Licensing costs driving 90 percent of VMware users to explore options: Survey

Users want to “reduce risk and avoid unnecessary disruption” while making changes.  VMware customers face multiple obstacles as they rethink their virtualization strategy to reduce dependence on VMware. Today, Rimini Street published its “2026 IT Virtualization Survey – What’s Next for VMware Users.” The survey examined 300 organizations worldwide…

Controlling the brain with light earns a physiology Nobel

The entire field of optogenetics traces back to light-seeking algae. Over decades of research, scientists have built up a partial picture of what specialized cells within the brain and spinal cord do. By studying how the brain develops, they could identify genes that were active in different populations of…

Explaining Hall-effect, TMR, and other new types of “mechanical” switches

Ars Technica’s guide to new keyboard sensing technologies.  The mechanical keyboard isn’t always so mechanical anymore. Over the past six years, keyboards with optical, Hall-effect, and other “contactless” switches have become increasingly common, often going for higher prices than traditional mechanical keyboards, which already command a premium over basic…