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• • Tech IndustryThis week on Tom's Hardware Premium: October 24, 2026By Sayem Ahmed Published
  • Data CentersTexas has suspended 17 data center construction permits and shut down automated portal that rubber-stamped projectsBy Oliver Haslam Published
  • SemiconductorsIntel asks FCC for waiver to buy foreign robotsBy Jowi Morales Last updated
  • Data CentersAmazon bows to local backlash over AI data centers, scraps plans to build four new facilities in Northern VirginiaBy Oliver Haslam Published
  • PremiumChina can make advanced chips without EUV, but the bill keeps growingBy Chris Stokel-Walker Published
  • CybersecurityFCC issues first bans under new chip-level ruleBy Jhet Borja Published
  • CybersecurityConsultant comes clean for sparking worldwide panic by accidentally breaking the PHP vulnerability embargoBy Jowi Morales Last updated

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Artificial Intelligence

• • PremiumDeepseek's latest AI model is smarter than ever, but its low running costs come at a priceBy Bruno Ferreira Published
  • Artificial IntelligenceClaude and Grok among AI agents used to automate attacks on Latin American institutionsBy Oliver Haslam Published
  • Artificial IntelligenceGoogle’s TPUs for AI workloads now run in Meta's data centersBy Shane Downing Published
  • Artificial IntelligenceU.S. Army developing program that would deploy AI agents to autonomously seek and destroy targets in enemy digital infrastructuresBy Etiido Uko Published
  • Artificial IntelligenceGoogle DeepMind claims four AI agents beat Minecraft in 27 hours by writing 2,783 programs of their ownBy Shane Downing Published
  • Artificial IntelligenceA Chinese hacker used AI agents to break into more than 100 company websitesBy Oliver Haslam Published
  • Artificial IntelligenceAnthropic’s proposed AI safety bill only kicks in if 50 deaths or $1 billion in damages are on the lineBy Jowi Morales Published
  • Artificial IntelligenceResearchers train AI to detect concealed handguns using Wi-Fi signalsBy Etiido Uko Published
  • Artificial IntelligenceAI lab offers free plumbing and HVAC repairs across three cities to train AI robotsBy Jowi Morales Published

Big Tech

• • Big TechQualcomm to cut jobs globally in "performance-based" layoffs, as company pivots to AI data center and edge computing marketsBy Etiido Uko Published
  • Big TechUS restarts three shut-down nuclear reactors to feed AI data centersBy Bruno Ferreira Published
  • Big TechAI sector wipeout risks global financial contagion, IMF report warnsBy Bruno Ferreira Published
  • Big TechEarly Nvidia advisor says he's owed $1 billion in stock due to a 1993 vesting error, but Nvidia rejected settlementBy Shane Downing Published
  • Big TechNvidia CEO says 'we have to shut the labs down' if AI experiments are unsafeBy Jake Roach Published
  • Big TechAnthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google face antitrust lawsuit for agreeing to slow AI developmentBy Jowi Morales Published
  • Big TechLG strongly denies TV security claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true'By Stephen Warwick Published
  • Big TechArm faces potential shareholder revolt over CEO's 'excessive' $800 million pay packageBy Etiido Uko Published
  • Big TechKey Nvidia and Intel supplier raided over alleged China origin fraudBy Luke James Published

Cryptocurrency

• • CryptominingClaude Code AI agent caught a crypto miner hiding on a developer’s overheating MacBy Mark Tyson Published
  • CryptocurrencyAfter a $93 million crypto hardware-wallet supply chain attack, Ledger to review sales and anti-tamper policiesBy Etiido Uko Published
  • CryptocurrencyStore-bought hardware crypto wallets had secret chips installed that enabled stealing crypto recovery phrasesBy Bruno Ferreira Published
  • CryptocurrencyNorth Korea named as primary suspect in $387 million Bitget crypto hackBy Etiido Uko Published
  • Cryptomining‘We’ll be the first to mine Bitcoin in space’ says Nvidia-backed startupBy Mark Tyson Published
  • CryptominingGoogle's simulated fruit fly brain 'mines Bitcoin' in web browser proof of conceptBy Mark Tyson Published
  • CryptocurrencyHacker turns 25 cents into 46 billion fake Bitcoins to steal $770,000By Bruno Ferreira Published
  • CryptocurrencyPoland lost $230 million in cryptocurrency trying to buy Venezuelan oil in 2023By Bruno Ferreira Published
  • CryptominingMexican cartel's crypto farm seized in mountain raidBy Mark Tyson Published

