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
CTS Taps Diversified to Expand Global Playout and Distribution Capabilities
Diversified has teamed with Comcast Technology Solutions (CTS) to expand CTS’s global Broadcast Operations Center in Colorado. The upgrade adds a fully IP‑based playout environment built on SMPTE ST 2110, advanced monitoring and centralized network operations. By embedding Diversified engineers on‑site, the partnership aims to improve scalability, speed of deployment and system resilience for CTS’s broadcast, streaming and live‑sports clients. The expanded hub will also serve as a showcase for next‑generation media distribution technologies.
Nuvacore AI Emerges, Targeting AI‑optimized Datacenter CPUs
Congrats to @NUVACOREAI coming out of stealth and the @sequoia investment. The value prop makes sense. Agents are driving the need for more and better datacenter CPUs, particularly in the hyperscalers. The company says it wants to overcome the limitations of...
2TB Archive Drive Costs $90 More Over Time
Here’s a 2TB drive I’ve been filling up with my archived photo and video projects over the past couple of years. I bought it for $220 and now it goes for $310.
Develon Gets Smart with Series 9 Safety Solution
Develon has equipped its Series 9 crawler excavators, the DX230LC‑9 and DX260LC‑9, with an AI‑powered safety suite that includes an E‑Stop system and a Smart All‑Around Viewing Monitor (SAVM). The E‑Stop automatically halts the machine when a person enters a 4‑meter...
Motorola Razr Fold Release Date Might by May 6 as Pre-Orders Open in UK, Europe
Motorola has opened pre‑orders for its first book‑style foldable, the Razr Fold, in the United Kingdom and Europe, promising shipment on May 6. The device carries a pre‑order price of £1,579.99 (about $1,950) in the UK and €1,749.99 (roughly $1,900) in Europe,...
Tesla Finalizes AI5 Chip Design, Elon Musk Makes Bold Claim on Capability
Tesla announced that its AI5 chip has completed the tape‑out stage, clearing the final hurdle before mass production. Elon Musk clarified that the existing AI4 hardware already delivers safety performance superior to human drivers for Full Self‑Driving, so AI5 will...
Sony to Strip Antenna and Set‑Top Box Features From Bravia TVs in May
Sony announced that, starting in late May 2026, its Bravia smart‑TV lineup will lose key over‑the‑air (OTA) guide functions for antenna and set‑top‑box users. The change affects 2023‑2025 models and removes channel logos, thumbnails, and a dedicated set‑top‑box menu, prompting...
Kymeta Wins ONR Contract for KuKa Multi-Band Antenna Development
Kymeta Government & Defence has secured a three‑year contract from the U.S. Office for Naval Research to mature its KuKa multi‑band, multi‑beam antenna that delivers four concurrent full‑duplex beams across Ku and Ka frequencies using a single flat‑panel aperture. The...
This Name Keeps Data Centers Buzzing. Shares Set Up In A Base.
Dycom Industries beat Q4 earnings, driven by surging demand for fiber‑optic infrastructure in data centers. The company reported a 74% profit jump to $2.03 per share, sales up 34% to $1.458 billion, and a 23% increase in its backlog, now $9.542 billion....
Samsung Leaks New Wide-Screen Galaxy Z Fold, Targeting July 2026 Launch
Samsung is reportedly preparing a wider, book‑style Galaxy Z Fold that uses a 4:3 inner panel, based on leaked One UI 9 assets and artwork. The leaks point to a London unveiling on July 22, 2026, positioning the device as...
JinkoSolar Launches Integrated PV‑plus‑ESS System to Power AI Data Centers 24/7
JinkoSolar and its subsidiary Jinko ESS announced a fully integrated photovoltaic‑plus‑energy‑storage solution built for artificial‑intelligence data centers. The system, showcased at the 14th Energy Storage International Conference, combines SunTera batteries with AI‑dedicated PV modules and includes a 25 MW/200 MWh pilot at...
MiniMed Flexes with Next-Gen Insulin Pump After Spinning Off From Medtronic
MiniMed, the newly independent diabetes business spun out of Medtronic, secured FDA clearance for its next‑generation MiniMed Flex insulin pump within two weeks of its March 2026 IPO. The Flex is a screenless, pocket‑sized device that retains the 300‑unit reservoir...
