Zo Ahmed

In a nutshell: Mozilla has upgraded Firefox’s address bar, turning it into a versatile tool that does much more than just navigate or search. This change adds new commands and shortcuts, making browsing faster and more intuitive. Let’s break it […]

Editor’s take: Despite US export bans following the invasion of Ukraine, chips continue flowing into Russia through a complex web of unofficial channels. The key takeaway is that sanctions often look strong on paper but remain porous in practice. For

PSA: Lidar and high-powered lasers, increasingly common in cars and at entertainment venues, can cause permanent damage to smartphone cameras – even those built to withstand everyday wear. Users should be aware of this hidden risk and avoid direct exposure

Forward-looking: PCIe 5.0 SSDs are fast, but they’re kind of old news now – they’re everywhere and have kind of lost some of their “wow” factor. But this year, Micron shook things up with a sneak peek at what’s next

In context: Nvidia recently rolled out a GeForce driver update that quietly made older Intel processors, specifically the Core 2 family, technically compatible with the latest RTX 50-series GPUs. It initially sounded like a promising “loophole” for retro PC enthusiasts,

The big picture: There have been 15 Windows versions released over the last three decades, but even today, some of Microsoft’s oldest works continue to hum away in the background. All over the world, ancient versions of Windows are still

Recap: The AI accelerator race is driving rapid innovation in high-bandwidth memory technologies. At this year’s GTC event, memory giants Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron previewed their next-generation HBM4 and HBM4e solutions coming down the pipeline. While data center GPUs

In brief: We have seen some wild projects over the years when it comes to retro gaming on the Raspberry Pi, but one maker has taken it to a whole new level. Using a Raspberry Pi 5, he’s built a

In brief: AMD’s Threadripper Pro 9000 series, the next generation of its high-performance workstation CPUs, has made an appearance on shipping manifests, hinting at an imminent launch. These logs have revealed key details about two of the upcoming models: the

Why it matters: Major tech players have spent the last few years betting that simply throwing more computing power at AI will lead to artificial general intelligence (AGI) – systems that match or surpass human cognition. But a recent survey