Today's Hardware Pulse
Nvidia driver hints at progress on next‑gen DLSS 5
Nvidia’s latest GeForce Game Ready driver (610.47) adds three new DLSS profile options, indicating continued work on DLSS 5 neural‑rendering technology. The earlier DLSS 5 reveal sparked debate over AI‑driven image alteration, and this driver update provides the first concrete sign of advancement.
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By the numbers: Cyient Semiconductors raises $30M Series funding
Find the Perfect E Ink Tablet to Organize Your Professional Life in 2026
The 2026 e‑ink tablet market now spans vibrant color displays, AI‑driven organization tools, and a spectrum of price points. Flagship models like the Remarkable Paper Pro showcase 11.8‑inch Gallery 3 panels for creative work, while budget options such as the Remarkable 2 and Boox Go 10.3 deliver essential note‑taking at lower cost. Compact devices (Supernote Nomad) and large‑screen Android tablets (Boox Tab X C) address portability and multitasking needs respectively. AI‑integrated units, including Vuuuds AI Paper, add smart transcription and task‑management features.
IBM Showcases Mainframe Innovation with Latest Best Practices
IBM unveiled a new playbook that outlines how enterprises can extract maximum business value from mainframe systems. The guide stresses selecting the right platform for hybrid‑cloud environments and positions mission‑critical workloads as a natural fit for mainframes. IBM argues that,...
Creality Sermoon S1 Review: Accessible 3D Scanning
Creality’s Sermoon S1 handheld 3D scanner delivers sub‑millimeter accuracy on a range of non‑organic objects, including black and reflective surfaces, thanks to its blue‑laser and NIR modes. At $2,699 it requires a high‑end Windows or macOS workstation, with wired USB...
Is the NoClogger Really Effective for Desktop 3D Printers?
The NoClogger is a metal rod tool marketed to clear nozzle clogs in desktop FFF 3D printers by pushing material through the hot end. Traditional methods include the cold‑pull technique, which melts debris and retracts filament, and thin metal probes...
Parsing the AI and Gaming Future with Nvidia’s Jensen Huang | GTC Q&A
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered an unscripted two‑hour keynote at GTC 2026, unveiling more than a dozen AI‑focused gaming announcements. The event in San Jose attracted over 30,000 attendees, underscoring the growing appetite for AI‑driven technology in entertainment. Huang highlighted...
A Unique Feature No Smartphone Needs: Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra Review
The Notebookcheck review of Vivo’s iQOO 15 Ultra highlights a bold experiment: an integrated cooling fan meant to tame the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset. Despite the fan, the phone still throttles under sustained load, questioning the practical value of laptop‑style cooling in smartphones. The...
Silicon Choices Grow in Importance as Industrial AI Moves Closer to the Factory Floor
Industrial AI is moving from centralized clouds to the factory floor, where real‑time inference must run continuously alongside machines. This shift is driven by latency, data volume, and security concerns that make edge processing essential. As a result, the choice...
IPhone 18 Pro Leak Teases Key Features Ahead of September Launch
Apple is gearing up for a September 2026 launch of the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, introducing a bold Deep Red color while retaining the familiar 6.3‑inch and 6.9‑inch sizes. The Dynamic Island cutout shrinks thanks to under‑display Face ID components, and the...
A New Era of Sports Broadcasting: Galaxy S26 Ultra Unlocks New Perspectives, Bringing Cameras Inside the Action
Samsung announced that its Galaxy S26 Ultra was used to film the Street League Skateboarding DTLA Takeover on April 4, marking the first time a smartphone captured a live skate competition. The device’s pro‑grade camera was embedded directly into course elements, delivering skater‑level...
Florida School to Deploy Security Drones Designed to Stop School Shooters Mid-Attack
Deltona High School in Florida will become one of the first U.S. campuses to install ceiling‑mounted security drones called Black Arrows, built by Austin startup Mithril Defense. The drones can accelerate to 100 mph, emit alarms, flash strobes and spray pepper...
Amazon Turns Alexa Smart Speakers Into a $26 B Voice‑Driven Sales Engine
Amazon has repurposed its Alexa+ smart‑speaker platform into an autonomous sales channel, letting the voice assistant make purchases, run ads and share revenue with developers. The move taps a $26 B global smart‑speaker market and deepens the value of Prime subscriptions.
