In this episode, Ray Cochrane breaks down a reversible conductive glue from Newcastle University that could replace solder and finally make electronics recycling work. Additional stories cover China widening its clean energy lead, DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve scoring wins from genomics to…
Amazon will discontinue its app store for Android on August 20 this year. The company sent a notice to developers indicating the they will no longer be able to submit new apps to the store, TechCrunch reported. The company said…
Microsoft believes it has made a key breakthrough in quantum computing, unlocking the potential for quantum computers to solve industrial-scale problems, The Verge reported. The software giant has spent 17 years working on a research project to create the new…
Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, late on Monday released its latest flagship AI model, Grok 3, and unveiled new capabilities for the Grok iOS and web apps, TechCrunch reported. Grok, xAI’s answer to models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Google’s Gemini,…
In the 1800th episode of Geek News Central, host Todd Cochrane marks a major milestone by reflecting on the evolution of podcasting and the show’s journey over two decades. He dives into 30 major tech stories, including AI industry shakeups,…
X users are currently unable to post links to Signal.me, which are used to quickly and securely send direct messages to Signal users. A variety of failure notifications are being reported when X users attempt to post Signal links on…
Intel’s rivals Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Broadcom are each eyeing potential deals that would break the American chip-making icon in two, The Wall Street Journal reported. Broadcom has been closely examining Intel’s chip-design and marketing business, according to people…
Apple is planning to add Apple Intelligence to its Vision Pro headset in an update that could come as early as April, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, TechCrunch reported. Just a couple weeks after Apple Intelligence was first announced in…