The Microsoft Surface Pro Is Nearly 40% Off at Best Buy - and We Highly Recommend It
Microsoft’s 13‑inch Surface Pro, equipped with an OLED display, Snapdragon X Elite processor, 16 GB RAM and 1 TB storage, is now priced at $1,400 after an $800 discount at Best Buy—roughly a 40% markdown. The deal excludes the detachable keyboard, which must be purchased separately. The device’s 120 Hz, 2880 × 1920 screen and included stylus aim at creative professionals needing high‑color accuracy and fluid performance. ZDNET rates the offer 4 out of 5, noting it as the steepest price cut in recent years.
Intel Shares Surge on AI Boom to Surpass Dotcom Bubble High
Intel’s stock jumped more than 12% in after‑hours trading, pushing the share price above $58 and eclipsing the peak it hit during the 2000 dot‑com bubble. The rally was sparked by strong earnings guidance and a surge in demand for...
The Man Who Is Paying to See the Future
Serial entrepreneur Bill Nguyen, 55, has built a personal AI proxy that runs on a high‑end Nvidia RTX 5090 workstation. The system consumes massive token volumes across multiple models, handling his calendar, email, parenting advice, and even arranging meetings without his...
Verne and Nscale Complete First Phase of AI Deployment in Iceland
Verne and Nscale have finished the first phase of an AI GPU deployment at Verne’s Iceland campus, installing 7.5 MW of compute power in just three months. The rollout includes 128 racks—half of them liquid‑cooled—housing Nvidia Blackwell Ultra GPUs as part...
Huawei, DeepSeek Strengthen China’s AI Self-Reliance with Collaboration on V4 Model
Huawei announced that its new Ascend 950PR and 950DT chips were ready for day‑zero inference on DeepSeek’s V4 model, with the entire Ascend SuperNode line fully adapted. The partnership was highlighted in a livestream where engineers detailed integration with Huawei’s...
Geely Eva Cab, Il Robotaxi Senza Volante Che Paga Lautostrada Da Solo
Geely unveiled the Eva Cab robotaxi at the Beijing Auto Show, marking China’s first fully autonomous, steering‑wheel‑free prototype. The vehicle relies on a 196‑billion‑parameter language model and a 43‑sensor suite to make decisions three times faster than a human driver and...
The Asus ROG Xbox Ally Is Defying the Trend of Rising Prices and Is Now Cheaper than when It Launched
The Asus ROG Xbox Ally has slipped to $539.99 on Amazon, undercutting its original $599 launch price and the £499.99 (~$635) it debuted at in the UK. This price reduction runs counter to a broader surge in handheld console costs...
Keppel and Shell to Launch Immersion Cooling Pilot at Singapore Data Center
Keppel and Shell are teaming up to pilot an immersion‑cooling pod at a Singapore data centre, slated to go live by May 2026 for a 12‑month trial. The system will use Shell’s proprietary gas‑to‑liquids (GTL) cooling fluid, which Shell claims can...
The Amazon Ember Artline Gives Frame TV Shoppers Lots of Options
Amazon has entered the growing frame‑TV market with the Ember Artline, a Fire TV‑powered QLED set available in 55‑inch and 65‑inch models priced at $900 and $1,100 respectively. The TV supports all major HDR formats, including Dolby Vision and HDR10+, and...
Space Data-Center News: Roundup of Extraterrestrial AI Endeavors
In April 2026 a wave of space‑compute announcements pushed orbital data centers closer to commercial reality. Sophia Space teamed with Kepler Communications to run its software on a ten‑satellite cluster of Nvidia Orin processors, while Deloitte activated two additional cyber‑defense...
Frequency Matters, Apr 24: Amps/Oscillators Issue, Infineon Hi-Rel Interview, Industry News/Events
Microwave Journal’s Frequency Matters episode on April 24 spotlighted the new Amplifiers and Oscillators issue and featured an interview with Infineon Hi‑Rel’s senior aerospace director. The discussion centered on GaN power‑conversion technology qualified for space, highlighting its performance advantages for satellite...
Aeluma Receives NASA Award for Integrated QD Lasers
Aeluma Inc., a Goleta‑based compound semiconductor firm, secured a NASA award to accelerate its integrated quantum‑dot (QD) laser platform for data‑communication and sensing. The company’s large‑diameter wafer heterogeneous integration leverages high‑throughput MOCVD to embed QD lasers directly on silicon, tackling...
