Nvidia Hiring for Orbital Data Center System Architect, as Space Compute Market Grows
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 posting reflects accelerating interest in space‑based compute, highlighted by recent launches of Nvidia H100 GPUs and upcoming AWS and Google hardware. Industry rivals such as AMD, Google, and SpaceX are also racing to establish a foothold in the nascent orbital AI market.
Walmart Will Continue Selling Macs After Proving Market for MacBook Neo
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...
Just Fun Tech: Analogue 3D Review
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...
Apple’s New Studio Display and Studio Display XDR Have Two Different Chips
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...
Nuance Audio Glasses Help Understand Speech in Noisy Settings
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 Establishes Advisory Board to Advance Wafer-Level Thermal Management
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...
Yank Technologies Wins Contract for Military Wireless Charging System
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...
Unique Capabilities of Edge Computing in IoT
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 Launches 100-Mile EX11 Full Suspension E-Bike at $1,300, Bluetti 128Wh to 3,840Wh Elite Power Stations From a $113 Low,...
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...
March Makeover: Save Up to 85% on Monoprice’s Streaming & Tech Essentials
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...
Lawmakers Question Intel’s Use of Tools From Blacklisted Chinese Firm
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....
Net Insight Nimbra Edge, Nimbra 400 Receive YouTube Live Encoder Verification
YouTube Live has added Net Insight’s Nimbra Edge software encoder and Nimbra 400 hardware appliance to its verified encoder list. The verification confirms compatibility with SRT and RTMP ingest, as well as sustained stability under fault conditions. Broadcasters can now stream...
FLASH-COMP Project Validates Integration Readiness for More Intelligent, Defect-Free LRI Approach
Three years after launch, the FLASH-COMP project has completed and validated a physical test bed for large composite liquid resin infusion (LRI) processes. The modular rig proved seamless integration of optical, thermal and process sensors with real‑time data acquisition, simulation...
Novocomms and Synergy Announce a Collaborative “Metarray-to-Modem” Module Line with NXP to Accelerate 5G/NTN Development
Novocomms and Synergy Design unveiled a plug‑and‑play Metarray‑to‑Modem module line at MWC Barcelona, built on NXP’s LA12xx programmable PHY/DFE platform. The family targets 5G FR2 (26/28/39 GHz) and NTN Ku/Ka‑band deployments, promising faster hardware‑software integration and reduced time‑to‑market. By combining Metarray™...
Missouri Team Shows How to Rewrite Bits Stored in DNA
University of Missouri researchers have demonstrated a technique to rewrite data stored in DNA, overcoming the long‑standing limitation that DNA‑encoded information was immutable. The method pairs a compact electronic module with a nanopore sensor, translating electrical signals into binary bits....
Comau Expands Wearable Robotics with New Mate-XT GO Exoskeleton
Comau has introduced the Mate‑XT GO, a sub‑3 kg wearable exoskeleton that supports arm and shoulder movements for repetitive or overhead tasks. Certified as Category II personal protective equipment, it can be donned in 30 seconds and removed in 10 seconds, delivering up to 50 percent...
Warthog: A Rugged Platform for Industrial Automation
The Warthog UGV is a rugged, all‑terrain unmanned ground vehicle built for industrial automation and research, offering a 272 kg payload, 18 km/h top speed, and IP65‑rated steel/aluminum construction. It comes with ROS 2 preinstalled, a Gazebo simulation model, and flexible power outputs...
Wedbush Maintains $350 Apple Target as Product Blitz Reinforces AI Hardware Push
Wedbush Securities reaffirmed its "outperform" rating on Apple and kept a $350 price target, citing a sweeping product launch that bolsters its AI hardware ambitions. The new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, built on a Fusion Architecture, promise more than four‑times...
Sony to Showcase Advanced Drone Imaging and Sensor Technologies at Amsterdam Drone Week 2026
Sony will exhibit at Amsterdam Drone Week 2026, showcasing its imaging and sensor portfolio for commercial drones. The lineup includes the full‑frame ILX‑LR1 camera, Alpha series cameras, the FCB‑ER9500 4K/60 block camera, and the AS‑DT1 miniature LiDAR sensor. Sony also...
EPropelled Announces Largest Expansion of Motor Controllers (ESCs) and Intelligent Power Systems, Strengthening Electronic Propulsion Leadership
ePropelled announced its largest expansion of electronic control technologies, adding new motor controllers (ESCs) and Intelligent Power Systems (iPS) for aerial, ground and marine platforms. The upgraded ESCs feature advanced algorithms, real‑time diagnostics and networked data services that boost torque...
Privacy-First IOT: Why Retail and Public Spaces Are Moving Away From Camera-Based Analytics
Retailers and public‑space operators are abandoning camera‑based analytics in favor of radar‑based people counting solutions that respect privacy. Traditional video systems capture personally identifiable information, triggering GDPR obligations, costly consent processes, and public distrust. Radar sensors operating at 60 GHz millimetre‑wave...
Altera Advances FPGA-Based Physical AI for Robotics and Edge Applications
Altera showcased its Agilex 3 and Agilex 5 FPGA families at Embedded World, highlighting a unified sensor‑to‑actuator architecture for physical AI in robotics, industrial vision, and edge devices. Live demos demonstrated high‑definition camera fusion, medical imaging preprocessing, and deterministic low‑latency robotic control....
VIA Labs Announces Availability of Industrial-Grade USB 5Gbps and 10Gbps Hub Controllers at Embedded World 2026
VIA Labs announced at Embedded World 2026 the release of two industrial‑grade USB hub controllers, the VL819i (5 Gbps) and VL822i (10 Gbps). The devices are offered in Q7 (9 × 9 mm) and Q8 (10 × 10 mm) packages, supporting USB‑A and USB‑C downstream ports with pin‑to‑pin...
Simbe Becomes First Retail Robotics Company to Achieve UL 3300 Certification for Autonomous Robot Tally
Simbe announced that its autonomous shelf‑scanning robot Tally has earned UL 3300 certification, making it the first retail robotics company to achieve the standard. The certification validates Tally’s mechanical, electrical and software safety after passing more than 40 rigorous tests for...
Harnessing the Potential of CXL for Cloud-Native Databases
Cloud‑native databases are increasingly critical, yet RDMA‑based memory disaggregation suffers from page‑level inefficiencies, contention, and slow recovery. Compute Express Link (CXL) offers a high‑bandwidth, low‑latency, cache‑coherent interconnect that enables fine‑grained memory access and instant recovery. Controlled tests show CXL can...
Sunseeker Launches New Self-Driving-Level Robot Mower
Sunseeker Robotics is set to launch the S4 robotic mower on March 3, 2026, a wire‑free system that uses LiDAR and AI‑vision to autonomously tend residential lawns up to 1,000 square meters. The mower maps terrain in real time, avoids...
Stride Pro Unmanaged+ Ethernet Switches From AutomationDirect
AutomationDirect has launched the STRIDE PRO Unmanaged+ industrial Ethernet switches, which extend basic unmanaged functionality with features like IGMP snooping, VLAN support, port monitoring, and alarm capabilities. The product line includes PoE, PoE+, and Gigabit models with up to 12...
Schmersal PROTECT PSC1 Safety Controller From AutomationDirect
AutomationDirect has added the Schmersal PROTECT PSC1 safety controller to its catalog, offering two base models—PSC1‑C‑10 and PSC1‑C‑100. Both units deliver 14 safe inputs rated up to PL e or SIL 3, multiple safe outputs, and optional built‑in fieldbus support for EtherCAT,...
LitePoint, Aethertek and Metanoia Announce Joint Collaboration to Create High Bandwidth Technology for Dense Environments
LitePoint, Aethertek and Metanoia have formed a three‑way partnership to fast‑track the development of next‑generation 5G FR2 open radio units (O‑RUs). The collaboration combines Aethertek’s beamforming phased‑array hardware, Metanoia’s O‑RAN‑compliant Split 7.2 SDR PHY, and LitePoint’s OTA test and validation platform....
