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Astronomers have spotted an unexpectedly hot galaxy cluster in the early universe that’s challenging theories of galactic evolution.The scorching cluster existed just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang, blazing far earlier and hotter than current models of galaxy cluster formation predict should be possible. The discovery suggests that the predicted patterns of cluster growth might need a rethink, researchers reported Jan. 5 in the journal Nature.Galaxy clusters are collections of dark matter and hundreds to thousands of galaxies, all bound together by gravity. Those galaxies are separated by a mix of gas known as the intracluster medium. As galaxy…

As a Windows system built inside of a functioning membrane keyboard, the HP EliteBoard G1a announced today is a more accessible alternative to other keyboard-PCs. The Commodore 64 made the keyboard-PC famous in the 1980s, but the keyboard-PC space has been dominated by the Raspberry Pi. In 2019, the single-board computer (SBC) maker released the Raspberry Pi 400, which is essentially a Raspberry Pi 4 SBC inside a case that also functions as a keyboard for the system. USB, HDMI, and Ethernet ports, plus a GPIO header and native Raspberry Pi OS Linux distribution add up to a low-end desktop…

Bethesda announced on X today that Quake is now a Steam Deck Verified title. The 1996 game from the legendary id Software has also been designated Handheld Optimized for the Xbox ROG Ally devices. As one of the OG boomer shooters, Quake still commands a sizable and passionate fan base, and it’s now available on just about every gaming platform imaginable.Since rolling out its verification program, several thousands of games have been designated as supported for the Steam Deck. Valve has more recently been preparing to have additional gaming devices run its SteamOS platform. Even though Xbox ROG Ally is…

Whenever my kids get stuck playing a game, they run around the house yelling for me to help them. Doesn’t matter where I am or what I’m doing. Making dinner, taking out the trash, going to the bathroom, nowhere is safe. I patiently try to explain to them that back in my day, there was no grownup to help me beat Snake Man in Mega Man 3 or find Excalibur in Final Fantasy IV. I just had to bash my head against the wall until I figured it out or give up until I got older. They never find this…

A Reddit user has accused Corsair of cancelling a confirmed prebuilt PC order and then relisting the same system at a higher price, triggering criticism online. The issue was shared by Reddit user u/Senior_Ball_9068, who said he ordered a Corsair Vengeance a5100 on December 31st. The system was priced at $3,499.99 and included an AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D, an NVIDIA RTX 5080, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 2TB SSD. According to the post, an invoice was issued, and everything was set. Surprisingly, he received an email the next day saying the order had been cancelled. When he checked Corsair’s…

NASA has selected ARES Technical Services Corporation of McLean, Virginia, to provide launch range operations support at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Wallops Range Contract has a total potential value of $339.8 million with a one-year base period expected to begin Tuesday, Feb. 10, and four one-year option periods that if exercised would extend it to 2031. The contract includes a cost-plus-fixed-fee core with an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity component and the ability to issue cost-plus-fixed-fee or firm-fixed-price task orders. The scope of the work includes launch range operations support such as radar, telemetry, logistics, tracking, and communications services for…

I’ve been using the same smartphone controller on my iPhone for years. That’s partly because most options are so similar. Announced at CES 2026, the X5 Alteron couldn’t be more different. It’s a collaboration between GameSir (which loves unusual peripheral ) and Hyperkin (retro-leaning ).The X5 Alteron is apparently the world’s first fully modular mobile games controller. While the headline feature might be the stick/d-pad/button modules, the X5 Alteron has a very accommodating vice grip that works with devices from iPhone and Android phones through to the Switch series and even iPads. There’s even Bluetooth if you want to use…

Elon Musk hasn’t stopped Grok, the chatbot developed by his artificial intelligence company xAI, from generating sexualized images of women. After reports emerged last week that the image generation tool on X was being used to create sexualized images of children, Grok has created potentially thousands of nonconsensual images of women in “undressed” and “bikini” photos.Every few seconds, Grok is continuing to create images of women in bikinis or underwear in response to user prompts on X, according to a WIRED review of the chatbots’ publicly posted live output. On Tuesday, at least 90 images involving women in swimsuits and…

For many people, a steady level of performance–no framerate dips or slowdown–is an important part of any video game. But what if it was the most important part of a game, such that if your performance tanked, you’d die? That’s the elevator pitch for FPS Quest, an upcoming first-person shooter that looks wild. FPS Quest starts off as a fantasy RPG with skeletons and knights in armor. But after getting their ass kicked one too many times, the game’s protagonist installs some mods that them decidedly non-fantasy weapons like a pistol, an assault rifle, and a shotgun. The game within…

Apple could be preparing a new entry-level MacBook aimed at buyers who want portability without flagship pricing. According to TrendForce, the company is working on a compact MacBook with a 12.9-inch display, expected to launch sometime in spring 2026. If accurate, it would sit below the current MacBook Air lineup and mark Apple’s return to smaller notebooks after discontinuing the 12-inch MacBook years ago. The display size would be slightly smaller than the 13.6-inch MacBook Air, though slim bezels could keep the overall footprint close to a standard keyboard. That approach would echo the ultra-light 12-inch MacBook Apple sold between…