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Dire Straits keyboardist/producer Guy Fletcher talks about mixing their albums in Dolby Atmos He says immersive mixing of the original recording sessions is “quite addictive” and often very emotional 3D sound can reveal details that were previously buried when designing for stereo One of the things I love most about audio technology is how it […]

DeepSeek linked a theoretical browser bug to a working attack chain The ransomware sample targets Android’s Photos folder through a fake permission prompt Check Point classified 1,383 DeepSeek-linked files as malicious or dangerous A Chinese AI model accidentally stumbled upon a working ransomware technique while trying to satisfy an unrealistically broad prompt. New findings from

LongCat-2.0 contains 1.6 trillion parameters and a million-token context Meituan trained the model using over 50,000 domestic AI accelerators The model completed pretraining without any Nvidia hardware involved Meituan has released LongCat-2.0, a large open source language model that contains 1.6 trillion parameters and supports a context window of 1 million tokens. This scale places

ByteDance aims to complete its new CPU design in early 2027 Mass production and rollout is targeted for the second half of 2027 An early chip version has been used internally since late 2025 TikTok parent company ByteDance is reportedly racing to complete the design of a next-generation internal CPU in early 2027. According to

The next Galaxy Unpacked is set for July 22, 2026 Samsung Teases “A New Shape Unfolding” A new foldable form factor could debut alongside the existing Fold and Flip phones A week after deleting its social media accounts and replacing them with cryptic teasers — and after months of rumors — Samsung has officially set

Reflect10 solar panel geometry increases daily energy production by 20% Cells capture more sunlight during hours of low angle and cloudy conditions The efficiency limits of silicon panels are approaching – that’s big news Canadian startup Reflect10 has introduced a new photovoltaic (PV) module architecture that could significantly increase how much energy solar panels could

New Zealand’s education minister rejects any plans to restrict or ban VPNs Reports previously claimed it was part of the ban on social media for teenagers Prime Minister Christopher Luxon also confirmed “no plan to ban VPNs” The New Zealand government has officially rejected any plans to restrict or ban VPN apps as part of

Wild Hornets are expanding the use of 3D printing to meet demand In-house production reduces dependence on third-party suppliers The company is focusing on software as drone swarm threats evolve Ukrainian drone manufacturer Wild Hornets believes 3D printing could be the answer to modern warfare, helping companies like it cut costs and increase production. DOU

The site maps open source accident data on an interactive map Cyclists, pedestrians and cautious drivers can find the data offered by interactive online map service RoadRisk invaluable when trying to plan the safest routes to get from A to B. The online tool, which uses OpenStreetMap at its core and STATS19 accident reports from

Samsung Messages has been killed to make way for Google Messages Right now it only affects US users, but a wider shutdown is likely to happen We recommend making Google Messages your default SMS service After months of waiting, the dreaded day has arrived for Android users: Samsung Messages has finally been shut down forever