On March eleventh twenty twenty six, Alphabet announced a strategic plan to merge its GFiber unit with Astound Broadband. Formerly known as Google Fiber, this high speed internet initiative originally launched with monumental ambitions to disrupt the telecommunications industry with lightning fast gigabit speeds. By spinning off GFiber into an independent entity, Alphabet is transferring heavy operational costs associated with last mile residential broadband infrastructure to external capital. Stonepeak, the investment firm that acquired Astound Broadband for eight point one billion dollars in twenty twenty one, will become the majority shareholder. Alphabet retains a significant minority stake reflecting its confidence in expanding gigabit connectivity. This transition fundamentally changes the financial trajectory of GFiber, allowing Google to refocus capital on data center infrastructure and artificial intelligence while giving the internet service provider the dedicated private equity backing it needs to accelerate national expansion.

For ten whole years, iFixit had been absent from the app stores; banned, after Apple pulled its developer account back in 2015 due to a controversial iPad teardown. But on December 9, 2025, the legendary repair resource finally made its triumphant return—and this time, it's not just bringing back the guides. The new iFixit app introduces FixBot, an AI repair assistant that transforms the intimidating world of device repair into something approachable, even for those who have never opened a gadget in their lives.

In 2025, the USA witnessed a major shift in distracted driving law when 31 states, including the District of Columbia, enacted “no touch” or hands-free laws that ban drivers from holding or manually touching their phones while operating a vehicle. This is a sensible evolution from prior laws that amounted to only penalizing texting or phoning, with the emphasis being on the universal danger of any handheld phone use behind the wheel. They aim to reduce distraction by requiring the driver to have their phone on a mount and only interact with it through voice commands or the minimal tap-based input that does not entail removing one’s eyes from the road.

In the world of home tech that grows fast, the small smart plug has come out as a strong thing that may change how we use daily items. But on top of the tech talk, can a smart plug really make a clear change in your every day? The answer is a resounding yes, and the reason is as follows.

The current CPUs have tens of cores, and each core has to fight to run thousands of tasks effectively. Over the years, Linux has been using general purpose schedulers which provide fairness and throughput but at large scale services reveal their flaws. In 2025, Meta announced that it had switched to a surprisingly simple solution, which is a Linux scheduling method first created by Valve on the Steam Deck. By borrowing ideas from handheld gaming, Meta found a practical way to untangle messy CPU scheduling in its server fleet。

Lift the hood of any vehicle, or peep under its paint, and you will have discovered a hidden guardian that most motorists never recognize in the seam sealer. It is a flexible material that is mentioned infrequently outside body shops but one of the main reasons that modern cars have lasted longer, are more quiet and resist rust far better than their predecessors. Reading what seam sealer does — and why every car absolutely needs it — reveals how much engineering goes on beneath the surface.