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Gaming headsets are great right up until I’ve been wearing one for three hours and desperately want my ears back. ASUS believes it has the answer with the ROG Gjallar. This is the brand’s first gaming soundbar to reach the US with a $599.99 price tag. Best Buy currently lists the system as sold out, while ASUS is taking notification sign-ups, so stock may be difficult to find initially. At that price, this is pretty much a premium soundbar. But the Gjallar is more than just your typical soundbar. Multiplayer without something clamped to my head Asus ASUS pairs the…
Can a city’s seawall stand up to a blockbuster storm? Will a region’s power grid hold against record-breaking heat? And can a town’s fire-fighting resources contain a major wildfire? To answer these questions, communities will first need to know how such extreme events could unfold. How far is a wildfire likely to spread? How much of a region might a storm impact? How long could a heat wave last? But extreme events are notoriously difficult to anticipate. By their nature, they are outliers. In the history of record keeping, extreme events are sporadic and rare. Yet most methods that assess a region’s…
Ray Hoe is betting on the small Japanese town of Toyama for his first hotel project For some Singaporeans who make money in the stock market, a second property is the next move. Ray Hoe did too—just not one here. The 41-year-old channelled his gains into a 77-year-old ryokan in Toyama, a small city on the Sea of Japan coast that most tourists pass through on the Shinkansen without stopping. He had no hospitality experience, didn’t and still doesn’t speak Japanese, and had never visited Toyama before the property caught his eye. Four years and a seven-figure investment later, Hooray…
The Hacker NewsAug 24, 2026AI Security / Webinar If your developers are using AI coding tools, you are probably already seeing the upside: faster development, more code, and less time spent on routine work. The harder part is what comes after. AI can also introduce open-source packages at a pace your security team was never built to handle. More dependencies mean more vulnerabilities to review, more remediation work, and a backlog that can quietly keep growing. Our latest AI Coding and Open Source Risk webinar examines what this means for security and engineering teams, drawing on data from 300 enterprise…
The amount of gas-fired power in development for data centers in the US has nearly doubled in less than a year, new research released Tuesday shows. The findings illustrate just how heavily tech companies are relying on building private fossil fuel plants to power data centers—and how fast artificial intelligence’s energy demand has grown.Global Energy Monitor, a research firm, has been tracking gas-powered projects that have been announced, are in development, or are under construction in the US. In January, the group found that there were 97 gigawatts of gas projects in development exclusively for data centers at the end…
It’s not a small request. It can cost thousands, depending on ticket cost and travel. So don’t just make the case for why you want to attend a conference. Make the business case for why the business should invest in you going. That extends far beyond the typical professional development ROI story, pivoting around a central business outcome. Use these steps to make a compelling case that your boss can easily say yes to. Start With Business Priorities Let’s face it: your boss doesn’t necessarily care that you want to attend a conference. But they do care whether the conference…
The players are the controller in the play spaces at Immersive Gamebox. (Immersive Gamebox Photo) Immersive Gamebox, a global interactive group gaming company, is coming to the Seattle region with its first Pacific Northwest location opening this week at Westfield Southcenter mall. Designed for groups of two to six players, the venue uses projection mapping, touch-sensitive walls, 3D motion tracking, and spatial audio to create controller-free, immersive gaming environments. Players use their bodies and movements to interact directly with the room to play titles based on major media franchises, including Netflix’s “Squid Game,” “Batman,” “Angry Birds,” and “Floor Is Lava.”…
Microsoft’s next major Exchange Server update is still waiting for a clear runway. Exchange Server Subscription Edition Cumulative Update 1 has no firm release date as engineers work through security findings surfaced in part by AI-assisted vulnerability discovery. The Exchange Team said Aug. 13, 2026, that reported issues still require validation, reproduction, remediation, and regression testing before fixes can ship. Microsoft is doing that work while continuing Exchange security releases, leaving administrators without a firm CU1 deployment date but no reason to delay routine patching. AI-assisted security work slows the path to CU1 Microsoft initially expected CU1 by the end…
Nvidia Corp. is reportedly considering making another investment in the artificial intelligence search startup Perplexity AI Inc. A report by The Information says the chipmaker is holding talks with Perplexity over an investment that could push the startup’s valuation to more than $30 billion. That would represent a jump of more than 50% from the $20 billion valuation Perplexity finalized about a year ago, when it last raised money. The size of Nvidia’s potential investment was not disclosed, and there’s no guarantee that any deal would be reached, The Information said, citing anonymous sources who are familiar with the discussions.…
The internet kind of sucks right now. And it’s been getting harder and harder to use over the past several years.Imagine you’re training for a marathon, or just trying to get in better shape, and you want to buy a new pair of shoes. Well, good luck! You’re going to have to wade through sponsored links, affiliate marketing, AI summaries, and websites seemingly engineered for search engines instead of human shoppers.Maybe you just want to connect with friends on Instagram or discover recipes on TikTok. But even there, everyone is selling something. “Get Ready With Me” videos are sponsored by…