Dell Updates Alienware Laptops with Arrow Lake-HX Plus CPUs and OLED Panels
Dell has refreshed its Alienware gaming notebook lineup, introducing Intel Core Ultra 200HX Plus processors that top out at the 24‑core Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus with a 5.5 GHz boost. The 16‑inch models now feature anti‑glare OLED panels delivering 2560 × 1600 resolution, 240 Hz refresh rates and 0.2 ms response times. GPU options were nudged forward, with the 16X Aurora now supporting an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, while memory stays at DDR5‑5600 and storage up to 4 TB PCIe 4.0 SSDs. Overall, the refresh blends incremental CPU gains, a premium display upgrade, and modest graphics enhancements.
Teledyne SP Devices Introduces High?Speed Disk Streaming with ADQ35 and Libads for Extreme Data Capture
Teledyne SP Devices announced a high‑speed disk‑streaming solution built around its ADQ35 digitizer and the open‑source libads library. The platform promises sustained multi‑gigabyte‑per‑second data rates, enabling continuous capture of extreme‑volume signals without loss. Integration with standard PCIe storage and configurable...
Netflix Found a Faster Way to Load Containers
Netflix migrated its Kubernetes workloads from Docker to containerd and uncovered a severe container‑initialization slowdown caused by per‑layer UID mapping and mount‑lock contention, especially on legacy Intel Xeon r5.metal instances. The problem manifested as 30‑second health‑check delays after scaling to...
Qualcomm Targets Critical Communications in 5G Sidelink Push
Qualcomm announced it will focus its 5G sidelink efforts on the critical‑communications sector, letting public‑safety stakeholders drive development rather than the commercial market. At IWCE 2026, Brittany Haile detailed performance standards agreed with U.S. and European groups and stressed that successful...
Tesla to Solely Build V4 Power Units in the US – as V3 Production Phased Out
Tesla announced that its New York Gigafactory will now exclusively produce V4 power cabinets for Superchargers, ending the seven‑year run of V3 cabinets after 15,000 units. The V4 cabinets enable up to 500 kW at charging stalls and can support 800‑volt...
These Beats Fit Pro Earbuds Are $70 Off Right Now
Beats has slashed the price of its first‑generation Fit Pro earbuds to $129.99, a 35% discount and the lowest price ever recorded. The true‑wireless model packs active noise cancellation, Apple’s H1 chip, spatial audio, and a wing‑tip fit designed for...
DJI’s “Fantastic Beginner Drone” With 4K Video and Sub-249g Weight Drops to Lowest Ever Price
DJI has reduced the price of its Neo 2 beginner drone to £199, the lowest it has ever been on Amazon. Weighing just 151 g, the drone stays under the 249 g regulatory threshold, allowing more flexible flying permissions. It offers 4K video...
Körber Teams With NVIDIA to Bring AI Simulations to Warehouses
German automation leader Körber has partnered with NVIDIA to embed AI‑driven simulation tools into warehouse operations. Using NVIDIA’s Omniverse platform, the two companies will create digital twins that let users model layouts, workflows, and new automation before physical changes. The...
Blackline Safety Begins Shipping G8 Wearable as Connected Safety Converges Into Single Devices
Blackline Safety announced that its G8 wearable is now shipping, offering an all‑in‑one solution that merges multi‑gas detection, lone‑worker monitoring, and two‑way radio communication. The device runs on Blackline’s unified connected safety platform, delivering real‑time visibility into worker status and...
FranklinWH Battery Accepted in New York and Washington VPPs
FranklinWH announced its residential battery system is now approved for virtual power plant (VPP) programs in New York and Washington. In New York, participants can receive up to $3,000 upfront and earn about $200 annually by allowing utilities to draw power during...
You Can Turn an Old Android Phone Into a Wifi Extender for Your Home Network
An unused Android smartphone can be repurposed as a Wi‑Fi extender by enabling its hotspot feature and rebroadcasting the home network. The device creates a secondary SSID that repeats the original signal, extending coverage into dead zones without additional hardware....
Nike Just Put Its Swoosh on Beats Earbuds for the First Time
Nike and Beats have unveiled the Powerbeats Pro 2 Nike Special Edition, marking the first time the Swoosh appears on Beats hardware. The earbuds keep the original Powerbeats Pro 2’s workout‑focused features—heart‑rate monitoring, active noise‑cancellation, and up to 45 hours of battery life—while adding matte‑black...
