3D printed drone sets new verified speed record at 408mph DIY quadcopter regains Guinness title after record changed hands Project shows how hobbyist engineering continues pushing speed limits A fully 3D printed quadcopter has set a new speed benchmark for DIY aircraft, reaching 408mph during verified test flights. The drone, called Peregreen V4, was built…

Generative AI is already deployed, agentic AI is in many organizations’ pipelines AI in decision-making is expected to rise, but humans remain a crucial part Investments in infrastructure and data will grow in 2026 New Capgemini research has quantified a trend we’ve spoken about so many times before – that AI has evolved from experimentation…

Big Tech, AI firms, and search engines all help to fund Wikipedia The Wikimedia Foundation has seven data centers globally Perplexity has gifted Wikipedia editors 2,500 free Enterprise seats Tech giants including Ecosia, Microsoft, Mistral AI, Perplexity, Pleias, and ProRata are some of the latest companies to have signed up to pay the Wikimedia Foundation…

Need a hardy pair of wireless earbuds with long battery life? Well, if you don’t want to spend a whole lot of money, too, you can get the JBL Vibe Beam at Amazon for $29.95 (was $49.95). JBL is known for a wide range of audio products: from budget buys to some of the best…

Apple’s Messages app (née iMessage) has never been for basic text messages; it’s always done more, especially if your recipient also has an iPhone. Nowadays, sending a text is only the tip of the iceberg for Messages. It’s an incredibly robust platform for sending all sorts of things – from money to locations to animated…

With the prospect of price hikes and RAM shortages on the horizon, we might remember the current era as a good one for smartphones – even if phone design has actually hit a pretty boring plateau. Still, I’m enjoying the fact that, for now, it’s a great time for tech specs and value for money…

High-capacity DDR5 prices quadrupled within weeks during the quarter of 2025 Both DDR5-5600 and DDR5-6000 moved in lockstep despite different specifications Early 2026 data indicate that sharp weekly increases have largely paused It has become increasingly difficult to ignore the rising cost of DRAM memory in recent months, particularly for higher-capacity DDR5 kits. If recent…

ChatGPT announces ads are coming to its free tier An $8-a-month ChatGPT Go is also coming, but it will still have ads Opting out may require paying at least $20 a month ChatGPT will soon have ads, at least on its free tier, and the news comes directly from OpenAI. The ads aren’t in the…

WeeBit ReRAM memory fits into chips without changing the existing transistor structures Each ReRAM cell stores data using resistive switching, not traditional flash methods ReRAM can handle between 100,000 and 1 million write cycles Texas Instruments’ decision to license embedded ReRAM from Weebit Nano has reignited claims that flash memory has reached structural limits. The…

When Disney looks to expand its Star Wars offering beyond film and television, it does so carefully, with new ideas designed to both serve the overarching story while, importantly, feeling like natural additions to a franchise that spans generations of fans, as well as light years. Over the years, that approach has resulted in screen-accurate…