This Breakthrough ‘Spiking’ Battery Can Pump Out Lightning-Fast Bursts of Energy
Engineers are reviving 1950s‑era supercapacitors to complement lithium‑ion batteries, creating hybrid storage that can deliver millisecond‑level power bursts. The technology is already powering emergency doors on Airbus A380s, Swiss electric buses that recharge in 15‑second stops, and China’s first grid‑scale...
Tesla Launches Three-Phase Powerwall 3P
Tesla has introduced the Powerwall 3P, a three‑phase residential energy storage system that combines a 13.4 kWh battery, hybrid inverter, and on‑board energy management in a single wall‑mounted unit. The device delivers up to 15.4 kW continuous AC power, peaks at 21 kW,...
OnePlus 16 Could Bring 240Hz Refresh Rate Display
OnePlus is rumored to equip its upcoming flagship, the OnePlus 16, with a 240 Hz refresh‑rate display, potentially maintaining its 1.5K resolution. The device is expected to feature a 6.78‑inch BOE LTPO panel using LIPO packaging for ultra‑thin 1 mm bezels. If...
Leidos Wins $617m US Army IFPC Increment 2 Launcher Contract
Leidos has been awarded a $617 million contract from the U.S. Army to produce additional launchers for the Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2 (IFPC Inc 2) system. The award brings the company’s total IFPC Inc 2 production contracts to nearly $1.2 billion, covering more than 100...
Atomera Extends Collaboration with Synopsys to GaN Workflows
Atomera Inc. has broadened its long‑standing partnership with Synopsys Inc. to include gallium nitride (GaN) device modeling using Synopsys’ Sentaurus TCAD platform. The expanded effort will develop a GaN calibration methodology, produce marketing and calibrated simulation decks, and feed product...
Adani Green to Invest ₹15,000 Cr in BESS as FY27 Capex Rises to ₹45,000 Cr; Rajasthan to Emerge as Key...
Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) announced a $1.8 billion investment in battery‑energy‑storage‑systems (BESS) as part of a $5.4 billion FY27 capital plan. The company has already added 1.4 GW of battery capacity at its Khavda hub in Gujarat and aims to commission more...
Fitness Tracker for Fido? Experts Split on Benefits of Pet Tech
Pet fitness and health trackers are entering the consumer market as the sector is projected to reach $450 million by 2035. Proponents cite real‑world cases, such as a rescue dog whose anxiety medication dosage was fine‑tuned using activity data. Veterinary leaders...
AMD EXPO 1.2 Expands DDR5 Tuning Before Zen 6 Rollout
AMD unveiled EXPO 1.2, the latest iteration of its DDR5 overclocking profile standard. The update expands profile data, adds support for MRDIMM, CUDIMM and CSODIMM modules, and introduces new timing and voltage fields such as tREFI and VDDP. While early BIOS...
Intel Says Software Optimization Limits E-Core Gaming Performance Gains
Intel’s Vice President Robert Hallock says the gaming performance gap between Intel’s hybrid CPUs and AMD’s Ryzen X3D chips is largely a software issue, not a hardware flaw. Intel reports that toggling efficiency (E) cores changes game FPS by roughly one...
Intel Z970 Chipset Will Become Mainstream Segment for Nova Lake-S
Intel is set to launch the Z970 chipset alongside its Nova Lake‑S processors, positioning it as the core of the new 900‑series upper‑mainstream platform. The Z970 will inherit many Z‑series features—most notably CPU overclocking and richer I/O—traditionally reserved for enthusiast...
Raytheon’s RAIVEN Sensing System Undergoes First Flight Test on a Black Hawk
Raytheon completed the first flight test of its RAIVEN sensing system on a UH‑60 Black Hawk on April 15. The AI‑enhanced EO/IR suite, combining hyperspectral imaging and LIDAR, delivered 270° coverage and mapped urban streets, wetlands and coastline in total...
D-Mode GaN Bidirectional Switches Reshape Power Conversion Topologies
Renesas introduced the TP65B110HRU, a 650 V, 110 mΩ D‑mode GaN bidirectional switch that integrates two low‑voltage MOSFETs in a single TOLT package. The device conducts and blocks current in both directions, eliminating the need for back‑to‑back MOSFET or IGBT pairs. This...
What Is ‘Temple’, the Wearable Tech on Sindhu’s Side Forehead at the Uber Cup?
PV Sindhu debuted a new wearable called the Temple during her Uber Cup opener, a stick‑on device that monitors real‑time brain blood flow and cognitive load. Built by a team led by Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal, the beta‑stage tracker also...
