Технологии

Meet Fetch, the AI Robot That Loves to Play Ball

Fetch is an adorable AI-powered robot built around the Arduino UNO Q that uses computer vision to chase down balls and return them.

Hackster.io · EN

Bambu Lab H3C 3D printer review: A nine-tool monster

The Bambu Lab H3C is a massive tool changer that handles TPU like nobody’s business.

Tom's Hardware · EN

Hands-on with the DockCase Mount Ling 2 Pro

The Mount Ling 2 Pro is a dock for Nintendo Switch 2, Steam Deck, or other PC handhelds that doubles as a capture card and a vehicle for up to 4TB of NVMe SSD storage.

Tom's Hardware · EN

Apple faces unprecedented memory cost increases as RAM prices continue to surge, manufacturing bill climbs by $33 billion

Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron are facing strong demand for memory from AI data centers, prompting manufacturers to prioritize higher-margin server products and high-bandwidth memory. That shift is tightening supplies of conventional DRAM and NAND flash used in smartphones, laptops, and other consumer devices. The squeeze is also affecting smaller manufacturers, with Fairphone reporting that memory now accounts for nearly 60% of the bill of materials for some of its phones

Tom's Hardware · EN

8 converted jet engines are powering xAI data centers as companies look for new energy sources

A Mississippi xAI data center is using eight converted jet engine turbines as a power source despite the known health risks of the carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds they produce.

Tom's Hardware · EN

Intel 14A moves closer to production as PDK 0.9 becomes available — plans to release PDK 1.0 in the first quarter of 2027

Intel says its next-generation process technology is reaching expected performance and yield maturity.

Tom's Hardware · EN

Malaysia's OMS Group raises $1.03B loan to expand subsea cable fleet

Malaysia's OMS Group has secured a $1.03 billion financing deal that will be used in part to acquire four new fiber-optic cable-laying ships.

Light Reading · EN

Eurobites: VodafoneThree helps fight 'SIM farm' menace in UK

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: T-Systems taps Sparxity for energy-efficient computing; Swedish competition authority approves Telenor's takeover of Bahnof; Ericsson gets GitOps-compliant.

Light Reading · EN

VMO2 to axe 30% staff costs, halt fiber build in £800M savings plan

UK operator VMO2 unveiled a savings plan that will reduce staff costs by 30% and pause fiber build in response to a tough economic environment and fiber market.

Light Reading · EN

Chinese telcos take 45% stake in new $4.5B national data company

The three major Chinese telecom operators have each taken a 15% stake in new $4.5 billion company NDG set up to commercialize state enterprises' data assets.

Light Reading · EN

House Democrats demand bipartisan FCC, Gomez renomination

House Democrats are urging that 'any new Republican nominee' for the FCC be paired with a Democratic nominee, including through the renomination of Commissioner Anna Gomez, according to a letter sent to Senate leaders last week.

Light Reading · EN

Why Boost Mobile isn't SpaceX's shortcut to an MVNO

Analysts say SpaceX can't use a Boost Mobile deal to inherit EchoStar's MVNO deals with AT&T and T-Mobile. Change-of-control provisions require MNO approval, meaning SpaceX can't bypass carrier resistance that easily.

Light Reading · EN

Marvell-Lumentum deal tests whether AI optics go single-vendor

Who gets the lasers? Marvell's Lumentum deal puts a big InP fab inside an AI chip company just as telecom and datacom buyers compete for the same supply.

Light Reading · EN

Cable One extends mobile to small businesses

Following its residential launch, Cable One said it has introduced mobile service for small businesses, which can take up to 25 lines per account. #pressrelease

Light Reading · EN

World of Warcraft: Forever Is Already Overrun with AI Slop

The vibe-coded addon problem is getting so bad that Warcraft Logs is changing its API and developers are dealing with theft of their work.

404 Media · EN

America Votes: 'CEKEVPATIVG EDELDOA'

Slopfest 2k26 continues with an election, a fanfic fiasco, and World of Slopcraft.

404 Media · EN

Watch 48 hours of heavy snow bury a lawn chair, a car and the camera lens

This mesmerizing time lapse shows what 48 hours of heavy snow looks like. The camera starts off facing a lawn chair and a wooden stick pointing up from the ground. The snow eventually covers all of this and more. What 48 hours of heavy snow looks like by u/Main_Locksmith_2543 in interestingasfuck Watching the entire chair and even the camera lens become covered by snow was one thing. — Read the rest The post Watch 48 hours of heavy snow bury a lawn chair, a car and the camera lens appeared first on Boing Boing .

Boing Boing · EN

Robert Fludd's "Black Square" is a 17th-century picture of nothing

The occult philosopher Robert Fludd created this image in the 17th century. It is called Black Square and quite literally represents nothing. The medium is not known for certain, but it is guessed to be an engraving. View this post on Instagram From the Public Domain Review : Black square ("and so on to infinity…" inscribed in Latin around its edges) representing the nothingness that was prior to the universe, as pictured by the great occult philosopher Robert Fludd, who himself passed into infinity on this day in 1637. — Read the rest The post Robert Fludd's "Black Square" is a 17th-century p

Boing Boing · EN

This skinless 1910 goat automaton bleats like a real goat

If you need to watch a video of a loud, bleating goat automaton without any skin, here you go . The House of Automata shared this lovely early-20th-century goat automaton. It is currently under construction for restoration, so it does not have any skin or goat-like features at the moment. — Read the rest The post This skinless 1910 goat automaton bleats like a real goat appeared first on Boing Boing .

Boing Boing · EN

Pluralistic: Separable (03 Nov 2026)

Today's links Separable: AI makes us deal with paintings without painters, words without writers and mathematics without mathematicians. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Haircase; There's no copyright policy; Sole and despotic dominion; Trump x fraud; Brexit requires an act of Parliament; Official Air Travel Replacement Knives; UK hospitals v malware. Upcoming appearances: Kilkenny, Courtenay, Vancouver, Folkestone, Oxford, Sheffield, Virtual, Oxford, Montreal. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming boo

Cory Doctorow Pluralistic · EN

Xiaomi-OCR-0: A 0.8B AI Model for Document Parsing and OCR

Learn how Xiaomi-OCR-0 handles document parsing and OCR tasks, including its technical specifications, benchmark scores, use cases, and limitations.

Hacker Noon · EN

Fledge Brings Its Compatibility-Based Matching Model to New York City

According to a Forbes Health survey conducted by OnePoll, 79% of Gen Z and 80% of millennial dating app users report feeling burned out by the swipe-match-ghost

Hacker Noon · EN

The Case for Ungating Your Most Useful B2B Content

Evaluate B2B content gates through reader value, technical access, deliberate relationships, qualification, and a bounded experiment.

Hacker Noon · EN

How to Use Progressive Disclosure to Improve Coding Agent Performance

When to use AGENTS.md, progressive disclosure, skills, scripts, and MCP—and how to build an AI coding-agent harness without overengineering.

Hacker Noon · EN