Cinebench 2026: 6x Harder Benchmarks Reset CPU Testing
Maxon released Cinebench 2026 on December 29, 2025, delivering a benchmark that’s 6x harder on multi-threaded tests and introducing the first-ever dedicated SMT ...
OpenAI Bets Big on Audio: Voice AI Device Due 2026
OpenAI just declared “war on screens” – and they’re not bluffing. On January 1, 2026, ...
Kubernetes Waste: 82% Overprovisioned, Costing $106K/Cluster
Over 2,100 orgs analyzed: Kubernetes clusters run at 10% CPU utilization. Jobs waste 60-80%, costing ...
ARM vs x86 Cloud: 2025 Performance & Cost Benchmark
ARM processors hit 50% of hyperscaler compute in 2025, officially ending x86’s four-decade dominance in ...
Docker Hits 71% Adoption: Largest Tech Surge in 2025 Survey
Docker's +17% adoption surge (71.1%) is the biggest in Stack Overflow's 2025 survey of 49K ...
Z80-μLM Fits AI in 40KB on 1976 Processor
A developer has created Z80-μLM, a 2-bit quantized language model that runs conversational AI in just 40KB on a Z80 processor from 1976. ...
Perl’s TIOBE Comeback: #27 to #9 Isn’t What It Seems
Perl jumped from #27 to #9 in TIOBE Index, but cross-referencing Stack Overflow, GitHub, and ...
Italy Fines Apple $115M for App Tracking Transparency
Italy fined Apple €98.6 million ($115 million) on December 22, 2025, for anticompetitive conduct related ...
Coursera Acquires Udemy for $2.5B: AI Skills Merger
Coursera announced on December 17, 2025, that it’s acquiring Udemy in a $2.5 billion all-stock ...
AI Data Center Costs: 267% Electricity Spike, Senators Investigate
On December 17, 2025, Senators Elizabeth Warren, Richard Blumenthal, and Chris Van Hollen launched an ...