Schneider, Aveva and Nvidia Develop Blueprints for AI Factories
Schneider Electric, Aveva and Nvidia announced a joint reference design called Vera Rubin that validates power, cooling and digital‑twin integration for Nvidia’s rack‑scale AI data‑center systems. The design leverages 480 VAC distribution, 45 °C loop temperatures and Nvidia’s MaxQ operating point to improve token‑per‑watt efficiency. It also incorporates Nvidia’s Nemotron model to provide autonomous alarm‑management AI. Together, the partners aim to accelerate the rollout of gigawatt‑scale AI factories while cutting engineering cycles and operational risk.
IPhone Ultra Vs. Galaxy Z Fold 8: Should You Buy Samsung in July or Wait for Apple?
The upcoming Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 and the rumored Apple iPhone Fold are set to define the premium foldable market. Samsung plans a late‑July 2024 launch at about $1,999, offering a refined design, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor, 5,000 mAh battery and a mature...
DyeMansion Teases Compact Powershot Post-Processing System
DyeMansion announced a compact version of its Powershot post‑processing system, slated for a full launch at Formnext 2026. The new unit will combine depowdering and surface‑treatment functions for smaller powder‑bed printers, complementing the company’s VX1 vapor‑smoothing machine. By packaging industrial‑grade...
MacBook Neo 2 Leaks: A19 Pro Chip and Doubled SSD Speeds Rumored
Apple’s upcoming MacBook Neo 2 is set to debut with the new A19 Pro chip, delivering faster processing and better energy efficiency. The base model upgrades RAM to 12 GB, a jump from the previous 8 GB, enhancing multitasking capabilities. Pricing is expected to...
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Dual Edition Review? Sponsored Reviews, Artificial Product Shortages, and the Decadent Whiff of Forced Exclusivity
AMD unveiled the Ryzen 9 9950X3D Dual Edition, a 16‑core, 32‑thread desktop CPU priced at $899 that features dual 3D V‑Cache on both chiplets. The architecture aims to reduce cache asymmetry and improve performance for creators and developers. However, AMD is tightly controlling...
RADV Driver Enables Host Image Copy By Default For RDNA2 & Newer
The open‑source RADV driver now enables the Vulkan VK_EXT_host_image_copy extension by default on AMD RDNA 2 (GFX10.3) and newer GPUs. The change follows an update to AMD’s ADDRLIB library that adds AVX2‑based SIMD optimizations, boosting host‑to‑image upload speeds to roughly 20 GiB/s...
NAB Show 2026: Promise Technology to Showcase Integrated Storage Plug-In for Video and Image Creative Workflows
Promise Technology will demo its new Promise Plug‑in for Adobe Premiere and Photoshop at NAB Show 2026. The plug‑in runs on an HP Fury workstation equipped with the Pegasus5 R12 Pro, a 12‑bay Thunderbolt 5 storage system. It embeds real‑time storage monitoring, health alerts,...
NAB Show 2026: EditShare Advances Analytical AI and NVMe Performance for Modern Broadcast and Post
EditShare used NAB Show 2026 to launch a suite of AI‑driven analytical tools and high‑performance NVMe storage aimed at simplifying media library management for broadcasters and post houses. Its Analytical AI automatically extracts speech, faces, text and scene data, enriching...
NAB Show 2026: Elements Introduces GRID, a New Node-Based Scale-Out NAS Platform
Elements, the German media‑storage specialist, unveiled GRID at NAB 2026, a node‑based, scale‑out NAS platform built on the open‑source Ceph file system. GRID delivers all‑NVMe performance while integrating Elements' Automation Engine and Media Library MAM, creating a unified, AI‑enhanced production ecosystem....
NAB Show 2026: UnifyDrive to Showcase Full NAS Lineup
UnifyDrive is debuting its new PixelMob sub‑brand at NAB Show 2026, presenting a palm‑sized, AI‑enabled device that bridges the gap between camera capture and verified backup. PixelMob features a six‑layer security architecture, on‑device AI for culling and color grading, and...
Synology: Three Security Advisories on Resolved Vulnerabilities
Synology issued three security advisories on April 15‑10, 2026, resolving multiple vulnerabilities in its DiskStation Manager (DSM) firmware and SSL VPN Client. The DSM advisories (SA‑26:07 and SA‑26:06) address CVE‑2026‑40540 and a suite of CVEs (2026‑40530 through 2026‑40539) that allow remote...
Can the iPhone 17e Survive the Bend Test? The Results Might Surprise You
Apple’s iPhone 17e introduces a modular architecture that lets users swap key components like the A19‑based motherboard with the iPhone 16e, while keeping security‑critical parts fixed. The device doubles wireless‑charging speed to 15 W, adds a three‑times more scratch‑resistant Ceramic Shield 2 display, and...