Cybersecurity

• • CybersecurityFCC issues first bans under new chip-level ruleBy Jhet Borja Published
  • CybersecurityConsultant comes clean for sparking worldwide panic by accidentally breaking the PHP vulnerability embargoBy Jowi Morales Last updated
  • CybersecurityUS banks scramble to restrict AI agent activityBy Jowi Morales Published
  • CybersecurityChina-aligned hackers deploy AI agents in massive ConnectWise supply chain attackBy Shane Downing Published
  • CybersecurityLeaked private keys for eight CA certificates let any attacker impersonate any domainBy Bruno Ferreira Published
  • CybersecurityOpenAI says ChatGPT Sol helped uncover critical PHP flaws that could affect 70% of websitesBy Etiido Uko Published
  • Cybersecurity480,000 phishing emails sent from a PC hidden behind a fridge in a Japanese hotel roomBy Oliver Haslam Published
  • PremiumModern software is built on the backs of low-paid maintainers, opening the door to potential threatsBy Bruno Ferreira Published
  • CybersecurityChinese crime ring steals more than $5 million in gift cards from Staples customer serviceBy Oliver Haslam Published

Data Centers

• • Data CentersTexas has suspended 17 data center construction permits and shut down automated portal that rubber-stamped projectsBy Oliver Haslam Published
  • Data CentersAmazon bows to local backlash over AI data centers, scraps plans to build four new facilities in Northern VirginiaBy Oliver Haslam Published
  • Data CentersIllegal Nvidia Blackwell Ultra B300 GPUs found inside state-owned China Telecom's networkBy Oliver Haslam Published
  • Data CentersWolves roam into Finnish villages after Google destroys 1,300 acres of forest for AI data centersBy Mark Tyson Published
  • Data CentersTrump announces mandate forcing AI data centers to pay energy dividends to the local communityBy Jhet Borja Published
  • Data CentersNorwegian undersea cable builder pitches 2,800-mile transatlantic data link between Canada and Europe to bypass the USBy Ben Stockton Published
  • Data Centers300-plus local data center bans have only delayed just three US projectsBy Shane Downing Published
  • PremiumUkrainian drones hit Russian data centers, disrupting Russian apps and servicesBy Jon Martindale Published
  • Data CentersRussia's Yandex bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centersBy Jowi Morales Published

Drones

• • DronesUkraine rescues wounded soldier using drone in daring 'world's first' UAV evacuation of a humanBy Mark Tyson Published
  • DronesF-22 Raptor pilot successfully demonstrates command of 'wingman' fighter drone in simulated combatBy Jowi Morales Published
  • DronesDJI’s first battery-swapping dock gets drones recharged and back in the air in under 45 secondsBy Shane Downing Published
  • DronesSpaceX limits Starlink service for Ukraine’s high-speed military drones without prior warningBy Etiido Uko Published
  • DronesUS Army unit deploys drone assembled completely in-house, uses 3D-printed 'Dragoon Bombs' with ball bearing shrapnelBy Jowi Morales Published
  • DronesFlock drones with cameras deployed as first responders in some US cities amid privacy concernsBy Jowi Morales Published
  • DronesResearchers build a drone that navigates with physical whiskers to operate in dark, dusty or smoky places where cameras or GPS can failBy Jowi Morales Published
  • DronesAutonomous NATO strike drone uses Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano to independently pick and bomb targetsBy Shane Downing Published
  • DronesUK research agency backs drone-based internet service experiment with lasers, microwaves, and gravity waves used for wireless powerBy Jowi Morales Published

