UV LED Prices Rising by 5% in Q1 Due to Increased Material and Labor Costs
TrendForce reports UV LED prices up 5% QoQ in Q1 2026 due to higher precious‑metal, raw‑material and labor costs. Customized UV‑A products see up to 5% quarter‑on‑quarter price gains. The market is projected to reach $215 million in 2026, delivering at least 10% annual growth, driven by curing, sterilization and medical applications. Major suppliers are expanding custom designs and single‑chip UV‑C offerings, with a 200 mW UV‑C LED slated for launch in Q4 2026.
Everyone Says You Need a NAS for Plex—You Don't
The article debunks the common belief that a NAS is required for Plex, showing that any computer running Windows, macOS or Linux can host the media server. It cites real‑world tests on an old MacBook and a low‑end Core i3 mini‑PC...
When Smaller Means Better: How Device Scaling Enhances Memory Performance
Researchers at Science Tokyo demonstrated that shrinking ferroelectric tunnel junctions (FTJs) dramatically boosts their memory performance. By fabricating 25 nm Ti/TiOₓ‑Y‑doped HfO₂‑Pt nanocrossbar devices on silicon, they recorded a tunneling electroresistance (TER) ratio of 2,200—over ten times higher than larger counterparts....
NV Re-Enter ARM PC Market in Q1-2026?
Nvidia is reportedly preparing to re‑enter the ARM‑based PC market with a launch slated for the first quarter of 2026. Leaked specifications suggest a high‑end SoC featuring up to 20 CPU cores, a 48‑stream‑multiprocessor GPU delivering around 4 TFLOPs, and LPDDR6...
A 'Striking' Red Honor Magic V6 Is so Thin and Tough that It's Rewriting What Device Strength Means
Honor unveiled a striking red edition of its upcoming Magic V6 foldable, emphasizing a thin profile paired with unprecedented durability. The device boasts both IP68 and IP69 dust‑water resistance, a 2800 MPa Super Steel hinge, and Advanced Display Protection with a...
This Hidden Windows Setting Is Slowing Down Your SSD — Here’s the Fix
Windows defaults to the “Quick removal” policy, which disables aggressive SSD write caching and can slow down small, frequent write operations. Changing the policy to “Better performance” enables write caching, allowing the drive to acknowledge writes once data reaches the...
Color-Changing Nanopigment Sensor Tracks pH One to Ten with Stable, Repeatable Readings
South Korean chemists have engineered a nanopigment‑based colorimetric sensor that reliably measures pH across a full range from 1 to 10. By covalently attaching sulfonephthalein dyes to porous silica nanoparticles and embedding them in an agarose/PEO polymer, the sensor eliminates...
Amphenol RF Introduces 2.92 Mm Connectors for 0.141 In. Conformable Cable
Amphenol RF launched a new 2.92 mm connector line built for 0.141 in. conformable cable, delivering broadband performance up to 40 GHz. The connectors feature low VSWR, gold‑plated stainless‑steel bodies, beryllium‑copper contacts, and Ultem 1000/PTFE insulators for durability across temperature extremes. Available in straight‑plug...
Molex Sets New Benchmark for AI and 6G Testing with 145 GHz Cardinal Multi-Port High Frequency Coaxial Assemblies
Molex has launched the Cardinal Multi‑Port High Frequency Coaxial Assemblies that operate up to 145 GHz, extending its proven Cardinal line beyond the previous 110 GHz ceiling. The assemblies deliver phase‑matched, low‑loss connections and support data‑characterization rates of up to 448 Gbps. A...
AMD Rembrandt/Zen 3+ APU Speculation and Discussion
AMD’s upcoming Rembrandt APU is rumored to migrate to TSMC’s 6nm N6 process and adopt RDNA 2 graphics with a 12‑compute‑unit iGPU. The chip is expected to support DDR5/LPDDR5 memory, PCIe 4.0 and possibly a shared L3 or infinity cache that could...
Death Stranding 2 System Requirements Are Here, and You'll Need an RTX 4080 to Play at 4K
Death Stranding 2’s system requirements have been published, outlining four performance tiers from 1080p @ 30 fps up to 4K @ 60 fps. The minimum tier runs on a GTX 1060 or RX 5500 XT with 16 GB RAM and a 150 GB SSD, while the very‑high tier demands an RTX 4080 or...
AMD Readies Ryzen AI 400 Gorgon Point for AM5 Desktops in Q2
AMD is preparing to launch its Ryzen AI 400 “Gorgon Point” processors for AM5 desktop platforms in the second quarter of 2026. The chips, derived from the Strix Point and Krackan Point families, will bring the company’s AI‑focused NPU and...