Linux 7.1 Lands Workaround For Arm C1-Pro Erratum
Linux kernel version 7.1 now incorporates a mitigation for a hardware erratum in Arm’s C1‑Pro CPU affecting its Scalable Matrix Extension (SME). The bug, identified as erratum 4193714 and tracked as CVE‑2026‑0995, could allow TLB invalidation to complete before SME...
Initial Linux Driver Patches For Smart Data Accelerator Interface "SDXI"
Initial patches for the Smart Data Accelerator Interface (SDXI) have been posted to the Linux kernel mailing list, marking the first vendor‑neutral driver implementation for memory‑to‑memory data movement offload. The driver targets PCIe‑hosted SDXI 1.0 hardware and complies with the latest...
On Taiwan’s Breathtaking Order Boom
Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs reported a near‑70% year‑over‑year jump in AI‑hardware export orders for March, the strongest surge since a 72% rise in January 2010. Economists had only expected a 45% increase, underscoring the unexpected strength of global demand. Orders...
MacBook Neo Accessories: 6 Picks That Solve Every Gap
Apple’s $599 MacBook Neo, launched with an A18 Pro chip and four color options, trims features to hit a sub‑$600 price point. The device ships with only two USB‑C ports (one USB 2, one USB 3), no Thunderbolt, a non‑backlit keyboard, and a maximum...
AI Restores Voice by Reading Neck Muscle Movements
Researchers at Pohang University of Science and Technology have created an AI‑driven neck sensor that reads microscopic muscle and skin movements to convert silent speech into audible voice. The device combines a miniature camera with silicone markers in a multiaxial...
Illy Is a Primitive Intelligence
Illy is an experimental web‑based interface that reacts to spoken input by analyzing its sonic attributes—attack, loudness, roughness, and pitch—rather than parsing language. Built with the Web Audio API and WebGL, it generates abstract tonal replies and visualizations that mirror...
Huawei AI Glasses Take on Meta Ray-Ban and Oakley
Huawei unveiled its AI Glasses in China on April 20, pricing the base models at ¥2,499 (about $365) and a sunglasses variant at ¥2,899 ($420). The eyewear runs HarmonyOS, features a proprietary AI‑powered chip, a 1/2.8‑inch camera, and a built‑in real‑time...
KDDI to Launch HTC VIVE Eagle AI Glasses Through Au Retail Channels
KDDI and Okinawa Cellular will introduce HTC’s lightweight VIVE Eagle AI glasses in Japan on April 24, 2024, through the au +1 collection. Pre‑orders open on April 21 via the au Online Shop and selected stores. The glasses will also be stocked at...
Hmmm: Rail-Optimized Networking for AI Workloads
Phil Gervasi’s recent piece promotes a “rail‑optimized” networking approach for AI training workloads, describing a mapping of endpoints to a dedicated plane within a standard leaf‑spine fabric. The article argues that keeping traffic within leaf switches and using server‑bus paths...
Seven Mental Models to Understand the AI Compute Era
The AI compute landscape expanded dramatically, with total tracked capacity jumping 8.5‑fold between Q1 2024 and Q4 2025, rising from 2.5 million to 21.3 million H100‑equivalent units. The article argues that this surge reflects a deeper power‑infrastructure race rather than merely more chips or...
FPGA Developer Claims Plaion's NeoGeo AES+ Is Effectively a “Bait and Switch”
Plaion announced the Neo Geo AES+, slated for a November 13 2026 launch, as a 1:1 hardware replica built on newly engineered ASIC chips rather than emulation or FPGA technology. The company highlighted collaboration with retro‑hardware experts Jotego and Furrtek in designing the...
According to a Leak, Microsoft’s Next Surface Lineup Will Feature a New Division: Snapdragon X2 for Consumers, Panther Lake for...
A leak reported by VideoCardz suggests Microsoft will split its upcoming Surface refresh between Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 processors for consumer devices and Intel’s Panther Lake (Core Ultra Series 3) for business models. The rumor aligns with recent announcements: Windows 11 26H1 is optimized for Snapdragon X2,...
CHUWI Admits to Incorrect Ryzen Configuration: CoreBook X and CoreBook Plus Can Be Returned by the End of May
On March 23 2026, CHUWI announced a recall of a limited batch of CoreBook X and CoreBook Plus laptops that were shipped with the wrong processor. The devices were marketed as AMD Ryzen 5 7430U but actually contain the older Ryzen 5 5500U, a discrepancy AMD has publicly...
