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Tech IndustryApple reportedly lobbies Uncle Sam for access to Chinese memory chipsBy Hassam Nasir Published

Artificial IntelligenceOnsemi buying cash-strapped Synaptics in $7 billion all-stock deal — smart power meets edge AI hardwareBy Anton Shilov Published

Artificial IntelligenceOpenAI's ChatGPT-5.6 gets the same banhammer treatment as Anthropic’s Mythos from the federal governmentBy Jowi Morales Published

Tech IndustryApple will skip its high-end M6 Mac chips and fast-track an AI-focused M7 generation for 2027, report claimsBy Luke James Published

SemiconductorsIBM goes sub-1nm, develops 0.7nm-class technologyBy Anton Shilov Published

Artificial IntelligenceEpic boss Tim Sweeney blasts Steam for putting AI tags on gamesBy Jowi Morales Published

PremiumThe AI tokenmaxxing party is crashing over spiraling costsBy Jon Martindale Published

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Artificial Intelligence

Artificial IntelligenceOnsemi buying cash-strapped Synaptics in $7 billion all-stock deal — smart power meets edge AI hardwareBy Anton Shilov Published

Artificial IntelligenceOpenAI's ChatGPT-5.6 gets the same banhammer treatment as Anthropic’s Mythos from the federal governmentBy Jowi Morales Published

Artificial IntelligenceEpic boss Tim Sweeney blasts Steam for putting AI tags on gamesBy Jowi Morales Published

PremiumThe AI tokenmaxxing party is crashing over spiraling costsBy Jon Martindale Published

Artificial IntelligenceAnthropic claims that China's Alibaba illicitly 'distilled' its models from April to June 2026By Jowi Morales Published

Artificial IntelligenceQualcomm reveals HBC near-memory AI architecture, AI250 and AI350 acceleratorsBy Anton Shilov Published

Artificial IntelligenceBroadcom and OpenAI unveil custom-built Jalapeño inference processorBy Anton Shilov Published

Artificial IntelligenceCalifornia drivers accuse gas station operators of using AI to boost pump pricesBy Mark Tyson Published

Artificial IntelligenceOracle lays off 21,000 employees in just 12 months due to AI adoption and costly AI infrastructure ambitionsBy Etiido Uko Published

Big Tech

Big TechMeta pauses mandatory AI training program that tracked employee keystrokes after internal data leakBy Etiido Uko Published

Big TechU.S. gov't asks court to dismiss NAACP lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI over use of unpermitted gas turbinesBy Jowi Morales Published

Big TechProject Jupiter AI data center build raises concerns about water usage in rural New Mexico desertBy Bruno Ferreira Published

Big TechMeta data center allegedly muddies Georgia town's drinking water, investigation underwayBy Jowi Morales Published

Big TechSamsung reportedly set to distribute up to $26.6 billion to staff in AI-driven semiconductor bonuses after last-minute union dealBy Etiido Uko Published

Big TechAngry tiny Texas town council member proposes total ban on cellular and GPS devices in protest over AI disputeBy Jowi Morales Published

Big TechSamsung narrowly avoids 18-day chip strike after last-minute wage deal with 48,000-worker unionBy Etiido Uko Published

Big TechSamsung and SK Hynix employees are reportedly abandoning overseas training programs to qualify for performance bonusesBy Etiido Uko Published

Big TechUS FTC reportedly launches antitrust probe into Arm following its launch of its own AGI CPUBy Jowi Morales Published

Cryptocurrency

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

Cybersecurity

CybersecurityFrontier Airlines site leaks all personal info with just a glance at a boarding pass, researcher claimsBy Bruno Ferreira Last updated

CybersecurityKaspersky finds malware hidden in Steam Wallpaper Engine that hijacks accounts to spread itselfBy Luke James Published

CybersecurityFBI dismantles Chinese phishing service that coached buyers to generate scam sites using AIBy Luke James Published

Cybersecurity2021 Honda Civic infotainment system can be jailbroken via USBBy Jowi Morales Published

CybersecurityMicrosoft's bug-hunting nemesis extends vendetta with more zero-day attacksBy Bruno Ferreira Published

CybersecurityHades malware campaign tricks AI scanners with fake nuclear weapon promptsBy Bruno Ferreira Last updated

CybersecurityAMD denies researcher a $10,000 bug bounty after fixing critical auto-updater vulnerabilityBy Bruno Ferreira Published

CybersecurityGaming soundbar can be hijacked from over 16 yards away without touch or pairingBy Luke James Published

CybersecurityOutlook may have allowed unencrypted connections for decades, report claimsBy Bruno Ferreira Published

Data Centers

Data CentersAI data center boom hits a human bottleneckBy Zak Killian Published

Data CentersNvidia announces liquid cooling system that runs ‘hotter than a hot tub’By Jowi Morales Published

Data CentersChina unifies tech sector to build grid-free orbiting satellite AI data centers, challenging Elon Musk's SpaceXBy Jowi Morales Published

Data CentersAmazon workers who testified against AI data centers say they were intimidated by the company, monitored at workBy Jowi Morales Published

Data CentersUS energy regulator to order grid operators to expedite AI data center applications — says projects should bring their own power or cut usage during high demandBy Jowi Morales Published