So Concrete Gaming Keyboards Are Now a Thing, and I Think I Need One in My Life
Keychron has launched the K2 HE Special Edition in two premium materials – translucent black resin and a novel concrete frame. The Concrete Edition features a brutalist aesthetic, a 75% layout, wireless connectivity, and Hall‑Effect magnetic switches with 40 g linear...
SanDisk Refreshes Portable SSD Lineup, Extreme PRO Claims up to 4GB/S
SanDisk is set to launch a refreshed portable SSD portfolio in the second half of the year, introducing three performance tiers. The flagship Extreme PRO Portable SSD claims up to 4 GB/s sequential reads and 3.8 GB/s writes, with capacities of 2 TB, 4 TB,...
Best Buy Just Quietly Carved $400 OFF One of My Favorite Garmin Watches — Now It's over $600 Cheaper than...
Best Buy has slashed the Garmin Fenix 7X Sapphire Solar from $899.99 to $499.99, a $400 discount that makes it over $600 cheaper than the newer Fenix 8 Pro. The 7X remains a rugged, solar‑charged smartwatch with 37‑day battery life and a full suite...
Oppo Teases the Find N6’s Crease-Less Display Ahead of Rumored March Launch
Oppo has unveiled a teaser for its upcoming Find N6 foldable, highlighting a crease‑less interior display. The device retains an 8.12‑inch main screen and a 6.62‑inch outer panel, with a larger battery hinted at. Launch is slated for China in...
3 Lessons Learned From Developing a Novel Neurotechnology Device
QuantalX Neuroscience’s Delphi‑MD, a hybrid TMS‑EEG platform powered by AI, received FDA de novo classification in November 2025 and entered commercial launch in February 2026. The device delivers real‑time, age‑adjusted brain‑function assessments by comparing patient data to a cleared normative database. CEO Dr....
50 Mpg in a Nissan Crossover? Testing the New E-Power Hybrid System.
Nissan is debuting a third‑generation E‑Power series‑hybrid system, featuring a 1.5 L turbocharged three‑cylinder engine paired with a 202 hp front electric motor. Tested in a European‑spec Qashqai, the powertrain delivered a mixed‑cycle fuel economy of 47.7 mpg, with potential to exceed 50 mpg...
Mastercam 2026.R2 Delivers GPU-Accelerated Simulation and AI-Powered Assistance
Mastercam unveiled its 2026.R2 update, the second release in a new semi‑annual cadence, delivering GPU‑accelerated simulation and an AI‑driven Copilot assistant. The GPU engine reduces verification times from roughly 90 minutes to just over 22 minutes while preserving accuracy. Copilot...
Arch Platform Technologies, Wacom Integrate Wacom Bridge For Virtual Workflows’
Arch Platform Technologies and Wacom have integrated Wacom Bridge into Arch’s cloud GPU workstation platform, enabling artists to use Wacom pen displays with full driver support and reduced latency. The joint solution, launched on Feb. 24, offers a "local‑like" feel...
National Retail Solutions (NRS) Named Official POS Provider for Krauszer’s Food Stores as Legendary Chain Targets Nationwide Expansion
National Retail Solutions (NRS) has been chosen as the official point‑of‑sale provider for Krauszer’s Food Stores, a historic New Jersey convenience‑store chain with more than 300 locations. The partnership will roll out NRS’s integrated POS platform across all existing stores and...
This Braun Electric Shaver Is the Best We’ve Ever Tried – and It’s Now £260 Cheaper
The Braun Series 9 Pro+ electric shaver, T3’s top‑rated grooming tool, is now priced at £239.99 after a £260 discount at Boots. Originally £499.99, the deal includes a charging stand, travel case and cleaning brush. The shaver boasts Ultra Thin Precision Blades,...
AM SOLUTIONS INTRODUCES THE M4 BASIC, A COST-EFFECTIVE ENTRY-LEVEL MODEL POST-PROCESSING SYSTEM
AM Solutions, a brand of the Rösler Group, launched the M4 Basic, a compact, cost‑effective vibratory finishing system for additive‑manufactured metal and polymer parts. The unit processes workpieces up to 70 × 70 × 25 mm and combines a 20‑litre rotary vibrator with a 25‑litre...
Your Watch Will One Day Track Blood Pressure
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin demonstrated a non‑contact method for measuring blood pressure by reflecting near‑field radio waves off the wrist. They built a wearable prototype using a patch antenna, circulator and a custom 2.4 GHz integrated circuit...
Microwave Transmission Equipment Market Flattens Out in 2025
Dell’Oro Group reports that point‑to‑point microwave transmission equipment revenue was flat in 2025 after a strong first half, ending 1% below the prior year. The decline was driven by weakened demand in India and Latin America despite earlier growth expectations....