Wheel-E Podcast: Cargo E-Bikes, Pedal-by-Wire, Yozma IN10, Laws, More
Electrek’s Wheel‑E podcast highlighted a wave of electric‑bike innovations, starting with Segway’s launch of a compact cargo e‑bike designed for urban logistics and an even cheaper cargo model that could broaden market access. The show also examined a groundbreaking pedal‑by‑wire...
Apple's Next CEO Has a Different Battle Ahead
John Ternus, Apple’s current head of hardware engineering, will assume the CEO role in September 2026, succeeding Tim Cook. Analysts anticipate a rapid rollout of a folding iPhone, alongside potential smart‑glasses and a smart‑home hub. Ternus must also steer Apple...
Save a Massive $520 on a Gaming PC Upgrade with This Mega Newegg DDR5 RAM Combo Worth $1,159 Separately —...
Newegg is offering a bundled upgrade for AM5 PCs that pairs the MSI MAG X870E Tomahawk Wi‑Fi motherboard with a 32 GB V‑Color Manta XSky DDR5‑6000 memory kit for $639.99. The package also includes a free 1 TB Western Digital SN850X PCIe 4.0...
AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V3000 Processor Powers Cisco’s Latest N9300 Switches and 8000 Series Routers for AI Workloads
Cisco has integrated AMD’s Ryzen Embedded V3000 processor into its new N9300 series switches and 8000 series service‑provider routers. The V3000 provides 4‑8 server‑class x86 cores, up to 96 GB DDR5 memory, and high performance‑per‑watt for control‑plane tasks such as routing, telemetry,...
Ninja’s ‘Revolutionary’ Dual‑zone Air Fryer Drops to £186 Today only with a Clever TopCashback Trick People Are Using
The Ninja Foodi MAX Dual Zone air fryer, normally priced at £229.99 (about $288), is being offered at a steep discount through a TopCashback promotion. New TopCashback members can effectively pay £186 (~$233) after a £44 cashback, while existing members...
The Overlooked Chips Powering the AI Boom
Power semiconductors, the unseen workhorses that convert high‑voltage electricity for AI chips, are poised for rapid growth as AI data centers consume ever more power. Omdia projects global revenue for power chips to reach $100 billion by 2029, up from $80 billion...
Octopus Energy and Lunar Energy Partner to Offer $0-Down Battery-Based Retail Electric Plan in Texas
Octopus Energy USA and Lunar Energy have launched PowerStore, a 36‑month retail electricity plan for Texas homeowners that bundles a 30 kWh battery with an 8 ¢ per‑kWh electricity rate and a $45 monthly subscription. The offering requires no upfront payment and...
Meta Buys Tens of Millions of AWS Graviton Arm Cores in a CPU Land Grab
Meta announced a massive purchase of tens of millions of AWS Graviton Arm cores, bundled with the surrounding power, networking and data‑center infrastructure. The deal marks Meta’s continued commitment to Arm‑based AI compute after earlier pledges to be a launch...
My Phone Wouldn't Charge When Plugged In. This Simple Trick Fixed That
Phones often stop charging because dust, lint, and pocket debris accumulate in the charging port, creating a physical barrier. This issue affects iPhone Lightning ports, newer USB‑C ports on iPhone 17, and Android devices like the Pixel 10 Pro and Galaxy S25 Ultra....
Meta Signs Multibillion-Dollar Deal With Amazon to Use Its CPU Chips for AI
Meta Platforms has inked a multiyear, multibillion‑dollar agreement with Amazon Web Services to run tens of millions of AWS Graviton5 CPU cores for its AI agents and related workloads. The contract, lasting three to five years, makes Meta one of...
Wearable AI Brings New Promise and New Risks to Emergency Response
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation released a report touting wearable AI—smart glasses, watches, helmets, and rings—as a transformative layer for emergency responders. It argues these devices can deliver real‑time data, health monitoring, navigation and facial‑recognition capabilities, improving safety and...
This Artificial Retina Doesn't Just Aim to Restore Sight—It Opens a Hidden Channel of Vision
Researchers at Yonsei University and the Institute for Basic Science have unveiled an implantable artificial retina that detects near‑infrared (NIR) light and converts it into electrical pulses to stimulate surviving retinal ganglion cells. The device combines a phototransistor array with...
Grab 32GB of Corsair DDR5 RAM for Just $28 in This Newegg Combo with the New 9950X3D2 that Saves You...
