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Amazon and USPS reach new shipping deal that keeps most package volume intact
Posted on Tuesday April 07, 2026
For the Postal Service, which reported a $9 billion net loss last year, the deal averts what could have been a serious revenue shock. Amazon accounts for nearly 15% of USPS package deliveries nationwide, translating to about $6 billion annually. Any major pullback by the tech company – which already...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Java 26 arrives with performance gains, security upgrades
Posted on Tuesday April 07, 2026
Java 26 is here with fresh language features, faster performance, stronger security, and a wave of library and tooling upgrades. Early developer reaction has been upbeat, with many praising Java's steady pace of meaningful improvements.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Apple's foldable iPhone might be delayed, or almost ready
Posted on Tuesday April 07, 2026
Nikkei Asia reported that Apple has encountered unexpected setbacks during the engineering test phase of its first foldable iPhone, raising the possibility of production delays. Sources familiar with the matter told the publication that the early test production phase has thrown up more problems than anticipated and will require extra...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
H.264 streaming fees jump from $100,000 to $4.5 million a year under new licensing terms
Posted on Tuesday April 07, 2026
H.264 has so far carried a flat annual cap of $100,000 for large subscription platforms. That may sound like a lot, but for these companies, the numbers are so small that most of them probably forgot it even existed on their balance sheet. Well, that comfortable arrangement just got a...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
13 shots fired at Indianapolis councilman's home after backing $500 million data center
Posted on Tuesday April 07, 2026
Indianapolis City-County Council member Ron Gibson, a Democrat who has held his position since 2023, recently expressed support for rezoning related to a proposed $500 million data center project. Two large buildings, from Los Angeles-based startup Metrobloks, will be built on a 14-acre site located in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood of...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Intel joins Nvidia in pushing neural texture compression, can shrink game assets by up to 18x
Posted on Tuesday April 07, 2026
TSNC is being positioned as a practical path for developers who already ship BC-compressed assets and want to squeeze more data into the same storage, bandwidth, or VRAM budgets without rethinking their pipelines.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
81-year-old Dodgers fan shut out by smartphone-only season tickets
Posted on Tuesday April 07, 2026
Errol Segal has been a LA Dodgers season ticket holder for over 50 years, but that run has come to an end as the team transitions to all-digital for season tickets.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Intel isn't done with Raptor Lake, will keep 14th-gen chips in production
Posted on Tuesday April 07, 2026
Robert Hallock, Intel's vice president and general manager of client segment technical marketing, confirmed in an interview with Club386 that the Raptor Lake lineup remains "a big part" of Intel's client segment strategy and will stay in production alongside newer chips.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AI is now taking over game servers, and Stormgate is the first casualty
Posted on Monday April 06, 2026
Stormgate, a free-to-play, StarCraft-style RTS developed by Frost Giant Studios, relies on a third-party "game server orchestration partner" to run its online modes. Frost Giant told players on Discord that the provider had been acquired by an AI company, forcing a planned outage that will take Stormgate's multiplayer modes offline...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Russia's attempt to block VPNs is causing widespread banking outages
Posted on Monday April 06, 2026
According to Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, the Kremlin's increasing efforts to control and censor the global internet are causing widespread problems for Russian users. The Russian-born entrepreneur confirmed that Telegram is now banned in the country, yet more than 50 million Russians continue to use it daily via VPNs.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »