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SpinQ raises $145.3M Series C to accelerate quantum hardware rollout
SpinQ Technology announced a Series C+ financing round worth $145.3 million to scale its superconducting and NMR quantum hardware lines. The company reported an 80% year‑over‑year increase in order volume, with superconducting products now accounting for 65% of revenue, and outlined a roadmap to double qubit counts annually.
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is turning smart factories from concept to reality, linking sensors, edge devices, AI analytics and cloud platforms across production lines. Real‑time data enables predictive maintenance, automated workflows and energy optimization, driving higher productivity while trimming operational costs. Manufacturers across automotive, pharma and chemicals are leveraging these capabilities to meet tighter quality standards and sustainability mandates. The shift signals a broader Industry 4.0 transformation where connected, data‑driven operations become the competitive baseline.
A South Korean ruling‑party lawmaker warned that the escalating US‑Israel war with Iran could jeopardize the supply of essential semiconductor materials, particularly helium, which is critical for heat management in chip fabrication. The Korean chip sector, responsible for roughly two‑thirds...
The article evaluates six leading smart‑home hubs, ranking the Homey Pro as the overall winner and highlighting the Apple HomePod for Apple ecosystems, IKEA Dirigera for app design, Philips Hue Bridge Pro for mid‑range lighting, Samsung SmartThings for budget‑conscious users,...
OPOTEK’s new diode‑pumped solid‑state (DPSS) tunable lasers combine an air‑cooled pump with an integrated optical parametric oscillator, delivering up to 100 mJ at 1064 nm and single‑digit millijoule output across 210 nm‑4 µm. The compact, shoebox‑sized modules eliminate water‑cooling, high‑voltage supplies and extensive cabling,...
YellowScan introduced the Venturer LiDAR at Geo Week 2026, positioning it as an NDAA‑compliant solution for high‑precision, security‑focused surveying. The system processes all data locally via YellowScan CloudStation, eliminating cloud dependencies and ensuring full data sovereignty. It features 360‑degree adaptive...
Nvidia is redirecting Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) production capacity away from chips destined for the Chinese market after U.S. export controls limited its sales. The chipmaker is prioritising higher‑margin data‑center and automotive GPUs for customers outside China, while TSMC...
Microsoft is introducing a brand‑new NVMe storage driver for Windows 11 25H2 and Windows Server 2025 built on the IoRing framework, replacing the legacy storNVMe.sys stack. The IoRing‑based design aims to cut latency, improve CPU utilization, and push IOPS higher, especially for random‑read heavy...
A forum member is planning a low‑cost lab server and is evaluating a Chinese‑market X99 motherboard, possibly dual‑socket, to pair with an Intel Xeon E5‑2699 V4. The post highlights that X99 boards typically use consumer chipsets, offering limited BIOS features but...
NLM Photonics announced that its 1.6‑terabit (1.6T) and 3.2‑terabit (3.2T) silicon‑organic hybrid (SOH) photonic integrated circuits are now in sampling for select customers, with live demos at OFC 2026. The 1.6T DR8 PIC, built on the company’s patented Selerion‑HTX organic...
#Technology #Thread #Semiconductor #Manufacturing #Roadmap The Semiconductor Die And Package Roadmap: 1/ - When I Wrote About Integrating The Semiconductor Die And Package Roadmap. - The Observation Was That The Industry Was Treating Silicon And Packaging As Separate Planning Tracks - But Future Semiconductor...
FEX 2603, Valve’s open‑source emulator for running x86/x86_64 Linux binaries on AArch64, has been released with a partial fix for the Steam GUI crash. The update addresses the steamwebhelper process instability caused by a Chromium CEF change, reducing crash frequency when...
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall of roughly 81,000 Babysense Max View baby monitors (model VBM55RX) after 11 reports of the handheld display overheating and creating a fire risk. No injuries have been reported, but the...
