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Apple urged to launch budget Mac Neo desktop
An Engadget columnist argues that Apple should introduce a stripped-down “Mac Neo” desktop to replace the role once played by the entry-level Mac mini, whose starting price has now risen to $899. The piece contends that soaring demand from AI developers using Apple Silicon’s local model-running capabilities has driven up costs and pushed the Mac…
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Perceptron launches industrial vision model for factory robots
Perceptron, a startup founded by former Meta AI researchers, has launched Isaac 0.5, a new vision model designed to help robots “perceive, reason and act” in industrial settings such as warehouses and factories. The move reflects a broader push by AI companies to extend machine intelligence beyond digital applications and into physical, real-world tasks, an…
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Microsoft sketches out a Whiteboard extension
Microsoft has delayed the deletion of legacy Azure-based Whiteboard files, pushing the cut-off date from 5 September to 16 October 2026, giving enterprise customers more time to migrate to OneDrive-backed whiteboards. The delay affects organisations still using older “legacy enterprise” whiteboards stored in Azure rather than OneDrive, which has been the default storage location for…
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15,000 years of solar wind in four hours? A Seattle company gives it a go.
The Seattle-based startup Interlune has developed a lab technique to simulate lunar regolith exposed to billions of years of solar wind, tackling a key obstacle in its plan to mine helium-3 from the Moon. Helium-3, a rare isotope embedded in lunar soil by the solar wind, has long-term promise for fusion energy and nearer-term uses…
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Murderers ‘tried to cut Urfan Sharif’s throat in cell with a tin lid’ in suspected revenge attack for killing daughter Sara, court told
Two convicted murderers allegedly attempted to kill Urfan Sharif, the father of murdered schoolgirl Sara Sharif, in a planned attack at HMP Belmarsh on New Year’s Day 2025, a court has heard. Steven Sansom and Adam Watson are accused of luring Sharif into a cell under the pretext of friendship before attacking him from behind…
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Meta faces proposed $17bn child safety settlement with teen limits
Meta has agreed a proposed settlement of up to $17bn (£12.5bn) with 29 US states over allegations that Facebook and Instagram harmed young people’s wellbeing. The agreement would introduce new protections for teenage users in the US, and UK campaigners say it demonstrates that governments can force major social-media companies to change features linked to…
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With the end of physical media in sight, gamers have had enough
A campaign urging PlayStation 5 owners to stop using their consoles for a week reflects growing anger over publishers’ control of games and ownership. Sony’s reported plan to end physical disc production in 2028, alongside its reminder that digital software is licensed rather than sold, has sharpened concerns that players could lose control over purchases…
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Elden Ring on the Switch 2 isn’t tarnished
The Verge’s review finds that Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition brings FromSoftware’s acclaimed 2022 open-world action RPG, including the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, to Nintendo Switch 2 without compromising the core experience. Although it is not the most visually advanced version, the reviewer considers the hybrid console’s portable and television play options especially well suited…
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Review: Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition (Switch 2) – An Outstanding Achievement In Open-World Design
Nintendo Life has reviewed Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition, a new Switch 2 release from FromSoftware that bundles the acclaimed 2022 open-world action RPG with its major expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree. The port serves as a showcase for the Switch 2’s hardware capabilities ahead of FromSoftware’s next major project, the PvP-focused Switch 2 exclusive The…
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Psychiatry’s diagnostic bible is finally getting a biological upgrade
The American Psychiatric Association is preparing to modernise the DSM, the standard diagnostic manual for mental illness, by incorporating biology for the first time since its creation. The current edition, DSM-5, published in 2013, has been criticised for relying solely on clinical judgement of symptoms without objective biological measures, which critics argue risks medicalising ordinary…