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CybersecurityUS authorities say Siemens controllers used for water and other infrastructure are being targeted by hackersBy Jowi Morales Published
Tech IndustryThis week on Tom's Hardware Premium: August 22, 2026By Sayem Ahmed Published
Artificial IntelligenceFlorida seeks court ruling to officially classify Sam Altman and ChatGPT as a 'public nuisance'By Luke James Published
Artificial IntelligenceWorld's largest truly open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy themBy Jowi Morales Published
PremiumLG enters chip packaging arena with Laser Direct Imaging machine, as TSMC's CoWoS remains constrainedBy Anton Shilov Published
Tech IndustryUnlock Tom's Hardware Premium's Hot Chips 2026 coverage for free — sign up for an account to read technical breakdowns from the showBy Sayem Ahmed Published
Big TechSupermicro fires several employees following investigation into $2.5 billion China AI chip smugglingBy Jowi Morales Published Artificial IntelligenceFlorida seeks court ruling to officially classify Sam Altman and ChatGPT as a 'public nuisance'By Luke James Published Artificial IntelligenceWorld's largest truly open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy themBy Jowi Morales Published
Artificial IntelligenceBeijing AI bar that offers unlimited free DeepSeek coding tokens with $1.50 drink haemorrhaging cashBy Luke James Published
Artificial IntelligenceDeveloper uses Claude AI to create native macOS driver for 'obscure' Windows-only printerBy Mark Tyson Published
Artificial IntelligenceAMD claims its 2026 rack-scale AI solution is 4X more energy efficient than its 2024 AI platformBy Anton Shilov Published
PremiumChina's homegrown AI accelerators to supply 90% of the country's domestic market, analysts suggestBy Anton Shilov Published
Artificial IntelligenceGoogle buys Spirit Airlines data for AI training for just $10 millionBy Jowi Morales Published
Artificial IntelligenceJudge allegedly outsourced entire ruling to AI and still can't be suedBy Anton Shilov Published
Artificial IntelligenceSecret tracking device placed in rare book ends up in Amazon processing facility to train AIBy Jake Roach Published Big TechSupermicro fires several employees following investigation into $2.5 billion China AI chip smugglingBy Jowi Morales Published
Big TechOracle plans more layoffs weeks after spending most of its $2.1 billion restructuring budget, report claimsBy Luke James Published
Big Tech‘Apple is getting this wrong,’ says OpenAIBy Jowi Morales Published
Big TechSpaceXAI says it will remove all 69 of its unpermitted turbine power generators, but expects process to take a yearBy Jowi Morales Published
Big TechGem Mint signed 1983 Steve Jobs business card opens at $70,000By Jowi Morales Published
Big TechBig tech spends more than $1 trillion on AI infrastructureBy Jowi Morales Published
PremiumAlphabet goes cash flow negative for the first time, as AI capex surges to a staggering $44.9 billion in a single quarterBy Luke James Published
Big TechAI tech companies have ‘hidden debt’ worth around $1.65 trillion, report claimsBy Jowi Morales Published
Big TechScientists synchronize 105,000 nano-oscillators in just 45 nanoseconds — paving the way for a highly efficient and fast alternative to transistorsBy Bruno Ferreira Published
CryptocurrencyDigital entrepreneur creates humorous 'physical NFT minting device' using a Raspberry Pi in quest for 'infinite money machine'By Mark Tyson Published
CryptominingNew AI-compute cryptocurrency Pearl sparks a GPU mining rush but profitability is already slidingBy Luke James Published
CryptocurrencyKorean funeral services company loses $33 million in secret crypto bet against EthereumBy Hassam Nasir Published
CryptocurrencyPhysical attacks against crypto holders, including kidnap and assault, up 75% in 2025By Jowi Morales Published
CryptocurrencyBitcoin trader recovers $400,000 using Claude AI after losing wallet password 11 years agoBy Jowi Morales Last updated
