Duos Edge AI Opens 450kW Facility in Corpus Christi, Texas
Duos Edge AI has opened a 450 kW edge data center in Corpus Christi, Texas, housed in a 55‑ft × 13‑ft pod with 15 cabinets. The facility is positioned to serve education, healthcare, and business workloads that require low‑latency processing. It follows Duos’ earlier deployments in Amarillo, Victoria, Waco, and Dumas, extending the company’s Texas footprint. An open house is scheduled for May 12, signaling the center’s readiness for customers.
Your CPU Is Throttling Itself, and One BIOS Toggle Will Fix It
Modern CPUs often hit their advertised boost speeds for only about a minute before a hidden BIOS power‑limit (PL1) throttles performance. The default PL1 setting is deliberately conservative, dropping the package power from the short‑burst PL2 level and causing a...
AI Hard Drive Shortage Makes Archiving the Internet Harder
The surge in AI‑driven data‑center workloads has triggered a sharp rise in hard‑drive and SSD prices, making storage procurement a bottleneck for digital archivists. Consumer and enterprise drives have seen price jumps of 150‑250%, with a 2TB Samsung SSD climbing...
The First Alert Dual-Sensor Smoke Detector Increases Home Safety With Two Types of Smoke Sensing Technology
The First Alert Battery‑Powered Dual‑Sensor Smoke Detector combines a photoelectric and an ionization sensor, offering early warning for both smoldering and flaming fires. It ships with a sealed 10‑year battery, eliminating routine battery changes, and is ETL‑certified to UL 217 standards....
Nintendo's Switch 2 Price Hike May Have Been Inevitable, But It's Still Hard To Stomach
Nintendo announced on May 7, 2026 that the Switch 2 will increase $50 to $499.99, effective September 1. The hike follows similar price raises by Sony and Microsoft, reflecting tighter component costs and inflation. While the console offers backward compatibility, the lack of new...
New AirPods to Feature Cameras for AI-Powered Visual Intelligence: Report
Apple is in the final development stages of new AirPods that embed low‑resolution cameras in each earbud, turning the devices into visual sensors for Siri. The cameras, housed in longer stems, will capture environmental cues to enable context‑aware answers, cooking...
Algeria and Oman Gov'ts Partner to Establish Data Centers
Algeria and Oman have agreed to cooperate on building data centers and launching AI and digital‑government projects. The deal was sealed during Omani Minister Said bin Hamoud Al Maawali's visit to Algeria, where broader transport and IT agreements were also signed....
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755 Surfaces With Slight Multi-Core Performance Gain
AMD’s Ryzen 7 PRO 9755 has surfaced in the PassMark database, indicating a new addition to the company’s Ryzen PRO 9000 desktop family. The chip matches the 9745’s 8‑core/16‑thread design and 65 W TDP but delivers a modest 2.7% multi‑core performance gain, while single‑thread scores...
AMD Ascent Could Lure Traders to This ETF
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has surged more than 90% this year and quadrupled in value over the past twelve months, underscoring its rising dominance in AI semiconductors. The latest earnings report highlighted record AI compute demand, positioning AMD to capture...
Dell, AMD Expand On-Prem AI Platform with Instinct MI350P GPU Support
Dell and AMD announced that Dell PowerEdge XE7745, R7725 and XE9785 servers will support AMD Instinct MI350P (and MI355X) GPUs, delivering up to 4,600 teraflops of peak performance and 144 GB of HBM3e memory per card. The solution offers a drop‑in,...
Fraunhofer IZM’s Novel SiC Inverter Hits 99% Efficiency in a 1-Liter Package for 800 V EV Drives
Fraunhofer IZM unveiled a 500‑kW silicon‑carbide inverter that occupies just one liter, delivering more than 99 % peak efficiency for 800‑V electric‑vehicle drives. The design embeds twelve SiC MOSFETs per phase directly on the PCB, uses a flat aluminum heat sink...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to Revamp Gas Turbine Production Process to Meet Growing Demand From AI Data Center Sector
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced the Innovative Total Optimization project to overhaul its gas‑turbine production at the Takasago Machinery Works. By reviewing more than 1,000 processes, the company aims to lift output by roughly 30% while trimming changeover time. Orders...