Honestly I was not expecting the benchmark to be THIS good. I’m excited to test this thing. #macbook #apple
fun fact: up untill a few months ago I daily drove an 8gb ram MacBook Air as a creative professional. Never had a single issue
Marvell Technology reported record fourth‑quarter revenue of $1.817 billion, a 27% year‑over‑year increase, driven primarily by an 88% surge in data‑center sales. The company achieved GAAP profitability and posted non‑GAAP earnings per share of $0.60, a 40% sequential rise, underscoring strong...
Always fun to present the Glomo award for best smartphone and disruptive mobile tech. Apple took the best smartphone for its iPhone Pro family and Honor took the disruptive tech for the commercialization of silicon carbon battery technology https://t.co/MdkDSxPOzR
China’s Traditional Businesses Try to Buy Into AI Boom—For many Chinese companies, investing in chip makers is a survival strategy @QinSherry https://t.co/4pke6IQIur https://t.co/4pke6IQIur
Alibaba’s Qwen3.5-9B open‑source model can run on a standard 12 GB RAM laptop, delivering performance comparable to Claude Opus 4.1. The author’s token‑usage analysis shows that a $5,000 laptop pays for itself after processing roughly 556 million tokens—about a month of typical workload—making...
Matt made my June oven that automatically makes my toast in the morning. Has one of the first NVIDIA Jetson cards inside. My wife considers it magic. And he is at it again.
Didn’t realize how much Korean chip production has fallen in the past few months, as it’s shifting towards high bandwith memory. Source: Robeco https://t.co/I5YOwPS4OL
GoPro reported Q4 2024 revenue of $201 million, matching guidance, while posting a GAAP loss of $0.24 per share and a non‑GAAP loss of $0.09 per share. Subscription revenue rose 9% year‑over‑year, driven by an 8% increase in ARPU and...
Ciena reported record fiscal 2025 revenue of $4.77 billion, up 20% year‑over‑year, and EPS of $2.64, a 45% increase. The company posted a $7.8 billion order backlog of roughly $5 billion and raised its fiscal 2026 revenue outlook to $5.7‑$6.1 billion, reflecting strong demand...
Can you believe they left ALL of these features out? (I sure can, and I’m glad they did) #apple #mac #tech
Apple’s new MacBook Neo ships with two visually identical USB‑C ports that serve different functions. The rear port offers USB 3 speeds and native DisplayPort output, while the front port is limited to USB 2 and cannot drive an external monitor. macOS now...
Oppo announced that its Find X9 series will receive AirDrop‑over‑Quick Share support, allowing native file transfers between Android, iOS, iPadOS and macOS devices. The feature will roll out as a software update later in March, built in partnership with MediaTek and Google....
MicroCloud Hologram Inc. (HOLO) announced a Quantum Recurrent Neural Network (QRNN) built around a novel Quantum Recurrent Block (QRB) architecture designed for noisy intermediate‑scale quantum (NISQ) devices. The QRB acts as a modular, repeatable subcircuit that drastically reduces coherent‑time consumption,...
Nvidia announced a senior hire for an orbital data‑center system architect, offering a base salary between $224,000 and $356,500. The role will design end‑to‑end AI compute solutions that operate from the GPU chip through satellite platforms and inter‑satellite links. The...
Walmart announced it will continue selling Apple Macs, adding the $599 MacBook Neo to its lineup. The retailer previously used the M1 MacBook Air as a low‑cost entry point, pricing it as low as $599 before inventory ran thin. The new...
Back home. Came back a day early. I’ve been to at least 14 MWCs. This one has to be the chillest I’ve attended. Optimism was tempered. My biggest question is where will the CAPEX come from to build out...
Analogue 3D, the FPGA‑based Nintendo 64 recreation, launched in November 2024 at $269.99, delivering original cartridge compatibility and native 4K HDMI output. The console’s premium design, tight cartridge slot, and support for both legacy and wireless 8BitDo controllers aim to replace traditional...
The MacBook Neo is the Apple netbook I always wanted. At $599, is it perfect? No. No backlit keyboard, an older-style mechanical trackpad and it tops out at 8GB of RAM. But the build quality feels like an Apple $1K...
