Today's Hardware Pulse
Nvidia driver hints at next‑gen DLSS 5 work
Nvidia’s GeForce Game Ready driver 610.47 adds three new profile options—Enable DLSS NR override, Enable DLSS NR SL override, and Override DLSS NR presets—suggesting continued development of DLSS 5 neural‑rendering technology. The earlier DLSS 5 reveal had sparked debate over AI‑driven image alteration, and the new driver hints at a quiet but ongoing effort.
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By the numbers: Cyient Semiconductors raises $30M Series A
New Images of the 2nd-Gen Onn 4K Pro Leak Out with a Clear View of the Ports
New line‑drawings of Walmart’s second‑generation Onn 4K Pro streaming box reveal its port layout, confirming Ethernet, a full‑size USB‑A, and built‑in microphones. The device appears to retain the Google TV Streamer’s silhouette but adds a gray mesh top and a circular remote‑finder button. It is expected to run an Amlogic S905X5M SoC with 3 GB RAM, 32 GB storage, Wi‑Fi 6 and a Thread radio for Matter devices. Pricing is likely to rise above the current $44‑$50 range as Walmart adjusts its Onn lineup.
International Data Center Day: Future Frontiers 2030-2070
International Data Center Day 2030 featured a global student competition where middle‑school teams built self‑sustaining tabletop data centers, integrating micro‑solar, wind, robotic operators and AI agents to manage power, cooling and workloads. The event highlighted emerging edge‑first architectures and real‑time...
Orange Poland Starts New Smartphone Trade-In Offer
Orange Poland has launched a new smartphone trade‑in program available in its retail stores. The scheme accepts any handset that can power on, rewarding customers with a voucher starting at PLN 40 (about $10) toward a new device. For phones that...
VivoPower Receives Nasdaq Approval of Ticker “TEMB” For Planned Tembo Listing at a Targeted Valuation of $838 Million
VivoPower PLC announced Nasdaq’s approval of the “TEMB” ticker for the forthcoming Tembo Group N.V., the entity to be created through its merger with Cactus Acquisition Corp. I. The deal values Tembo at an indicative pre‑money equity of about $838 million,...
OLED Monitor Sales Surged 92% in 2025 — Asus Led with 2.7 Million Units Shipped as Gamer-Friendly Panel Tech Goes...
OLED monitor shipments surged 92% in 2025, reaching 2.735 million units as the technology becomes both reliable and affordable for gamers. Asus led the market with a 21.6% share, shipping roughly 2.7 million units and overtaking Samsung. The boom is driven by...
Comcast's DOCSIS 4.0 Deployment Now Covers 'Millions' Of Homes
Comcast announced that its DOCSIS 4.0 rollout now serves "millions" of homes, expanding far beyond the ten markets and roughly one‑million premises covered in 2024. The carrier has installed about 225,000 digital nodes and 300,000 full‑duplex amplifiers, many of which are...
Meta Ray-Ban Rival Even Realities Brings Real-Time Conversation Coaching to Smart Glasses
Even Realities unveiled a major software upgrade for its Even G2 smart glasses, adding a real‑time conversation coaching feature called Conversate with Prep Notes. The new Prep Notes lets users upload briefing documents and receive contextual prompts, suggested answers and...
Wi-Fi 7 Phase 2 Trials by WBA Validate Wi-Fi 7 MLO for Enterprise Wi-Fi Reliability, Bandwidth and Performance
The Wireless Broadband Alliance released Phase 2 field‑trial results showing that Wi‑Fi 7’s multi‑link operation (MLO) with enhanced multi‑link single‑radio (eMLSR) dramatically improves enterprise Wi‑Fi performance. Tests with AT&T, RUCKUS Networks and Intel recorded up to 116% uplink throughput gains and 66%...
Komprise’s Flash Stretch Tiers NAS to Cloud for Flash Capacity Savings
Komprise introduced its Flash Stretch Assessment service, which analyzes on‑prem NAS environments and recommends moving rarely accessed files to public‑cloud disk to free up expensive SSD capacity. The offering arrives as NAND shortages drive SSD prices up roughly 130% by...
GomSpace Joins Danish LUNA Consortium to Advance Nanosatellite Antenna Performance
Denmark’s LUNA consortium—Aalborg University, Pri‑Dana Elektronik and GomSpace—has launched a three‑year effort to create low‑loss, multiband nanosatellite antennas with mechanical beam steering. Backed by Innovation Fund Denmark, the project receives roughly $3 million in funding, with GomSpace contributing about $1.1 million. The...