NeuroHUD Puts Tesla Navigation and Alerts Where Drivers Can See Them
NeuroHUD, a startup targeting Tesla owners, has launched a Kickstarter for the first true heads‑up display built specifically for Tesla vehicles. The device projects navigation, speed, autopilot status and safety alerts directly into the driver’s line of sight, eliminating the...
Fiber-Optic Sensor Reads Strain Through Electrical Signals, Skipping Optical Analyzers
Researchers at Yokohama National University unveiled a fiber‑optic sensor that reads strain and displacement directly from the electrical spectrum of a photodetected signal, bypassing traditional optical spectrum analyzers. The technique employs a polymer optical‑fiber single‑mode‑multimode‑single‑mode (SMS) structure, where modal beating...
Schlage Arrive Review: This Electronic Deadbolt Is One of the Simplest Smart Devices I’ve Ever Used
The Schlage Arrive electronic deadbolt delivers a straightforward smart‑lock experience, installing in about 20 minutes with a Phillips screwdriver and four AA batteries. It offers built‑in Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth, allowing remote lock/unlock and up to 250 programmable access codes via...
Du Named as Landing Partner for Ooredoo's FIG Subsea Cable
Qatari telecom Ooredoo has appointed UAE carrier du as the landing partner for its Fiber in Gulf (FIG) subsea cable, a 720‑Tbps system spanning 1,931 km. The cable will land in Qatar, Oman, the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq,...
California's Battery Array as Powerful as 12 Nuclear Plants
California’s grid discharged just over 12,000 MW from battery storage, matching the output of twelve large nuclear plants. The discharge covered more than 40% of the state’s electricity demand during a peak evening period in late March. This is the first...
Nintendo Hiking Price for Switch 2 Consoles
Nintendo announced price hikes for its Switch 2 console, raising the Canadian retail price to $679.99 CAD (about $503 USD) and the Japanese price to 59,980 yen (≈$402 USD). The increases reflect soaring memory‑chip costs, exchange‑rate pressures and recent tariff hikes. Despite the higher price,...
Florida Has a New Law Regulating AI Data Centers
Florida enacted Senate Bill 484, a law that forces AI data centers operating in the state to pay for their own electricity, water and other utilities rather than passing those costs onto consumers. The legislation also allows companies to keep...
PPC Plans 34 Fast-Charging Sites in Greece and Romania
Greece’s Public Power Corporation (PPC) will roll out 106 fast and ultra‑fast electric‑vehicle chargers at 34 strategically placed sites across Greece and Romania. The deployment, part of the EU‑backed Blue Route 4E programme, is funded with up to €3.42 million (about $3.7 million)...
Tandem to File Tubeless Insulin Pump with FDA This Quarter
Tandem Diabetes Care will file a 510(k) this quarter for a tubeless version of its Mobi insulin pump, aiming for FDA clearance in the second half of 2026. The company reported Q1 revenue of $247.2 million, a 5 % year‑over‑year increase, while...
G&D KVM-over-IP Plugin for Netgear AV Simplifies Deployments
Guntermann & Drunck (G&D) and Netgear AV have launched a KVM‑over‑IP plugin that automates network configuration for G&D’s KVM solutions on Netgear AV switches. The plugin applies a dedicated profile that sets VLANs, IGMP snooping, QoS and other parameters in...
L3Harris to Advance ABMS Digital Infrastructure for US Air Force
L3Harris Technologies has secured a contract to develop key components of a secure, resilient digital infrastructure for the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS). The work focuses on data integration, networking, and real‑time processing to enhance command and...
Deals: Fitbit Air Pre-Order Offers, Pixel 10 Pro/XL up to $500 Off, Legion Go 2 Windows Handheld $482 Off, More
Best Buy is bundling a free Obsidian Google Active band with Fitbit Air pre‑orders, mirroring Amazon’s $35 credit. Google’s Pixel 10 lineup sees deep cuts, with the 256 GB Pixel 10 Pro XL open‑box priced at $701, nearly $500 off. Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S11 falls to $540...
SLC Digital Patents Multi-Signal Fingerprint Biometric Sensor Array for Smart Cards
SLC Digital has secured a U.S. patent for a graphene‑based sensor that merges optical, ultrasound and capacitive signals into a single smart‑card biometric array. The hybrid sensor records high‑resolution fingerprint ridges, three‑dimensional subsurface skin structures and electrical properties, creating a...
