August 2025
xTool M1 Ultra Review: Four in One Crafting Machine
[ad_1] Why you can trust Tom’s Hardware Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about how we test. If you’re looking for an all-in-one “craft studio in a box” that can laser, blade cut, draw, emboss, and do a little…
Power Tips #143: Tips for keeping the power converter cool in automotive USB PD applications
[ad_1] Today’s car buyers, whether purchasing premium or economy models, expect to charge multiple devices simultaneously through in-vehicle USB ports. To meet this demand, automakers are replacing legacy USB Type-A ports with multiple USB Type-C ports that support the latest USB power delivery (PD) standards. These standards enable significantly higher power levels—up to 48 V…
OpenAI removes ChatGPT feature after private conversations leak to Google search
[ad_1] Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now OpenAI made a rare about-face Thursday, abruptly discontinuing a feature that allowed ChatGPT users to make their conversations discoverable through Google and other search engines. The decision came…
Meet SmallThinker: A Family of Efficient Large Language Models LLMs Natively Trained for Local Deployment
[ad_1] The generative AI landscape is dominated by massive language models, often designed for the vast capacities of cloud data centers. These models, while powerful, make it difficult or impossible for everyday users to deploy advanced AI privately and efficiently on local devices like laptops, smartphones, or embedded systems. Instead of compressing cloud-scale models for…
The Death of the Click: How Scrolling Took Over the Web
[ad_1] Remember clicking? That sharp, deliberate action where you made a choice, committed to a path, and opened the next door in the digital house? Yeah—clicking is dead. Or at least dying. Slowly, awkwardly, like Internet Explorer clinging to life in a forgotten corporate IT department. Scrolling has taken over. And it’s not just a UX…
Silent Hill f’s first five hours are exciting — and different
[ad_1] Konami’s next big Silent Hill game is the first original entry in more than a decade and thus loaded with expectations — especially on the heels of last year’s outstanding Silent Hill 2 remake. Silent Hill f, coming this September, is a big swing, shifting the traditional location and time period of the franchise,…
VILE: Exhumed is an unjust casualty in Steam’s sweeping censorship campaign
[ad_1] Over the past few weeks, thousands of video games have been banned, removed and delisted from Steam and Itch.io. The justifications for doing so have been almost comically vague, and at least one highly anticipated title is now unable to be sold despite containing nothing objectionable. It started in early July, when payment processors…