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Intel leaks 44‑core Nova Lake‑S desktop processor, up from 42 cores
Intel’s upcoming Nova Lake‑S desktop line now includes a leaked 44‑core SKU, replacing the previously announced 42‑core model. The design uses two identical 8P+12E compute tiles, freeing up 6P+12E tiles that could be sold as lower‑priced, locked non‑K variants with on‑die big last‑level cache (bLLC).
A new cross‑sectional study of 91 AI practitioners across 27 low‑ and middle‑income countries uncovers an “Infrastructure Paradox” where the regions most poised to benefit from AI lack the foundational resources to develop it. The research identifies three non‑linear dynamics: a reliability trap with higher electricity failures in lower‑middle‑income nations, a data quality divide that improves with income, and a hardware inversion where expensive compute concentrates where external financing is available. Policy frameworks tend to emerge in countries with intermediate infrastructure capacity, linking governance to both capability and urgency. These findings reshape how stakeholders view AI equity and development pathways in LMICs.
Swedish equipment maker Epiroc has introduced a new underground charging suite designed for battery‑electric mining fleets. The solution is OEM‑agnostic and can be installed up to 300 m from a central charging cabinet, offering a single charging platform for mixed‑fleet operations....
London‑based AI chip maker Fractile is courting $200 million in new capital at a $1 billion unicorn valuation. The round is being led by Accel and early backer Oxford Science Enterprises, with interest from other investors. Fractile, founded in 2022, develops AI...
Teledyne Marine has secured a UK Ministry of Defence contract to provide autonomous ocean observing systems—including Sentinel and Slocum gliders and APEX floats—for the Royal Navy’s Future Maritime Data Gathering (FMDG) program. The equipment will expand the Navy’s unmanned fleet,...
Additive Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) and Raise3D have announced a partnership that integrates AMT’s vapor smoothing post‑processing systems with Raise3D’s RMS220 SLS 3D printer. The collaboration will offer European customers pre‑configured, powder‑optimized solutions and introduces AMT’s existing SFX system plus the...
Farsoon Technologies introduced two large‑format metal powder‑bed‑fusion printers at TCT Asia 2026: the FS812M‑U and the FS1311M‑U. The FS812M‑U retains an 810 × 810 mm footprint while extending build height to 1.7 m and reducing its overall footprint by 41 %. The FS1311M‑U scales up...
Walrus Foundation, backed by Mysten Labs, launched MemWal, a developer SDK that offers decentralized, blockchain‑based storage for AI agents' long‑term memory. The service leverages the Walrus protocol on the Sui blockchain and is paid for with the $WAL token, which...
OnePlus will debut the Nord 6 in India on 7 April at 7 PM, with sales routed through Amazon. The mid‑range flagship packs a Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset, a 1.5K 165 Hz AMOLED screen, IP66‑IP69K water‑dust protection, a 50 MP Sony camera, and a massive 9,000 mAh...
Nebius announced the construction of a new AI factory in Lappeenranta, Finland, with up to 310 MW of power, expected to serve customers starting in 2027. The project follows a recent 75 MW expansion in Mäntsälä and contributes to Nebius’s goal of...
The AI boom is running into an unexpected constraint. The Iran conflict is disrupting helium supply from Qatar, a key input in semiconductor manufacturing for AI systems. As availability tightens, costs rise and production becomes more fragile. It is a reminder that...
Kandou AI raised $225M to solve one problem: data moving too slow between chips. Not the model. Not the GPU. The wire. The 448G barrier. Your cluster idles while data waits. Most AI teams haven't hit it yet. They will. https://t.co/eet96ho75l
Researchers unveiled the MiniV‑Bat, a 233.7 g micro bicopter that can hover for 74 minutes, setting a new benchmark for endurance in its class. By redefining control to focus on the rotor disc rather than the vehicle’s attitude, the team eliminated non‑minimum...
Dell announced a suite of upgrades to its PowerProtect backup appliances, adding a unified dashboard, AI Assistant, and TLS v1.3‑enabled secure transport. The enhancements also include a 75:1 data‑reduction ratio, new analytics for Oracle RAC, and simplified Cyber Recovery deployment. Security...
Schneider Electric, a global energy‑management leader, has been appointed to the Thread Group Board of Directors, deepening its involvement in the open‑source IoT networking protocol. The move comes as Thread surpasses 1,000 consumer products and pushes Thread 1.4 into commercial and...
Artificial intelligence is reshaping global commerce, with AI‑related hardware shipments surging nearly 40% in 2025 and accounting for roughly a third of worldwide trade growth. The United States emerged as the dominant demand hub, adding about half of all new...
Greensea IQ demonstrated autonomous detection and classification of unexploded ordnance (UXO) using its Bayonet 350 autonomous underwater ground vehicle (AUGV) at a former military bombing range in Maine. The vehicle towed White River Technologies’ APEX three‑dimensional electromagnetic sensor and, aided by...
Chinese battery maker Hithium announced a strategic cooperation with Hong Kong‑based private‑equity firm Brawn Capital to develop up to 3 GWh of long‑duration battery‑energy‑storage systems (BESS) in the Asia‑Pacific region by 2030. The partnership will leverage Brawn’s investment and project‑development capabilities,...
Alto Drones employed RIEGL’s VQ-840-G bathymetric and VUX-120 topographic LiDAR sensors on a helicopter to map Austria’s Piesting River in a single day, covering over 60 kilometers of both dry and submerged terrain. The February 2025 survey, part of a...
Researchers have fabricated a large‑scale ferroelectric ceramic wafer (PNN‑PZT) using solid‑state sintering, achieving record‑high sensitivity for self‑powered X‑ray detection. At 150 °C the detector reaches 248 µC Gy⁻¹ cm⁻² sensitivity and a detection limit of 6.76 nGy s⁻¹, surpassing commercial amorphous selenium devices. The material exhibits...