Manufacturing

• • SemiconductorsIntel asks FCC for waiver to buy foreign robotsBy Jowi Morales Last updated
  • PremiumChina can make advanced chips without EUV, but the bill keeps growingBy Chris Stokel-Walker Published
  • SemiconductorsTSMC is seeking chipmaking equipment that doesn't contain Chinese rare-earth magnetsBy Etiido Uko Published
  • SemiconductorsIntel installs production tools at Fab 62 in Arizona, provides updates on Ohio chip fabBy Anton Shilov Published
  • SemiconductorsASML and other critical semiconductor equipment suppliers expedite shipments to Musk's TerafabBy Etiido Uko Published
  • SemiconductorsFour workers killed after fall at TSMC’s 2nm fab construction siteBy Shane Downing Last updated
  • SemiconductorsTaiwan targets illicit AI server exports to China with five-year prison termsBy Jowi Morales Published
  • SemiconductorsChina startup demoes prototype EUV light sourceBy Anton Shilov Published
  • SemiconductorsTaiwan raising $4 billion to build industrial park in Texas to support US chipmaking supply chainBy Jowi Morales Published

Photonics

• • PremiumIntel patent embeds MicroLEDs in chip packaging — technology may enable embedded optical interconnects through TGVsBy Jon Martindale Published
  • PremiumTower Semiconductor to invest $4 billion in Japanese ops to set up massive optical connectivity hubBy Anton Shilov 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

Policy

• • PolicyU.S. suspends green card path for H-1B workers at Microsoft and AdobeBy Bruno Ferreira Published
  • PolicyTop AI tech executives promise to ‘self-police’ AI developmentBy Jowi Morales Published
  • PolicyTrump tells federal agencies to use the term 'Super Intelligence ' instead of artificial intelligenceBy Jowi Morales Published
  • PolicyChinese state media counters Anthropic's call to put brakes on AI developmentBy Jowi Morales Published
  • PolicyTaiwan cracks down on tech businesses with illegal Chinese ownershipBy Jowi Morales Published
  • PolicyNew US export controls reportedly target Chinese access to remote AI serversBy Jake Roach Published
  • PolicyX busts 200,000-strong Chinese bot farm, including accounts making claims about AI data centers and electricityBy Jowi Morales Published
  • PolicyTrump administration weighs expanding chip tariffs to laptops, consoles, and servers, report claimsBy Luke James Published
  • PremiumH200s finally reach China under case-by-case import licenses, but it's already too late for NvidiaBy Luke James Published

Quantum Computing

• • Quantum ComputingNEC has quietly quit quantum computing hardware development, report claimsBy Anton Shilov Published
  • Quantum ComputingQuantum computing used in 'first commercial game development'By Mark Tyson 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

Space

• • SpaceRussian military satellite closes from 200 miles to 3 miles of US radar craft aiding UkraineBy Shane Downing Published
  • SpaceUS military-backed cargo pod promises 90-minute orbital delivery anywhere on Earth, 10-ton Ghost vehicle gets first real-world testBy Jowi Morales Published
  • SpaceChina launches 'Supercomputing-1' AI satellite as orbital data centers gather momentumBy Etiido Uko Published
  • SpaceRussian Starlink rival flounders after entire batch of satellites fails to reach operational altitudeBy Mark Tyson 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

Supercomputers

• • SupercomputersHPE says it will run the first supercomputer benchmarks on the MoonBy Shane Downing Published
  • SupercomputersNew Cray-1 supercomputer replica built with 30 vintage Mac Minis and packs 1.5 TFLOPS of computeBy Jhet Borja Published
  • SupercomputersSanctioned Chinese supercomputer maker stripped of IO500 benchmark crown, Intel-powered Aurora retakes the leadBy Anton Shilov 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

Superconductors

• • 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

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  • PremiumDeepseek's latest AI model is smarter than ever, but its low running costs come at a priceBy Bruno Ferreira Published