FDA Food Traceability Rule Extended: How Companies Can Approach Compliance Ahead of 2028
The FDA has pushed the Food Traceability Rule compliance deadline to July 2028, giving the food sector an extra 30 months to meet stringent record‑keeping requirements. Recent data show recall announcements climbing to 320 in 2025, while a 2025 survey...
Raltron Introduces Ultra‑Low Phase Noise 100 MHz OCXO
Raltron Electronics has launched the OX6580MK D3 20 100.000 12, a 100 MHz oven‑controlled crystal oscillator (OCXO) that delivers ultra‑low phase noise and ppb‑class long‑term stability. Measured at –178 dBc/Hz at a 100 kHz offset, the device provides an ultra‑clean reference for communications, radar, navigation and...
Digital Tools Extend Care Outside Hospital Walls
Wearables, IoT devices and home‑based care are being deployed to reduce hospital stays and boost quality of life for South Korea’s aging population, according to Samsung Medical Center CMIO Dr. Meong Hi Son. The interview emphasizes remote monitoring as a...
OrbitsIQ Global and Wrocław Tech Validate E-SSA Waveform for Space-Based IoT
OrbitsIQ Global announced the validation of its Enhanced Spread Spectrum Aloha (E‑SSA) waveform, co‑developed with Wrocław Tech and backed by ESA. The new protocol lets up to 500 devices share a single 4 MHz channel, processing roughly 30,000 frames per second...
Class Action Alleges Nvidia Hid More than $1B Crypto-GPU Income Within Its Gaming Revenues — Investor Lawsuit Concerns Business Spanning...
A U.S. federal judge has certified a class‑action lawsuit alleging Nvidia concealed more than $1 billion in cryptocurrency‑mining GPU sales within its gaming revenue for 2017‑2018. The suit covers investors who bought Nvidia stock between August 10 2017 and November 15 2018, after the company...
Kerlink Unveils M2 Wirnet iStation for Enhanced IoT and Edge Connectivity in Remote Footprints
Kerlink has launched the Wirnet iStation M2, a multi‑mode connectivity gateway that combines cellular, Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth and LoRa radios. The device is built in France and engineered for harsh, power‑constrained environments such as remote industrial sites. It targets core verticals including...
Sharp HealthCare’s Korn Says Spatial Computing Gives Clinicians Superpowers, But Demands a Strong IT Foundation
In this episode, Dr. Tommy Korn, Sharp Healthcare’s Chief Spatial Computing Officer and practicing ophthalmologist, explains how the health system is leveraging Apple Vision Pro devices to give clinicians "superpowers" through spatial computing. He outlines the dual role of his...
Owning Chips Builds AI Ceiling, Not Renting
Everyone is racing to own the chip. Japan: 3-way merger (Mitsubishi Electric, Rohm, Toshiba) → world's #2 power chip group @Tesla: $25B Terafab fab in Austin Gulf states: buying compute access, building design capability @Zoho: owns its servers, not renting from hyperscalers Same instinct. Different...
MaxLinear Expands MxL8323x RS-485/RS-422 Transceiver Family with Up to 50Mbps Performance for Harsh Industrial Environments
MaxLinear announced an expanded MxL8323x family of RS‑485/RS‑422 half‑duplex transceivers that deliver scalable data rates from 500 kbps up to 50 Mbps and rugged protection against ±8 kV ESD and ±4 kV EFT. The five new parts (MxL83232‑36) operate from 3.0 V to 5.5 V supply,...
Sonos Play: Safe Yet Best Portable Speaker Yet
Here’s my review of the Sonos Play. The company might have played it safe with its first new consumer hardware in over a year, but this is the portable Sonos speaker I’d recommend to most people. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-03-26/sonos-play-review-new-portable-speaker-shows-the-company-is-back-on-track
Pixel Adds Built‑in Bluetooth Diagnostics to Troubleshoot Connections
Your Pixel phone can now help you fix frustrating Bluetooth issues A new Bluetooth diagnostics submenu in Settings offers a built-in way to diagnose Bluetooth accessory connections ✅ Details and more screenshots - https://t.co/S5pXL9udMy https://t.co/iqVokNPE6A
Kubernetes Drift Undermines AI Workloads, Prompting New Readiness Practices
Kubernetes co‑founder Brendan Burns says AI workloads expose drift in clusters, while vendors like Microsoft, Broadcom and IBM push new primitives and open‑source blueprints to make AI‑ready infrastructure a reality.
