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 Apple today announced a $500 million multi-year commitment to buying American-made rare earth magnets developed by MP Materials, at a state-of-the-art factory in Fort Worth, Texas. Apple said the commitment is part of its overall pledge to spend more than $500 billion in the U.S. within the next four years, which it announced in February.
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That's around 350,000 times faster than the average US fixed broadband internet connection, which was around 289 Mbps according to Speedtest as of May 2025. At this new record-breaking speed, you could download the entire Netflix library in under a second.
Fiber optics with 19 cores
The key to the record is a new optical fiber with 19 cores, which are installed in a cable with a diameter of just 0.125 millimeters (the standard size for existing networks). Compared to conventional cables with one core, this fiber transmits 19 times more data with minimal data loss due to uniform light conduction. For transmission over the 1,120-mile distance—comparable to New York to Chicago—the signal was amplified 21 times.
The new record more than doubles the previous year's figure of 50,250 GB/s. In 2023, the NICT team achieved similar speeds but only over a third of the distance. Advances in signal amplification and reduction of data loss are what made this new range possible.
Compatible with existing fiber optic cables
The technology could meet the growing demand for data worldwide, as data volumes have been increasing by about 50 percent annually according
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I've previously tried various remedies for this thorn in the side of my PC experience, but Microsoft has patched and updated Windows often enough that they've all stopped working. I eventually gave up and resolved to leave the Start menu hobbled by Microsoft's over-eager branding, even though I'd much rather use the tools I chose for myself (Vivaldi as my browser and DuckDuckGo as my search engine).
Such things are sent to try us. By Microsoft, specifically. Which shouldn't be poking its nose into how individual users want to use the operating systems we've paid for. I'm not bitter, no, why do you ask?
But a recent Windows laptop purchase—this one, in fact, yes, sometimes we jump on our own deal posts, too!—bro
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The service was based in Estonia and had been in operation since 2015. Up until last month, it had been offering lifetime VPN subscriptions to users for only $39. However, in a message on its homepage titled, "BulletVPN End of Life," the company announced that the VPN service would no longer be available.
This adds to a growing number of controversies surrounding lifetime subscriptions in the ever-changing VPN market. Just in May of this year, VPNSecure suddenly cut all lifetime subscriptions after being sold to new owners.
To stand out in a crowded market, many smaller VPN providers, such as BulletVPN, offer lifetime subscriptions with cheap prices in order to attract new customers. Unfortunately, these deals can often turn sour if the VPN service goes out of business—which is often the case for smaller VPN providers in the cut-throat industry.
In a statement on its website the company wrote, "This decision was made after careful consideration of various factors, including shifts in market demand, evolving technology requirements, and sustainability of operations."
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If you're brimming with nostalgia for those C64 days, or if you've never used one but always wished you could've, then here's some good news for you: the Commodore 64 is being remade and re-released later this year, reports Techspot. The new model is based on the AMD Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA processor and supports modern tech like HDMI, USB, and Wi-Fi.
According to Techspot, the remade Commodore 64 promises 99 percent software compatibility with its hardware emulation, which means you'll be able to play more than 10,000 C64 games if desired.
If you want one, you can pre-order now via Commodore with a "no quibble money-back guarantee" for a full refund if you ever change your mind. The standard price is $349, but there's an early bird special that lets you snag one for $299 if you're quick—and if you buy two, you can g
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Gardenia (genipin) blue is the fourth natural food color additive the FDA has approved this year, but how is it made?
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A little known crypto platform just made history raising $600 million in minutes with a bold plan to dethrone social media titans.
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