Finland’s Prenew Secures €1.8 Million to Scale Its Used Gaming PC Marketplace Across Europe
Prenew, an Espoo‑based marketplace for refurbished gaming PCs, has raised €1.8 million in a round led by Antler, with participation from several European VCs and operator syndicates. The funding will finance expansion into new European markets and a hiring surge of...
Here's How You Can Get a Meta Quest 3 for Just $1 with This Shooting Star of a Bundle
Meta’s latest standalone headset, the Quest 3, ships with a Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 processor, 2064 × 2208 per‑eye resolution and a 120 Hz refresh rate, positioning it as the market’s most capable consumer VR device. The headset supports a growing library of exclusives such as...
Teledyne FLIR OEM Launches Lepton XDS at Mobile World Congress; A Compact Thermal‑Visible Camera Module Featuring Patented MSX Technology
Teledyne FLIR OEM unveiled the Lepton XDS at Mobile World Congress, a compact dual‑thermal‑and‑visible camera module that pairs a 160 × 120 radiometric Lepton 3.5 sensor with a five‑megapixel visible imager. The device embeds FLIR’s patented MSX technology, which overlays visible‑image edges onto thermal...
Limiter, LM-118-100W-22DBM
The LM-118-100W-22DBM is a high‑power RF limiter covering 1 to 18 GHz and tolerating up to 100 W continuous wave across –55 °C to +85 °C. It caps leakage at 22 dBm, introduces only 2.6 dB insertion loss, and recovers in 100 ns or less. Housed in a compact...
Reflective, High Speed, SPST Switch, P1T-500M18G-80-R-SFF-SW21841A-515
Planar Monolithics introduced the P1T‑500M18G‑80‑R‑SFF‑SW21841A‑515, a reflective high‑speed SPST RF switch covering 0.5‑18 GHz. The device delivers ≤ 2.5 dB insertion loss, ≥ 80 dB isolation, and switches in 20 ns while tolerating up to 2 W average (10 W peak) power. Its compact 1.97 × 0.79 × 0.53 in form factor uses...
AIDA64 Download Version 8.25
AIDA64 has launched version 8.25, boosting hardware detection and benchmarking for the latest CPUs and GPUs, including NVIDIA’s RTX 5000‑series. The update expands the sensor database, adds native NVMe support, and refines stress‑testing tools for more consistent results. A new Command Line...
Digital Phase Shifter, PS-100M20G-10B-SFF-MIL-SM
Planar Monolithics introduced the PS‑100M20G‑10B‑SFF‑MIL‑SM, a digitally controlled phase shifter covering 0.1 to 20 GHz. It delivers continuous 0°‑360° phase adjustment with 1024 discrete steps via ten logic inputs. The device features 13 dB insertion loss, ±5° phase‑shift error, and a 500 ns switching speed....
Euro Hosting Giant Hiking Prices by up to 50% From April Fool's Day
Hetzner, one of Europe’s largest hosting providers, announced price hikes of up to 50% effective 1 April. The increases apply to all customers across its data centres in Germany, Finland, the US and Singapore. Hetzner cites soaring hardware costs, memory shortages...
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Zebra Technologies’ AltiZ 3D sensors now power EBI Electric’s Inspector T lumber‑scanning system, delivering an eightfold increase in measurement precision. The AI‑enhanced solution identifies defects such as knots, cracks and rot, enabling manufacturers to boost usable wood yields by up to...
HPE Exposes Juniper Routers to Third-Party AI Agents
HPE announced that its newly acquired Juniper routers will be exposed to third‑party AI agents via a Model Context Protocol, enabling AI‑driven configuration and deployment. The company also introduced the PTX12000 series, scaling up to 518.4 Tbps, and the PTX10002 line...
Sapphire PURE X870E WIFI 7 Review
Sapphire has unveiled its first X870‑class AM5 motherboard, the PURE X870A WIFI 7, targeting high‑end enthusiasts with a clean white‑and‑silver design. The board features a 16+2+1 VRM delivering 55 A per phase, PCIe 5.0 GPU and M.2 slots, and support for DDR5‑8400 memory. Integrated Wi‑Fi 7,...
Ultra-Wideband Low Noise Amplifier, PEC-42-1G40G-20-12-292FF
PMI‑RF introduced the PEC‑42‑1G40G‑20‑12‑292FF, an ultra‑wideband low‑noise amplifier covering 1 to 40 GHz. The device delivers 42 dB of gain with ±2.5 dB flatness and a 5.5 dB noise figure across the band. Its output‑1 dB compression point reaches 19 dBm at lower frequencies and 17 dBm at higher...
Quantcore Secures £2.5M ($3.4M USD) to Establish Sovereign Niobium-Based Quantum Hardware Manufacturing
Quantcore, a University of Glasgow spin‑out, closed a £2.5 million seed round led by PXN Ventures, Blackfinch Ventures and Scottish Enterprise. The funding will be used to build a sovereign niobium‑based quantum hardware manufacturing line at the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre,...
