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AMD Radeon gaming graphics cards are set to see another price hike soon, according to a recent report. After a price increase in January, AMD’s board partners are reportedly planning another round of hikes that may roll out between February and March 2026. The latest increase is said to be driven largely by the rising cost of memory prices and supply chain crunch. Graphics cards rely heavily on DRAM and VRAM, and rising costs for these components are reportedly putting strain on GPU manufacturers and their partners. As a result, some of those rising costs are expected to be passed…

Some laptop deals are only good if you already know exactly what you want. This one is simpler: it covers a lot of use cases without asking you to compromise much. The Dell Plus Copilot+ 14-inch 2-in-1 is $499.99, saving you $350 off the $849.99 compared value. For a 2K touchscreen convertible with 16GB memory and 512GB storage, that’s the kind of price that makes it a very reasonable everyday upgrade in 2026. What you’re getting This is a 14-inch 2K 2-in-1 touchscreen laptop, meaning it can work as a standard laptop and flip into tablet mode when you want…

NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years won’t be getting underway this month after all. It had been targeting February 6 for the launch of the much-anticipated Artemis II mission that will take four astronauts on a flight around the moon, but after issues surfaced during a critical preflight test on Tuesday, NASA decided that it won’t launch the SLS rocket until March at the earliest. During the so-called “wet dress rehearsal” in which engineers fuel the rocket and go through the entire launch procedure without actually igniting the engines, a hydrogen leak was detected at the…

Porsche’s commitment to 718 EVs hit potholes when the automaker announced plans to integrate its top models with internal combustion engines. Now, whispers from Stuttgart suggest that the company might axe the 718 Boxster and Cayman EV models; they might never hit showrooms after all. The all-electric 718 twins were initially supposed to hit roads in 2025, positioned as the next big thing in the company’s lineup. However, a new Bloomberg report suggests that Porsche’s new CEO, Michael Leiters, who took office on January 1, 2026, is considering scrapping the 718 line. A promising EV future hits a speed bump…

Update: As of 1:17 PM PST, ChatGPT seems to be back online, generating responses and reading uploaded files. The original report is as follows. If you’re struggling to access ChatGPT today, February 3, 2026, you’re not alone. OpenAI’s flagship chatbot is currently experiencing issues, flagged as “elevated error rates for ChatGPT users.” Users began reporting the outage on Down Detector at around 12:08 PM PST. At the time of writing this report, over 12,900 instances have been reported on the platform, 99% of which are related to ChatGPT. Over 13,000 service disruptions reported OpenAI has acknowledged the issue. “We have…

Dubai, UAE: 3 February 2026: Marking support of the UAE’s National Environment Day (4 February), Dulsco Group in collaboration with Dubai Municipality has successfully delivered an annual clean-up drive, bringing together employees, clients, and partners to protect one of Dubai’s most cherished natural destinations. The campaign was held as part of Dubai Municipality’s community responsibility initiative focused on environmental sustainability and city cleanliness, titled “An Hour with a Cleaning Engineer,” which is implemented under Dubai Municipality’s supervision. The initiative focuses on preserving natural beauty across the UAE, with volunteers coming together to collect and responsibly dispose litter and waste. The…

Apple has quietly turned Xcode, its venerable app-building machine, into an AI-driven software that can now harness agentic coding. Last year, the Cupertino giant added basic AI-based features, such as code completion and suggestions to Xcode 26, but the new update changes everything. Xcode 26.3 includes powerful AI agents such as Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s Codex, both of which can analyze your current project, update settings, search for relevant information, run tests, and interact with previews, all via text-based commands. Apple’s Xcode now has direct integration with the Claude Agent SDK, giving developers the full functionality of Claude Code for…

Dubai UAE — 03 February, 2026 — Alteryx, Inc., a leading AI-ready data and analytics company, has announced a major expansion of its partnership with Google Cloud to help make BigQuery, Google’s autonomous data to AI platform, more accessible, actionable, and AI-ready for Alteryx business teams across the enterprise. This collaboration comes as the Middle East’s AI economy is projected to reach US$320 billion by 2030, reflecting the growing scale of AI-driven decision-making across the region. As organizations standardize cloud data platforms for analytics and AI, many face a growing gap between where data lives and how it is prepared, governed,…

Let’s be honest: trying to get an entire household to agree on a fitness routine is usually a recipe for disaster. It often feels like trying to solve a puzzle where the pieces keep changing shape. You have adults balancing the stress of work and the exhaustion of parenting, kids who are glued to their screens, and grandparents who need something gentle but effective. Everyone has a different schedule, a different body type, and a drastically different idea of what “fun” looks like. For years, the “home gym” solution to this problem was to buy a treadmill that eventually turned…

Abu Dhabi, UAE: Under the patronage of the UAE Cyber Security Council, the OT Security First Forum will be held on 4 February 2026 at Rosewood Abu Dhabi, bringing together senior government leaders, regulators, Chief Information Security Officers CISOs, and industry pioneers to address one of the most Critical challenges of the digital era: securing operational technology (OT) environments that underpin national energy and utilities infrastructure. As the UAE accelerates its digital transformation agenda, the convergence of Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) has fundamentally reshaped the threat landscape, exposing critical systems to increasingly complex cyber risks. OT Security…