CryptocurrencyTennessee bans crypto ATMs that have become 'payment portal of choice for scammers'By Jowi Morales Published
CryptocurrencyCrypto scam takes advantage of Strait of Hormuz crisis by taking fake payments, leading to two ships being fired uponBy Jowi Morales Published
CryptominingInventor showcases 3D printer filament dryer that mines Bitcoins and dries filament with waste heat, capable of 6 TH/sBy Mark Tyson Published
CryptocurrencyBritish cryptographer Adam Back is the secret creator of Bitcoin, claims new reportBy Hassam Nasir Published CybersecurityUS authorities say Siemens controllers used for water and other infrastructure are being targeted by hackersBy Jowi Morales Published
CybersecuritySlovakia discovers Russian backdoors in 279 new traffic camerasBy Mark Tyson Published
CybersecurityGeekom admits to shipping malware-laced network drivers for AMD mini PCsBy Bruno Ferreira Published
CybersecurityCritical macOS Screen Sharing flaw gives attackers remote root accessBy Luke James Published
CybersecurityWhite House authorizes private companies to launch 'hack-back' cyberattacks that destroy data and systems, targeting foreign cybercrime organizationsBy Luke James Published
CybersecurityJust one instruction on AMD's 2015-era CPUs cracks open secret memory areas and gives full hardware-level controlBy Bruno Ferreira Last updated
CybersecurityMicrosoft's nemesis drops new zero-day privilege escalation vulnerabilityBy Bruno Ferreira Published
CybersecurityCoin-sized device can hack a Boeing 737’s Flight Management Computer, mess with takeoff weights, or even divert an aircraftBy Jowi Morales Published
CybersecurityCritical 'Zoomsday' flaw enables total device takeover during Zoom callsBy Bruno Ferreira Published
Data CentersMichigan township combats nuclear weapons data center by passing ban on new electrical infrastructureBy Jowi Morales Published
Data CentersVirginia county with 250 data centers begins to rein in buildingBy Jowi Morales Published
Data CentersChina shifting massive AI data center complexes to rural provinces to tap surplus energyBy Jowi Morales Published
Data CentersJason Kelce-led marketing campaign asks beer drinkers to send their pee to AI data centersBy Jowi Morales Published
Data CentersAmerica's largest grid wants to cut power to new data centers first during shortagesBy Luke James Published
Data CentersCherokee Nation bans hyperscale data centers on its lands, won't support projects without consultationBy Luke James Published
Data CentersEx-farm bureau chief invites AI data center developers to buy his landBy Luke James Published
Data CentersAlabama residents left powerless to stop massive Bitcoin mining data center despite county and town moratoriumsBy Bruno Ferreira Published
Data CentersAI data center developers begin suing local jurisdictions behind bans and moratoriumsBy Jowi Morales Published
DronesAmazon delivery drone dumps Texas woman's parcel straight into her swimming poolBy Stephen Warwick Published
DronesUkraine built a $48,000 long-range drone after covertly snapping Chinese factory photosBy Luke James Published
DronesUkrainian drone regiment ‘decimates’ 3,500-strong U.S. armored brigade combat team in war gameBy Jowi Morales Published
DronesUS Navy 3D prints combat-ready drones and 1,000+ parts aboard aircraft carrier during exerciseBy Mark Tyson Published
DronesAnti-drone chain gun with 50mm precision-guided ammunition unveiledBy Mark Tyson Published
DronesUS imposes up to 100% tariffs on foreign-made drones and componentsBy Kunal Khullar Published
DronesWireless OTA charging with lasers could keep drones airborne indefinitelyBy Kunal Khullar Published
DronesHoverAir Versa is a high-end pocket gimbal camera that transforms into a selfie drone seamlesslyBy Hassam Nasir Published
DronesUK's Royal Navy sea drones contain component that secretly sent data to China, report claimsBy Mark Tyson Published PremiumLG enters chip packaging arena with Laser Direct Imaging machine, as TSMC's CoWoS remains constrainedBy Anton Shilov Published
