Today's Hardware Pulse
Nvidia driver adds DLSS 5 profile options, hinting at next‑gen AI rendering
Nvidia's GeForce Game Ready driver 610.47 introduces three new profile settings—Enable DLSS NR override, Enable DLSS NR SL override, and Override DLSS NR presets—suggesting continued development of its upcoming DLSS 5 neural‑rendering technology. The earlier DLSS 5 reveal sparked debate over AI‑driven image alteration, after which Nvidia fell silent on the feature.
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By the numbers: Cyient Semiconductors raises $30M Series A
3D Construction Printing Sees Growth, But Also Project Setbacks
The 3D construction printing (3DCP) sector is gaining traction as equipment maker Alquist launched its A1 series, selling 14 units—including 12 rail‑mounted A1X models—while Texas‑based ICON announced ICON Prime to serve defense, intelligence and lunar construction. In Colorado, Azure Printed Homes opened a 25,000‑sq‑ft factory targeting up to 7,000 printed homes per year, marking the largest planned output in the industry. Conversely, a ProPublica investigation revealed a stalled affordable‑housing project in Cairo, Illinois, plagued by alleged fraud and mismanagement. Together, these developments illustrate both rapid growth and emerging operational risks in 3DCP.
When Wireless Looked Golden
Qualcomm CEO Sanjay Jha warned that wireless memory shipments would outpace PCs by 2008 and projected GHz‑speed chipsets within a year. He highlighted severe supply constraints for fabless firms and urged maintaining 80‑90% fab utilization for five years before building...
NetApp Enters Air-Gapped Google Distributed Cloud
NetApp has entered a four‑year enterprise agreement with Google to deliver its AFF, StorageGRID and Trident storage solutions on Google Distributed Cloud’s air‑gapped offering. The partnership, executed through World Wide Technology, makes NetApp the latest validated storage supplier for GDC’s...
M‑tron Industries Secures $2.7 Million Defense Radar Production Contract
M‑tron Industries announced a $2.7 million production contract with a rising U.S. Department of Defense contractor for a major counter‑UAS radar program. The deal, slated for work in Orlando through mid‑2027, highlights the company’s expanding footprint in high‑performance RF components for...
Verizon Fios Lures New Customers with Free Meta Ray‑Ban Glasses on 1‑2 Gbps Plans
Verizon Fios is bundling a pair of Meta Ray‑Ban smart glasses with its new 1 Gbps and 2 Gbps home internet plans, priced at $75 and $95 per month. The promotion includes a whole‑home Wi‑Fi system, a five‑year price lock, and free...
Allbirds' $50M AI Pivot Sends Stock 600% Higher, Sparks Skepticism
Allbirds announced a $50 million financing deal to rebrand as NewBird AI and exit the footwear market after selling its assets for $39 million. The news sent the stock soaring more than 600% in a single day, igniting a clash between investors...
Air Liquide Commits $236 Million to Japan for AI Chip Gas Supply
Air Liquide announced a €200 million ($236 million) investment in Japan to build two ultra‑high‑purity gas production units in Hiroshima. The plants, slated for operation by the end of 2028, will feed a global semiconductor leader’s next‑generation AI chip fabs, reinforcing Japan’s...
Casely Reissues Recall of 5,000 mAh Power Pods After Fatal Plane Incident
Casely and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission have reannounced a recall of its 5,000 mAh Power Pods power banks following 28 additional overheating incidents, among them a fatal explosion on a commercial flight. The recall now covers more than 429,000...
Elon Musk Pushing Forward with Terafab at 'Light Speed' — Staff Reaching Out to Various Suppliers and Are Reportedly Willing...
Elon Musk’s Terafab project, launched in March 2026, received a $20 billion initial investment and is aggressively courting equipment suppliers such as Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron, Lam Research, and Samsung. The team is reportedly willing to pay premiums for priority pricing...
Amazon Eero Signal Review: 4G LTE Internet Backup for Your Eero Mesh Network
Amazon has introduced the Eero Signal, a $99 4G LTE backup device for existing Eero mesh networks. The unit plugs into an Eero satellite via USB‑C and automatically takes over when the primary broadband fails, typically within 20 seconds. Amazon...
The M4 iPad Air Upgrade: Is a Faster Chip Enough for 2026?
Apple’s 2026 iPad Air arrives with the new M4 processor and 12 GB of RAM, but retains the same aluminum chassis, camera suite, and Liquid Retina display from its predecessor. The device adds Wi‑Fi 7, Bluetooth 6 and optional 5G, yet omits ProMotion...