Hisense Previews 2026 UR9 TV with USB‑C DisplayPort, 4K 180 Hz Support
Hisense demonstrated its 2026 UR9 RGB mini‑LED TV, which includes a USB‑C port that carries full DisplayPort signals and can drive 4K video at up to 180 Hz. The feature gives PC gamers and color‑critical users a high‑refresh, high‑gamut connection that...
Attackers Exploit RCE Flaw as 14,000 F5 BIG-IP APM Instances Remain Exposed
Shadowserver reports that more than 14,000 F5 BIG‑IP Access Policy Manager (APM) instances remain publicly reachable, and attackers are actively exploiting the newly‑re‑classified critical remote code execution flaw CVE‑2025‑53521. The vulnerability, now scored 9.8 on the CVSS v3.1 scale, allows...
Sony Hikes PS5 Prices by up to 50%, Signaling a Longer Console Generation
Sony announced new MSRPs for the PS5 family on April 2, with the digital edition jumping to $600, the disc‑drive model to $650 and the PS5 Pro to $900. The hikes reflect soaring component costs and suggest the current console generation will...
Terra Industries Scales to 30,000 Drones a Year for African Industrial Security
Terra Industries, a Nigerian robotics startup, has lifted its production ceiling to 30,000 unmanned aerial vehicles per year from its Abuja factory. The move positions the firm to safeguard roughly $11 billion in power, mining and refinery assets across eight African...
Intel Launches Core Ultra 7 251HX Arrow Lake Processors with 18 CPU Cores and 3 Xe GPU Cores
Intel quietly added the Core Ultra 7 251HX to its Arrow Lake HX family, slotting between the Core Ultra 5 245HX and the Core Ultra 7 255HX. The processor features 18 cores – six Performance and twelve Efficient – with a 30 MB Smart Cache and a...
Japan Pushes Industrial Robots to Fill Shrinking Workforce, Targets 30% Global Share by 2040
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced a drive to expand AI‑powered industrial robots, seeking a 30% share of the global market by 2040. The push is framed as a response to a demographic crunch that has cut the...
FBI Warns AVrecon Malware Infiltrates Network Devices in 163 Countries
The FBI has issued a public alert that the AVrecon malware family is actively targeting roughly 1,200 types of network equipment in 163 countries. The campaign’s modular design lets attackers add new tools as vulnerabilities emerge, raising concerns for critical...
RISC-V Has Momentum. The Real Question Is Who Can Deliver
RISC‑V has moved from a promising ISA to a viable platform as the RVA23 baseline unifies high‑performance compute. Arm’s recent transition to a silicon‑first model reshapes the IP landscape, intensifying competition. Akeana’s Alpine test chip, taped out in a 4 nm...
What FMs Need to Know About Data Center Immersion Cooling Fluid Selection
Rising rack densities are pushing traditional air‑cooling to its limits, prompting data‑center operators to adopt immersion cooling, where servers sit in a dielectric liquid. As these systems transition from niche crypto farms to AI and HPC workloads, the choice of...
Steam Will Estimate Game FPS Before Purchase to Show Expected PC Performance
Steam is developing a feature that predicts a PC's frames‑per‑second output for any game before purchase. The tool will draw on Valve's telemetry, which already collects anonymous hardware specs and in‑game FPS data from millions of users. By matching a...
In Person Interview: Sai Shivareddy of Nyobolt
Nyobolt CEO Sai Shivareddy says the battery market is booming, with global revenue projected to rise from $154 billion in 2025 to $555 billion by 2033. The company’s fast‑charging cells deliver super‑capacitor power density while retaining lithium‑ion energy, offering ten‑times longer cycle...
NASA Artemis Watch 2.0 Launches as Retro-Futuristic Pip-Boy for $129
NASA’s Artemis Watch 2.0 launched as a retro‑futuristic smartwatch reminiscent of the Fallout Pip‑Boy, priced at $129 (≈€169 or $184). Built on an ESP32 microcontroller, it offers Bluetooth notifications, activity tracking, and sensors such as a gyroscope, accelerometer, temperature sensor,...
