ice giants because they are composed largely of heavier volatile… Read Entire Article Source link More

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    IT worker's drill fails to destroy SSD in viral mishap

    Power tools like drills have long been used to physically mangle storage devices, but only when used properly. With traditional mechanical hard drives, a few scattered holes are often enough to destroy the platters inside and make data recovery nearly impossible. Drilling can be effective on SSDs as well, but… Read Entire Article Source link More

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    SlimeVR launches Butterfly trackers for full-body VR tracking without cameras or base stations

    The Butterfly Trackers operate on inertial measurement units, translating small changes in orientation and acceleration into precise movement data. Unlike optical tracking systems, which depend on cameras and line-of-sight calibration, these sensors function entirely on their own readings, allowing for unrestricted 360-degree positioning. Read Entire Article Source link More

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    Paying off your Verizon phone online could delay unlocking by 35 days

    In a change spotted by Ars Technica, Verizon’s postpaid customers now face a 35-day delay if they pay off a device installment plan through the My Verizon app, on the web, over the phone, or at a Verizon Authorized Retailer. Immediate unlocks are reserved for people who visit a Verizon-owned… Read Entire Article Source link More

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    Western Digital's HDD production for 2026 is already sold out

    Western Digital has already sold out its entire HDD manufacturing capacity for the year, and it’s only February. According to CEO Irving Tan, 2026 is effectively fully booked. AI companies are purchasing storage drives that have yet to be manufactured, and relief for traditional customers is unlikely anytime soon –… Read Entire Article Source link More

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    Apple set to unveil new iPhone, MacBooks, iPads at March 4 event

    Most expect to see Apple introduce a handful of new products at the event including the iPhone 17e. The entry-level iPhone will likely be a dialed back variant of the standard iPhone 17, but with enough bells and whistles to drum up consumer interest. The handset is said to be… Read Entire Article Source link More

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    Absurd GPU Pricing Update: Q1 2026 Edition

    GPU pricing is broken again – but the real question is how badly. We’re putting hard numbers to this situation. How much have graphics card prices increased since memory prices went through the roof? Read Entire Article Source link More

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    The most popular PC games still rarely use hardware ray tracing

    PC Gamer recently noted that, among the 21 most popular PC games of 2025, only five make use of hardware-accelerated ray tracing. While the demanding technology is gaining traction in visually ambitious AAA titles, it has yet to trickle down to games optimized for mainstream hardware. Read Entire Article Source link More

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