AMD’s new Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, the first dual‑X3D CPU, ships in a Newegg bundle with an Asus TUF Gaming X870E‑Plus motherboard, 32 GB of 6,400 MT/s Corsair DDR5 RAM, and a 2 TB WD Black SN7100 SSD for $1,729.99. The processor delivers 16 cores, 5.6 GHz...
Why China’s Optical Communications Sector Is the Latest AI Boom Beneficiary
China’s optical communications firms are riding the AI boom, with Shenzhen‑listed Zhongji Innolight, Eoptolink Technology and Suzhou TFC Optical Communication seeing shares surge up to tenfold. Their combined market capitalisation now exceeds that of baijiu giant Kweichow Moutai, and they...
AI Euphoria Returns as Intel Earnings Sparkle
Intel’s latest earnings beat forecasts, reigniting market optimism about artificial‑intelligence hardware and underscoring the sector’s growth momentum. The upbeat results come as China’s DeepSeek released previews of its most powerful open‑source model, heightening the U.S.–China AI rivalry. Washington responded by...
Toshiba 500GB 3.5" 7200rpm SATA HDDs - Opinions?
An UK user bought two Toshiba 500 GB 7200 RPM SATA HDDs for about £25 ($34) each on Amazon, assuming they were brand‑new. One drive worked initially, but the second produced a click‑of‑death and could not be formatted. The seller’s return process...
Renault 5 Turbo 3E to Be Fitted with In-Wheel Motors
Renault Group and Protean Electric announced that the revived Renault 5 Turbo 3E will be equipped with Protean’s in‑wheel motor (IWM) system, making it the first European passenger car produced with this technology. The IWM delivers 555 hp directly to the...
ABB's New DC Fast Charger Goes Into Megawatt Territory
ABB E‑Mobility introduced the OM M‑Series power cabinet, a modular DC fast‑charging system capable of delivering up to 1.2 MW to a single electric vehicle or sharing that power across 24 cars. The cabinet achieves an industry‑leading power density of 625 kW...
Samsung Boosts GDDR6 Output for Tesla as Auto Memory Demand Rises
Samsung Electronics has tripled its monthly output of 8GB GDDR6 memory chips to satisfy Tesla’s growing in‑vehicle computing needs. Production was redirected in April to the Hwaseong plant, where capacity now supports Tesla’s infotainment and autonomous‑driving platforms. The ramp‑up follows...
Eseye Boosts Global IoT Resilience with SGP.32 eSIM Orchestration
Eseye has integrated the GSMA‑defined SGP.32 remote SIM provisioning standard into its AnyNet+ eSIM and Infinity Connectivity Management platforms. The upgrade enables hands‑off, large‑scale management of eSIM profiles for IoT devices lacking user interfaces, adding multi‑IMSI support, intelligent network fallback...
ABB Introduces Decentralised Charging System M-Series
ABB E‑mobility unveiled the M‑Series, a decentralized split‑system charger that pairs central power cabinets with satellite dispensers. The solution delivers 200 kW to 1.2 MW, scales in 400 kW increments, and can support up to 24 fast‑charging points. It dynamically allocates power in...
SK Hynix to Supply HBM4E Samples in Second Half Using 1c DRAM
SK hynix announced it will ship samples of its seventh‑generation high‑bandwidth memory, HBM4E, in the second half of 2024, using its advanced 1c DRAM process. The company targets mass production of HBM4E by 2025, aiming to catch up with Samsung,...
ABOV Semiconductor Launches A34G43A MCU for Premium Appliances
ABOV Semiconductor introduced the A34G43A MCU, the first AZPro high‑performance microcontroller, built on a 28‑nm eFlash process and featuring a 200 MHz Arm Cortex‑M4F core. The chip consolidates multiple functions—motor control, PWM, ADC, and AES‑128 security—into a single device, aiming at...
Investors Rotate to China’s Chipmakers as DeepSeek Intensifies AI Competition
Chinese semiconductor stocks rallied sharply after DeepSeek released its V4 foundation model, which it touts as competitive with OpenAI and Google DeepMind. SMIC rose 10% and Hua Hong surged 15% in Hong Kong, reflecting investor bets on domestic AI compute...
Aurzen Zip Cyber Foldable Portable Projector: Not Bright, Poor Connectivity, but a Lot of Fun
The Aurzen Zip Cyber is a pocket‑sized, cyber‑punk‑styled projector that delivers 720p resolution with a claimed 100‑lumen output. It runs on a 5,000 mAh battery for about 1.5 hours and folds into a compact Z‑shaped form. The device lacks an HDMI input,...