I Tested the Cheapest HDMI 2.1 Cables I Could Find, and They Handled 4K Gaming Flawlessly
In a hands‑on test, author Ismar Hrnjicevic connected a gaming PC to a 4K TV using the cheapest HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 1.4 cables he could find. The low‑cost, Ultra‑High‑Speed certified HDMI cable sustained 4K @ 120 Hz, HDR, and FreeSync without any signal dropouts....
PCIM Expo 2026 Highlights SiC, GaN and Data Center Power Trends
The PCIM Expo & Conference returns to Nuremberg from June 9‑11, 2026, occupying roughly 40,000 m² and featuring more than 650 exhibitors from 27 countries. A new AI & Data Centers stage highlights the rising power‑conversion challenges of artificial‑intelligence workloads alongside traditional...
What Rising Rack Densities Mean for Power Connectors
AI-driven workloads are pushing rack power densities from the historic 3‑8 kW range to well over 100 kW, with some hyperscalers eyeing 1 MW per rack. The surge forces data centers to abandon traditional air‑cooling for liquid and immersion solutions, which dramatically improve...
Glibc Lands A Big Optimization For LoongArch CPUs
The GNU C Library (glibc) has merged a LoongArch‑specific patch that enables transparent hugepages (THP) aligned load segments by default for LoongArch64. Aligning ELF load segments to THP boundaries reduces TLB pressure and improves instruction fetch efficiency. Early benchmarks on...
Terra Drone Begins Operational Deployment of the “Terra A1” Interceptor Drone in Ukraine
Japanese drone maker Terra Drone has begun operational deployment of its Terra A1 interceptor drone with a Ukrainian military unit, marking the first combat‑proven field test of the system. The low‑cost platform, priced around $2,000‑$7,000 per unit, aims to counter...
How to Recreate Valve’s Delayed Steam Machine at Home Today
Valve’s Steam Machine remains indefinitely delayed, prompting gamers to build DIY equivalents. Guides outline three hardware tiers—mini PCs for 1080p, small‑form‑factor PCs with mobile GPUs for 1440p, and boutique builds with desktop GPUs for 4K. Installing Linux‑based operating systems such...
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RobCo unveiled Autonomous Alfie at Hannover Messe, a bimanual robot designed for variable, real‑world manufacturing tasks. The system targets Level 4 autonomy, allowing it to learn, adapt, and execute without extensive manual programming. Alfie will be offered through a Robotics‑as‑a‑Service model,...
Meta Raises Quest 3 Prices Amid RAM Shortage
The Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S are getting more expensive as Meta blames the RAM crisis. https://t.co/MHeugLfyc7
A $7,000 DIY Radar Project Is Taking on Hardware that Usually Costs over $100,000
Moroccan engineer Nawfal Motii released the Aeris‑10, an open‑source phased‑array radar that can detect targets up to 20 km using a 32×16 slotted‑waveguide array. The design provides a full hardware and software stack—including an XCA7A50T FPGA, STM32F746xx controller, and a graphical...
From Scottsdale to São Paulo: Speedbird Aero’s Long Flight Back to America
Speedbird Aero began as a backyard drone project in Scottsdale before relocating to Brazil in 2018 to exploit a more favorable regulatory climate. Leveraging Brazil's ANAC approval for routine BVLOS flights, the company built purpose‑designed DLV‑1, DLV‑2 and DLV‑4 VTOL...
Insta360 Leaks Mirrorless Camera, Signaling Market Trend
The latest leaked device from Insta360 is a mirrorless camera that may be part of a wider trend in the market. https://t.co/GpfDyEYkQu
How a UNILAG Student Won Red Bull Basement with a Livestock Tracker that Detects Illness Early
Jesutofunmi Oniyide, a final‑year Mechatronics student at UNILAG, won the Red Bull Basement Nigeria 2024 competition out of more than 3,000 entrants with his Vital‑Tag, an IoT collar that monitors livestock temperature, heart rate, and jaw movement. The device transmits...
Vacuum‑Clamped Turntable Claims Unprecedented Vinyl Sound
TechDas' elite new turntable vacuum-clamps your vinyl to a heavyweight platter floating on air, promising to dig up 'extraordinary sound' from an LP’s grooves https://t.co/8IO28Vzk0P
EU DARE Project Is Scrambling to Replace Codasip
The EU‑backed DARE project, funded with €240 million (about $260 million), is confronting a partner shake‑up after Munich‑based Codasip announced a strategic shift toward cyber‑resilient SoCs and the divestiture of its low‑end RISC‑V processor business to an undisclosed U.S. semiconductor firm. Codasip’s...