Smart Bed Shields You During Earthquakes
Earthquake Survival Bed: The Smart Bed Designed to Protect You When Disaster Strikes by @IntEngineering #EmergingTech #Technology #Innovation https://t.co/r8gTunfvIc
Older GPUs Now Legally Licensed for Chinese Nvidia Users
These are clearly not/not cutting edge GPUs and are now legal to ship to Chinese end users with license, many of which have been approved for Nvidia....
CCEM Lands $15.5 M CFI Grant to Boost Canada’s Nano‑characterisation Platform
The Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy (CCEM) has been awarded a $15.5 million grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The funding will expand national nano‑characterisation capabilities, linking atomic‑scale insights to Canada’s critical‑minerals strategy, semiconductor supply chain and electronic‑waste recycling efforts.
Harvard's Light Chip Enables Sorting Mirror-Image Molecules
Harvard’s twistable light chip could give drug developers a new tool for sorting mirror-image molecules https://t.co/WkjjD38exo https://t.co/5kr4d9f6sa
Top Three Noise‑Cancelling Headphones Worth Buying
If you're going to get a pair of noise-cancelling headphones, I'd recommend picking up one of these three models. https://t.co/WsCuFbbc1Z
Zymtrace Secures $12.2M to Recover Billions in Wasted GPU Spend Through Autonomous Optimization
Zymtrace announced a $12.2 million funding round, including an $8.5 million seed led by Venture Guides, to scale its autonomous AI‑infrastructure optimization platform. The company’s eBPF‑based solution continuously profiles GPU and CPU workloads, automatically generating pull‑requests that fix bottlenecks without code changes....
HPE Rebrands Legacy Servers as Modern Cloud‑Native Compute
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (@HPE @HPE_News @HPE_Developer @HPE_Networking @HP) has recently doubled down on its “Compute” branding, attempting to reposition its legacy server business as a modern, cloud-native powerhouse. https://t.co/lRZSHr39wC
Flexibility Matters: My Sonos Play Experience
How much do you value flexibility? Since I've used the Sonos Play, I value it a lot https://t.co/9j9Srkut3W
OFC 2026: Marvell Launches Next-Generation CXL Switch, Enabling Memory Pooling to Break Through the AI “Memory Wall”
Marvell announced the Structera S 30260, a 260‑lane CXL 3.0 switch that enables rack‑level memory pooling for AI workloads. The device offers up to 4 TB/s aggregate bandwidth and works with Marvell’s Structera A accelerators, Structera X expansion controllers, and Alaska P retimers to provide disaggregated memory...
Revolutionizing Omnichannel Fulfillment with Always-On RFID: RFID Journal Case Study
International fashion retailers struggling with manual stock counts adopted PervasID's TrackMaster 3X always‑on RFID platform. The system provides continuous, item‑level visibility across store floors and stockrooms, delivering near‑100% read accuracy and one‑meter location precision. After deployment, retailers reported up to 50%...
How to Quadruple Your Steam Deck’s FPS With One Simple Plugin
The DLSS Enabler plug‑in brings Nvidia‑only DLSS4 multi‑frame generation to AMD‑based Steam Deck devices, delivering up to four times the original frame rate. Installation uses Decky Loader and simple DLL linking, allowing users to fine‑tune resolution scaling and choose upscalers...
OnePlus Watch 3: Smart Upgrade Over Pixel Watch
This OnePlus Watch 3 deal is the smartwatch upgrade you need if you can go without the latest Pixel Watch model. https://t.co/6ulGIgdNOv
Save Big on Intel's Arrow Lake Refresh with Almost $300 Off on This 3-Item Bundle — New Core Ultra 270K...
Newegg is selling a three‑item bundle that pairs Intel’s new Core Ultra 270K Plus processor with 32 GB of G‑Skill DDR5‑6400 RAM and an MSI MPG Z890 Carbon Wi‑Fi motherboard for $899.99, delivering roughly $300 in savings. The 270K Plus CPU, priced at $319.99, offers 24...
Cincoze Launches DX-1300 High-Performance Compact Industrial Computer: The Essential Edge Computing Core for Space-Constrained Environments
Cincoze unveiled the DX-1300, a compact industrial computer designed for edge AI workloads. It is powered by Intel’s Core Ultra 200S processor, delivering up to 36 TOPS of AI performance—about 3.5 times faster than its predecessor. The chassis measures just 242 × 173 × 75 mm, fitting into...
