Across the US, the rise of dedicated AI-undergraduate degrees – something almost unheard of a decade ago – marks one of the most significant changes in higher education.

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The storage market is in flux: PCIe 4.0 prices are climbing, PCIe 5.0 and USB4 are getting cheaper, and Crucial is gone. Here are the best picks for speed, capacity, and value.

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Netflix recently confirmed that the AV1 codec is responsible for nearly one-third of its streaming content. In a lengthy Medium post, the company explained how it helped foster the codec's creation and gradually adopted it across various devices.

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Tim Cain said in a recent YouTube update that he is returning to Obsidian Entertainment (above). Although he has spent the last several years contracting for the studio, he will now work there full-time – rejoining a company closely tied to his most famous creation, Fallout.

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Thirty years ago, Netscape and Sun Microsystems introduced JavaScript as a new, cross-platform scripting language for building internet applications. Brendan Eich, the language's original designer, hacked together the technology in a 10-day marathon while working at Netscape. Today, JavaScript is used by an estimated 98.9% of all websites – although...

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The holiday shopping season is still in full swing, and many of the year's best tech discounts are still live. Below you'll find our hand-picked list of the remaining Black Friday – level savings that are genuinely worth your attention.

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IBM CEO Arvind Krishna argues that AI is not going through a financial bubble, despite many analysts, banks, and investors claiming otherwise. Krishna, who has led the former PC giant since 2020, is more concerned with the unsustainable infrastructure investments planned by OpenAI and other AI ventures seeking AGI paradise.

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The acquisition will further add to Netflix's extensive portfolio of AAA movies and TV shows. Fan favorites including The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, and The Wizard of Oz will soon sit alongside Netflix staples like Stranger Things and new shows in the streaming giant's library.

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When asked whether the US winning the AI race against China and other adversaries could be critical for national security, Huang said that nobody really knows how AI will impact our lives or what implications it will have for global geopolitics.

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Reality Labs encompasses several areas of Meta's VR/AR business, but Bloomberg writes that two of them will be hit hardest: Horizon Worlds and virtual reality. Zuckerberg is planning to slash Reality Labs' budget by 30%, with the cuts coming as early as January 2026.

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Samsung Electronics, one of the world's largest technology companies, was recently denied a new shipment of RAM by Samsung Semiconductor Global, according to industry sources. The two Samsung subsidiaries were reportedly pushed into negotiating a new supply plan at a higher price, a consequence of the ongoing AI-driven spending boom...

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Adams, who will retire in January 2026, has served as Apple's general counsel since 2017, when she joined from Honeywell. Few companies deal with as many legal issues as Apple, from lawsuits relating to patents and products, to dealing with regulators and antitrust complaints in other countries.

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The OldUnreal modding community recently announced that it received permission from Epic Games to host an updated installer for Unreal Tournament 2004. Within the next few months, users will be able to easily download, play, and host the popular multiplayer shooter on modern versions of Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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Kohler Health, the new division from home-products company Kohler, announced the Dekoda in October. The company says the images it captures, combined with its validated machine-learning algorithms, offer valuable insights into your health and wellness.

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As AI data centers grab more of the world's DRAM and prices for consumer kits skyrocket, we noted last month that 64GB of G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 6000 was selling for a stunning $599 – more than a PS5 or and RTX 5070.

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With DDR5 prices still rising, DDR4 vs. DDR5 is back in focus as we test whether pairing DDR4 with a budget Intel Core i5 CPU can offset the cost of DDR5 and challenge the Ryzen competition.

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An anonymous industry distribution source recently told Tom's Hardware that memory module prices for AMD's latest Radeon graphics cards sent to board partners have risen by $10 per 8GB. These increases are expected to eventually trickle to retail, with subsequent price adjustments expected in January.

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Microsoft recently published a baffling support document stating that Windows updates released after July 2025 may break some crucial parts of the operating system's shell. According to the KB5072911 document, File Explorer, the Start menu, and other XAML-dependent apps in Windows may show erratic behavior on some enterprise devices.

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#ThrowBackThursday Trivia goes meta: how long have you been visiting TechSpot? Let's find out.

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Researchers have uncovered a critical security flaw that could have catastrophic consequences for web and private cloud infrastructure. The vulnerability affects the React framework and represents a rare "perfect" issue – easy to exploit and capable of causing serious damage to web servers.

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