Data CentersMultiple small Tennessee counties pass temporary data center bansBy Jowi Morales Published

Data CentersMore than 75 data center build-outs worth $130 billion have been successfully blocked in the first three months of 2026By Jowi Morales Published

PremiumAI is set to consume up to 600 billion gallons of water by 2030By Jon Martindale Published

Data CentersBrad Paisley joins fight as zoo's dispute with AI data center escalates, petition tops 330,000 signaturesBy Luke James Published

Drones

DronesAcoustic mapping app uses thousands of networked old Android phones to hunt Shahed dronesBy Jowi Morales Published

DronesChina unveils man-portable anti-drone laser that can burn through a drone 1,600 feet away in four secondsBy Luke James Published

DronesUkraine used 10 AI-controlled ‘Terminator’ drones to kill Russian soldiers two years ago, marking first autonomous killings of humansBy Mark Tyson Last updated

DronesDrones to protect undersea cables from Russian sabotage touted in new defense pactBy Jowi Morales Published

DronesStartup unveils underwater drone designed for protecting undersea cablesBy Jowi Morales Published

DronesDrone breaks world speed record with 453 mph in test runBy Jowi Morales Published

DronesResearcher develops 'spray-on' stealth coating for dronesBy Jowi Morales Published

DronesApache helicopter's 'loyal wingmen' support drones to be used for precision strikes, other dutiesBy Mark Tyson Published

DronesUkraine’s new AI-guided laser destroys Shahed suicide drones in seconds from 3.1 miles awayBy Mark Tyson Last updated

Manufacturing

SemiconductorsIBM goes sub-1nm, develops 0.7nm-class technologyBy Anton Shilov Published

SemiconductorsTSMC is reportedly hiking prices for 'all advanced nodes,' accounting for 74% of the company’s wafer businessBy Etiido Uko Published

SemiconductorsRare ASML Special Edition Monopoly board unearthed in social media tradeBy Mark Tyson Published

SemiconductorsASML denies US government report that its EUV chipmaking tool was shipped to ChinaBy Anton Shilov Published

SemiconductorsPost-silicon era gets closer as industry giants crack the 2D transistor scaling bottleneck with breakthrough techBy Luke James Published

PremiumIntel's fab roadmap examined — Arizona, Ohio, Ireland, and the two deadlines deciding 14A process nodeBy Luke James Published

SemiconductorsIntel’s performance-enhanced 18A-P promises 9% performance improvement at iso-power, cuts thermal resistance by 40%By Jake Roach Published

SemiconductorsChinese fab SMIC's 7nm metal pitch beats Intel 18A but lags 38% on density, teardown findsBy Luke James Published

SemiconductorsTSMC says panel packaging won't replace CoWoS anytime soon for the largest future AI processorsBy Anton Shilov Published

Photonics

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

PhotonicsGlobalFoundries buys silicon photonics firm Advanced Micro Foundry for undisclosed amountBy Jowi Morales Published

PremiumAMD reportedly establishes $280 million silicon photonics hub in Taiwan — new R&D center could accelerate company's co-packaged optics roadmapBy Anton Shilov Published

Policy

PolicyGoogle is getting ready to 'hack back' as US considers shifting from cyber defense to offenseBy Nathaniel Mott Published

PolicyWhite House reveals nebulous plans to put government data on the blockchainBy Nathaniel Mott Published

PolicyUK to ban making ransomware payments for some organizationsBy Nathaniel Mott Published

PolicyEl Salvador Emerges as Bitcoin’s SaviorBy Nathaniel Mott Published

PolicyChina's Ban On Cryptocurrency Mining Expands to Additional ProvincesBy Nathaniel Mott Published

PolicyEl Salvador Government to Mine Bitcoin with Volcanic EnergyBy Nathaniel Mott Published

PolicyBiden Administration Upholds Trump-Era Bans on 59 Chinese Tech CompaniesBy Nathaniel Mott Published

PolicyBitcoin's Value Plummets as Biden Mulls Nearly Doubled Capital Gains TaxBy Nathaniel Mott Published

PolicyReport: China’s Buying Used Chip-Making Equipment to Skirt US RestrictionsBy Nathaniel Mott Published

Quantum Computing

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

Quantum ComputingTrump administration to follow up Intel stake with investment in quantum computing, report claimsBy Anton Shilov Published

Space

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

SpaceSpaceX files for $55 billion semiconductor fab in rural Texas for Musk's TerafabBy Luke James Published

SpaceThe Pentagon announces AI deals with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, and moreBy Jowi Morales Published

SpaceSpaceX says it is going to begin manufacturing GPUsBy Anton Shilov Published

SpaceElon Musk unveils $20 billion ‘TeraFab’ chip project to make chips, memory, and package processors all under one roofBy Luke James Published

SpaceNASA successfully deflected a small asteroid with its DART rocket, kinetic strike ejected a significant amount of debris from the asteroidBy Jowi Morales Published

SpaceRussian 'Inspector' spacecraft intercepted communications from a dozen European satellites, report claimsBy Luke James Published

Supercomputers

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

SupercomputersChina's supercomputer breakthrough uses 37 million processor cores to model complex quantum chemistry at molecular scaleBy Anton Shilov Last updated

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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