Opto Devices Extend to Fulfill Automotive, Harsh-Environment Apps
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corp. introduced a new line of optoelectronic components designed for harsh automotive and industrial environments. The flagship TLX9920 photovoltaic‑output photocoupler, housed in a thin SO6L package, delivers 5 kV isolation, operates from –40 °C to 125 °C, and...
I Was Already Hyped for the New PlayStation Handheld, but This Compatibility Leak Has Sent My Excitement Into Overdrive
Sony is reportedly developing a handheld dubbed Project Canis, internally known as the PlayStation 6 Portable, that will launch alongside the next‑gen PS6 console. A leaked internal document confirms backward compatibility with PS4, PS5 and upcoming PS6 titles, though the device...
The Trump Mobile T1 Has Been Redesigned as a New Website Launches
The Trump Mobile T1 smartphone has been given a visual redesign alongside a refreshed website, aligning the device with a new brand aesthetic. Updated specifications now list a 6.78‑inch 120 Hz AMOLED display, a triple‑camera array and a 5000 mAh battery, while...
Transense to Supply Surface Acoustic Wave Sensing Tech for Cummins Heavy-Duty EV Motor
Transense Technologies will supply its SAWsense surface acoustic wave sensors to Cummins for the DriveSense project, a 12‑month effort to create a sensor‑enabled smart electric motor for heavy‑duty zero‑emission vehicles. The sensors capture real‑time torque and temperature data from inside...
Moto Edge 70 Pro Chipset Details Leaked After Geekbench Listing
Motorola’s upcoming Edge 70 Pro 5G for India was spotted on a Flipkart microsite, and a Geekbench listing has revealed its internals. The handset is powered by MediaTek’s Dimensity 8500 SoC, featuring a 4‑core 2.20 GHz cluster, three 3.20 GHz cores and a 3.40 GHz prime...
BYD Is Now Upgrading some of Its Top Selling EVs with 5-Min Flash Charging
Chinese EV maker BYD is extending its 5‑minute Flash Charging system, first seen on the ultra‑luxury Yangwang U7, to high‑volume models. The Denza Z9 GT, priced at $134,500, becomes the inaugural overseas vehicle equipped with the technology, debuting in Europe....
Corning and EXFO Leveraging New Technologies
At OFC 2026, Corning and EXFO executives highlighted how AI‑driven data traffic is forcing unprecedented density in optical networks. They outlined advances in multicore fiber and co‑packaged optics that promise higher capacity with lower power consumption. The companies emphasized the...
Tigo’s Smallest Inverter Can Now Adjust Its AC Output to Repower Legacy Solar Systems
Tigo Energy has extended its Inverter Power Output Control (IPOC) software to the 3.8‑kW EI inverter, targeting smaller residential solar installations that face utility or permitting limits. The new capability lets installers derate the inverter’s AC output during commissioning, matching...
Efficient MoE Models Threaten Data‑center‑centric AI
OpenAI paused Stargate UK. Before that, they walked away from expanding the Texas Stargate site. The reason? Energy costs, regulation, and they don't want to lock into last-generation chips at a site that won't come online for a year. Meanwhile Google...
Amazon Debuts First Art‑Style TV for Design‑Focused Homes
Amazon is about to ship its first art-style TV, the latest entrant in a flourishing category for people who care more about style than picture quality — and refuse to put a boring black rectangle on their wall. I spoke with...
Someone Finally Got an RTX 5090 Running on a Mac – No Hacks Required
Apple’s long‑standing removal of Nvidia support has finally been challenged by Tiny Corp, which released TinyGPU—an open‑source macOS kernel extension that lets a native Nvidia RTX 5090 run via Thunderbolt on Apple Silicon. The driver required only standard extension approval, avoiding...
Indra to Supply EW and Radar Systems for Six Type 212CD Submarines
Indra has signed a contract with Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace to provide electronic‑warfare and radar systems for six additional Type 212CD submarines destined for the German and Norwegian navies. The deal brings the total number of submarines equipped with Indra’s systems...
