Tesla temporarily halts mass production of Optimus robots citing design challenges

The Information reports that Tesla is scaling back plans to produce thousands of Optimus robots this year due to issues with their hand design. Sources familiar with the project say engineers are ...

Synology reverses course on non-certified HDDs in NAS systems

Earlier this year, Synology announced a major change affecting how customers could populate the company's NAS devices with external HDDs. The Taiwanese corporation planned to restrict ...

Samsung introduces Isocell HP5, its smallest 200MP image sensor to date

The new Isocell HP5 boasts an effective resolution of 16,384 x 12,288 pixels in a 1/1.56-inch optical format. It is not the company's first 200-megapixel sensor ...

North Korean hackers stole $2 billion in crypto, and the year's not over

Hackers linked to North Korea have stolen more than $2 billion in cryptocurrency this year, a record that already exceeds any previous annual haul, according to ...

Battlefield 6 physical edition contains the complete game, no downloads required

Battlefield 6 is officially launching on October 10, 2025, but some lucky gamers have already managed to get their hands on early copies. According to reports ...

This $150 homemade VR headset shows how far open-source hardware has come

Unlike consumer headsets from major companies such as Meta or HTC, CNCDan's project relies on inexpensive components sourced primarily from online marketplaces like AliExpress. The frame ...

Tesla targets budget EV buyers with pared-down Model 3 and Model Y

Tesla has introduced more affordable versions of its two best-selling vehicles, unveiling "standard" editions of the Model 3 sedan and Model Y SUV. The Wall Street ...

Three US physicists win 2025 Nobel Prize for pioneering quantum circuits

Three American physicists have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for pioneering work that revealed how quantum mechanical phenomena can be harnessed in practical ...

Upcoming UFS 5.0 standard will more than double smartphone storage speeds to 10.8 GB/s

The Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (JEDEC), which sets the standards for internal storage used in most smartphones and portable devices, recently announced that it is ...

Satya Nadella, Jensen Huang, and Michael Dell all urged Trump to keep Intel's Lip-Bu Tan

When Intel's new CEO Lip-Bu Tan faced growing pressure from the White House this summer, an unlikely network of allies across the tech industry quietly moved ...

Qualcomm just bought Arduino, the open-source hardware and software maker

Qualcomm said the acquisition will expand its portfolio of edge technologies and products, and better help everyone from students and educators to entrepreneurs and professionals more ...

Google Japan adapts rotary phone design for quirky new keyboard

Google Japan has unveiled another unconventional twist on keyboard design – this time replacing the traditional key layout with nine rotary dials in a device it ...