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Professional kitchens run lean. There’s no room for a device that does one thing adequately when a knife, a pan or a spoon does it better and handles a dozen other tasks besides. Home kitchens tend to run the opposite way: stuffed with unitaskers, specialty slicers and gadgets that seemed indispensable in the store and…

“Star Trek” tech seemed out of reach when it was first presented, but today much of it is old hat. Doors whooshing open without buttons or handles, hand-held (or wristwatch) communicators, and “padds” used to share written or visual material surround us everywhere. In some cases we’ve soared far past Trek Tech: We think nothing…

Data centers are expected to consume 70% of high-end memory supply by 2026, squeezing consumer electronics makers and raising questions about downstream effects on crypto mining hardware.

Consumer Reports is a great site where people can find fair, accurate assessments of gadgets on the market. From flagship phones to electric cars, there’s no shortage of tech products on Consumer Reports that have been extensively reviewed and fairly scored. Don’t assume that this site only provides coverage on products priced at a certain…

CHICAGO (WLS) –University of Chicago Law School announced it will ban phones and laptops in the classroom for first-year students in its new AI strategy.

Consumers paying up to €200 more for memory as AI data centers squeeze chip supplies, Dutch media reports Beyza Binnur Donmez 11 July 2026•Update: 11 July 2026 GENEVA

In this 2022 photo, three university students check their smartphones. In June, the Taliban announced a ban on the devices in certain sectors of society. The ripple effect is making students afraid to bring their smartphones to school. Wakil Kohsar/

Artificial intelligence has become the technology industry’s biggest customer, and that shift is changing far more than data centers. Every new AI server requires enormous amounts of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and advanced DRAM, leaving chipmakers racing to expand production. Yet new factories take years to build, not months. The result is a supply squeeze that…

Gen Z and tech are intertwined, not through the active decision to like millennials, but because it’s always been there since they entered life. It’s also hard to narrow down minimalist technology that they can’t get enough of, because ultimately, nearly every major tech device now comes in some minimalist design. Can you blame Jony…