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Samsung cuts B‑Series soundbar price to $97.99
Samsung reduced the price of its B‑Series HW‑B400F soundbar by 30%, now $97.99 down from $139.99. The compact unit adds a built‑in woofer, dialogue enhancement and surround‑sound expansion, and supports Bluetooth, HDMI ARC and remote‑control operation.
Duos Technologies Group announced a non‑binding letter of intent with Hydra Host to deploy a high‑density Nvidia GPU cluster for an unnamed global technology customer. The GPU‑as‑a‑Service partnership is projected to generate about $176 million in revenue over the next 36 months, with Duos owning a 2,304‑GPU B800 cluster that could scale to 4,608 GPUs. Duos also appointed Doug Recker as CEO, emphasizing a strategic pivot toward distributed edge data‑center development, and aims to have 65 pods delivering 20 MW by the end of 2026. The company is pursuing a 10 MW ground lease in Iowa to support its power‑intensive model.
Google has slashed prices on its Pixel Watch lineup, with the Pixel Watch 4 now selling for $289.99 on major retailers—a $60 discount—and the older Pixel Watch 3 hitting a record low of $169.99, $80 off. The Watch 4 adds...
Xiaomi’s next‑generation Book 14 laptop has been leaked, showing it will be powered by Intel’s Panther Lake Core Ultra 3 series processors – the Core Ultra 5 325 and Core Ultra X7 358H. The device will offer up to 32 GB of RAM, a 1 TB...
The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) now mandates that all non‑exempt CAN‑connectable products meet cybersecurity requirements by December 11 2027. Because CAN protocols lack built‑in security, manufacturers must perform system‑level risk assessments and adopt IEC 62443 security levels, ranging from physical‑access controls for...
The inew3d QC2A desktop printer, launched on Kickstarter, brings true full‑color photopolymer jetting to the desktop market for under US $10,000. It delivers an unprecedented 720 × 2880 dpi resolution, translating to roughly 0.035 mm detail, and supports six material channels including CMY, white, transparent...
Montech unveiled the SKY 3 mid‑tower case, the latest evolution of its SKY series, featuring a modular bottom chamber that can be reconfigured for GPU‑focused or CPU‑focused airflow. The design adds tool‑less drive brackets, a detachable top radiator mount, and a...
Crestchic has introduced a 600 kW liquid‑cooled loadbank that can deliver up to 648 kW at 415 V while maintaining temperature accuracy of ±0.5 °C. The single‑vessel unit is available for both sale and rental and includes software for real‑time monitoring, automatic load profiling,...
Two years after its launch, Apple’s Vision Pro remains a technical marvel with a stunning display and seamless eye‑plus‑hand tracking, yet it struggles with three core issues: bulky hardware, a $3,500 price tag, and a stagnant content ecosystem. While VisionOS...
.@nvidia participated in @nscale_cloud 's $2B Series C at a $14.6B valuation, led by Aker ASA and 8090 Industries. @DellTech, @Lenovo, Nokia, Citadel, Jane Street, and Point72 also came in. That is a significant number for a company founded in...
Akasa introduced the Pascal MX, an IP65‑rated fanless Mini‑ITX case built for harsh‑environment deployments. The aluminium chassis uses a patented spring‑loaded CPU mounting system to support Intel 10th‑14th‑Gen and Core Ultra processors up to 65 W TDP, with passive heat dissipation via...
Microsoft announced that the Xbox Full Screen Experience will be tested on Lenovo Legion Go handhelds, offering a streamlined gaming interface on top of Windows 11. Lenovo is currently recruiting users for a limited‑time trial, with only 29 hours left...
A prototype 3D printer called Proof of Print repurposes Bitcoin mining ASICs as its heated print bed. The system uses four Bitmain BM1362 chips, delivering about 500 GH/s, and dynamically throttles their clock rate to maintain a 75‑80 °C bed temperature. By...
Amazon has slashed prices on a range of Apple hardware, including AirPods Pro 3 now $199 (20% off), M4 iPad Air models up to $100 off, and the 2026 Apple Studio Display up to $300 off. Apple’s upcoming M5‑powered MacBook lineup...
Apple TV celebrated its 19th anniversary, marking its debut on March 21, 2007 as a hard‑drive‑based media player linked to iTunes. Over the years the device evolved from a niche computer‑dependent gadget to a cloud‑centric streaming hub, introducing HDMI, 1080p,...
Yashica has unveiled the Tank, a retro‑styled point‑and‑shoot camera priced at roughly $100 and available for preorder. It features a 12‑megapixel ½.8‑inch sensor, with an optional 36‑megapixel upscaled mode, and records 4K video at 30 fps. A 3‑inch flip‑up LCD, ISO...
