A Beginner’s Guide to Growing Mushrooms at Home (2026)

From countertop kits to a bathroom bucket full of straw and beyond, I spent a year testing popular mushroom-growing methods. Here’s what fruited—and what just grew mold.

​Are You Realizing The Power Of Your Archived Customer Data?

Chances are good that you already have masses of prospect and customer input data that could be mined for the gold that lies within.

AI Startups Are Pivoting From Flashy Demos To Tech That Pays The Bills

Founders who were working on neural-signal headphones and viral presentation builders are starting over in a high-stakes race for survival and revenue.

Why the next computing revolution will be hybrid, human and slightly unpredictable

As AI drives demand, quantum is finally becoming part of real-world systems.

Prysmian signs €5.5bn fibre deal with Molex to wire AI data centres
Prysmian signs €5.5bn fibre deal with Molex to wire AI data centres

Prysmian has signed a €5.5bn, 10-year agreement with Molex, the Koch Industries-owned connector and cable maker, to supply optical cable for use inside AI data centres. Unusually for a supply deal of this size, Molex is putting €550m on the table upfro…

An AI agent hacked Hugging Face. Another AI caught it.
An AI agent hacked Hugging Face. Another AI caught it.

The machines are now hacking each other. Hugging Face, the world’s largest hub for open AI models, says an autonomous AI agent broke into its production infrastructure. Its own AI defences spotted the intrusion and picked it apart. The company disclose…

A new AI model wants self-driving cars to think before they swerve

A Seoul National University team built an AI that scores self-driving cars’ safety choices in real time, and it just landed a rare CVPR highlight paper nod.

Ever wondered whether upping the sound quality of your PS5 might improve your gaming chops? If so, Topping’s cheap new DAC is worth an audition

Topping’s new DX1 II is an affordable DAC which is targeted specifically towards Switch or PS5 gamers —but even non-gamers should take note for this price

China delivers a one-two punch to America’s AI dominance 
China delivers a one-two punch to America’s AI dominance 

China’s leading AI companies are ramping up the pressure on Silicon Valley, as Moonshot and Alibaba unveiled models they claim can go toe-to-toe with the best from OpenAI and Anthropic at a fraction of the cost. The rapid-fire releases suggest America’s lead at the AI frontier is increasingly tight, just as the technology is becoming […]