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CUDIS unveiled its second‑generation Sporty Series smart ring, a 3‑gram titanium device that tracks over 30 sports, offers AI‑driven health coaching, and pays users in $CUDIS cryptocurrency for meeting wellness goals. The ring features interchangeable silicone bands in 12 colors and a 5 ATM waterproof rating, while the accompanying app provides free access to health specialists without a subscription fee. Built on Solana’s DePIN architecture, the device rewards data contribution with tokens that can be minted as health‑data NFTs. A limited Pioneer Package reduces the price to $239 and adds extra bands, aiming to accelerate adoption across 103 countries.
ASRock has launched the Industrial NUC(S) Ultra 300 BOX Series, powered by Intel’s third‑generation Core Ultra “Panther Lake” SoCs – the Core Ultra 5 325 and Core Ultra 7 358H. The compact NUC and slimmer NUCS models deliver up to 180 TOPS of combined CPU‑GPU‑NPU AI performance, support...
The University of Edinburgh has installed Scotland’s first photon‑counting CT scanner, the Siemens Healthineers NAEOTOM Alpha, funded jointly with the British Heart Foundation. This technology captures each X‑ray photon, delivering ultra‑high‑resolution, spectral images that surpass conventional CT capabilities. It will...
The 2026 smart‑home rollout showcases seven ready‑to‑ship devices that move beyond simple connectivity toward genuine utility. Highlights include Lockin V7 Max’s battery‑free infrared charging lock, Roborock Saros Z70 vacuum with an object‑clearing arm, and Amazon Alexa+’s generative‑AI voice assistant that...
Jeff Geerling details how to pair Frigate NVR software with Hailo‑8 or Hailo‑8L AI coprocessors on a Raspberry Pi 5 or CM5. He outlines driver installation, Frigate configuration, and a PCIe driver tweak to resolve a max_desc_page_size error. After the fix, the...
Taara, a Google X spin‑out, unveiled Lightbridge Pro – a carrier‑grade free‑space optical (FSO) system that promises 99.999% uptime for 5G mobile backhaul. The solution delivers up to 20 Gbps full‑duplex capacity and automatically switches to fiber or RF backups when...
Intel discontinued its open‑source OpenPGL library in 2025, ending development within the oneAPI Rendering Toolkit. The path‑guiding library, widely adopted by Blender, Autodesk, V‑Ray and other VFX tools, has now been transferred to the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF). ASWF will...
Yotta Data Services announced a $2 billion deployment of 20,736 liquid‑cooled NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs, creating one of Asia’s largest AI superclusters. The system, slated to go live by August 2026 at its Greater Noida hyperscale data centre, includes a four‑year, $1 billion...
System76 announced a ground‑up redesign of its Thelio desktop and workstation chassis, signaling the next generation of its Linux‑focused hardware line. CEO Carl Richell highlighted ten months of engineering, more than 16,000 durability tests, and over 250 hours of thermal...
Researchers at Rice University and Johns Hopkins, funded by multiple NSF CISE grants, introduced a new adversarial state corruption model and accompanying algorithms that enable quantum computers to operate despite noisy or malicious disturbances. The framework assumes attackers can tamper...
Linux 7.0’s merge window delivered a suite of x86 platform‑driver updates aimed at modern laptops. The AMD Platform Management Framework now surfaces detailed Ryzen AI NPU metrics, while ASUS, HP, and Lenovo WMI drivers gain enhanced backlight, fan, and hardware‑monitoring controls....
Viridien announced a partnership with NVIDIA to accelerate its seismic imaging workflows using NVIDIA's high‑performance computing platforms. The collaboration will optimize Viridien’s algorithms for GPU accelerators, including tensor cores and mixed‑precision techniques, aiming to boost imaging speed, accuracy, and efficiency....
Qunnect and Cisco have demonstrated metro‑scale quantum entanglement swapping over 17.6 km of commercial fiber in New York City, achieving record rates of 1.7 million local pairs and 5,400 pairs per hour across deployed fiber. The system maintained over 99 % polarization fidelity...
Aliro announced a $15 million oversubscribed funding round led by Gutbrain Ventures, with participation from Cisco Investments, Argon Ventures, and Wonderstone Ventures. The Boston‑based startup is commercializing a physics‑based network security platform that uses quantum entanglement to replace cryptographic assumptions with...
The Linux 7.0 kernel introduces a suite of enhancements for the LoongArch architecture, a China‑origin CPU design derived from MIPS64 and RISC‑V. New capabilities include SMT hot‑plug support, 128‑bit atomic compare‑and‑exchange operations, and the memfd_secret system call. Additional updates bring BPF...
Intel reported FY 2025 revenue of $52.9 billion, essentially flat year‑over‑year, while Q4 revenue slipped 4% to $13.7 billion. GAAP earnings per share were a loss of $0.12 in the quarter, but non‑GAAP EPS turned positive at $0.15, and full‑year GAAP EPS remained...