Lego unveiled its Smart Play platform at CES 2026, embedding electronics into traditional bricks for interactive experiences. Disney joined the launch, showcasing a Lego Star Wars Smart Play set that leverages the new technology. The partnership reflects an eight‑year development...
🚨 $BTQ Technologies has been selected for the Australian Government's Industry Growth Program to accelerate commercialization of its QCIM chip — a 28nm secure element designed to run both classical and post-quantum cryptography directly in silicon. Silicon validation is already underway...
Android’s new Repair Mode creates a sandboxed profile that lets technicians service a phone while keeping personal apps and files locked away. The feature is built into Android 14 and is currently supported on Pixel and Samsung devices that have at...
At GDC 2026 in San Francisco, NVIDIA announced a GeForce ON community update slated for tomorrow. The session is expected to showcase upcoming gaming technologies such as DLSS, ray tracing, path tracing, and expansions of GeForce NOW, as well as...
Creality has launched the Ender‑3 V4 Combo, a desktop 3D printer paired with a four‑spool filament storage (CFS) unit. The printer features a novel one‑piece U‑shaped gantry, automatic calibration, a color touchscreen, Wi‑Fi, and operates at 47 dB. The CFS uses...
Intel has released the Xe Super Sampling (XeSS) 3.0 SDK on GitHub, providing the latest AI‑enhanced upscaling tools for gamers. The SDK includes multi‑frame generation and upgraded frame‑generation models, but it ships only as proprietary Windows DLLs. Despite earlier suggestions...
Samsung’s 256GB microSD Express card for the Nintendo Switch 2 has been slashed from $59.99 to $39.99, a roughly 35 percent discount available at major retailers such as Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart and GameStop. The card is the only microSD Express model that...
Bluetooth headphones often lag on TVs because most sets default to the high‑latency SBC codec, which can add half‑second delays. The lag stems from the audio encoding, transmission, and decoding steps, and only codecs like aptX Low Latency keep delay...
Global TV shipments held steady at 61.5 million units in Q4 2025, despite a 25.3% year‑on‑year plunge in China after subsidies ended. Strong demand in North America and Western Europe, which grew 4.7% and 3.2% respectively, offset the Chinese decline and kept...
Ulefone introduced the RugOne Xsnap 7 Pro, a modular rugged smartphone that houses a magnetic action‑camera module which can be detached and worn or mounted. The phone is powered by a 9,000 mAh battery and runs a MediaTek Dimensity 8400 processor with 12 GB RAM...
Nordic Semiconductor introduced the nRF54LS05A and nRF54LS05B, entry‑level Bluetooth LE SoCs built on a 128 MHz Arm Cortex‑M33 core. Both chips feature the fourth‑generation Bluetooth LE radio, 0.5 MB of non‑volatile memory, and 64 KB or 96 KB of RAM respectively. Power consumption is ultra‑low, with...
The Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (M5) is still the best ultraportable I've ever used — and I wrote this review on it https://www.techradar.com/computing/macbooks/apple-macbook-air-13-inch-m5-review
#Technology #Thread #Semiconductor #Manufacturing #EPDT The Semiconductor EPDT Article On Warehouse-Scale Computing: 1/ - Published In Electronic Product Design And Test (EPDT), My Latest Article Explains Why Warehouse Scale Computing (WSC) Is Emerging As A Foundational Architecture Driving Modern Semiconductor Demand And...
Brightspeed, the nation’s third‑largest fiber builder, unveiled its Whole Home Wi‑Fi service for new fiber customers. The offering bundles up to two professionally installed Wi‑Fi 7 extenders, a free router, a month of service and a prepaid Mastercard, delivering up to...
Josh Payne, a former Australian coal miner, founded Nscale, a data‑center firm that now powers AI workloads for Microsoft, OpenAI and ByteDance. Leveraging his background in renewable energy and crypto mining, Nscale secured critical electricity and semiconductor supply chains just...
Blues and Skylo unveiled Notecard for Skylo, a single IoT module that merges NTN satellite, narrowband cellular, and Wi‑Fi connectivity with automatic failover. The device eliminates the need for separate radios and satellite contracts by offering pay‑as‑you‑go satellite usage. It...
NVIDIA released the 595.45.04 beta Linux driver, the first public build of the R595 branch. The driver introduces Vulkan enhancements, HDR support, DRI3 v1.2, and a suite of other improvements. Early benchmarks on a GeForce RTX 5090 using a 6K Dell UltraSharp...