20 Years of Sensor Technology Transformation
ASC Sensors marks its 20‑year anniversary, having grown from a two‑person operation to a global leader in inertial sensor technology. The company now offers a full suite of analog, digital and smart accelerometers, gyroscopes and IMUs, including plug‑and‑play solutions like...
Elbit America Wins US Army HUD Contract for Air Soldier System
Elbit Systems of America secured a $49.9 million contract from the U.S. Army to supply colour head‑up displays for the Air Soldier System, covering UH‑60 Blackhawk and CH‑47 Chinook helicopters through December 2030. The firm‑fixed‑price, indefinite‑delivery/quantity agreement includes post‑production support and hinges...
O2 Speeds up Deployment with Pre-Assembled Mobile Mast
O2 has introduced a pre‑assembled mobile mast that shifts most of the complex antenna, radio and cabling work to a factory environment. The approach slashed on‑site installation time from two days to four hours and reduced cable connections from roughly...
Chip Wafer Shortage Will Run Through 2030 as AI Demand Overwhelms Supply: SK Hynix Chief
SK Hynix chairman Chey Tae‑won warned that a global wafer deficit exceeding 20% will persist until at least 2030, driven by soaring AI‑related high‑bandwidth memory (HBM) demand. He said capacity expansion will take four to five years, and SK Hynix,...
Intel Launch Core Ultra 200HX Plus Series Mobile Processors and a "Binary Optimization Tool"
Intel unveiled the Core Ultra 200HX Plus mobile processor family, adding the Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus and Ultra 7 270HX Plus. Both chips feature up to a 900 MHz boost in die‑to‑die frequency, reducing latency and raising gaming and creator performance. Intel also introduced a new Binary Optimization...
Z-Communications Announces New High Performance 24 GHz Phase Locked Oscillator
Z‑Communications introduced the FSG24000LX, a high‑performance 24 GHz phase‑locked oscillator housed in a rugged all‑metal enclosure. The unit delivers -104 dBc/Hz phase‑noise at a 10 kHz offset, 11.5 dBm output power from a 15 VDC supply, and features PSYNC and lock‑detect interfaces. It powers up...
If You Miss GPU-Z on Linux Check Out the New GPU-T
GPU‑T is a new Linux utility that mirrors the simplicity of Windows‑only GPU‑Z, offering detailed graphics card information through a modern .NET‑based interface. It currently supports AMD Radeon GPUs, reading data from sysfs, graphics APIs, and a custom JSON hardware...
3ME Technology Conducts ArcFlash Testing with Rio & Collaborates with Toshiba on LTO Batteries
3ME Technology, in partnership with Rio Tinto, completed the world’s first DC arc‑flash testing on high‑voltage lithium‑ion battery packs, exposing extreme fault energy that can surpass standard PPE protection. The data will inform faster‑acting protection devices, revised DC arc‑flash calculations,...
The Ultimate Guide to GPU Scaling With Karpenter
Karpenter replaces the legacy Cluster Autoscaler for GPU workloads on Amazon EKS by provisioning nodes dynamically through the EC2 Fleet API. It eliminates reliance on pre‑defined Auto Scaling Groups, allowing exact instance types like P4D to be launched on demand....
NetApp Targets E-Series at AI and Neoclouds with EF50 and EF80
NetApp has refreshed its E‑Series portfolio with two all‑flash models, the EF50 and EF80, aimed at AI training, inferencing and high‑performance computing workloads. The new arrays claim a 2.5× performance increase, delivering over 100 GB/s read and 57 GB/s write throughput while...
Hyperscaler Capex Snowballs Toward $700B as Firms Stage AI Builds
Moody’s forecasts that the six largest U.S. hyperscalers will spend about $700 billion on capital expenditures in 2026, roughly six times the 2022 level. The spending surge is driven by exploding demand for AI compute capacity to train models and support...
Nuclear Fusion HPC: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload Podcast
UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has installed Sunrise, a new supercomputer built on AMD EPYC CPUs and MI 355X GPUs, delivering roughly 6 exaflops at 8‑bit precision and 50 petaflops at 64‑bit. Designed specifically for nuclear‑fusion research, Sunrise merges AI and high‑performance computing...
Neousys Releases Nuvo-11160GC Rugged Edge AI Computing Platform
Neousys Technology unveiled the Nuvo-11160GC, a compact rugged edge AI computing platform targeting industrial and robotics markets. Powered by Intel Core Ultra 200S CPUs and supporting up to 150W NVIDIA RTX GPUs, it delivers real‑time AI inference within a -25°C...