Apple announced that its new Studio Display and Studio Display XDR are powered by two distinct A19‑family chips. The standard Studio Display uses a baseline A19, while the higher‑end XDR model incorporates an A19 Pro variant. Both chips replace the older A13 Bionic...
CoreWeave and Perplexity have signed a multi‑year strategic partnership to run Perplexity’s inference workloads on CoreWeave Cloud, using dedicated NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 clusters. The deal includes deployment of Perplexity Enterprise Max, which adds advanced search, research, and data‑visualization capabilities for...
A study published in the Journal of Otolaryngology‑ENT Research found that Nuance Audio Glasses, an over‑the‑counter hearing solution from EssilorLuxottica, improve speech‑reception thresholds by an average of 3.48 dB in noisy environments. Twenty adults with mild‑to‑moderate hearing loss achieved 50 % word...
CoolSem Technologies, a Dutch startup founded in 2025, announced the creation of an Advisory Board to accelerate its wafer‑level thermal management platform. The board brings together leaders from Murata, Philips, Apple and academia, offering deep expertise in semiconductor processing, materials...
New MacBook Neo is CRAZY value for how high quality it feels to use #appleevent
The Department of Energy announced that Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has built systems to turn commercially sourced isotopically enriched silicon and germanium into high‑purity silane (SiH₄) and germane (GeH₄) gases. These precursor gases are essential for quantum information science and...
Nebius received Independence City Council approval for its Chapter 100 industrial incentive plan, clearing the way to build a 1.2‑gigawatt AI factory on a 400‑acre campus in Independence, Missouri. The development will generate roughly 1,200 skilled construction jobs and about...
Yank Technologies secured an $2 million, 18‑month SBIR Phase II contract from the U.S. Army to advance its wireless charging system for warfighter wearable batteries. The program will move the technology from TRL‑4 to TRL‑6 by integrating the charger into vehicle seats...
The article outlines how edge computing transforms IoT by enabling federated learning, real‑time analytics, and stronger data sovereignty. By processing data locally, edge nodes cut latency, lower bandwidth demands, and keep sensitive information compliant with regulations such as GDPR and...
Hiboy unveiled its EX11 full‑suspension electric bike at a launch price of $1,299, a 35% discount from the $2,000 MSRP. The bike offers up to 100 miles of pedal‑assist range, a 750 W rear hub motor with 28 mph top speed, and rugged...
Quantum Elements, together with USC, IBM and RWTH Aachen, published a Nature Communications paper showing the highest‑fidelity entangled logical qubits on a 127‑qubit superconducting processor. By merging quantum error detection with a novel logical dynamical decoupling (LDD) technique, the team...
It’s not every day that a whole new MacBook comes along. Today’s Apple event + MacBook Neo. 📸 by me. Read our full coverage at Bloomberg.
How Ayar Labs is going to ramp silicon photonics into the 2028 generation of AI systems. $NVDA $AMD https://t.co/5PdPsFHxqX
Monoprice is running a March promotion offering up to 85% off a broad selection of streaming and tech accessories, including TV mounts, cables, and audio devices. Shoppers can also receive an extra 20% discount on select items using promo code...
Nvidia has fixed the GPU voltage caps that were accidentally introduced with its latest WHQL driver. The hotfix also resolves Resident Evil Requiem driver bugs
I'm glad Jensen is doubling down on the compute=revenues point. I dove into the full economics of why in this full report on how $NVDA platforms enable those economics. https://t.co/wrL7SktAYA
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators sent a letter to Intel CEO Lip‑Bu Tan questioning the chipmaker’s use of semiconductor tools from ACM Research, a Chinese subsidiary on the U.S. blacklist. The inquiry underscores national‑security concerns, especially after the U.S....
a true GoXLR replacement, especially with the zero latency and dual XLR inputs / dual USB-C
I wrote a report on this a while ago that the key thing that moved in NVIDIA's favor is the same architecture that is perfect for processing pixels is the same that is perfect to process tokens. This is from...
