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The American Society of Magazine Editors has named MIT Technology Review as a finalist for a 2026 National Magazine Award in the reporting category.  The shortlisted story—“We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard”—is part of the publication’s Power Hungry package on AI’s energy... Read more

Apple's Mac Studio has quietly become the company's most important desktop computer. The post Mac Studio 2026: Apple’s Biggest Desktop Leap Yet Is Coming appeared first on TechRepublic.... Read more

Netflix exits its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, clearing the way for Paramount Skydance’s higher offer. The post $82B Deal Unravels: Netflix Exits Warner Bros. Discovery as Paramount Surges appeared first on TechRepublic.... Read more

Apple is reportedly planning to launch Apple Pay in India by mid-2026, partnering with major banks as new biometric payment rules reshape the market. The post Apple Pay Eyes India’s 750M Smartphone Users in Major Expansion Push appeared first on TechRepublic.... Read more

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI is rewiring how the world’s best Go players think Ten years ago AlphaGo, Google DeepMind’s AI program, stunned the world by defeating the South Korean Go player... Read more

Burrowed in the alleys of Hongik-dong, a hushed residential neighborhood in eastern Seoul, is a faded stone-tiled building stamped “Korea Baduk Association,” the governing body for professional Go. The game is an ancient one, with sacred stature in South Korea.  But inside the building, rooms once filled with the soft... Read more

Nvidia posted record $68.1 billion Q4 revenue and $43B net income, driven by data center AI demand, and guided $78B revenue for the current quarter. The post The $120 Billion AI Machine: Nvidia’s Blockbuster Year by the Numbers appeared first on TechRepublic.... Read more

Virgin Media O2 launches O2 Satellite, using Starlink to reach UK “not-spots” and boost landmass coverage to 95%. The post O2 Launches Starlink Satellite Service for UK ‘Not-Spots’ appeared first on TechRepublic.... Read more

Nvidia unveils Vera Rubin, a next-gen AI system promising 10x performance per watt, modular design, and liquid cooling to power future data centers. The post Nvidia’s Vera Rubin Promises 10x Efficiency as AI Power Demands Surge appeared first on TechRepublic.... Read more

President Donald Trump will meet Big Tech leaders on March 4 to sign a “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” aimed at keeping AI data center power costs off households. The post Big Tech to Sign AI Power Cost Pledge at White House Meeting With Trump appeared first on TechRepublic.... Read more

For years, Industry 4.0 transformation has centered on the convergence of intelligent technologies like AI, cloud, the internet of things, robotics, and digital twins. Industry 5.0 marks a pivotal shift from integrating emerging technologies to orchestrating them at scale. With Industry 5.0, the purpose of this interconnected web of technologies... Read more

Apple updated its Declared Age Range API to support age-assurance rules in Brazil, Australia, and Singapore, as well as new US requirements in Utah and Louisiana. The post Apple Tightens App Store Age Checks in Brazil, Australia, and Singapore appeared first on TechRepublic.... Read more

The combination of rare earth materials and cryogenic temperatures could be the key to transforming power infrastructures in preparing for AI applications. The post High-Temperature Superconductors Could Redefine Data Center Power Density appeared first on TechRepublic.... Read more

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. America was winning the race to find Martian life. Then China jumped in. In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover came across a peculiar rocky outcrop on Mars covered... Read more

When a company claims to have created what’s essentially the holy grail of batteries, there are bound to be some questions. Interest has been swirling since Donut Lab, a Finnish company, announced last month that it had a new solid-state battery technology, one that was ready for large-scale production. The... Read more

To most people, rocks are just rocks. To geologists, they are much, much more: crystal-filled time capsules with the power to reveal the state of the planet at the very moment they were forged.  For decades, NASA had been on a time capsule hunt like none other—one across Mars. Its... Read more

Samsung unveils the Galaxy S26 series and Buds4 at Unpacked 2026, spotlighting built-in privacy display tech, agentic AI features, pricing, and preorder deals. The post Samsung Unveils Galaxy S26 Lineup with Privacy-First Display, Smarter AI appeared first on TechRepublic.... Read more