Antigravity A1 Drone Discount Arrives Before April Feature Update
Antigravity is offering a flat 20 % discount on its A1 8K 360 drone across all bundles, just weeks before a major April software update. The A1 remains the only consumer‑grade drone in the United States capable of true 8K 360...
Will Digital ‘Dynamic Pricing’ Tags Help or Harm Customers?
Electronic shelf labels (ESLs) have moved from pilot projects to core operations, with Woolworths deploying roughly 17 million tags across more than 770 ANZ stores and Bunnings following suit. The digital tags allow prices to be updated centrally in minutes, opening...
Jensen Holds Court
Jensen Huang delivered a two‑hour, unscripted keynote at Nvidia’s GTC in San Jose, addressing roughly 30,000 attendees. He combined rapid technical detail with a Jobs‑style humor, even ending with a musical campfire number featuring robot singers. The presentation emphasized Nvidia’s...
How to Build High-Performance GPU-Accelerated Simulations and Differentiable Physics Workflows Using NVIDIA Warp Kernels
The MarkTechPost tutorial demonstrates how NVIDIA Warp lets Python developers write GPU‑accelerated kernels for scientific simulations and differentiable physics. It walks through environment setup, kernel creation for vector math, signed‑distance fields, particle dynamics, and a gradient‑based projectile optimizer. Performance tests show...
WEKA Releases NeuralMesh AI Data Platform Based on NVIDIA AI Data Platform Design
WEKA announced the general availability of its NeuralMesh AI Data Platform (AIDP), an enterprise‑ready, composable storage solution built on NVIDIA’s AI Data Platform reference design. The platform promises to shrink AI project timelines from months to minutes by delivering high‑performance,...
Coda Octopus Group Inc (CODA) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Coda Octopus Group reported fiscal‑year 2025 revenue of $26.6 million, up 30.7% year‑over‑year, driven by a 30.5% jump in hardware sales and contributions from its newly acquired acoustic sensors unit. The company launched the ultra‑compact Echoscope NanoGen sonar and delivered the...
TORMAX iMotion Operators Automate V&A East Storehouse Entrance
TORMAX UK installed its iMotion 1301 door drives to automate a pair of heavy, custom‑fabricated swing doors at the new V&A East Storehouse museum entrance. The gearless, high‑torque motors deliver smooth, silent operation while handling the doors' substantial weight and...
IDC Significantly Lowers PC Sales Forecast Amid Chip Shortage
IDC has sharply lowered its 2026 PC market outlook, now forecasting an 11.3% decline in shipments, far steeper than the previous 2.4% drop. Tablet shipments are also projected to fall 7.6% amid persistent memory shortages, rising component prices, and ongoing...
NVIDIA and Bolt Team up for European Robotaxis
At GTC 2026, NVIDIA and European rideshare firm Bolt announced a partnership to develop robotaxis across Europe. Bolt will leverage NVIDIA’s Cosmos, Omniverse, the Alpamayo autonomous‑vehicle model, and Drive Hyperion platform to turn its fleet data into a scalable learning...
Schneider Electric Teams with NVIDIA to Develop Validated Blueprints to Design, Simulate, Build, Operate and Maintain Gigawatt-Scale AI Factories
Schneider Electric, NVIDIA and AVEVA unveiled a suite of validated blueprints to design, simulate, build, operate and maintain gigawatt‑scale AI factories. The new NVIDIA Vera Rubin reference design confirms 480 VAC power distribution and 45 °C loop temperatures, while supporting MaxP/MaxQ operating...
GTC 2026 - Everpure Tackles Data Readiness and Flexible Consumption for Enterprise AI
Everpure unveiled three major announcements at GTC 2026, beginning with record‑setting AI storage benchmarks for its FlashBlade//EXA and FlashBlade//S500 platforms. The company introduced DataStream, an AI‑ready data pipeline that automates ingestion, anonymization, vectorization and indexing, complemented by the 1touch.io acquisition...
Dell’s AI Story Electrified by Lightning
Dell unveiled an AI Data Platform built with Nvidia that adds a four‑layer architecture and a new parallel file system called Lightning. Lightning delivers up to 150 GB/s per 1‑RU enclosure and can be stacked to achieve roughly 6 TB/s per rack,...