Trane Technologies announced a definitive agreement to acquire LiquidStack, a specialist in liquid‑cooling solutions for data centers, with the deal slated to close in early 2026. The acquisition builds on Trane’s 2023 minority stake and adds direct‑to‑chip and immersion cooling...
Backblaze released its 2025 Year‑End Drive Stats, covering 344,196 drives across 30 models. The annualized failure rate dropped to 1.36%, down from 1.55% in 2024, with a quarterly AFR of 1.13% in Q4. High‑capacity drives now dominate the fleet, with...
Samsung Electronics has begun mass production of its next‑generation HBM4 memory, shipping 24‑36 GB stacks that deliver 11.7 Gb/s per pin and up to 3.3 TB/s bandwidth per stack. The new DRAM uses Samsung’s 6th‑gen 10 nm‑class 1c process and 12‑layer stacking, offering a...
Asahi Linux released a status update following the Linux 6.19 kernel, outlining progress on Apple Silicon support. The team reports that core M3 hardware components—keyboard, touchpad, Wi‑Fi, NVMe and USB‑3—are functional, though still requiring local patches. DisplayPort Alt Mode remains experimental,...
Intel’s Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA) 3.0 support has been merged into the Linux 7.0 kernel, bringing native off‑load capabilities for recent Xeon processors, likely Diamond Rapids. The update introduces new sysfs interfaces that expose DSA 3.0 capability registers and adds...
The upcoming Linux 7.0 kernel brings a major KVM update, adding native virtualization of AMD’s Enhanced Return Address Predictor Security (ERAPS). This enables guests to access a 64‑entry Return Stack Buffer, double the previous limit, and introduces user‑space fetching of SEV‑SNP...
SPhotonix, the pioneer of 5D Memory Crystal technology, announced two senior hires: Masaaki Sakakura as Principal Scientist and Konstantinas Zakalskis as Head of Growth. The appointments follow a $4.5 million pre‑seed round led by Creator Fund and XTX Ventures, positioning the startup for...
Intel announced that by 2026 it expects one in two PCs to ship as AI‑enabled devices, anchored by its new Panther Lake platform. The chipset embeds a fifth‑generation NPU capable of up to 50 TOPS, aiming to bring on‑device inference for language...
NZXT’s H2 Flow Mini‑ITX tower targets the high‑performance small‑form‑factor market with a compact 20.7 L chassis that prioritises airflow and liquid‑cooling readiness. The case features a distinctive hybrid side panel—tempered glass above a fine mesh intake—creating separate fresh‑air and exhaust zones....
Researchers at TU Wien and Cerabyte have etched the world’s smallest QR code—just 1.98 square µm, smaller than most bacteria—into a ceramic thin film. The 49 nm pixels are invisible to the naked eye and can only be read with an electron microscope....
NXP announced the S32N79 “Super‑Integration” automotive processor, featuring up to eight Arm Cortex‑A78E application cores at 1.8 GHz and twelve Cortex‑R52 real‑time cores at 1.4 GHz, plus a RISC‑V accelerator and eIQ Neutron AI NPU. Built on a 5 nm TSMC process, it...
Ceva IP is positioning itself as the core enabler of Physical AI, delivering integrated semiconductor and software IP that brings sensing, connectivity, and on‑device inference to edge devices. By moving AI processing from the cloud to the chip, its solutions...
Synopsys unveiled PathFinder‑SC, a static ESD verification platform that enables early, layout‑driven analysis for full‑chip and multi‑die designs. Leveraging cell‑based modeling from GDS/DEF data and the Seascape distributed‑computing engine, the tool can simulate billions of nodes and complete complex resistance...
Leaked One UI 9 animations suggest Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 will abandon the narrow tall screens of earlier models. The outer display is expected to switch to a 16:10 aspect ratio while the inner screen moves to 9:7, delivering a wider,...
Samsung announced its first‑generation Smart Galaxy Glasses, slated for a 2026 release, with two variants—SMO2000P and SMO200J—targeting both enthusiasts and casual users. The glasses run on Android XR, feature a Qualcomm AR1 chipset, a 12‑megapixel camera, and a 155 mAh battery,...
Olimex has launched the ESP32‑P4‑PC, an open‑source development board built around Espressif’s ESP32‑P4NRW32 SoC. The board packs a dual‑core 400 MHz RISC‑V CPU, 768 KB L2 RAM, 32 MB PSRAM, 16 MB flash and offers HDMI, MIPI‑DSI, MIPI‑CSI, four USB‑A ports, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet and...
Wago, a leader in industrial electrical engineering, has entered the smart‑home market with eight Matter‑certified devices that offer both Wi‑Fi and Thread connectivity. The dual‑protocol lineup includes Home Relay 6A/16A, a dimmer and a blind controller, all built to industrial‑grade UL...
