The first full moon of 2026 was a supermoon, rising on January 3. It also marks the start of a year packed with lunar and solar eclipses, leading up to NASA’s historic Artemis II crewed moon mission in February.
An old gaming laptop with an i7-7700HQ and GTX 1060 was repurposed into a capable Proxmox home server. It ran multiple VMs, including Windows 11, but GPU passthrough and thermal issues presented challenges. The project proves you don’t need expensive, dedicated server hardware to start a home lab.
New kernel patches reveal Intel’s radical tile-based design for its next-gen Diamond Rapids Xeon server CPUs. The architecture separates compute and I/O functions, paving the way for massive core counts and new platform features by mid-to-late 2026.
President Trump blocked HieFo’s $2.92 million acquisition of Emcore’s chip assets, citing national security. Meanwhile, his MAGA Inc. super PAC raised $102 million in the second half of 2025, fueled by massive donations from AI and crypto figures.
The next generation of game consoles might be a year late and shockingly expensive. A major RAM crunch, fueled by AI companies, is forcing Sony and Microsoft to reconsider their timelines and pricing.
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has filed a lawsuit challenging a U.S. order to suspend its Empire Wind project. The move follows a broader suspension of five offshore wind leases by the Trump administration last week.
Apple has released data showing Apple Watch users significantly boost and maintain exercise levels well into the new year. The findings challenge the concept of “Quitter’s Day,” the second Friday in January when many abandon resolutions.
If you’ve ever used a Mac, you know how indispensable the spacebar-press Quick Look feature is. On Windows, the built-in Preview Pane just doesn’t cut it. A free app called QuickLook finally bridges that gap, and its plugin system makes it even more powerful.
Jacob Riggs, a 36-year-old Londoner, was granted Australia’s Subclass 858 National Innovation visa. He had previously discovered and reported a critical-severity bug in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s systems, which he believes may have helped his application.
IonQ has finalized its agreement to deliver a 100-qubit Tempo quantum computer to South Korea’s KISTI institute. The company also extended its partnership with QuantumBasel in Switzerland, bringing the total deal value to over $60 million.