Hitachi and Pakal Advance Silicon Modules
Hitachi Energy and Pakal Technologies have teamed up to embed Pakal’s IGTO(t) silicon power switch into Hitachi’s high‑voltage power modules. The IGTO(t) promises roughly 30% lower conduction losses than conventional IGBTs, enhancing efficiency across rail, renewable, energy‑storage, AI and data‑centre...
X-365 Precision XY Gantry System Offers Configurable, Affordable Motion for High-Throughput, High-Accuracy Applications
Physik Instrumente (PI) unveiled the X‑365 Precision XY Gantry System, a modular Cartesian robot that delivers nanometer‑class positioning across travel ranges from 200 × 200 mm up to 600 × 800 mm. The platform combines high load capacity with integrated linear‑encoder feedback and EtherCat‑based controller compatibility,...
8-Channel Switch Filter Bank, 8SFB-2G18G-SFF
Planar Monolithics introduced the 8‑channel switch filter bank 8SFB‑2G18G‑SFF, covering 2 GHz to 18 GHz with eight selectable pass‑bands. The unit delivers 8 dB typical insertion loss, 2:1 VSWR, ±0.5 dB ripple and 82.8 dB out‑of‑band rejection. Switching occurs in 200 ns and the device handles...
Compound Semiconductor Materials Market Growing at 14% CAGR to Almost $5.2bn by 2031
Yole Group’s 2026 report projects the global compound‑semiconductor substrate and epiwafer market to grow at a 14% CAGR, reaching roughly $5 bn by 2031. The surge is powered by electrification, AI‑driven data‑center demand, and next‑generation connectivity, with silicon carbide (SiC) anchoring...
Digital Attenuator, DTA-200M18G-100-CD-EXT
Planar Monolithics introduced the DTA‑200M18G‑100‑CD‑EXT, an 8‑bit digitally tuned attenuator covering 0.2 to 18 GHz. It offers a massive 100 dB attenuation range with ±3 dB accuracy and flatness throughout. The device features fast switching (1 µs on, 0.5 µs off), a maximum insertion loss of 12 dB,...
Wear OS Can Now Send Life-Saving Earthquake Alerts without Your Phone
Google is rolling out Play Services v26.07, enabling Wear OS smartwatches to receive earthquake alerts without a paired phone. The update works server‑side and activates on cellular or Wi‑Fi‑connected watches, leveraging built‑in gyroscopes and accelerometers to detect seismic activity. By removing...
AI Chip Startup MatX Raises $500 Million to Compete With Nvidia
AI chip startup MatX, founded by two former Google semiconductor engineers, announced a funding round exceeding $500 million to accelerate development of GPUs that challenge Nvidia’s market dominance. The round was led by Jane Street and Situational Awareness, with participation from...
Rohde & Schwarz Advances AI-RAN Testing Using Digital Twins with NVIDIA
Rohde & Schwarz, together with NVIDIA, unveiled an AI‑driven testbed at MWC Barcelona 2026 that combines the NVIDIA Sionna Research Kit with a DGX Spark server for hardware‑in‑the‑loop, site‑specific channel emulation. The platform runs a software‑defined 5G NR stack via...
AntennaWare and SynchronicIT Collaborate to Offer Significant Improvements in UWB Applications
AntennaWare has partnered with Dutch module vendor SynchronicIT to integrate its BodyWave™ antenna into UWB‑based real‑time location systems. The patented antenna boosts link margins by 6‑12 dB in non‑line‑of‑sight scenarios, effectively doubling range or halving power consumption for on‑body and on‑metal...
Weidmuller Releases New PV Connector Series for 1,500-V Systems
Weidmuller USA introduced the WM4 C PV connector series, engineered for advanced solar installations up to 1,500 V. The UL‑ and CSA‑approved connectors feature robust crimp contacts for 4 mm² and 6 mm² (12 AWG/10 AWG) conductors and are rated IP67 for harsh environments. An anti‑tampering...
Nvidia Plans a Windows PC SoC, Setting up Direct Competition with Qualcomm, Intel, and AMD
Nvidia is engineering a Windows‑compatible system‑on‑chip based on its GB10 platform, a partnership with MediaTek that blends 20 Arm cores and a Blackwell GPU delivering up to one petaFLOP of AI performance. Dell and Lenovo have already signaled intent to...
Innoviz Technologies Releases Expanded White Paper on the Rise of Physical AI and the Emergence of World Models
Innoviz Technologies released Part I of an expanded white paper titled “Innoviz and the Rise of Physical AI: Bringing World Models to Life.” The document argues that AI is transitioning from software‑only models to Physical AI, where high‑fidelity, real‑time 3‑D perception...