Japan's Rapidus Ramps up 2nm Chip Plans While Eyeing Factories on the Moon
Japan’s state‑backed chipmaker Rapidus has moved its IIM‑1 plant in Hokkaido from construction to an operating pilot line, delivering working two‑nanometer gate‑all‑around prototypes. The company secured a ¥267.6 billion ($1.7 billion) financing round led by the government and over 30 private partners,...
FujiFilm North America Announces U.S. Availability of 40TB LTO Ultrium Gen 10 Data Cartridges
FujiFilm North America has launched a 40 TB native (up to 100 TB compressed) LTO Ultrium 10 data cartridge in the United States, the highest‑capacity tape media in the LTO family to date. The cartridge delivers up to 400 MB/s native and 1,000 MB/s compressed...
Raidon Technoloy Launches MiUM2776P+Dual M.2 NVMe SSD Extension Kit (MCIO+3.5-Inch Swappable Enclosure)
Raidon Technology has introduced the MiUM2776P+ Dual M.2 NVMe SSD Extension Kit, a complete deployment solution that turns a single motherboard M.2 slot into a front‑accessible dual‑NVMe hot‑swap bay. The kit bundles an all‑metal 3.5‑inch enclosure, a MAP6‑EZ MCIO adapter,...
Cirrascale Cloud Services Partners with Google Public Sector to Deliver Specialized Research Offerings and Launches New Government Services Division
Cirrascale Cloud Services has teamed up with Google Public Sector to deliver high‑performance AI infrastructure for research and education through the Google Public Sector Program for Accelerated Research (GPAR). The partnership introduces Cirrascale Government Services, a new division dedicated to...
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba and Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Assigned Sixteen Patents
Toshiba and its subsidiary Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage have been granted sixteen patents covering a range of disk‑drive innovations, from a flexure with variable thickness to shock‑absorbing covers, digital‑filter engines, and power‑supply redundancy schemes. The filings, dated between March...
Design of the Week: Hands-Free Hand Visor
The Hands‑Free Hand Visor is a whimsical 3‑D‑printed accessory that turns a plastic hand into a functional sunshade. Designed by MakerWorld contributor Emin, it clips onto the head and positions the palm over the eyes, freeing the real hands for...
Why Chemical and Materials Science Engineers Are the Unsung Heroes of Solar Innovation
The solar industry is shifting focus from pure cell physics to materials science as efficiency gains near theoretical limits. With global manufacturing capacity exceeding 1.5 TW and oversupply driving down prices, durability and long‑term reliability have become the primary performance constraints....
Meta's Superintelligence Labs Assembles Hardware Team for New AI Devices
Meta Superintelligence Labs is quietly building a hardware team Veteran engineer Rui Xu, with experience at ByteDance, Xiaomi, and Dreamer, will lead the team It hints that Meta's Superintelligence Labs is exploring new AI device types beyond smart glasses. MSL chief Alexandr Wang...
Non‑invasive BCI: Thought‑controlled Software and Hardware
now imagine this, but a non-invasive BCI, and you can control software and hardware with just your thoughts. non-invasive BCI is the next breakthrough.
Deeptech Startup drivebuddyAI Secures Patent for Real-Time Road Quality Assessment System
DrivebuddyAI, an Ahmedabad‑based deep‑tech startup, has secured a patent for its Integrated Dynamic Road Quality Assessment System. The solution fuses GNSS positioning, IMU acceleration data, and AI‑enhanced video to detect potholes and rough patches in real time and geo‑tag them....
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Microsoft, Google Chase Long‑term DRAM Deals with SK Hynix
SK Hynix in talks with Microsoft, Google for long-term DRAM supply Microsoft, Google are also seeking long-term memory supply deals with Samsung; South Korean chipmakers are ramping up capacity https://t.co/qsHPPPLXm1
Peer-to-Peer Acceleration for AI Model Distribution with Dragonfly
Dragonfly, a CNCF‑graduated P2P file distribution system, now supports native hf:// and modelscope:// protocols for Hugging Face and ModelScope hubs. The new backends let dfget download model files or entire repositories directly, preserving authentication, revision pinning, and recursive capabilities. By...
WD Innovation Day 2026 Press Q&A Transcript: Roadmap Plans to Reach 60TB with ePMR and 100TB via HAMR by 2029...
