https://nerdnews.network Nerd News Network aggregates and summarises the day’s most important stories in technology, gaming, science, space, AI and culture — clearly, quickly and with credit to the original source. en-gb https://nerdnews.network/article/darkness-unlocks-more-ordered-nanotubes-in-light-responsive-molecular-assemblies-study-sug https://nerdnews.network/article/darkness-unlocks-more-ordered-nanotubes-in-light-responsive-molecular-assemblies-study-sug Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:10:01 GMT Science Life on Earth has evolved under an uninterrupted rhythm of day and night. https://nerdnews.network/article/anthropic-pauses-token-based-billing-for-its-claude-agent-sdk https://nerdnews.network/article/anthropic-pauses-token-based-billing-for-its-claude-agent-sdk Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:00:35 GMT AI Move originally planned for Monday would have heavily increased power users' costs. https://nerdnews.network/article/intel-born-networking-tech-resurfaces-as-infiniband-alternative-for-doe-supers https://nerdnews.network/article/intel-born-networking-tech-resurfaces-as-infiniband-alternative-for-doe-supers Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:03:59 GMT Networking This week the Department of Energy powered on a new cluster at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and gluing it all together is Intel spinoff Cornelis Network’s Omni-Path interconnect tech. https://nerdnews.network/article/lion-a-fluorescent-molecule-tracks-iron-and-oxygen-levels-in-individual-cells https://nerdnews.network/article/lion-a-fluorescent-molecule-tracks-iron-and-oxygen-levels-in-individual-cells Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:30:01 GMT Science A new fluorescent reporter capable of visualizing biologically active iron and oxygen inside living cells at single-cell resolution has been developed, as reported by researchers from Science Tokyo. https://nerdnews.network/article/us-approval-of-paramount-warner-bros-deal-surprised-doj-lawyers-report-says https://nerdnews.network/article/us-approval-of-paramount-warner-bros-deal-surprised-doj-lawyers-report-says Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:48:45 GMT Technology Trump admin green-lighting $111B deal "reeks of corruption," Sen. https://nerdnews.network/article/qualcomm-wants-to-be-the-chip-inside-whatever-replaces-your-smartphone-and-it-just-announc https://nerdnews.network/article/qualcomm-wants-to-be-the-chip-inside-whatever-replaces-your-smartphone-and-it-just-announc Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:22:24 GMT Technology Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said Tuesday that the company is working on over 40 different AI wearable devices — including jewelry, earbuds with cameras, pins, and watches — a sign of how aggressively the chipmaker is betting that the next major computing platf https://nerdnews.network/article/hpe-product-barrage-targets-ai-networks-agents-management https://nerdnews.network/article/hpe-product-barrage-targets-ai-networks-agents-management Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:56:47 GMT Networking HPE unveils new QFX switch, tightens integration between its Juniper networking portfolio and HPE AI Data Center products, and much more. https://nerdnews.network/article/leaked-financial-docs-show-openai-is-losing-billions-of-dollars-a-year https://nerdnews.network/article/leaked-financial-docs-show-openai-is-losing-billions-of-dollars-a-year Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:18:07 GMT AI Audited accounting shows growing revenues being dwarfed by R&D, other expenses. https://nerdnews.network/article/payments-startup-flutterwave-hits-3-2b-valuation-backed-by-ripple https://nerdnews.network/article/payments-startup-flutterwave-hits-3-2b-valuation-backed-by-ripple Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:35:39 GMT Technology African payments infrastructure company Flutterwave has hit a new valuation and landed blockchain company Ripple as an investor and partner. https://nerdnews.network/article/2026-network-outage-report-and-internet-health-check https://nerdnews.network/article/2026-network-outage-report-and-internet-health-check Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:25:37 GMT Networking Cisco's ThousandEyes division tracks global internet and cloud traffic and provides Network World with weekly updates on the performance of ISPs, cloud service providers, and UCaaS providers. https://nerdnews.network/article/new-study-explores-potential-cross-species-spread-of-chronic-wasting-disease https://nerdnews.network/article/new-study-explores-potential-cross-species-spread-of-chronic-wasting-disease Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:06:24 GMT Science A new study found that chronic wasting disease can sometimes spread silently, with infectious prions present even in animals that show no symptoms. https://nerdnews.network/article/schlage-sense-pro-w-uwb-matter-and-thread-arrives-june-29th https://nerdnews.network/article/schlage-sense-pro-w-uwb-matter-and-thread-arrives-june-29th Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:44:34 GMT Smart Homes The Sense Pro is also Schlage’s first lock to offer hands-free unlocking using Apple HomeKey and Ultra Wideband (UWB) , allowing the lock to automatically unlock as users approach their door with a compatible iPhone or Apple Watch. https://nerdnews.network/article/what-are-we-all-playing-this-steam-next-fest https://nerdnews.network/article/what-are-we-all-playing-this-steam-next-fest Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:04:00 GMT Gaming A run down of the best and the rest of the 2026 Steam Next Fest. https://nerdnews.network/article/1694-games-in-the-steam-next-fest-feature-a-generative-ai-disclosure-as-controversy-around https://nerdnews.network/article/1694-games-in-the-steam-next-fest-feature-a-generative-ai-disclosure-as-controversy-around Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:16:10 GMT Gaming SteamDB offers insight into the true scope of AI's use in the latest PC store promotion. https://nerdnews.network/article/commodores-newest-gadget-is-a-flip-phone-that-blocks-social-media-and-browsers https://nerdnews.network/article/commodores-newest-gadget-is-a-flip-phone-that-blocks-social-media-and-browsers Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:00:51 GMT Technology Commodore's Callback 8020 is a phone “where the customer is not the product." Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only    Learn more Minimize to nav The next gadget to bear the https://nerdnews.network/article/want-to-get-a-data-center-online-quickly-give-it-some-flex https://nerdnews.network/article/want-to-get-a-data-center-online-quickly-give-it-some-flex Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT AI As the data-center boom puts pressure on the grid, some companies say the answer isn’t just more power plants but software that dials down centers’ energy-guzzling ways when demand spikes. https://nerdnews.network/article/nightdives-remaster-of-cult-fps-sin-gets-a-gameplay-trailer-and-steam-demo-three-years-aft https://nerdnews.network/article/nightdives-remaster-of-cult-fps-sin-gets-a-gameplay-trailer-and-steam-demo-three-years-aft Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:10:05 GMT Gaming After a gap in its development, SiN: Reloaded is returning later this year on PC and consoles, and there's a Steam demo available now. https://nerdnews.network/article/how-many-elementary-particles-are-there-really https://nerdnews.network/article/how-many-elementary-particles-are-there-really Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:07:59 GMT Science Plausible answers range from 17 to — in all seriousness — 995.5. https://nerdnews.network/article/prc-linked-spies-hid-inside-medical-and-military-networks-for-more-than-a-year-snooping-th https://nerdnews.network/article/prc-linked-spies-hid-inside-medical-and-military-networks-for-more-than-a-year-snooping-th Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT Networking They included such esoteric topics as drone technology and a viral disease that spreads from mosquitoes to humans. https://nerdnews.network/article/this-week-in-pc-games-a-trio-of-surreal-shooters-a-big-stellaris-expansion-and-a-new-rpg-f https://nerdnews.network/article/this-week-in-pc-games-a-trio-of-surreal-shooters-a-big-stellaris-expansion-and-a-new-rpg-f Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:15:10 GMT Gaming New PC releases for the week of 15th June 2026, including a goblin president FPS, a football fan invasion sim, a Stellaris expansion, and a new Square Enix RPG. https://nerdnews.network/article/ghost-of-yotei-sold-almost-three-times-more-copies-than-death-stranding-2 https://nerdnews.network/article/ghost-of-yotei-sold-almost-three-times-more-copies-than-death-stranding-2 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:09:00 GMT Gaming New figures show Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Yotei vastly outsold other 2025 PS5 exclusives, moving 4.8 million copies versus Death Stranding 2’s 1.7 million. https://nerdnews.network/article/how-did-life-form-before-cells-new-experimental-evidence https://nerdnews.network/article/how-did-life-form-before-cells-new-experimental-evidence Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:00:15 GMT Science Anton Petrov reviews fresh research on how complex molecules — and life — may have formed before cellular structures existed. https://nerdnews.network/article/2-vs-200-000-projector-testing-the-extremes https://nerdnews.network/article/2-vs-200-000-projector-testing-the-extremes Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:30:46 GMT Technology Linus Tech Tips compares projectors from dirt-cheap to cinema-grade — NexiGo, BenQ, JVC and a Christie Boxer — to see what the money buys. https://nerdnews.network/article/onimusha-way-of-the-sword-demo-tested-across-ps5-ps5-pro-and-xbox https://nerdnews.network/article/onimusha-way-of-the-sword-demo-tested-across-ps5-ps5-pro-and-xbox Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:58:57 GMT Gaming Digital Foundry analyses Capcom’s Onimusha: Way of the Sword demo, focusing on PS5 Pro ray tracing and PSSR upscaling versus the base consoles. https://nerdnews.network/article/cooling-a-room-without-installing-air-conditioning https://nerdnews.network/article/cooling-a-room-without-installing-air-conditioning Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:00:07 GMT Smart Homes Paul Hibbert tests a no-install cooling option, the DREO TurboCool, as a smart-home-friendly alternative to fitted air conditioning. https://nerdnews.network/article/tech-news-roundup-spacexs-record-ipo-chrome-updates-and-more https://nerdnews.network/article/tech-news-roundup-spacexs-record-ipo-chrome-updates-and-more Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:18:28 GMT Technology TechLinked’s news roundup covers SpaceX’s record-breaking IPO, new Google Chrome updates and a rapid-fire batch of tech headlines. https://nerdnews.network/article/what-is-snort-a-look-at-the-free-open-source-intrusion-detection-system https://nerdnews.network/article/what-is-snort-a-look-at-the-free-open-source-intrusion-detection-system Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:00:13 GMT Networking David Bombal explains SNORT, Cisco’s free open-source IDS, and how SNORT/SnortML skills can boost a cybersecurity career. https://nerdnews.network/article/empulse-the-splitgate-studios-titanfall-2-inspired-shooter https://nerdnews.network/article/empulse-the-splitgate-studios-titanfall-2-inspired-shooter Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:00:01 GMT Gaming GameSpot goes hands-on with Empulse, 1047 Games’ new shooter, and hears why the studio is avoiding free-to-play after Splitgate 2. https://nerdnews.network/article/a-satellite-boosting-spacecraft-gets-set-for-an-air-launched-ride-to-orbit https://nerdnews.network/article/a-satellite-boosting-spacecraft-gets-set-for-an-air-launched-ride-to-orbit Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:45:00 GMT Science Katalyst Space’s LINK servicing satellite is being readied to chase down NASA’s ageing Swift telescope — which has dropped from 373 to 249 miles — and boost it back to a safe orbit. https://nerdnews.network/article/giant-underground-neutrino-detector-edges-scientists-closer-to-solving-the-neutrino-puzzle https://nerdnews.network/article/giant-underground-neutrino-detector-edges-scientists-closer-to-solving-the-neutrino-puzzle Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:20:00 GMT Science China’s JUNO observatory published its debut result as a Nature cover, using just 59 days of data to deliver some of the most precise measurements yet of how neutrinos change as they travel.