Mainstream data storage techniques inevitably break down. @Microsoft is trying to store data etched in glass because of its resistance to temperature and moisture levels. https://spectrum.ieee.org/glass-data-storage-microsoft-silica
Donut Lab's third independent test by Finland's VTT confirms its solid‑state cell retains 97.7% of charge after a 10‑day idle period. The test measured a 26.5 Ah capacity at 1C and, after charging to 50% SOC, recovered 13.03 Ah, with only a...
BluGlass Ltd has secured a AUS$1.25 million, 14‑24‑month development program with a US tier‑1 defence prime to deliver visible GaN distributed feedback (DFB) lasers and gain chips. The initial AUS$560,000 purchase order will fund the first phase, with payments linked to...
AI adoption surged to 78% of organizations in 2024, yet most initiatives remain prototypes. A new Apptio survey shows 90% of tech leaders can’t measure AI ROI, highlighting the gap between experimentation and production. Traditional databases lack vector search and...
Tony Fadell, now on Ledger’s board, stresses that digital‑asset devices must be built with security as a foundational design principle, not an afterthought. Ledger’s Stax signer exemplifies this by integrating a secure operating system, a hardware secure element, and a...
In this episode, host Sebastian Hassinger talks with David Reilly and Tom Ohki, co‑founders of Emergence Quantum, about their unconventional focus on the "connective tissue" of quantum computers—cryogenic control electronics, high‑performance amplifiers, scalable packaging, and integrated systems that operate at...
British defence firm Blighter announced a contract to deliver its B400 ground‑surveillance radars and the AI‑driven BlighterNexus software to an unnamed Eastern European army for border‑monitoring missions. The radars can detect people, vehicles and low‑altitude aerial threats out to 32 km...
MIPS, a GlobalFoundries subsidiary, teamed with Inova Semiconductors to unveil a reference Physical AI system‑on‑chip for robotics. The custom SoC merges MIPS Atlas RISC‑V compute, AI, and mixed‑signal IP with Inova’s APXpress high‑speed interconnect, fabricated on GlobalFoundries’ ultra‑low‑power FDX process....
Doosan Robotics signed an MOU with Kwangjin Group to deliver more than 100 collaborative robot solutions across its domestic and overseas automotive component plants through 2027. The expanded deployment follows a pilot that reduced defect rates to zero on Kwangjin’s...
DFI will showcase its new edge AI platforms, co‑developed with Intel, at Embedded World 2026. The portfolio includes the PTH9HM COM‑HPC Mini module for defense and unmanned systems, offering real‑time 8K vision and AI inference, and the PTH171/173 Mini‑ITX motherboards...
A new Rust‑based driver called Synology Microp has been submitted to the Linux kernel to improve upstream support for Synology NAS devices. The driver adds control of LEDs, fan speeds, a beeper, and shutdown/restart handling via the NAS micro‑controller’s serial...
Zurich Instruments unveiled the ZQCS Quantum Control System, a next‑generation platform built on a modular AdvancedTCA architecture that delivers more than a thousand channels per 19‑inch rack. The system combines a first‑Nyquist‑zone direct‑RF front end, deterministic real‑time networking, and programmable...
We may be near the peak of the semiconductor & memory supercycle. 🧵 Goldman warns hyperscaler AI budgets are consuming a record share of cash flow, suggesting the growth rate of AI capex may soon peak—leaving chip stocks vulnerable to even...
3D printer that can mine Bitcoin uses excess heat for temperature control — throttled ASICs use printing bed as a heatsink https://t.co/lxkwkWxHPG
South Korea’s SK Telecom and AI‑infrastructure specialist Panmnesia have signed an MOU at MWC 2026 to co‑develop a Compute Express Link (CXL)‑based AI rack that disaggregates CPUs, GPUs and memory at the rack level. The partnership targets the high cost and...
China’s chip industry seeks more state support for AI dominance Scholars and entrepreneurs in semiconductor sector urge Beijing to regulate prices of AI computing power, leverage strategic raw materials and fund tech solutions for self-reliance https://t.co/hbIwwTM12K via @scmpnews
The MacBook Neo ‘isn’t leaving rivals room’... Apple's $599 laptop is about to rattle the entire computing industry based on my own hands-on and speaking with analysts https://t.co/u2vmIdjyCN
Cervoz Technology will exhibit at Embedded World 2026 in Nuremberg, showcasing a portfolio of industrial storage, memory, and connectivity solutions aimed at edge AI workloads. The company’s M.2 CAN FD expansion card earned a nomination for the Embedded Award 2026...
