Science history: First computer-to-computer message lays the foundation for the internet, but it crashes halfway through — Oct. 29, 1969

Messages transmitted between two computers located about 380 miles apart would form the basis of what would become the ...
The Daily Sentinel

SFA awarded $1.3M grant to expand support for first-generation students

Stephen F. Austin State University has been awarded a five-year, $1.36 million federal TRIO Student Support Services grant from the U.S. Department of Education to expand Generation Jacks, SFA’s first ...
usace.army.mil

Army announces Janus Program for next-generation nuclear energy

WASHINGTON — The Department of Army today announced the launch of the Janus Program, a next-generation nuclear power program that will deliver resilient, secure, and assured energy to support national ...
PC Gamer

Despite declining sales and the latest 'Xbox' being a handheld PC, Microsoft says it's still making a next-gen console: 'We are actively investing in our future first-party ...

Handheld Gaming PCs 'This is the Ally 2, 100%': Asus says the ROG Xbox Ally is a bona fide successor to the first two handhelds, but the originals will still get new Xbox features Hardware Former ...
Gizmodo

Intel’s Next-Gen PC Chip Is the First Step on the Road to the Perfect Laptop

Everybody was spending so much time basking in the schadenfreude of Intel’s financial woes, they forgot about the company’s legitimately successful launch of the Lunar Lake consumer chips last year.
TechSpot

Tiny lab-grown brains could help build the next generation of computers

Looking ahead: Swiss researchers are exploring the frontier of computing by creating processors from living cells, a field known as biocomputing. Their work, though inspired by concepts often seen in ...
The Hill

Gen X may be the first to need a universal basic income after late-career job loss

Some estimates suggest that half of all white-collar jobs will disappear as artificial intelligence advances. How will older white-collar workers displaced in the AI revolution fare? Our recent book, ...
AgWeb

First-Generation Farmers Set for Day of Reckoning as Agriculture Crisis Deepens?

Adam Lasch, a first-gen producer, predicts a tsunami of demographic farm change and says there’s no stopping it. How tough is the economy is for American farmers? Watch the canary in the coalmine: ...
PC Magazine

First Tests: Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme Shows Some Serious Speed

Lofty clocks, lots of cores, AI horsepower to spare, and a rebuilt GPU: The new Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme chip looks like a pace-setter in the laptop-CPU race. Here's how it shapes up in early tests ...
Android

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Finds Its First Home, the Xiaomi 17

Xiaomi has confirmed it will be the first to launch smartphones powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, debuting the chip in its new Xiaomi 17 series. The lineup—expected to include the Xiaomi 17, 17 ...
Android Authority

The first next-gen Android flagships have a rear screen that turns into a Game Boy

The newly announced Xiaomi 17 Pro phones have rear screens that can be used for gaming. The company offers a case that includes gaming controls for use with the rear screen. However, an official video ...
Benzinga.com

1NVDA, MU : Micron CEO Says Next-Gen Computer Memory Coming In 2026, Expects Demand...

On the company's fourth-quarter earnings call, Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said the firm will begin shipping its new HBM4 memory in the second quarter of 2026, with production ramping up in the second ...