SemiconductorsNvidia denies report it will ship Groq-based LPUs to China by year-endBy Luke James Published
SemiconductorsSynopsys validates a PCIe 6.0 PHY inside a face-to-face 3D stack at 64 GT/sBy Luke James Published
PremiumSMIC posts record $3B quarter and hikes wafer pricesBy Luke James Published
PremiumAjinomoto reportedly cuts critical chip packaging film supply to China by 30% as domestic substitutes race to qualifyBy Luke James Published
SemiconductorsIntel raises $19.7 billion to help fund future projects as 14A production loomsBy Anton Shilov Published
SemiconductorsUS lawmaker wants gov't to enforce regulation to ensure 'chipmakers conduct adequate due diligence on their customers'By Anton Shilov Published
PremiumHyperscalers commit nearly $2 trillion to secure AI hardware and memoryBy Anton Shilov Published
SemiconductorsMusk’s Terafab projected to be larger than the Pentagon, Apple Park, Mall of America, and Giga Texas, combinedBy Jowi Morales Published
PremiumAI data center optical interconnect market to hit $144 billion by 2030By Etiido Uko Published
PremiumHow optical interconnects and silicon photonics emerged as AI's next hot commodityBy Etiido Uko Published
PremiumQuantum photonics roadmap — how Xanadu and PsiQuantum are looking to transfer qubits through beams of lightBy Francisco Pires Published
PremiumNvidia invests $4 billion into photonics firms in a bid to bolster data center interconnect supply chainsBy Jon Martindale Published
PhotonicsOptical device beams data at speeds up to 25 Gbps via light, up to 25 kilometer range with ultra-low latencyBy Jowi Morales Published
PremiumPhotonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneckBy Chris Stokel-Walker Published
PhotonicsBill Gates-backed silicon photonics startup develops optical transistors 10,000x smaller than current techBy Jowi Morales Published
PhotonicsPhotonic latch memory could enable optical processor caches that run up to 60 GHz, twenty times faster than standard cachesBy Luke James Published
PhotonicsIndustry's first TSMC COUPE-based optical connectivity solution for next-gen AI chips displayed — Alchip and Ayar Labs show future silicon photonics deviceBy Anton Shilov Published
PremiumH200s finally reach China under case-by-case import licenses, but it's already too late for NvidiaBy Luke James Published
PolicyWhite House cuts data centers, batteries, and AR from the US critical technology listBy Luke James Published
PolicyNashville attempts to block controversial data center near zoo with eminent domainBy Jowi Morales Published
PolicyPresident Trump expands AI data center ‘ratepayer protection pledge’ to include state governors and utility companiesBy Jowi Morales Published
Policy142 AI data center protests staged in 42 states as public opposition increasesBy Jowi Morales Published
PolicyIntel layoffs to hit Data Center groupBy Jowi Morales Published
PolicyMemory chip boss admits RAM prices are 'abnormally high'By Jowi Morales Published
PolicyAI data centers must produce as much power as they use, Australia PM saysBy Jowi Morales Published
PolicyGoogle is getting ready to 'hack back' as US considers shifting from cyber defense to offenseBy Nathaniel Mott Published
PremiumNeural atom quantum computing roadmap — how laser-cooled trapped atoms could pave the path beyond physical qubit countsBy Francisco Pires Published
Quantum ComputingMicrosoft announces next-gen Majorana 2 quantum computing chipBy Andrew E. Freedman Published
PremiumIBM spins off America's first quantum chip foundry with $2 billion in federal and private fundingBy Luke James Published
Quantum ComputingChina's Hanyuan-2 debuts as 'world's first' dual-core quantum computerBy Luke James Published
PremiumThe future of Quantum computing — the tech, companies, and roadmaps that map out a coherent quantum futureBy Francisco Pires Published
Quantum ComputingQuantum computing firm dangles $22,500 Bitcoin prizeBy Mark Tyson Published
