Intel says upcoming Wi‑Fi 8 will focus on more reliable connections instead of higher top speeds, promising smoother roaming between routers, less lag for calls and games, and smarter handling of busy home and office networks.
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Elon Musk says his AI company xAI is rapidly expanding its data centers, aiming to run 50 million high-end AI chips within five years and claiming it will have more AI computing power than all other companies combined.
Waymo’s driverless taxi service hit trouble in San Francisco, forcing a shutdown after cars struggled with dark traffic lights and clogged streets, highlighting ongoing safety and reliability challenges for fully self-driving ride services.
Forbes reports that more than 50 people became new AI billionaires in 2025, mainly founders of business software, data labeling, and AI worker-replacement startups, marking a major concentration of new wealth in the artificial intelligence sector.
A solo Bitcoin miner with only about 0.00002% of the network’s computing power found block 876,543 on December 12, earning the full 3.13 BTC reward. The rare win highlights that small home miners can still help secure the Bitcoin network.
TCL’s new 65-inch QM8K TV uses a very bright Mini LED screen and faster display tech to improve movies and gaming in bright rooms, with support for 4K, fast action, and major streaming apps.
Bitcoin rose over 2% on Boxing Day, briefly nearing $90,000 as traders watched a $24 billion options expiry seen as a chance for the market to reset and for Bitcoin’s price to potentially break out of a two‑month downtrend.
A new report says the Central African Republic’s move to make BTC legal tender and launch related crypto projects has brought little benefit to citizens, citing weak internet access, low adoption, and risks of misuse and opaque money flows.
OG Bitcoiner James Howells, known for losing a hard drive with 8,000 BTC, says Bitcoin adoption is lagging and urges users to focus on real-world use, self-custody, and peer-to-peer payments instead of chasing regulation and big finance approval.
Researchers unveil Mesh-Attention, a new way to split AI attention work across many GPUs. It cuts data transfer by up to 85% and speeds up large language model processing by up to 3.4 times compared with the current ring-based method.
Bitcoin market mood has stayed in “extreme fear” for 14 days, one of the longest stretches since 2018. BTC is about 30% below its October record, yet US Bitcoin ETFs have still drawn over $25 billion in 2025 despite a small price drop this year.
Paramount+ will release Landman season 2 episode 7 on December 28, arriving at 12 a.m. PST in the US (3 a.m. EST, 8 a.m. GMT in the UK, 1:30 p.m. IST in India, 4 p.m. in Singapore, 7 p.m. AEDT in Australia, and 9 p.m. in New Zealand).
Strategy CEO Phong Le says Bitcoin’s core market fundamentals remain strong in 2025, even after BTC fell about 30% from its $125,100 October high. He notes growing support from the US government and banks exploring how to work with Bitcoin.
Disney debuts Project EXO, a 13-foot and 9-foot wearable exoskeleton system for live performers to control giant Hercules “Titan” characters on its Disney Destiny cruise ship, marking the company’s first full use of exoskeleton tech in a stage show
Over $6 million in bitcoin and other funds were stolen from hundreds of Trust Wallet users in a mystery hack, highlighting ongoing security risks for people holding BTC in digital wallets.
New anime film Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc is now available on digital platforms, bringing Mappa’s movie adaptation of the popular Chainsaw Man manga to home viewers worldwide.
Acemagic has unveiled the Tank M1A Pro+ mini PC using AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip, supporting up to 24TB storage, 128GB memory, four 8K screens and integrated graphics that aim to rival an RTX 4070M laptop GPU for some AI and graphics tasks.
Ruby 4.0 is out, adding a new isolation system called Ruby Box to keep code changes contained and a new experimental speed booster called ZJIT to make Ruby programs run faster, plus improvements to its tools for running tasks in parallel.
New data shows Bitcoin’s big moves over the past year were driven less by headlines and more by real money flows: spot BTC ETF buying, cash moving into exchanges, and long-term holders selling heavily all played a major role in shaping price trends.
Google’s European cybersecurity hub in Málaga, Spain, grew out of VirusTotal, a malware-analysis startup founded by Bernardo Quintero after battling a 1990s campus virus called “Virus Málaga,” highlighting how early hacking shaped a major security center.