Western Digital used its Innovation Day 2026 to unveil a dual‑technology roadmap that extends ePMR capacity to 60 TB by 2028 and targets 100 TB HAMR drives by 2029. The company highlighted a 10 % quarterly cost‑per‑terabyte decline, a new in‑house laser that...
On Off Switch Usb C Cable Extensions Safe ?
A forum user asked whether USB‑C cable extensions with an on/off switch are safe for devices that lack a built‑in power button. Respondents explained that the switch only cuts power to the cable, not to the device’s internal circuitry, so...
The KV Cache Wars?
A quiet but critical battle is unfolding in agentic AI infrastructure over the key‑value (KV) cache. The KV cache, which stores key and value projections for every token, scales linearly with context length, layer count, batch size, and heads, consuming...
Samsung Galaxy S27 Pro Might Be on the Way Next Year, and It Could Be the Mini Ultra I've Wanted...
Samsung is reportedly planning a four‑model Galaxy S27 series, adding a new S27 Pro for the first time. The Pro model is expected to bundle many Ultra‑level specifications while dropping the S Pen, delivering a more compact flagship. Leaks suggest the...
First Massive LED Screen Debuts on Emergence Tour
Building the LED screen for the first really big show of the Emergence tour tonight in Gothenburg. https://t.co/UffRnRfixA
Leaks Hint Samsung Will Unveil $1,999 Galaxy Z Fold Wide in Summer 2026
Leaked renders and analyst reports indicate Samsung plans to launch a new, wider foldable phone called the Galaxy Z Fold Wide in summer 2026, priced at $1,999 or more. The device would feature a 7.6-inch inner display, a 5.4-inch cover...
Honor and OnePlus Unveil High‑Capacity Silicon‑Carbon Batteries, Challenging Apple and Samsung
Honor and OnePlus disclosed details of their silicon‑carbon (Si‑C) battery designs, showing 15‑32% silicon content that enables 5,500‑7,300 mAh capacities in ultra‑thin handsets. The move signals a shift in flagship smartphone power‑train performance, putting pressure on Apple and Samsung to catch...
Marshall Ventures Into Party Speakers, Aiming to Differentiate
Marshall tells me about its decision to enter into the party speaker segment, and how it's attempting to stand out from the crowd. https://t.co/mlitZ6Kgt8
This iPhone Feature Will Scold You if Your Camera Lens Is Dirty
Apple’s iOS 26 adds a Lens Cleaning Hints feature that notifies users when the front‑camera lens is dirty, helping avoid hazy photos. The alert appears automatically after the update and can be toggled in Settings → Camera. It is limited to iPhone 15 and...
JLR Cuts Inspection Time 95% with Elios 3 Drone
Jaguar Land Rover Tests Elios 3 #Drone, Slashes Inspection Time by 95% via @WevolverApp #EmergingTech #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/C80S9keW4d
Ex-Nintendo Sales Lead Warns Switch 2 Price Increase Is “Inevitable”
A former Nintendo sales executive warned that the upcoming Switch 2 will likely see its retail price rise, citing global RAM and storage shortages, inflation and tariff pressures that are already driving up console costs. Nintendo is attempting to soften the...
ROHM Adds TLRx728 and BD728x CMOS Op Amp Series
ROHM Co., Ltd. has introduced two new CMOS operational amplifier families, the TLRx728 and BD728x series, targeting automotive, industrial and consumer applications. The TLRx728 offers a typical input offset voltage of 150 µV, while the BD728x provides 1.6 mV, both with 12 nV/√Hz...
DFRobot Showcases AI Maker Projects at Robot Hokoten in Akihabara
DFRobot demonstrated two AI‑driven maker projects at the Robot Hokoten exhibition in Akihabara, hosted at DigiKey’s booth. The first, an "Electronic Nose," uses four MEMS gas sensors, an ESP32 running TinyML, and a LattePanda Sigma to analyze odors and generate...
14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" Will Continue to Be "Abundantly Available," Says Intel
Intel confirmed that its 14th‑gen Core “Raptor Lake Refresh” desktop CPUs, the 700‑series chipset, and the LGA1700 socket will stay in production and be “abundantly available.” The company is encouraging motherboard makers to launch boards that support both DDR4 and...