When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Framework is refunding laptop buyers. Nintendo's'thank you' is a sale Nintendo's customer appreciation sale, notably excluding expensive Switch hardware, looks particularly bad in light of Framework's recent move to refund customers who bought expensive Pro laptops. Framework is a company that makes modular, repairable laptops . And there are a lot of reasons to like it.

In the early 20th century, public outcry following Upton Sinclair's led to stricter food safety protocols. NASA took them a step further. In 1906, in response to public outcry that came after Upton Sinclair's detailed the revolting conditions in Chicago's meatpacking plants, the US government passed the Federal Meat Inspection Act. The legislation created what would become known as the Food Safety and Inspection Service, a force of federal employees who would spend their days in stockyards and packing plants, checking livestock for disease both before and after their slaughter. They did their work organoleptically--with their eyes, noses, and hands--an approach soon dubbed "poke and sniff."

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Overall, the AquaSense 2 Ultra is a great choice for larger, more demanding pools, but its high price is hard to justify for a standard pool. Battery-powered pool robots now use structured navigation, route planning, wall detection, and app connectivity, with software becoming an increasingly important differentiator. In a practical test carried out in a round foil above-ground pool with a stainless steel ladder, the setup, app control, standard cleaning cycle, and post-cleaning procedures were assessed. Beatbot positions the AquaSense 2 Ultra as the flagship model of the AquaSense series, and it certainly looks the part. The housing measures 17.9 17.3 10.9 inches and weighs 29.1 pounds when empty. This makes the AquaSense 2 Ultra one of the heavier pool robots.

Did Pakistan shoot down five Indian jets? India has taken a major step towards opening one of its most sensitive areas of defence production to private companies. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved the transfer of technologies developed by the state-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for all conventional missile systems to Indian industry for domestic production, the country's Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday. Private companies will be able to compete for the technology and production rights, subject to technical qualifications, certifications and other regulatory requirements, the ministry said. The Narendra Modi-led government says the aim is to move missiles from development into mass production faster, increase domestic manufacturing and reduce India's dependence on imports.

PCWorld reports that Geekom mini PCs, including the A7, A8, AE7, and AE8 series, were compromised after attackers injected backdoors into drivers hosted on an outdated support page, enabling spying and password theft. Only users who downloaded drivers through unofficial search engine results are affected, while the current official Geekom website remains safe. Affected users should disconnect from the network, run antivirus scans, change passwords, and consider a factory reset. Detailed instructions are provided below. A few days ago, Tom's Hardware and Videocardz reported on a Geekom incident affecting several of the manufacturer's mini PCs. Attackers were able to inject malware onto several devices via a tampered driver--one that was hosted on an official Geekom support page, which, according to the company, had already been taken offline. Geekom confirmed the incident and explained that, although the outdated website had been replaced by a new one, it could still be found via search engines. The attackers exploited this to insert a backdoor into the driver package, enabling them to install malware on Geekom mini PCs.

PCWorld reports that PC case clearance specs from manufacturers are often inaccurate, with Noctua testing over 100 cases and finding 56 with significant measurement errors. Brands like Asus and Lian-Li offer less clearance than officially listed, while some Corsair cases actually provide more space, risking incompatible builds or unnecessary returns. Noctua launched a database with accurate clearance data to help builders verify dimensions before purchasing components. Detailed instructions are provided below. PC builders know that millimeters matter.

Some generative AI systems have hacked into other businesses autonomously. Some generative AI systems have hacked into other businesses autonomously. Nearly a third of British manufacturers have been hit by a cyber-attack on them or a company in their supply chain, according to a survey that highlighted the growing hacking risk to companies. The findings come almost a year after Britain's largest automotive employer, JLR, was hit by an attack that forced it to halt production for weeks. The report by MakeUK, a lobby group for British manufacturers, found that 30% of manufacturers had experienced a cyber-incident in the past 12 months, leading in many cases to lost production time and increased costs.

SK Hynix has announced that it will invest 54 trillion Korean won ( 38.1 billion) to build two new memory chip facilities in South Korea. The company, which is the second largest RAM and NAND chip manufacturer after Samsung, said the new fabs will help it keep pace with the explosive demand for memory products caused by the AI data center boom. The first cleanroom will start production as early as June 2029, SK Hynix officials said. The company said it would invest 35.2 trillion won ( 24.9 billion) in a Yongin fabrication plant to produce HBM and other DRAM products, and 19.1 trillion won ( 13.2 billion) for a facility in Cheongju that will manufacture NAND storage chips. "This investment is a decision made to seize opportunities in line with the market's growth speed... we reached this investment decision after a thorough review of market demand," a SK Hynix official said in a statement.

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen I fact-checked the internet's favorite battery tips, and most of them are horribly outdated. Charging to 100% stresses your battery, as most cap at 80%. Not a week goes by that I'm not correcting someone who is still recycling some battery myth packaged as a tip from the nickel-cadmium era (also known as the 1990s). These tips have been repeated and regurgitated so many times. A quick Google search (or an AI prompt) turns up plenty of articles that reassure readers that the tips are 100% grounded in present-day, lithium-ion era reality, when they most definitely are not.

As they scramble to keep their systems online, AI companies are making things expensive for the rest of us. Large language models such as ChatGPT and Claude are so resource-hungry that tech companies may be purchasing 70 percent of the world's supply of high-end computer memory, causing a shortage. As a result, the prices of computer memory and storage are skyrocketing: Hard drives that I bought for my reporting two years ago for $350 each were $800 when I checked two weeks ago, and are now out of stock. The prices of some laptops have gone up as much as 50 percent, and low-cost computers are being hit the hardest. Affordable entry-level computers may "disappear by 2028" according to one forecast .