Category: Tech

A thread titled “Carrying Two Phones Is the Only Way to Go,” posted on 5channel’s “Morning Coffee” board, drew a stream of real-world examples — people running both an iPhone and an Android device, or using dual-SIM setups as a hedge against carrier outages. Pushback followed too, with some arguing “one dual-SIM phone is plenty” or that carrying two phones is just gadget hobbyism dressed up as practicality, splitting the thread between a practicality camp and a minimalist camp. The conversation then drifted into how people lug around laptops, Chromebooks, and tablets, sparking a lively side debate about setting up a workspace on the go.

※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5channel (Hello! Project board) thread “Carrying Two Phones Is the Only Way to Go.”

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon chip has been revealed to support “ANF,” a feature that boosts image quality and frame rates through super-resolution and frame generation — and Unreal Engine and Unity have already added support for it. According to the explanation, it can push 16fps up to 52fps, suggesting an era is approaching where even smartphones and tablets can comfortably run demanding games. When this story was reposted to 5ch’s Hardware/Industry (Geha) board, comments clashed between “won’t dedicated game consoles become unnecessary now?” and rebuttals like “the walls of heat, battery life, and controls won’t be so easily overcome,” sparking a debate over pricing, device lifespan, and whether controller support is even worth it.

Super-resolution + frame generation coming to Android too — Snapdragon’s new GPU takes 16fps to 52fps

Qualcomm has explained that game engines like Unreal Engine and Unity already support ANF, and it’s expected that more game titles will gradually add ANF support going forward.

Source: pc.watch.impress.co.jp / Original article here

※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry [Geha]) thread “[Bad news for consoles] The era of super-resolution + frame generation is coming to phones and tablets too…“.

In the deep sea roughly 7,000 meters down off the west coast of Australia, researchers have discovered a vast graveyard-like site where the bones of nearly 500 whales have gathered. Reported by National Geographic and picked up via Yahoo! News, the find became a hot topic — most of the bones belong to beaked whales, a group whose ecology remains largely mysterious, with some possibly representing new species, and the oldest bones dating back around 5.3 million years. On 5ch’s Science News+ board, an anthropomorphizing theory that the whales deliberately chose this area as a place to die clashed with a more level-headed theory that the carcasses simply accumulated there due to ocean currents and terrain, and opinions were also split on whether 500 whales over 5 million years counts as “a lot.”

“Whale Graveyard” Discovered 7,000m Deep: An Unusual Scale of Nearly 500 Whales — Why Here?

The Oldest Dates Back About 5.3 Million Years; Most Are Bones of the Mysterious Beaked Whale, With Possible New Species Too

A research team surveying the deep sea off the west coast of Australia by submersible has discovered a vast mass grave made up of the remains of nearly 500 whales.

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Science News+) thread “[National Geographic] “Whale Graveyard” Discovered 7,000m Deep, an Unusual Scale of Nearly 500 Whales — Why Here?.”

Bandai Namco’s online action title SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada has announced it will end its online service and produce an offline version instead. The thread buzzed over reports that Steam’s peak concurrent player count of 3,622 has now fallen to just 143, along with the game’s history of steep discounts — including sales as low as 300 yen (97% off). At the same time, many welcomed the offline version itself, since even the dedicated single-player mode originally required a constant internet connection. Much of the discussion centered on how this joins a string of short-lived online titles Bandai Namco has put out for PlayStation, including Sand Land, Code Vein, and Blue Protocol.

Notice: ‘SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada’ — Online Service Discontinuation and Decision to Produce an Offline Version

To everyone enjoying SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada,

Thank you as always for playing SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada.

Source: synduality-ada.bn-ent.net / Original announcement here

*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Hardware/Industry, “Geha”) thread “Bandai Namco’s SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada Ends Online Service.”

A post spreading on X (formerly Twitter) claims that NVIDIA’s CEO said children won’t need to study math in the AI era, since scholarly work and research will be handled by AI instead — and it became a hot topic on a thread in 5ch’s “Nanademo Jikkyo G” (a live-commentary discussion board). The thread saw a head-on clash between posters arguing “you still need to grasp math concepts to give AI instructions” and those countering that “thinking of AI as just a tool is the outdated view.” The discussion eventually broadened into questions about what academic credentials are even worth, and which jobs will survive once AI is everywhere.

NVIDIA’s CEO has flatly declared: “In the AI era, children don’t need to learn ‘math.’”

How are you anti-AI folks going to answer this one?

Source: x.com / See the original post here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nanademo Jikkyo G) thread “NVIDIA president: “Kids no longer need math — scholarship and research are for AI, not people”.”

On September 24, Google announced it will launch its first test satellite next week as part of a plan to eventually run AI data centers in space. The goal is to confirm whether its in-house AI chips function normally in space, where orbit is said to allow solar power generation up to 8 times that possible on the ground. On 5ch’s science news board, users debated physical challenges like chip degradation from cosmic rays and the impossibility of heat dissipation and maintenance, versus arguments that it makes sense given power shortages and land constraints on Earth — and the discussion eventually broadened into criticism of how Japan approaches technological development.

Google unveils plan for a data center in space, to launch first test satellite — capable of 8x the solar power generation possible on the ground

[New York — Takeshi Kise] On the 24th, US tech giant Google announced it will launch its first test satellite within the next week, as part of its plan to eventually operate AI (artificial intelligence) data centers in space.