NAB Show 2026: Lexar to Showcase High-Capacity Storage Solutions Built for Professionals and Creators
Lexar announced two high‑capacity storage products at the NAB Show 2026: the 8 TB ARMOR 700 portable SSD priced at $999.99 and the 2 TB SILVER PLUS microSDXC card slated for 2027 release. The SSD delivers up to 2000 MB/s transfer speeds, IP66 dust‑and‑water resistance,...
NAB Show 2026: Facilis Technology Announces Partnership with Ortana Media Group for Secure Web Administration of HUB Servers
Facilis Technology announced a partnership with Ortana Media Group to embed Ortana’s Cubix Connect Widget into its HUB shared‑storage servers. The integration gives administrators remote, web‑based control over user accounts, workstation authorization, and server health across LAN and WAN environments....
NAB Show 2026: Sonnet Technologies to Showcase Thunderbolt 5 Solutions
At NAB Show 2026 Sonnet Technologies unveiled a full suite of Thunderbolt 5 hardware, including the Echo 20 SecureDock and Echo 21 SuperDock docking stations, desktop and rack‑mount Echo II DV T5 PCIe expansion enclosures, and the Breakaway Box 850 T5 eGPU. The company also demonstrated rack‑mount solutions that...
NAB Show 2026: OWC to Showcase Storage, Workflow Acceleration, and Reliability Solutions for Creatives and Post-Production Professionals
Other World Computing (OWC) will showcase its full suite of Thunderbolt 5‑enabled storage, connectivity and workflow tools at NAB 2026 in Las Vegas. Highlights include the 8 TB Envoy Pro Ultra portable SSD, the stackable Studio Stack for Mac Studio, and the Jellyfish Nomad shared storage...
Silicon Storage Technology Assigned Four Patents
Silicon Storage Technology (SST) has been assigned four U.S. patents covering advanced non‑volatile memory (NVM) innovations. The patents include an adaptive bias decoder, a coarse‑and‑fine programming method, a planar split‑gate/FinFET integration process, and an output block with on‑chip ADC conversion....
This Chain of Atoms Can Detect Electric Fields with Stunning Precision
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University have demonstrated a new quantum‑metrology technique that uses a chain of interacting Rydberg atoms to sense low‑frequency electric fields. By monitoring how the chain’s dipolar interactions shift under an external field, the method extracts both...
RAM Crisis Fuels Fake SSDs and CPU Sales Slump
More fake SSDs and a CPU sales slump — the casualties of the RAM crisis are piling up, sadly. https://t.co/sdQQblnVyL
ADIOS First Order Tops $1 Million as Supply Risks Rise
ADIOS Electronics, the new outsourcing and broker unit of Anglia Components, secured its first $1 million order less than a year after launching. The company positions itself as a hybrid between traditional authorised distributors and flexible brokers, holding stocked inventory of...
Artilux Unveils Inception Hybrid Optoelectronic AI Architecture
Artilux introduced Inception, a hybrid optoelectronic AI architecture that replaces traditional digital compute blocks with a photonics‑electronics systolic array. The design delivers orders‑of‑magnitude improvements in power and area efficiency while using mature CMOS processes and eliminating the need for active...
Kerun Launches Integrated Power Solutions for AI Data Centers
Kerun Intelligent Control Co., Ltd. unveiled an Integrated Transformer and Substation Solution designed for AI data centers and other high‑density computing facilities. The package combines K‑Factor harmonic‑resistant transformers, FR3 vegetable‑oil cooling fluid, and intelligent monitoring to boost power reliability, efficiency,...
Madison Air Pulls Off Biggest U.S. Industrial IPO Since 1999 As Data Center Cooling Theme Heats Up
Madison Air Solutions completed the biggest U.S. industrial IPO in nearly three decades, raising $2.23 billion and debuting at $31.75 per share. The offering valued the Chicago‑based firm at roughly $15.5 billion, sending its stock up 18% on the first day. Madison...
Amazon Returns Incident Reveals New 3D Print Application
Amazon’s returns warehouse sold a 3D‑printed replica of an AMD Ryzen CPU after a fraudster removed the genuine chip and returned the fake. The buyer received a plastic shell that cannot process data, exposing a loophole in Amazon’s “as‑is” liquidation...