The Need for Speed: How Domestic Manufacturing Accelerates Delivery of Mission-Critical Technology
Intel’s Government Technologies VP argues that U.S. defense superiority now hinges on speed, not just capability. He highlights how legacy acquisition models and offshore supply chains slow microelectronics delivery, jeopardizing deterrence. Emerging practices—hardware‑accurate digital twins, emulation, and Intel’s domestic 18A...
Telesur Joins EllaLink Caribbean Gateway Project
Suriname’s state‑owned telecom Telesur has signed a letter of intent to connect to EllaLink’s Caribbean subsea cable system. The new gateway will provide direct access to Tier‑1 data centres in Europe and create redundant routes to Brazil and the United...
Samtec Expands Compact Power Interconnect Portfolio
Samtec has broadened its mPOWER ultra‑micro power interconnect line by adding through‑hole PCB termination options for vertical and right‑angle connectors. The new UMPS, UMPT and UMPT‑RA variants improve mechanical strength, making them better suited for vibration‑prone industrial, military, and aerospace...
Nintendo Raising Switch, Switch 2, Playing Card, and Hanafuda Card Prices
Nintendo announced worldwide price hikes for its Switch and Switch 2 consoles, with U.S. and Canadian Switch 2 units climbing $50 to $499.99 on September 1 2026. In Japan, all Switch models will see roughly ¥10,000 (≈$71) increases in May 2026, while Europe’s Switch 2 rises...
Schematik
Schematik, backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners in a 2026 pre‑seed round, is launching one of the first generative AI platforms that translates plain‑English design requests into hardware code, wiring diagrams, component lists, and assembly instructions. Founder Sam Beek, who previously...
Heliox Pilots Its New Flex Pro 480 kW DC Fast EV Charger with King County Metro
Heliox, a Siemens business, is piloting its new Flex Pro 480 kW DC fast charger with Seattle‑area transit agency King County Metro. The compact 12‑sq‑ft unit supports CCS1 and high‑current pantograph charging, delivering up to six simultaneous charging sessions. Operators can choose...
Govee’s Solar-Powered String Lights Are Already on Sale for 20 Percent Off
Govee’s 34‑foot Outdoor Solar String Lights have been reduced to $79.99 on Amazon, a $20 (20%) discount from the regular $99.99 price. The set includes eight IP67‑rated LEDs, a 6 W solar panel and a 4,800 mAh battery that can power the...
SANY Rolls Out 1,000th Electric Excavator & Launches 5G Remote Control
SANY Group has delivered its 1,000th electric excavator, underscoring a rapid shift toward zero‑emission construction equipment. The company also launched the SY550HD, a 5G‑enabled remote‑controlled excavator that can be operated from up to 8,500 km with latency as low as 120‑140 ms....
Kodiak AI and Bosch Test Hardware Components for Autonomous Trucking Platform
Bosch has begun supplying camera and actuation hardware to Kodiak AI, integrating early‑prototype sensors into the company’s SensorPods and testing Bosch’s camera samples for its autonomous trucking platform. The partnership, announced in January 2026, has moved from strategic alignment to joint...
Automotive Connectivity and Efficiency: Seizing the Wi-Fi 7 Opportunity—Download the Guide
Murata’s new whitepaper highlights Wi‑Fi 7 as a transformative technology for automotive connectivity, offering up to 16 spatial streams and 320 MHz channel widths. The high‑bandwidth, low‑latency link is positioned to meet the massive data demands of advanced driver‑assistance systems (ADAS) and...
Amplify Battery Cell Manufacturing JV Faces More Delays
Daimler Truck announced a $235 million impairment charge as the Amplify Cell Technologies battery‑cell joint venture in Mississippi encounters further delays. The 2.6‑million‑square‑foot plant, projected to cost $2‑3 billion, had already seen its production start pushed from 2027 to 2028, and the...
Nintendo to Hike Price of Switch 2 Console Due to Memory Chip Prices
Nintendo announced a price increase for its upcoming Switch 2 console, with the hike taking effect in Japan on May 25 and later in North America and Europe on September 1. The company attributes the adjustment to rising semiconductor memory costs that are...