The launch aims to confirm whether its in-house-developed AI chips and other hardware function normally in space.

Source: yomiuri.co.jp / Original article here

*This article is an excerpt and summary based on the 5ch (Science News+) thread “Google unveils plan for a data center in space, to launch first test satellite — capable of 8x the solar power generation possible on the ground.”

“I want people to eat ramen fresh and fast — if you dawdle over it while scrolling your phone, the noodles go soggy, and it inconveniences the customers waiting behind you.” A ramen shop owner’s complaint along these lines drew attention on 5ch. Some restaurants have already started banning this kind of “eating while distracted” during busy hours, and some local governments are even considering ordinances restricting phone use to prevent accidents. The thread saw a clash between those who think customers should follow shop rules and those who think a paying customer’s freedom shouldn’t be restricted — with many eventually landing on: “both customers and shops have the right to choose.”

130AnonymousSep 26, 2026 12:19

There used to be old guys like this, right?



The fact that you get mad the moment it's a smartphone is proof you've gotten old. Same goes for getting angry at people taking notes on their phone.

*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Fair Point] Ramen Shop Owner: “Stop Fiddling With Your Phone While You Eat! I’d Rather You Never Come Back”“.

Panasonic has announced it will end production of consumer car navigation systems, closing the book on a business that ran for more than 30 years. The move comes against the backdrop of free smartphone navigation apps becoming widespread, with dedicated car navi units long criticized for their high-cost structure — map updates every few years that can run tens of thousands of yen. On 5ch, threads buzzed with questions about phone navi’s data usage, heat issues, and GPS accuracy, while others pointed out that this only ends retail sales and isn’t a withdrawal from supplying automakers directly, leading to split opinions on how to interpret the news.

Panasonic to End Consumer Car Navigation Production, Closing a Chapter of Over 30 Years as Smartphone Navi Apps Take Over – ITmedia NEWS

September 25, 2026, 5:11 PM

By Hinako Umebayashi [ITmedia]

Source: itmedia.co.jp / Original article here

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※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (News Express+) thread “Panasonic to End Consumer Car Navigation Production, Closing a Chapter of Over 30 Years as Smartphone Navi Apps Take Over.”

As a countermeasure against anonymous, fluid crime groups (“tokuryu”), an expert panel convened by the National Police Agency finalized a proposal on September 24 to introduce “remote analysis” — a method of externally retrieving the communication contents of smartphones. The NPA is expected to submit a related bill amending the Police Duties Execution Act to the extraordinary Diet session set to convene in October. Under the proposal, the practice would be limited to communication records on devices connected to a crime, and would require both a judge’s warrant and after-the-fact confirmation by the Public Safety Commission. On 5ch, opinion split between those who feared this “could turn Japan into something like today’s Chinese Communist Party, let alone the prewar Peace Preservation Law,” and those who argued that critics “should offer an alternative for fighting tokuryu crime” — leaving users divided over whether public safety or privacy should take priority.

The Unease Surrounding Police “Remote Smartphone Analysis”: Concerns Over Rights Violations, “Could Bring Back Conditions Like the Prewar Peace Preservation Law” — Tokyo Shimbun Digital

September 25, 2026, 5:00 AM — Article for paying subscribers only

Citing the urgent need to prevent harm caused by anonymous, fluid crime groups (“tokuryu”), an expert panel convened by the National Police Agency — which has been discussing “remote analysis,” a method for retrieving communication contents from smartphones — finalized a proposal on the 24th to introduce the system. In response, the NPA is expected to submit a bill amending the related Police Duties Execution Act, which would set the rules for remote analysis, to the extraordinary Diet session set to convene in October. (By Narufumi Kitagawa)

Source: tokyo-np.co.jp / Original article here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (News Speed+) thread “The Unease Surrounding Police “Remote Smartphone Analysis”: Concerns Over Rights Violations, “Could Bring Back Conditions Like the Prewar Peace Preservation Law”.”

In 1941, the German military transmitted an 82-character Enigma-encoded message known as “MVUEH” that went unsolved for decades — and it’s now been reported that OpenAI’s new model “GPT-6 Astra” has cracked it. Frode Weierud, who runs the cryptography research site “Crypto Cellar Research,” has verified the recovered key and plaintext as correct. On 5ch, opinions split between skepticism about the cost-effectiveness — “modern ciphers like AES are already secure, so why burn a massive data center cracking an old one?” — and admiration that “there’s value in AI pulling off what humans couldn’t for years.” Some also worried the decryption hasn’t been fully verified.

“GPT-6 Astra” Cracks 82-Character Enigma Cipher Unsolved for Years, Even Wrote Its Own Decryption Program

An 82-character Enigma-encoded message known as “MVUEH,” transmitted by the German military in 1941 and subject to decades of decryption attempts, has now been solved through research using OpenAI’s AI model “GPT-6 Astra.”

Cryptography researcher Frode Weierud, who runs the research site “Crypto Cellar Research,” has also confirmed the results, judging the recovered key and plaintext to be correct.

Source: cryptocellar.org / Original article here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Science News+) thread “[AI] “GPT-6 Astra” Cracks 82-Character Enigma Cipher Unsolved for Years, Even Wrote Its Own Decryption Program.”