Please Stop Relying on the Internet for Your Smart Home Devices
Smart home devices increasingly depend on manufacturer cloud services, exposing users to outages, connectivity glitches, and eventual loss of functionality when support ends. Recent incidents like the October 2025 AWS DNS failure demonstrated how cloud‑centric designs can render doorbells, cameras, and...
IAI and TKMS Deliver BlueWhale AUV to the German Navy
Israel Aerospace Industries and Germany’s TKMS handed over the BlueWhale autonomous underwater vehicle to the German Navy, marking a milestone in the Marine 2035+ modernization. The 11‑12 meter AUV can operate for weeks without crew, carrying a telescoping mast with radar and...
If You Can Stomach Second-Hand Gaming Handhelds, I'd Look at Refurbed Asus ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go to Survive...
The article warns that rising RAM costs and discontinued models have made new gaming handhelds like the Asus ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go prohibitively expensive. Refurbished and second‑hand units now appear at roughly $430‑$480, offering performance comparable to older...
This Dirt-Cheap 10-in-1 Docking Station Is Just What You Need to Supercharge Your Laptop
The Brydge Stone CORE 10‑in‑1 docking station, normally priced at $150, is now available for $25 on Woot. It offers two USB‑C ports, four USB‑A ports, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4, an SD 4.0 card reader, and Gigabit Ethernet, delivering up to 100 W of...
China's Xiaomi Tells CNBC It's Planning a Yearly Smartphone Chip Release and Its Own AI Assistant for Overseas
Xiaomi announced it will roll out a new XRing smartphone processor each year, starting with the 3‑nanometer XRing O1. The company will combine this custom SoC, its HyperOS operating system, and a new AI assistant into a single device for...
Micro-LED Co-Packaged Optics Cut Power Consumption to Just 5% that of Copper Cables
The rapid expansion of generative‑AI workloads is pushing data‑center interconnect speeds toward 800 Gbps and 1.6 Tbps, exposing the energy inefficiency of copper cables. Micro‑LED co‑packaged optics (CPOs) can deliver the same bandwidth while consuming only about 5 % of the power of...
Logitech G325 Lightspeed Gaming Headset Review: Cheap Wireless Cans that Don’t Sound Too Shabby
Logitech’s G325 Lightspeed headset brings true‑wireless gaming audio to the budget segment at roughly £70. Constructed entirely from plastic and synthetic fabrics, it’s lightweight enough for marathon sessions and features a hidden beamforming microphone. Sound quality is adequate for games,...
AMD Unveils Ryzen AI 400 Series CPUs with New AI PC Focus
AMD announced the Ryzen AI 400 series at Mobile World Congress 2026, introducing desktop processors with an integrated XDNA 2 neural processing unit delivering up to 50 TOPS of AI compute. The chips combine Zen 5 cores and RDNA 3.5 graphics and are the first AM5...
Garmin's "Perfect Fitness Watch" With 11-Day Battery Life and AMOLED Screen Falls to Lowest Ever Price
Garmin has slashed the price of its Forerunner 165 fitness watch to £173.91 on Amazon, a £76.08 discount from the original £249.99. The device combines a 1.2‑inch AMOLED display, 11‑day smartwatch‑mode battery life, and multi‑GNSS satellite support in a lightweight 43 mm...
Ecoflow Debuts 5 kWh Residential Inverter Battery with 100% Depth of Discharge
EcoFlow unveiled the Ocean 2 all‑in‑one battery inverter at the Key Energy show in Rimini. The system pairs a 5 kWh LiFePO₄ battery with a single‑phase inverter, delivering 3.4 kW continuous discharge and 100 % depth of discharge. Units are compact, IP66‑rated and can...
Circuits Integrated Launches Ka-Band Integrated Switch Power Amplifiers
Circuits Integrated Hellas has introduced the CI-ONE family, a small‑form‑factor Ka‑band module that combines a high‑performance power amplifier with a single‑pole double‑throw switch. The integrated solution delivers 5 ns switching, up to 36 dBm output, and about 22% efficiency at the 1 dB...