PremiumIBM and Cisco agree to lay the foundations for a quantum internetBy Luke James Published
Quantum ComputingNew Chinese optical quantum chip allegedly 1,000x faster than Nvidia GPUs for processing AI workloadsBy Aaron Klotz Published
Quantum ComputingIBM's boffins run a nifty quantum error-correction algorithm on conventional AMD FPGAsBy Bruno Ferreira Published
SpaceEurope expands its Starlink rival to 348 satellites as IRIS² moves past the planning and negotiation stage into implementationBy Etiido Uko Published
SpaceIntel's proposed two-tier satellite network puts the brains of satellite constellations in higher orbitBy Etiido Uko Published
SpaceNASA modded space station's laptops so everyone could use the same chargerBy Mark Tyson Published
SpaceErrant SpaceX rocket stage set to smash into the moon at 5,400 mph, seven times the speed of soundBy Jowi Morales Published
SpaceSpace Force gets first mobile high-powered electromagnetic beam weapon to cripple enemy satellitesBy Mark Tyson Published
SpaceSpaceX vaporizes 260 Starlink satellites in six months using Earth's atmosphereBy Etiido Uko Published
SpaceSpaceX admits it can't find enough chips for orbital AI, requires 'significantly more than are currently available to us'By Anton Shilov Published
SpaceGoogle is reportedly in talks with SpaceX to launch its orbital data centersBy Bruno Ferreira Published
SpaceNASA pushes Mars helicopter rotors past the speed of soundBy Etiido Uko Published
PremiumThe supercomputer race no longer means what it used to, as rankings lose relevance in the AI eraBy Chris Stokel-Walker Published
PremiumChina tops the list of fastest supercomputers with a CPU-only behemoth, ending US champion El Capitan's reignBy Luke James Published
SupercomputersChina's LineShine supercomputer dethrones El Capitan in Top 500 listBy Anton Shilov Published
SupercomputersFirst ever Cray T3D Supercomputer goes up for auction with $81,000 reserveBy Mark Tyson Published
SupercomputersElon Musk restarts Dojo3 'space' supercomputer project as AI5 chip design gets in 'good shape'By Aaron Klotz Published
SupercomputersAMD and Eviden unveil Europe's second exascale systemBy Anton Shilov Published
SupercomputersNvidia to build seven AI supercomputers for the U.S. gov't with over 100,000 Blackwell GPUsBy Anton Shilov Published
SupercomputersNvidia unveils Vera Rubin supercomputers for Los Alamos National LaboratoryBy Anton Shilov Published
SupercomputersU.S. Department of Energy and AMD cut a $1 billion deal for two AI supercomputersBy Bruno Ferreira Published
SuperconductorsNew 3D printing process could improve superconductorsBy Ash Hill Published
SuperconductorsNew research shows naturally occurring mineral is an 'unconventional superconductor' when purifiedBy Christopher Harper Published
SuperconductorsNew research reignites the possibility of LK-99 room-temperature superconductivityBy Francisco Pires Published
SuperconductorsU.S. Govt and researchers seemingly discover new type of superconductivity in an exotic, crystal-like materialBy Francisco Pires Published
SuperconductorsNature Retracts Controversial Room Temperature Superconductor Paper (But Not LK-99)By Francisco Pires Published SuperconductorsWhat is a Superconductor?By Francisco Pires Published
SuperconductorsMIT's Superconducting Qubit Breakthrough Boosts Quantum PerformanceBy Francisco Pires Published
SuperconductorsLK-99 Research Continues, Paper Says Superconductivity Could be PossibleBy Francisco Pires Published
SuperconductorsIs LK-99 a Superconductor After All? New Research and Updated Patent Say SoBy Francisco Pires Published Big TechSupermicro fires several employees following investigation into $2.5 billion China AI chip smugglingBy Jowi Morales Published
Tech IndustryMicron commits $10 billion to new US-based Research LabsBy Anton Shilov Published PremiumH200s finally reach China under case-by-case import licenses, but it's already too late for NvidiaBy Luke James Published