Wingtra introduced the SURVEY61 payload for its WingtraRAY drone, promising survey‑grade accuracy of up to 3 cm without using ground control points. The system leverages a post‑processed kinematic (PPK) workflow and ultra‑high‑resolution imagery to map large sites in minutes rather than...
The U.S. Department of Energy announced a goal to deliver a fault‑tolerant quantum computer by 2028, aiming for scientifically useful calculations. The Office of Science, with an $8.4 billion annual budget, will host the quantum user facility at a national laboratory....
Vodafone Idea (VIL), India’s third‑largest telecom operator, has deployed Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) to upgrade its transport network. The rollout achieved a 1.6 Tb/s capacity on a meshed Data Center Interconnect (DCI) fabric, aimed at meeting surging bandwidth demand. VIL expects the...
Seeed Studio unveiled the reTerminal D1001, an 8‑inch human‑machine interface device that bundles a capacitive LCD, touch controller, camera, audio, and motion sensors into a single board. The terminal is powered by a dual‑core ESP32‑P4 RISC‑V processor running up to...
Supercomputers such as LLNL’s El Capitan and ORNL’s Frontier excel at massive parallel workloads, powering climate modeling, AI, and jet‑engine analysis. Their performance is constrained by four core issues: workload scaling, data‑transfer latency, power consumption, and hardware reliability. While they can...
T‑Mobile announced a new tiered restocking fee—$75 for devices over $600, $50 for $300‑$599, and $25 for under $300—while its postpaid churn rose to 0.93% in 2025. The move comes amid a wave of price hikes and intensifying competition from...
Researchers from the University of Jyväskylä and Aalto University have demonstrated a laser‑assisted area‑selective ALD/MLD process that writes europium‑organic light‑emitting layers onto graphene with submicron resolution and over 90% selectivity. The technique creates patterned photoluminescent heterostructures and reversible n‑type doping,...
Scientists at the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology have built a squeezed phonon laser that dramatically reduces thermal noise, a breakthrough that could power unjammable quantum compasses and next‑generation nanomechanical devices.
Sphere, an Australian full‑stack tech provider, is moving HubT autonomous drone hardware manufacturing entirely in‑house. The shift includes enclosure fabrication, electrical integration and compliance testing, enabling faster, repeatable production cycles. New trailer and skid deployment configurations reduce site preparation, while...
Desktop PCs built in the last decade often include one or more unused M.2 slots, which are wired directly to PCIe lanes. These slots can host high‑speed Ethernet adapters, USB‑C/A expansion cards, secondary GPUs, or additional NVMe SSDs, delivering noticeable...
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Investors are shifting to risk‑off positions as the Iran‑Israel conflict drags on, targeting the technology sector that has outperformed recently. Micron Technology fell 9.9% on the day and slipped further in after‑hours trading. Samsung Electronics dropped nearly 5% and SK...
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Chinese electric‑truck makers are rapidly establishing a foothold in Europe, with Windrose opening an assembly plant in Belgium, SuperPanther gearing up production in Austria, and BYD expanding its Hungarian facility to exceed 1,000 e‑trucks annually. Sany, leveraging its heavy‑duty heritage,...
The dashcam market is expanding, with 36% of non‑owners planning a purchase within a year. Consumer Reports evaluated dozens of units and highlighted five top models for 2026, priced between $99 and $480. All recommended cameras feature GPS, resolutions above...
Retro‑Bit introduced the Sega Saturn Pro controller, a $49.99 wireless gamepad that blends the original six‑button design with modern hall‑effect joysticks. The launch targets retro enthusiasts seeking contemporary functionality without abandoning the console’s iconic feel, while reviewers note trade‑offs in...
Orbital AI’s Starcloud announced a $170 million financing round that lifts its valuation to $1.1 billion, making it Y Combinator’s quickest path to unicorn status. The funding fuels the launch of its next-generation satellite data center, Starcloud‑2, and underscores growing venture interest...
The BFI National Archive has installed a LaserGraphics Director 65, a flagship film scanner capable of handling 8 mm to 70 mm formats at up to 13.5k resolution. Funded by the UK Department of Science, Innovation and Technology’s Infrastructure Fund, the machine was...
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Tech reporter Allison Murray highlights the Boox Note Air 5C e‑ink tablet, now $41 cheaper in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale. The bundle adds an orange folio cover for just $10, bringing the total to $540. The device features a Pen 3 stylus...
DapuStor has released the Roealsen6 R6060, a 245.76 TB PCIe Gen5 SSD that fits in an E1.L form factor. The drive delivers up to 14 GB/s sequential reads and 2.1 million IOPS, while write speeds top out around 3.6 GB/s. Four of these units provide...
Episode 28 of 9to5Google’s The Sideload features host Will and The Verge senior reviewer Allison Johnson dissecting Samsung’s Galaxy Z TriFold, a premium foldable that vanished from shelves after just a few months. The duo recounts Johnson’s hands‑on experience, noting the...
Manifold Technologies will showcase support for 400 GbE commercial‑off‑the‑shelf FPGA accelerator cards at the 2026 NAB Show in Las Vegas. The manifold CLOUD platform can now harness up to four 400 Gbps cards per server, delivering a total of 4.8 Tbps of media processing....
Enterprises are confronting soaring infrastructure costs as AI and distributed applications expand data volumes. Tintri’s adaptive tiering technology automatically shifts workloads between high‑performance NVMe, SSD, and other media, eliminating the need for manual hierarchical storage management. The solution leverages real‑time...