FXP30x and PC30x Series From Taoglas Combine Cellular, GNSS and Wi-Fi in Compact PCB Antennas
Taoglas introduced the FXP30x and PC30x series, a new family of embedded antennas that combine cellular, GNSS and Wi‑Fi connectivity in a single compact package. The FXP30x line uses a flexible polymer PCB with peel‑and‑stick mounting, while the PC30x line...
Corsair's Discounted 32GB Vengeance Is the Cheapest DDR5 on the Market by a Big Margin — $300 Sale Price Is...
Corsair has reduced the price of its Vengeance DDR5‑6200 32 GB (2×16 GB) kit to $300.99, a $130 discount that makes it $60 cheaper than the next best 32 GB option. The deal arrives amid an AI‑driven memory pricing crisis that has driven...
Nordic Data Centres to Support Power Demand Growth
Nordic data centre power use is set to surge to 28 TWh per year by 2030, about 5 % of regional demand, up from 8 TWh in 2024. Norway has increased its reserved capacity to 3.5 GW and its queue to 5.4 GW, while Finland,...
Mission to Smuggle $170 Million Worth of AI Tech to China Collapsed for Three Men
In October 2023, Tommy Shad English posed as a Thailand‑based buyer and ordered 750 servers—valued at roughly $170 million and containing 600 export‑controlled AI chips—intended for China. After paying over $20 million, the scheme unraveled when the chip maker could not verify...
Nokia Joins Linx as Technical Partner for London Network Refresh
Linx has completed a major refresh of its LON2 secondary interconnection fabric, selecting Nokia as the technical partner. The upgrade replaces nearly 25‑year‑old hardware with a platform that supports 10GE, 100GE, 400GE and future 800GE ports. LON2 remains architecturally distinct...
Eufy Omni C28 Review: Affordable and Full-Featured
Eufy’s Omni C28 robot vacuum‑mop combo launches at a modest price increase, offering nearly double the suction of its predecessor (15,000 Pa vs. 8,000 Pa). It adds a self‑cleaning roller mop, retractable detangling brushes, and a compact base station with drying fans....
Rohde & Schwarz Joins FormFactor’s MeasureOne Partner Program
FormFactor and Rohde & Schwarz have joined the MeasureOne partner program to deliver integrated, turnkey on‑wafer RF test solutions. The collaboration merges FormFactor’s advanced probing platforms with Rohde & Schwarz’s high‑end vector network analyzers and signal generators, covering frequencies up...
AMD, NAVER Cloud Expand AI Infrastructure Collaboration
AMD and South Korea’s NAVER Cloud announced a strategic partnership to build sovereign AI infrastructure in the country. The deal expands NAVER Cloud’s use of AMD’s upcoming 6th‑Gen EPYC “Venice” processors and next‑generation Instinct MI455X GPUs. Both firms will co‑optimize...
Tesla Superchargers Now Pop Up at Wawa, Sheetz
Based on two recent road trips, all the new Tesla Superchargers are at Wawa and Sheetz? ;) https://t.co/u8D2W0kqGU
Gigabyte Launches Z890 Plus Motherboards for Core Ultra
Gigabyte has launched its Z890 Plus series motherboards, built for Intel’s new Core Ultra 200S Plus processors. The flagship Z890 AORUS ELITE DUO X introduces CQDIMM support, allowing up to 256 GB of DDR5 memory via two 128 GB modules. A new...
TurboQuant Cuts Model Memory 6×, Boosts Speed 8×
Google Research introduced TurboQuant, an algorithm that compresses AI model memory over 6x without any retraining — while delivering up to 8x speed gains on Nvidia H100 chips and losing almost zero accuracy https://t.co/SaBOGCwqfm #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology #Tech #TechNews
CLOU Debuts Aqua-C3.0 Ultra in Africa
CLOU Electronics unveiled the Aqua‑C3.0 Ultra, a 10‑foot liquid‑cooled energy storage system, at Solar & Storage Live Africa. The solution offers 587 Ah cells in two formats—DC/AC All‑In‑One and DC—while cutting component count by 30% and delivering industry‑leading energy densities of...
Kerala Start-Up Unveils ‘Chuvarbot 2.0’ to Automate Political Wall Writing
Kerala‑based Tevanova Techtrade Pvt Ltd has launched Chuvarbot 2.0, a CNC‑driven wall‑writing robot that automates the labor‑intensive task of painting political slogans. The prototype, demonstrated during Ramesh Pisharody’s Palakkad campaign, can cover a two‑ to three‑metre wall in 10‑15 minutes—about one‑fifth the time...