Intel Is Reportedly Reconsidering Its Desktop Sockets, but Raptor Lake, of All Things, Might Still Be in the Running
Intel is reportedly planning to lengthen desktop socket lifespans, aiming for AMD‑style multi‑generation support. An insider leak suggests a Raptor Lake refresh could extend the aging LGA1700 platform alongside the upcoming Arrow Lake refresh on LGA1851 and Nova Lake on...
AMD’s openSIL Lands on an AM5 Consumer Board: The MSI PRO B850-P Becomes a Testing Ground for Coreboot Beyond AGESA
AMD’s openSIL firmware is being tested on a mainstream AM5 motherboard, the MSI PRO B850‑P, through a collaborative effort by 3mdeb. The project ports Coreboot and the Phoenix‑based openSIL stack, addressing challenges such as PCIe initialization and reliance on AMD PSP blobs....
Arch Linux Pulls the Plug on Pascal: GTX 10 Cards Are Dropped From the Default Path with NVIDIA 590
Arch Linux announced that its default NVIDIA 590 driver will no longer support Pascal GPUs, including the GTX 10 series. Users of these cards must manually install the legacy nvidia‑580xx‑dkms package to retain functionality. NVIDIA’s own support plan limits Pascal, Maxwell...
Airsys Introduces LiquidRack for Rack-Level Liquid Cooling in AI and Edge Deployments
Airsys announced LiquidRack, a rack‑level liquid‑cooling platform aimed at mid‑density AI, data‑center, telecom and edge workloads. The system integrates fluid distribution, pumping and control directly at the rack, supporting 0.5‑8 kW per server and up to 80 kW per rack. It eliminates...
Exclusive: ICE Glasses
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate is funding a prototype smart‑glasses system, dubbed “ICE Glasses,” that will let federal agents scan people on the street and instantly match them against federal biometric databases. The hardware will integrate...
OVHcloud, DEEP and Clever Cloud Selected by European Commission for Sovereign Cloud Framework
A European consortium of OV OVHcloud, DEEP by POST Luxembourg, and Clever Cloud has been chosen by the European Commission to deliver sovereign cloud services to EU institutions. The contract, worth up to €180 million (about $196 million) over six years, supports the...
AMD Bringing Back Ryzen 7 5800X3D to Save the World From DDR5
AMD announced a limited‑edition re‑release of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, pricing it at $449 to mark the 10th anniversary of the AM4 socket. The move gives gamers a high‑performance, 3D‑V‑Cache CPU that can run on existing DDR4 platforms, sidestepping today’s steep DDR5...
PixelMob Is a Portable SSD That’s Basically a Palm-Sized PC with a Touchscreen Display, Thunderbolt 4, WiFi and LAN
PixelMob is a palm‑sized portable SSD that doubles as a mini PC, featuring a 7‑inch 1080p OLED touchscreen, Rockchip RK3588 processor, 12 GB RAM and multiple storage slots. It offers Thunderbolt 4, USB‑C/A, Wi‑Fi 6, 2.5 GbE, and an 11,600 mAh battery, positioning itself as...
Inside Nvidia’s Silicon Photonics Roadmap
Nvidia unveiled its next‑generation scale‑up system, NVL1152 “Kyber,” which will pack 1,152 GPUs—16 times the capacity of the current NVL72 rack. The machine, slated for the 2028 “Feynman” GPU generation, will combine copper interconnects with silicon photonics and co‑packaged optics...
MSI MAG 272UP X24, QD-OLED On A Budget
MSI has introduced the MAG 272UP X24, a QD‑OLED monitor priced at $730, making 4K‑240 Hz displays more accessible. The panel supports 4K resolution at 240 Hz via DisplayPort 1.4 and includes HDMI 2.1, though it lacks KVM and offers only 15 W USB‑C power delivery. Out‑of‑the‑box...
MBRYONICS StarCom Terminal Enables Terabit Per Second Data Transfer
MBRYONICS has won a €18.6 million (≈$20 million) award from the European Space Agency to develop its StarCom optical terminal for a terabit‑per‑second space‑based network. The terminal will be flight‑tested under ESA’s HydRON program, which seeks multi‑orbital interoperability with other laser‑communication providers...
Linux 7.1 KVM Adds "Very Experimental" Support For pKVM Protected Guests
Linux 7.1 merges a set of KVM enhancements across major architectures. On ARM, a very experimental pKVM protected‑guest mode isolates guest memory by unmapping pages from the host and using hypercalls, requiring a new kernel config and a protected‑mode boot...