U.S. Marine Corps Buys More Titan Counter-Drone Systems
The U.S. Marine Corps awarded BlueHalo Labs a $22.8 million contract modification to purchase additional Titan SV MPv3 counter‑drone systems and spare‑parts kits under its Organic‑Counter Small Unmanned Aerial Systems program. Delivery is slated for on or before July 1 2026, addressing an...
Rohde & Schwarz Redefines Screening
Rohde & Schwarz is rolling out its QPS Walk2000 millimetre‑wave screening system, which combines AI‑driven detection with continuous walk‑through capability. Early deployments at Dallas Fort Worth and Frankfurt airports demonstrate higher passenger throughput and reduced false alarms. The technology has earned ECAC detection...
GLS and APES Launch Advanced Semiconductor Packaging Partnership in New York
Great Lakes Semiconductor (GLS) and Advanced Printed Electronic Solutions (APES) have formed a strategic partnership to fuse GLS's ChipForge semiconductor platform with APES's Matrix6D additive‑manufactured electronics system. The joint effort will deliver a full design‑to‑manufacturing workflow for chips and sensors,...
UCSB’s Steven DenBaars Receives Optica’s 2026 Nick Holonyak Jr Award
Steven DenBaars, Distinguished Professor at UCSB, has been named the 2026 recipient of Optica’s Nick Holonyak Jr. Award. The honor recognizes his pioneering contributions to high‑efficiency gallium nitride (GaN) LEDs and laser diodes, which have transformed solid‑state lighting and photonic...
ARIA Sensing and Algorized Partner on AI UWB Radar
ARIA Sensing has partnered with Algorized to launch an AI‑driven ultra‑wideband radar platform, beginning with an in‑cabin child presence detection system for automotive OEMs and Tier‑1 suppliers. The solution merges ARIA’s HYDROGEN 4×4 UWB radar SoC—featuring 3‑D sensing, digital beamforming...
Download Intel Wireless (WIFI WLAN) Driver Package 24.20.2
Intel released the Wi‑Fi driver package 24.20.2, a 44.2 MB unified installer for Windows 10 (64‑bit) and Windows 11 that covers Wi‑Fi 7, 6E, 6 and legacy Wireless‑AC adapters. The bundle includes driver version 24.20.2.1 for models BE213‑BE200, AX411‑AX101 and several AC chips. Wi‑Fi 7’s 6 GHz band...
This No-Code ESP32 Smart Display Designer Looks Perfect for Beginners
A new no‑code designer lets users build ESP32 smart‑home displays without writing firmware. Users flash a base firmware once, then create UI, bind actions, and upload directly from the web editor. The tool removes the need for MQTT, Node‑RED, or...
Keychron B11 Pro Folds Flat with an Alice Layout and Tri-Mode Wireless
Keychron has launched the B11 Pro, a foldable keyboard that combines an Alice‑style split layout with a low‑profile scissor‑switch design. The chassis folds inward, automatically powering off when closed and waking on opening, while offering USB‑C, 2.4 GHz dongle, and Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity....
Ryzen AI 400G Desktop APUs Reportedly Cap at 12 Usable PCIe Lanes
AMD’s new Ryzen AI 400G and Ryzen AI PRO 400G desktop APUs provide 16 native PCIe lanes, but four are reserved for the CPU‑to‑chipset link, leaving only 12 usable lanes on high‑end models and ten on lower‑tier parts. This tighter lane budget contrasts...
MSI RTX 5090D V2 LIGHTNING for China Spotted: 24GB GDDR7, 384-Bit Bus
MSI has unveiled a China‑specific variant of its RTX 5090D v2 LIGHTNING graphics card, keeping the 21,760 CUDA cores but trimming memory to 24 GB GDDR7 on a 384‑bit bus. The limited‑edition model remains part of the 1,300‑unit global LIGHTNING run, though it...