RISK LEVELOne in five AI researchers fear extinction
A major survey shows rising concern about AI safety among leading researchers.
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Wednesday, 16 September 2026
RISK LEVELROLLERCOASTERSTwo Point Museum adds theme park DLC
Sega and Two Point Studios have announced Rides & Relics, a DLC that lets players restore an abandoned amusement park and build rollercoasters.
MEETING HUBBenQ Launches CP05 Collaboration Display
BenQ introduces the CP05, a corporate interactive board that combines conferencing, whiteboarding, and AI tools.
CLOUD DEFENSEHackuity Raises $19 Million for AI Vulnerability Platform
French startup Hackuity has secured $19 million to expand its AI-powered tool that helps security teams prioritise and fix flaws across cloud and engineering environments.
PEAK ENTRYFire Emblem: Fortune's Weave review
Eurogamer plays the new Switch game for 40 hours and calls it a peak Fire Emblem experience.
COST HIKESteam Frame price probably around $750 before AI hit
Valve’s VR headset likely cost less before global chip and shipping shortages drove up the price.
CLOUD SEPARATIONMicrosoft reportedly drops day-one games from Game Pass
A new leak suggests Microsoft is planning to remove day-one game launches and split cloud streaming into a separate paid tier, while introducing ad-supported options.
CUTS COSTSADATA TRUSTA AI Scaler Extends GPU Memory
ADATA TRUSTA introduces a hybrid memory architecture that can cut AI deployment costs by more than half.
FREE DEMOWo Long 2: Wings of Ember launches March 4, 2027
Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja reveal the dark Three Kingdoms action RPG's release date and a free alpha demo playable until September 30.
EDGE DIMMING OFFAlienware plans software fix for OLED panel uniformity
Alienware is testing a firmware update to disable Convex Power Control, a feature that dims the edges of its 39-inch QD-OLED monitor.
850 W POWERSonnet Debuts Thunderbolt 5 eGPU Box With 850 W PSU
Sonnet's new Breakaway Box 850 T5 is a rugged eGPU enclosure designed for triple-slot GPUs and Thunderbolt 5 connectivity.
PYTHON POWERAI bot beats Balatro's hardest mode
A GPT-6 Astra-powered bot has repeatedly beaten Balatro's Gold Stake Black Deck, the game's most difficult challenge.
CURSED DOLLNoroi Ayashi: The ∞th Oddity announced for Switch 2, Switch and PC
A time-loop horror action adventure game from SuperNiche and Clover Lab arrives in 2027.
HIGH CAPACITY SERVER RAMMicron Unveils 512 GB DDR5 RDIMM at 9200 MT/s
Micron has demonstrated the world's first 512 GB DDR5 module, stacking DRAM dies to reach 9200 MT/s.
PERMANENT MODEMarathon's Permanent PvE Mode Lands December 8
Bungie confirms the Symbiosis update will introduce Marathon's first permanent PvE experience on December 8, alongside social and PvP changes.
CIVIL DISSENTAI data centres face backlash in industrial cities
Philadelphia officials consider a site near a shuttered oil refinery amid growing local opposition to data centre construction.
OPEN WEIGHTSSalesforce Launches Koa CRM Reasoning Model
Salesforce introduces Koa, a reasoning model for CRM tasks, built on NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super and open weights.
PUBLISHED
Tuesday, 15 September 2026
YIELD SURGEIntel's Panther Lake Hits 80% Yield on 18A
The new SoC's strong manufacturing results suggest Intel is overcoming historic yield challenges on its flagship node.
FIRST 2NM MOBILEMediaTek Ships 2nm Dimensity 9600 Pro
The chip giant claims the new SoC is the world's first 2nm smartphone processor.
ZERO RETENTIONNvidia bans Anthropic model over data fears
Major firms are restricting use of Anthropic's Fable after it retained logs, while others demand zero-data guarantees amid privacy concerns.
EDGE INFERENCEASRock Industrial Launches Edge AI Platforms With Intel Core Ultra Series 3
ASRock Industrial expands its industrial portfolio with new motherboards, NUCs and fanless systems powered by Intel's latest Core Ultra Series 3 processors.
STANDALONE VRSteam Frame VR headset launches at £889 amid component crunch
Valve's new standalone VR headset arrives later and more expensive than expected, with pre-orders now open.
AI FACTORY EFFICIENCYNVIDIA Vera Rubin and DSX Platform Advancements Showcase Energy Efficiencies
NVIDIA and partners demonstrate how AI factories can squeeze more tokens per megawatt through software and hardware optimisation.
AI SAFETY DEBATEAI leaders clash over safety fears after Anthropic whistleblower says AI could
OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI figureheads call for external governance, while Jensen Huang says worries are 'made up'