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The latest rumored Steam Machine prices aren't anywhere near as bad as I thought – but I'm still fearing the worst

If these purported Steam Machine prices are somewhat accurate, consumers should be happy considering what prices are expected to be.

Former Assassin's Creed director discusses the folly of ballooning development budgets: 'You need to have people to coordinate the people coordinating'

Former Assassin's Creed director Alexandre Amancio says AAA studios 'mistakenly' try to 'solve a problem by throwing people at it'.

Best Travel Cameras (2026), Tested and Reviewed

We’ve found the best travel cameras—from point-and-shoot to full-frame—to help you bring home the perfect vacation photos.

Notorious Black Axe cybercrime gang disrupted in Europol raids

In total, 34 Black Axe cybercrime gang members were arrested, including core 10 members.

The most fascinating monitors at CES 2026

Big sizes, big resolution, and big ideas.

Your mobile browser counts – and these three are putting your privacy at risk, warns Surfshark

Yandex, Edge, and Chrome are the most data-hungry mobile browsers, new research from Surshark has found. Here's all you need to know.

How AI, digital sovereignty and data localization are reshaping European data strategies

For true compliance, AI needs local, high-performance data storage to match the European standards.

10 Breakthrough Technologies 2026

Why some “breakthrough” technologies don’t work out

Every year, MIT Technology Review publishes a list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies. In fact, the 2026 version is out today. This marks the 25th year the newsroom has compiled this annual list, which means its journalists and editors have now identified 250 technologies as breakthroughs.  A few years...

The astronaut training tourists to fly in the world’s first commercial space station

For decades, space stations have been largely staffed by professional astronauts and operated by a handful of nations. But that’s about to change in the coming years, as companies including Axiom Space and Sierra Space launch commercial space stations that will host tourists and provide research fac...

Been asked to reset your Instagram password? Company denies data breach reports after users bombarded with request emails

Instagram says it isn't a data breach, but users should still be on their guard.

Good technology should change the world

The billionaire investor Peter Thiel (or maybe his ghostwriter) once said, “We were promised flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.” That quip originally appeared in a manifesto for Thiel’s venture fund in 2011. All good investment firms have a manifesto, right? This one argued for making bold...

Meet the new biologists treating LLMs like aliens

How large is a large language model? Think about it this way. In the center of San Francisco there’s a hill called Twin Peaks from which you can view nearly the entire city. Picture all of it—every block and intersection, every neighborhood and park, as far as you can see—covered in sheets of paper....

How next-generation nuclear reactors break out of the 20th-century blueprint

Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons. Those bump into other atoms, splitting them and causing them to emit more neutrons, which bump into other atoms, continuing the chain reaction.  That reaction gives off heat, whic...

Hyperscale AI data centers: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2026

In sprawling stretches of farmland and industrial parks, supersized buildings packed with racks of computers are springing up to fuel the AI race. These engineering marvels are a new species of infrastructure: supercomputers designed to train and run large language models at mind-­bending scale, com...

Sodium-ion batteries: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2026

For decades, lithium-ion batteries have powered our phones, laptops, and electric vehicles. But lithium’s limited supply and volatile price have led the industry to seek more resilient alternatives. A sodium-ion battery works much like a lithium-ion one: It stores and releases energy by shuttling io...

Mechanistic interpretability: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2026

Hundreds of millions of people now use chatbots every day. And yet the large language models that drive them are so complicated that nobody really understands what they are, how they work, or exactly what they can and can’t do—not even the people who build them. Weird, right? It’s also a problem. Wi...

Base-edited baby: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2026

Kyle “KJ” Muldoon Jr. was born with a rare genetic disorder that left his body unable to remove toxic ammonia from his blood. He was lethargic and at risk of developing neurological disorders. The condition can be fatal.  KJ joined a waiting list for a liver transplant. Then Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas a...

Embryo scoring: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2026

Many Americans agree that it’s acceptable to screen embryos for severe genetic diseases. Far fewer say it’s okay to test for characteristics related to a future child’s appearance, behavior, or intelligence. But a few startups are now advertising what they claim is a way to do just that. Preimplanta...

Next-gen nuclear: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2026

Nuclear power has been a critical part of the electricity grid for decades, but old reactor designs—which often come in years behind schedule and billions over budget—could soon get a big refresh. Next-generation nuclear reactors are smaller and simpler to manufacture, and they use different materia...

AI companions: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2026

Chatbots are skilled at crafting sophisticated dialogue and mimicking empathetic behavior. They never get tired of chatting. It’s no wonder, then, that so many people now use them for companionship—forging friendships or even romantic relationships.  According to a study from the nonprofit Common Se...

Hyte X50 PC Case Review: Computers Should Be Cute

Hyte’s rounded glass case brings a fun, bubbly aesthetic to your desk.

OnePlus has canceled two of its most anticipated phones of 2026, new rumors claim – here's why

The OnePlus Open 2 and OnePlus 15s could both be canceled, but you might be able to get similar phones under different names.

What is the release date for Tell Me Lies season 3 episodes 1-2 on Hulu and Disney+?

It's been two years since season 2 was on our screens, but now Tell Me Lies season 3 is back with a vengeance. Here's when episodes 1-2 premiere on Hulu and Disney+.

Tineco has released a wet-dry vacuum that's as nimble as a stick vac

The FLOOR ONE i7 Fold maneuvers like a dream.

The Division 3 developer shares plans for the upcoming mega-sequel — ‘I think it will be as big an impact as Division 1 was’

The executive producer of The Division has provided an update on the production of The Division 3. He's betting that the sequel will have as much impact as the first game.

Trump’s fundraisers asked Microsoft for its White House ballroom donation

The Trump administration approached Microsoft for its donation to fund the White House's $300 million ballroom, documents released by Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) office reveal. In response to a Democrat-led letter questioning Big Tech's involvement in the ballroom's construction, Microsoft counse...

Dreo's new fan blasts out an ultra-refreshing, fine mist – I could have stood in front of it all morning

The TurboCool series of misting fans achieved the impossible: it perked me right up on day four of CES.

I can't stop thinking about these affordable IKEA speakers that look like art

Of everything I saw at CES, it's these speakers that I want the most.

These Gen Zers just raised $11.75M to put Africa’s defense back in the hands of Africans

African defense company Terra comes out of stealth with an $11.75M round led by Joe Lonsdale's 8VC.