Dave Plummer pops the hood on Task Manager and explains how it gets your PC's CPU usage (and why it feels off sometimes).

NASA's JPL turned off one instrument aboard the Voyager 1 space probe after it experienced an unexpected drop in power levels. Scientists are working on a fix to swap onboard powered devices with low-power alternatives to make the spacecraft last longer.

Someone thought it was a good idea to put a sticker that covered their laptop's vents.

Toshiba said that it can only offer a refund at the original cost for a broken hard drive, as replacing it would take over a year. The user expressed disappointment over the move, as they'll have to spend significantly more than they'll get back in the refund due to chip shortages.

A Redditor's dad saved 72 32GB HPE DDR4-2666 RDIMMs that were headed for the trash heap after their company upgraded their brand-new servers.

A Dutch journalist mailed a postcard to a Dutch Navy ship containing a hidden Bluetooth tracker, allowing them to track its route for 24 hours before it was found and disabled.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that blocking China, the second biggest market for AI chips, from buying from American companies is a "losing proposition" that makes no sense to him.

At least 40% of all AI data centers slated for completion in 2026 will be delayed, according to a data analytics group. AI tech companies say everything is on schedule, but labor and material shortages are seemingly holding up construction.

Elon Musk's people have begun reaching out to various semiconductor fab suppliers to ask for pricing and delivery timelines as the Terafab project ramps up.

The Jupiter 2 has a massive 14.6-liter build volume and a 14-inch 16K LCD screen that delivers 20 x 26µm XY resolution. It's currently on pre-sale but is expected to arrive after June 30, 2026.

The Department of Justice announced the sentencing of the U.S. nationals that have been convicted of running laptop farms that allowed North Korean workers to pose as American residents and work at American tech firms.

Bambu Studio V2.5.3 gets a Mixed Filament feature that lets you combine two to three different filament colors to get a new, unique one. It also comes with a gradient feature to allow a smooth transition between different colors on a single plane.

Darren Blanchard, a farmer from Tulsa, Oklahoma, was arrested for going over the time limit during a town hall meeting to discuss residents' concerns about a potential data center project in the area.

Allbirds announced that it's selling its core shoe and apparel business and will pivot to selling compute as a GPU-as-a-Service and AI cloud solutions provider at a $50 million infusion from an institutional investor.

USB flash drives, SD cards, and microSD cards are becoming expensive as the NAND chip shortage takes its bite and expands to other storage options.

Netgear secured a conditional approval from the FCC to continue releasing new models of several router lines, with the company saying in its SEC disclosure that it can launch new models indefinitely provided it can maintain its approval.

Leaked documents allegedly show that the IRGC Aerospace Force is using a Chinese satellite to observe U.S. bases in the Middle East and use it for targeting American assets with drones and missiles.

Nvidia said that it wasn't in talks with another PC manufacturer to acquire it, despite rumors saying that it has been discussing the possibility since 2024.

Many major news outlets are blocking the Wayback Machine's crawler from archiving their pages, despite using the tool for their reporting. Their primary concern is that AI tech companies are breaking fair use and training their models on publicly available data.

Dave Plummer used several clever techniques to ensure that Windows Task Manager will always run while cutting the performance hit on your hardware when when it's opened.