Synopsys Builds Hardware-Accelerated Agentic AI Stack with Nvidia
Synopsys announced a collaboration with Nvidia to create an open, secure, hardware‑accelerated agentic AI stack spanning from silicon design to system‑level applications. The stack leverages Nvidia GPUs and AI accelerators to deliver high‑performance inference and training for agentic models. In...
Memories AI Is Building the Visual Memory Layer for Wearables and Robotics
Memories.ai announced a partnership with Nvidia to build a visual‑memory layer for AI wearables and robotics, using Nvidia's Cosmos‑Reason 2 and Metropolis tools. The startup launched its Large Visual Memory Model (LVMM) in July 2025, positioning it against Google’s Gemini Embedding 2. It...
Nvidia DGX Spark and DGX Station with NemoClaw Deliver Autonomous Agents Platform
Nvidia announced that its DGX Spark and DGX Station systems, paired with the NemoClaw software stack, now deliver a full‑stack platform for building and running autonomous AI agents. The solution is designed to support always‑on agents that can reason, plan,...
Agilent Launches S540MD Slide Scanner System
Agilent Technologies introduced the S540MD slide scanner, a whole‑slide imaging system now on sale in select European markets. The scanner holds up to 540 slides, supports continuous loading, standard rack compatibility, automated scanning modes, and AI‑assisted tissue detection. It is...
What’s New in the AirPods Max 2? Breaking Down Apple’s Headphone Update
Apple unveiled the AirPods Max 2, a refreshed version of its premium over‑ear headphones, priced at $549 and shipping in April. The update centers on the H2 chip, delivering 1.5× stronger active noise cancellation, a new amplifier, and software features like...
Telus and Xanadu Sign MOU on Developing Quantum Data Centre Infrastructure
Telus and Xanadu Quantum Technologies have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a sovereign quantum data centre that blends photonic quantum processors with high‑performance computing. The partnership will leverage Telus’s PureFibre network and secure, Canadian‑controlled infrastructure alongside Xanadu’s expertise...
Inovonics Introduces AARON 656
Inovonics unveiled the AARON 656, a dual‑tuner rebroadcast receiver designed for FM and HD Radio environments. The unit uses a Maximum‑Ratio Comparison system to monitor two antennas and a combined feed, automatically selecting the strongest signal. It offers a five‑band audio...
NewTek Offers Custom High-Temperature Position Sensors
NewTek unveiled custom AC‑operated linear position sensors that function reliably up to 200 °C, eliminating internal electronics at the sensing element. The accompanying NTC signal conditioners keep processing electronics outside the hot zone, converting low‑amplitude AC output into DC, current, or...
This Unassuming Amplifier Is the One Audio Upgrade that Finally Made My Speakers Sing
Rotel’s DX‑5 integrated amplifier arrives as a compact, desktop‑friendly unit that blends high‑resolution digital playback with solid analog support. Powered by an ESS ES9039Q2M DAC, it handles 32‑bit/384 kHz PCM and DSD, while offering Bluetooth aptX HD, HDMI ARC, USB, optical and...
Samsung Ends Galaxy Z TriFold Sales Three Months After Launch
Samsung will stop selling the Galaxy Z TriFold in South Korea on March 17, just three months after its launch, while the United States will continue to sell the device until existing stock is exhausted. The foldable was released in...
The 7 Best UPS Battery Backups
The guide ranks seven UPS models for home offices and small businesses, highlighting CyberPower’s CP1500AVRLCD3 as the top pick with twelve outlets, AVR and an LCD panel. Budget‑friendly options like Amazon Basics 600VA lack AVR, while APC’s SMT1500C stands out...
Phase-Locked Dielectric Resonator Oscillator
Planar Monolithics (PMI) introduced the PLO‑48D4G‑EXT, a phase‑locked dielectric resonator oscillator operating at 48.4 GHz. The unit delivers a minimum 10 dBm output with a 1.5:1 VSWR load and maintains spurious emissions below –60 dBc. Phase noise is rated at –102 dBc/Hz at a...
Intel Says Its Xeon 6 Chips Are Set to Coordinate Nvidia’s Giant AI Servers
Intel announced its Xeon 6 host processors will serve as the central orchestration layer in Nvidia’s upcoming DGX Rubin NVL8 AI servers. The Xeon 6 chips manage memory, security, and workload distribution, positioning CPUs as mission‑critical “mission control” alongside Nvidia GPUs. Intel is demonstrating...