OnePlus’ Latest Phone Cuts OS Updates in Half, because Clearly Everything Is Fine
OnePlus launched the Nord CE6, a mid‑range phone priced under €300 (≈$327), featuring a Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 chipset, 8 GB RAM, a 50 MP camera and an 8,000 mAh battery. The company advertised a “Fast and Smooth for 6 years” experience, but the device will receive...
SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Johannes Galatsanos, Diffraqtion
Diffraqtion, a quantum‑imaging startup spun out of MIT and the University of Maryland, announced a $4.2 million pre‑seed round that includes a DARPA Small Business Innovation Research Phase‑II contract. The company’s quantum camera promises up to 20‑times higher resolution and 1,000‑times...
Memory Is No Longer a Commodity – The Industry Hasn't Fully Caught Up
The global semiconductor market is on track to hit $1.2 trillion this year, with memory projected to capture 30‑35% of that total. A shift from a fragmented DRAM landscape to an oligopoly dominated by Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron and emerging player CXMT...
Valve's Steam Controller Reservation System May Give You Steam Deck Flashbacks
Valve is launching a reservation queue for the Steam Controller on May 8 at 6 pm UK time, letting existing Steam users sign up to buy the device as stock arrives. The system mirrors the 2022 Steam Deck launch, offering a first‑come‑first‑served...
Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson Says the Future of Crypto Wallets Will Be Inside iPhones and Androids
At Consensus 2026, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson argued that private keys should reside in the secure hardware of smartphones rather than in user‑held seed phrases or external hardware wallets. He highlighted that Apple’s Secure Enclave, Android’s Keystore/StrongBox, and Samsung Knox...
Anker Solix C2000: A Lower-Priced Power Station I’d Be Grateful to Have During a Blackout
Anker’s Solix C2000 power station delivers 2,400 W continuous (4,000 W surge) output and a 2,048 Wh LiFePO₄ battery, positioning it as a mid‑range, cost‑effective backup for homes, RVs, and off‑grid use. Weighing 41.7 lb, it offers five 120 V AC outlets, multiple USB‑C ports,...
ValiDrive Helps Detect Fake USB Drives and Storage Devices
ValiDrive is a utility that quickly spot‑checks USB flash drives by writing and reading random 4 KB blocks across 576 evenly spaced locations, covering about 2.36 MB of the device. The tool exposes counterfeit drives that claim 1–2 TB of capacity but actually...
Nanoscale Design Channels Hybrid Light–Vibration Waves to Carry Heat More Efficiently
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have demonstrated that surface phonon polaritons—hybrid light‑vibration waves—can channel heat across nanoscale silicon‑dioxide bridges with far less loss than conventional phonon diffusion. By adding a micrometer‑scale grating to a suspended micro‑thermometer, they boosted...
Norwegian Consortium Develops Inductive Ship Charger for Offshore Applications
A Norwegian consortium of research institute SINTEF and shipbuilder Vard is developing an inductive charging adapter for battery‑electric service vessels operating offshore. The laboratory prototype can already transfer 50 kW wirelessly, and the design envisions a crane‑mounted system capable of delivering...
A Tough Question
Infineon still controls 77% of Qimonda, a DRAM subsidiary that has become a financial drain. Qimonda recently cut 600 jobs in Dresden and is paying roughly $5,450 per former Infineon employee who jumps ship. Infineon has written down the Qimonda...
ProPhotonix Announces COBRA Slim UV with up to 20,000 Wm-2 UVA Output for Inspection Applications
ProPhotonix, part of the Exaktera Group, unveiled the COBRA Slim UV LED line light capable of delivering up to 20,000 W·m⁻² UVA irradiance. The product offers four selectable wavelengths (365 nm‑405 nm), field‑adjustable optics, optional 4× strobing, and a modular design that can...
Data Center Cooling Drives Johnson Controls’ Q2 Sales up 8%
Johnson Controls reported Q2 revenue of $6.1 billion, an 8% year‑over‑year increase, and a 30% jump in its order backlog to $20 billion, driven largely by data‑center and life‑sciences demand. The company introduced two high‑density chiller platforms, York YDAM and York YK‑HT,...
Maingear MG-1 (2026) Review: Fast and Clean, for a Price
The 2026 Maingear MG‑1 review highlights a refreshed MK.II chassis that prioritizes clean cable management and robust airflow while supporting flagship components such as an Nvidia RTX 5090 and AMD Ryzen 9950X3D2. Base configurations start at $2,249, but a fully specced build...