Apple confirmed a 2026 iPad Air refresh powered by the new M4 chip, slated for a spring launch in February or March. The device will keep the familiar 11‑inch and 13‑inch aluminum chassis, preserving compatibility with the Magic Keyboard and...
2025 marks the centennial of the field‑effect transistor, first patented by Julius Lilienfeld in 1925. After decades of material and physics challenges, MOSFET stability was achieved in 1969, launching the era of large‑scale integration and the scaling roadmap defined by...
Iceberg Tech’s guide walks through building a compact Linux‑gaming PC using the ASRock DeskMeet X600 case paired with an NVIDIA RTX 5060 GPU. While the RTX 5060 brings DLSS performance, the article highlights persistent driver instability on Linux, making AMD GPUs a...
Apple is reportedly gearing up to launch AirPods Pro 4 with built‑in cameras, a move that could fuse spatial audio with real‑time augmented reality. The camera‑enabled earbuds aim to deliver immersive navigation, interactive AR apps, and new ways to engage with...
Ugreen unveiled the MagFlow AI Voice Recording Magnetic Power Bank at CES 2026, combining a 10,000 mAh magnetic wireless charger with an AI‑powered voice recorder that can translate and summarize audio. The device retains familiar features such as a digital display...
MSI’s RTX 5090 Lightning Z has a 2500 W XOC BIOS leak, far exceeding the card’s typical 600 W TDP and even the model’s advertised 1000 W extreme profile. The BIOS is designed for liquid‑nitrogen record attempts and disables safety mechanisms, making it unsuitable for...
The DShanPi‑A1 AI Education SBC is built around Rockchip’s RK3576 octa‑core Cortex‑A72/A53 SoC and can be configured with up to 8 GB RAM and 64 GB eMMC storage. It offers HDMI 2.1 video output, a mini‑HDMI input, dual Gigabit Ethernet, MIPI DSI/CSI interfaces,...
The episode introduces TESSAN's new Universal Travel Adapter 21W, a compact 5‑in‑1 device that combines a universal AC outlet with two USB‑C and two USB‑A ports, delivering up to 21 W of fast charging for up to five devices simultaneously. It...
Two open‑source RISC‑V projects—ETH Zürich’s Ara vector processor and China’s XiangShan scalar core—demonstrate opposite strategies for scaling performance. Ara implements the RISC‑V Vector Extension with explicit parallelism and no speculation, relying on software‑managed locality and a shallow memory hierarchy. XiangShan...
Ayaneo unveiled the Pocket Play, a smartphone that slides its 6.8‑inch OLED screen upward to reveal an integrated d‑pad, face buttons and touch‑pad zones, reviving the sliding‑phone form factor. Powered by MediaTek’s Dimensity 9300 and featuring UFS 4.0 storage, a 5,000 mAh battery...
Researchers have engineered ferroelectric quantum dots that embed internal electric fields, enabling efficient charge separation under dim illumination. By coating cadmium‑selenide dots with a ferroelectric polyvinylidene fluoride polymer, they created a floating‑gate phototransistor that stores light‑induced charges as a persistent...
Apple is slated to host a March 4, 2026 event that could unveil a new entry‑level MacBook priced below $1,000, alongside refreshed MacBook Air and Pro models powered by M5‑series chips. The budget MacBook is expected to feature a sub‑13‑inch aluminum display, a...
Paragon ID and Dracula Technologies announced a large‑scale rollout of XgenTag‑L, the first fully light‑powered, battery‑free Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) smart tag. A multi‑year contract for several hundred thousand organic photovoltaic (OPV) modules will enable industrial deployment across logistics, healthcare,...
A seven‑fold surge in DRAM and NAND flash prices is straining the consumer‑tech supply chain. AI‑driven data‑center expansion is the primary catalyst, leaving smartphones, PCs and gaming consoles with higher component costs. OEMs are responding by raising retail prices, trimming...
Banana Pi has launched the BPI‑R4 Pro router board, built on MediaTek’s MT7988A (Filogic 880) quad‑core Cortex‑A73 SoC and supporting tri‑band Wi‑Fi 7. The board ships in two configurations – an 8 GB DDR4 “8X” model with dual 10 G SFP+ ports and a 4 GB DDR4...
The ACEMAGIC N3A NAS ships with a 2019‑era AMD Ryzen 7 3750H mobile processor, four 3.5‑inch HDD bays and two PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 slots. Its 35 W TDP is markedly higher than the low‑power Intel N150 found in many budget NAS devices, but the...
Ezurio unveiled the Carbon AM62 system‑on‑module, a 45 × 30 mm OSM‑MF v1.2 board built around TI’s Sitara AM623/AM625 processors. The module packs a quad‑core Cortex‑A53 up to 1.4 GHz, alongside Cortex‑M4F, Cortex‑R5F and a dual‑core PRU for real‑time tasks, and offers optional Imagination...