Nvidia's 'New' Budget Gaming GPU Has 12GB VRAM, Arrives in June, According to Leak
A new leak indicates Nvidia will restart production of the GeForce RTX 3060 on Samsung’s fab, targeting a June 2026 release. The refreshed card is expected to ship with 12 GB of GDDR6 VRAM and be priced around $300‑$350, filling the gap...
Steam Shown Running on Nintendo Switch Thanks to Latest Proton Beta — FEX 2604 Translates X86 to ARM-Friendly Instructions on...
Valve released Proton 11.0‑Beta1, introducing native ARM64 support for Steam on Linux. The beta bundles FEX 2604, a translator that runs x86 Windows games on ARM hardware, and users have already demonstrated the Steam UI and titles like Hades 2 on a Nintendo...
A Class-Action Lawsuit Accuses Amazon of Intentionally Degrading Early Fire TV Stick Devices to Push Consumers Into Buying New Ones
A California class‑action lawsuit claims Amazon deliberately slowed the first‑ and second‑generation Fire TV Stick to force upgrades. Plaintiff Bill Merewhuader alleges his 2018 second‑gen stick became unusable years before its expected lifespan. The complaint says Amazon failed to disclose...
AI-Driven Beanie Reads Brain Signals to Control Devices
The AI-powered beanie uses 70K biosensors to transmit the brain’s electrical activity to a large-scale brain foundation model, conceptually letting the wearer communicate with and control devices through their thoughts https://t.co/GcPZwHMw6F #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology #Tech #TechNews
Wonik QnC to Expand Gumi Plant to Meet Surging Semiconductor Demand
Wonik QnC announced an expansion of its Gumi plant in South Korea, with construction slated to begin next month and production ramp‑up expected in the first half of next year. The project represents an investment of less than 5% of...
How Data Centers Are Rethinking Power to Ease Grid Strain
Data centers are confronting growing grid constraints as AI workloads generate unpredictable, high‑peak power demand. Facility planners are shifting site selection toward locations with reliable, quickly deployable power and are integrating on‑site generation, battery storage, and renewable sources. Advanced optimization...
C12 Unveils Roadmap to Utility-Scale Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing by 2033
French startup C12 released a decade‑long roadmap to build a utility‑scale, fault‑tolerant quantum computer by 2033. The plan hinges on purified carbon‑12 nanotube spin qubits, promising unprecedented noise isolation and low power per qubit. Four generational milestones—Aidōs (2027), Zélos (2030),...
The Ultimate 2026 MacBook Buyer’s Guide: Neo, Air, or Pro?
Apple’s 2026 MacBook lineup introduces three price‑point models—Neo, Air, and Pro—each aimed at a distinct user segment. The Neo starts at $599 with an A18 Pro chip, 8 GB RAM and 256 GB SSD for basic tasks. The Air, priced from $1,099,...
Liquid Cooling Option STR Provides SLT and BI Solution for HPC, AI and Automotive Devices
Advantest unveiled the TAS 7038 Single Test Rack (STR), a compact, liquid‑cooled system‑level test platform aimed at AI, automotive and high‑performance computing devices. The STR retains full compatibility with the larger 7038 family while shrinking the footprint to a single‑rack configuration,...
Ultrasense Systems Unveils Ultrasonic Tactile Platform for AI
UltraSense Systems introduced an ultrasound‑based tactile intelligence platform for Physical AI, featuring a protected sub‑surface sensing architecture. The system uses acoustic return signatures to detect contact, localize touch points, and infer force while keeping the core sensors shielded from wear....
Nvidia RTX 5070 Spotted at Rare MSRP Price in Woot Flash Sale — Move Fast to Secure a Bargain, 38%...
Tom’s Hardware reports a flash sale on the MSI RTX 5070 Ventus, priced at $549—38% below its $889 MSRP and $340 less than the typical market price of $629. The discount is limited to a four‑day window and applies to brand‑new...
Google Pixel User May Have Found The Cause Behind Rapidly Draining Batteries
In March 2026 Google rolled out the "March Pixel Drop" update across the Pixel 6 to Pixel 10 Pro XL lineups, adding new features like enhanced Circle to Search and an upgraded Now Playing widget. Shortly after installation, users reported...
Sencore Unveils VB4400 Platform Capable of Monitoring up to 80Gps of Simultaneous Streaming
Sencore introduced the VB4400, a high‑density monitoring platform that can handle up to 80 Gbps of simultaneous SMPTE ST 2110 and IPMX streams. Fully NMOS‑certified, the 1RU system offers real‑time signal integrity checks, lip‑sync measurement and built‑in signal generation. At NAB 2026 the company...