Proptivity Switches on World-First Ericsson Feature for Fully Digital Indoor 5G in Oslo
Proptivity has completed the world’s first commercial deployment of Ericsson’s Host Management Control feature at a commercial property in Oslo. The solution uses the Ericsson Radio Dot System to replace legacy analog distribution, allowing operators to connect their own baseband...
Memory Cards and Flash Drives Prices Rocket 124%, some Products Peak at 261% Jump — Increases From 2025 Driven by...
The 2025‑2026 AI‑driven chip shortage has pushed NAND supply toward high‑performance SSDs, leaving USB flash drives and memory cards with soaring prices. PCWorld’s price tracking shows a median increase of 123% across formats, with some items jumping over 260%. Manufacturers...
Singaporean Data Center Provider Opens AI Testing Hub for Businesses
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) announced the launch of an AI testing hub in Singapore, offering enterprises a low‑cost environment to trial artificial‑intelligence models. The hub, unveiled at a signing ceremony with SuperX AI Technology’s CTO Kenny Sng, provides...
Elegoo Announces Jupiter 2 Featuring Massive Build Size
Elegoo unveiled the Jupiter 2, a resin 3‑D printer that combines a massive 302 × 162 × 300 mm build volume with a 14‑inch 16K LCD panel. The machine delivers ultra‑fine detail, offering 0.01 mm layer thickness and 0.020 × 0.026 mm XY resolution, while a COB light source and...
A Global Breakthrough in Interventional Imaging Fully Made in France
GE HealthCare’s Allia™ Moveo interventional imaging system received FDA clearance and CE marking in December 2025, marking the first fully French‑made, cable‑free mobile C‑arm platform. The device combines a lightweight composite C‑arm, concealed cabling and AI‑enhanced 3‑D reconstruction to free...
Allbirds Is Pivoting to AI Compute. Sure, Why Not
Allbirds announced a dramatic pivot from footwear to AI compute infrastructure, rebranding as NewBird AI and planning to build a GPU‑as‑a‑Service platform. The company will use a $50 million convertible financing facility to acquire high‑performance GPUs, while its former intellectual property was...
'In 10 Years of Tracking Retail CPU Sales, I Have Never Seen Such a Steep Decline,' Says One Tech Channel...
TechEpiphany’s tracking of German retailer Mindfactory shows CPU sales dropping faster than any year in the past decade. The decline spans both AMD and Intel desktop processors from week 3 to week 15 of this year. Rising prices for DDR5 memory and...
Siemens Expands 5G to US and 7 Additional Countries
Siemens announced that its industrial‑grade private 5G infrastructure is expanding to the United States and seven additional countries, bringing the solution to a total of 15 markets across Europe and the Americas. The rollout is powered by two new radio...
The Very Wild, Very Real Plan To Build AI Data Centers In The Ocean - EP 65 Garth Sheldon-Coulson
In this episode, Ashley Vance talks with Garth Sheldon‑Coulson, co‑founder and CEO of Pantalassa, about their revolutionary ocean‑based energy system that harvests wave power using simple, self‑propelled nodes deployed in the open sea. The nodes act like hollow, balloon‑like structures...
NAB 2026: AI-Media Launches LEXI Text Encoder and LEXI Voice Encoder
AI‑Media unveiled the LEXI Text Encoder and LEXI Voice Encoder at NAB Show 2026, its first new encoder hardware in over a decade. Both units support native 4K over 12G‑SDI and operate across SDI, IP and cloud pipelines, with LEXI...
Sony Enters the Esports OLED Monitor Race with a Fnatic Collaboration
Sony has entered the high‑end esports monitor market with the Inzone M10S II, a 27‑inch OLED display co‑developed with esports powerhouse Fnatic. The monitor offers a dual‑mode panel—native 1440p at 540 Hz or 1080p at 720 Hz—targeting ultra‑fast competitive play. Priced at $1,099.99,...
