RISC-V has been around for a long time, but its big breakthrough always seems to be just around the corner. Maybe it'll turn up in a laptop one day, or a server, or your phone, but every year it feels as if all we get are development boards from the likes of SiFive. Here's the thing, though: Nvidia thinks it shipped over a billion RISC-V cores in 2024, even if they're not your typical computing-oriented chips.

Christopher Nolan's engrossing take on The Odyssey dominated at the box office and spurred a newfound interest in classic literature among filmgoers. But a new retelling of the story made entirely with AI is so bad that it might just make viewers hate the original tale altogether.The new film, called Odysseus: The Fall, comes via AI firm Fountain 0 and is written and directed by company cofounder Ash Koosha, who also lent his likeness to the title character and created all of the music. (The film's credits are very short.) The studio's only previous work is an AI film called Dreams of Violets that made it into Tribeca earlier this year. Th …Read the full story at The Verge.

E-waste from the AI boom has been vastly underestimated, a new report warns. By 2050, it could become enough trash to fill 23 million shipping containers - roughly enough 40-foot containers to circle the world six times if lined up in a row. It's a significantly higher estimate of AI's e-waste than previous studies have found because the authors of the new report factor in all the infrastructure needed to support servers in data centers. The broader scope provides a clearer picture of junk AI leaves behind, according to the nonprofit Basel Action Network (BAN), which published the paper today. "AI may feel weightless, but every model dep …Read the full story at The Verge.

The Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W doesn’t resemble an SBC that you can build a useful server from. Despite its exceptional software support, it’s difficult to envision it as a reliable server that can host useful items. The hardware specs show its severely limited capabilities, which is why many DIY users skip it.

Last month, Amazon released a Fire TV software update that prevented several devices from sideloading apps through Downloader and similar sideloading apps. Given Amazon's shift to Vega OS and the fact that the tech giant obviously isn't a fan of the piracy sideloading can enable, it wouldn't be entirely surprising if this was an intentional move by the company.

There are always tools that you can't stop using and talking about once you go hands-on with them. However, as time passes, the novelty often wears off and they slowly fade into the background as you move on to the next shiny thing.

According to The Information, Apple is planning to get back into the server game and might just pair up with Nvidia to make it happen. Apple retired its Xserve line in 2011 and has largely left enterprise machines to other manufacturers since. But the growing demand for compute power as the AI industry continues to expand has apparently led the company to believe there is an opening for its powerful but efficient ARM-based M processors. Its Mac Mini and Mac Studio have proven popular with AI developers, which has led to shortages.The server product, whether it's called Xserve or something else, likely won't debut until 2029. Word is that i …Read the full story at The Verge.

Samus is geared up for another adventure. | Image: Nintendo The Metroid series is going back to its 2D roots again with Metroid Ravenous for the Nintendo Switch 2, the first side-scrolling game in the series since 2021’s Metroid Dread for the Nintendo Switch. If you’re already excited enough to consider preordering, you can save $10 on the physical version of the game when you buy it from Walmart. It’s $59.88 instead of $69.99, about the same as buying it digitally. The game launches on January 28th, 2027, but it’s not clear how long the preorder discount will last. If it’s anything like other Walmart preorders, it may occasionally disappear.Metroid RavenousWhere to Buy: $69.99 $59.88 at WalmartNintendo first showed off the side-scrolling adventure game at its September 2026 Direct, with a frantic trailer cutting between cinematic sequences, Samus dashing and rolling across a variety of environments, and engaging a number of enemies and bosses in battle. Samus absorbs some powerful abilities at the conclusion of Dread, and Ravenous seem to be all about plowing through anyone stopping her from escaping the planet. Other details of the story, including unique new mechanics, are being kept under wraps for the time being.If you haven’t played Metroid Dread, I recommend it, especially at its $41.99 discounted price at Amazon. It’s part of Nintendo’s “Customer Appreciation” sale happening through September 26th, and several other games and accessories are cheaper, too.

You can easily run a local model on a decently specced PC or MacBook, but the performance is often abysmal for most tasks. The main reason is the hardware in your device, which limits how capable a model you can run, and most consumer PCs and laptops can’t run a very good model.

I replaced my cheap soundbar with a used AV receiver to get a true surround sound experience. The audio for movies and shows puts the soundbar to shame — even though it's old and I used a mix of leftover speakers I had lying around. In addition to the 14-year-old Pioneer, I have a seven-year-old Pioneer Elite receiver. They aren't audiophile systems, but I wanted to get more from the older receivers.

For as long as I've known it was possible, I've used port forwarding as a means to expose certain services to the open internet. It started with small things, like a game server here and a TeamSpeak VOIP server there, but once my interest grew towards hosting a media server and potentially replacing subscriptions, I knew it was time to find a better solution. Forwarding ports means opening a hole on your network for any and all traffic that goes looking, and believe me, if it's open, people will find it. Instead of forwarding ports for everything I wanted to be able to access externally, I use a mesh VPN for the more personal stuff, and anything else that needs to be exposed is done through a reverse proxy.

When Paul W.S. Anderson's Resident Evil hit theaters in 2002, video game movies were largely seen as a niche. Films like Mortal Kombat and Tomb Raider had proven that big-screen game adaptations could be successful, but the commercial and critical failure of projects like the 1993 Super Mario Bros. still cast a long shadow. And while Anderson's vision of Raccoon City might have captivated audiences on the whole, many hardcore fans of Capcom's games were left disappointed by the way the original movies wildly deviated from the source material.Weapons director Zach Cregger's new take on Resident Evil is a return to the franchise's fundamenta …Read the full story at The Verge.