Orico K20 Mini 2TB, Portable SSDs Aren’t Quite As Bad As Internals
Orico’s K20 Mini 2TB magnetic portable SSD is priced at $240 on Amazon, making it cheaper than most comparable 2TB internal SSDs. The drive delivers up to 2000 MB/s read speeds over a USB‑C 20 Gbps connection and also supports Thunderbolt and...
Samsara Partners with International Motors
Samsara announced a partnership with International Motors to embed its IoT devices during the pre‑delivery installation (PDI) phase, allowing fleets to receive fully equipped trucks and buses straight from the factory. The integration lets International Motors order Samsara hardware and...
Equal1’s Silicon Processors Power Kvantify’s Quantum Simulation Workloads
Equal1 and Kvantify have formed a partnership to bring silicon‑based quantum processors to life‑science workloads. Equal1’s Bell‑1 server, built on standard silicon, is being shipped as the company’s first‑generation quantum machine, and Kvantify has been named its preferred partner for...
Fire TVs to Gain Adaptive Display Option to Increase Text and Menu Size
Amazon announced that its Fire TV lineup will receive a new Adaptive Display accessibility feature in the coming months. The option enlarges text, menus, and on‑screen content, using intelligent scaling that boosts smaller fonts more than larger ones to preserve...
Accelsius Announces General Availability of NeuCool IR150 and Launches NeuCool HyperStart Program
Accelsius announced the general availability of the NeuCool IR150, the first fully integrated 42U rack that combines a two‑phase coolant distribution unit with up to 150 kW of cooling capacity. The plug‑and‑play system is designed for hyperscale, neocloud and enterprise data...
WEBINAR: Intrinsic Techniques in RF Power Amplifier Design
Keysight’s second RF Power Amplifier Design master‑class webinar dives into intrinsic modeling techniques for GaN transistors, complementing traditional load‑pull methods. The session showcases a Class J PA built around an intrinsic‑node model, demonstrating how waveform engineering and Fourier‑based impedance mapping boost...
Ultra-Thin Thermal Memory Switches Heat Flow on and Off with Voltage
Researchers at CiQUS, the University of Barcelona and Zaragoza have demonstrated a thermal‑memory prototype that uses a few‑nanometer‑thick hafnium‑zirconium oxide ferroelectric film to toggle thermal conductivity on and off with modest electric voltages. The device exploits the coupling of ferroelectric...
Nanoengineered Wrist Sensor Detects Driver Fatigue Through Pulse Wave Analysis
Researchers at Xi’an Jiaotong‑Liverpool, Soochow and Liverpool universities unveiled a nanoengineered wrist‑worn triboelectric sensor that captures arterial pulse waves with high fidelity even under imperfect skin contact. Coupled with a one‑dimensional convolutional neural network, the device classifies driver fatigue with...
Beyond Qubits: A Systems View of Hybrid CV-DV Quantum Computing
At ASPLOS 2026 a tutorial introduced hybrid continuous‑discrete‑variable (CV‑DV) quantum computing, which treats qubits and oscillator modes as a unified computational resource. The session covered the physical foundations, new instruction set architectures, and the compilation stack that translates high‑level algorithms...
Self-Healing Sensor Feels Touch, Detects Pain, and Repairs Itself Underwater
Researchers unveiled a soft magnetoelectric sensor (SMES) that feels touch, detects its own damage, and autonomously heals underwater without external power. The device uses a fluoropolymer‑ionic‑liquid elastomer and liquid‑metal (EGaIn) conductors, achieving 92% elastic recovery and near‑100% healing after ten...
3D Systems Launches SLA 825 Dual With Dual-Laser Technology
3D Systems unveiled the SLA 825 Dual, a large-format resin printer that incorporates two 4 W lasers to accelerate curing. The machine offers an 830 × 830 × 550 mm build volume, roughly 22% larger than the company’s prior SLA offerings. 3D Systems claims the dual‑laser architecture delivers...
OpenClaw AI Deployment on Dedicated Servers: A Practical Infrastructure Guide
OpenClaw AI agents require dedicated server infrastructure to meet their persistent, memory‑intensive workloads. Shared or virtual environments cause CPU throttling, I/O latency, and unreliable context handling, forcing costly migrations later. The guide outlines hardware baselines—32 GB RAM, NVMe storage, and dedicated...
Photocentric Expands Jeni System to Enable High-Volume Resin 3D Printing at Industrial Scale
Photocentric has launched the Super Jeni, a modular resin 3D‑printing system that integrates 124 printers across seven automated modules for washing, rinsing and curing. The expanded platform can output over 1.2 million small parts every eight hours, equating to roughly 3.6 million...