IonQ Beats Milestones, Becomes Scalable Quantum Leader
IonQ's hitting its tech targets early, shifting from science project to scalable biz. Their trapped-ion quantum computers lead in quality. High risk, but a pure-play on the future. QuantumComputing
Amazon Slashes Pixel 10 Prices to Record Lows
Amazon's current discounts on the Pixel 10 series return the devices to the previous record-lows from Black Friday. https://t.co/J3wMXUkO5v
All of a Sudden, Everyone Is Doomed Except Apple
Horace Dediu predicts the upcoming MacBook Neo could double Apple’s Mac user base within a decade, sparking talk that the PC market may be on the brink of a shift toward macOS. The commentary, published on Asymco, mixes satire with...
Anker 737 PowerCore 24K: Fast Charge, Smart Screen
Is this the perfect power bank? What do you think? https://t.co/E82UCCsxF2 The battery pack that I’m talking about is the Anker 737 PowerCore 24K and while I really like the functionality of the screen, the max charging speed was important to me....
Tigo's Mini Inverter Revives Legacy Solar Systems
Tigo’s smallest inverter can now adjust its AC output to repower legacy solar systems #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/DWPwDrcgpD
Tesla Taped Out AI5 Chip, Musk Says — Nearly 2 Years Behind Schedule
Tesla announced that its next‑generation AI5 self‑driving processor has been taped out, sending the final design to TSMC for fabrication. The milestone arrives almost two years after the company promised AI5 hardware in vehicles and pushes volume production to mid‑2027....
Third Battery Stage Begins, Adding 312 Tesla Megapacks
Construction and concrete pours begin on third stage of massive battery, adding another 312 Tesla Megapacks #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/0MoRLztKGz https://t.co/Djyf8Vf6jn
Secure Certificates Curb Chip Counterfeits, Demand Investment
A certificate-based, tamper-proof system can stifle growing grey-market and counterfeit problems. But it requires investment and a lot more coordination. https://t.co/4zmIbwcP23 #semiconductor #PUFs #traceability #AMS #trustedsupplychain #extrinsicIDs #analog #counterfeitchips
Reltron Can Cause Face Burns
The Reltron and its higher‑power variant, the Super‑Reltron, emit bremsstrahlung X‑rays whenever the relativistic electron beam is dumped into the anode. Operating the devices in saturation mode—or pushing voltage, current, or pulse width beyond their design envelope—significantly raises X‑ray intensity...
German Grille Multicopter Delivers High Payload for Rapid Rescue
Grille: High-Payload German Multicopter Built for Rapid Rescue Operations by @DefenseTrends #Drone #Engineering #EmergingTech #Innovation https://t.co/2AjWfJAZgM
Jane Street Invests $1B in CRWV, Secures Nvidia Chip Access
Jane Street is taking a $1 billion equity stake in $CRWV and as part of the deal, the trading firm will get early access to some of Nvidia's most advanced chips. https://t.co/Q5wpPfkbdq https://t.co/Sy75Mmuen0
Neosem to Supply PCIe 5.0 SSD Test Equipment to U.S. Client in 6.2 Billion-Won Deal
Neosem announced a contract to supply its fourth‑generation CPU‑based PCIe 5.0 SSD test system to an undisclosed U.S. customer, valued at roughly 6.21 billion won (about $4.6 million). The deal represents roughly 9.7% of Neosem’s projected 2025 revenue of 63.9 billion won (≈$48 million). Neosem...
FCC Exempts Netgear, Permitting Foreign-Made Router Sales
"The FCC says it will exempt Netgear, allowing it to sell new Wi-Fi routers and mesh models to consumers, even though they’re manufactured outside the US." via @Michael_Kan Netgear has about 9.6% of the US market, according to @Speedtest https://t.co/UBgJUHkCIu
Dual Agents Ensure Checks, Hermes Auto‑revives Dead Gateways
Every business needs a dual agent system to serve as checks and balances. Seeing Hermes automatically revive a dead OpenClaw gateway on its own was magic. Here’s a system you can deploy:
TSM Boosts 2026 Outlook to More Bullish
With $TSM tonight, what I wrote in January on 2026 outlook is a good primer. May even be more bullish of a year than we anticiapted even two montsh ago. https://t.co/C0GIvgrEll