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Huang Urges US AI Lead, Blocks China From Top Chips
SocialMay 5, 2026

Huang Urges US AI Lead, Blocks China From Top Chips

Nvidia's Jensen Huang says China should not have its most advanced chips CEO backs US lead in AI while pushing for ability to sell older chips in China https://t.co/5ZqkduCG9u via @NikkeiAsia

By Paul Triolo
Liquid‑cooling Stocks Dip as Nvidia Shuns Gold‑tin
SocialMay 5, 2026

Liquid‑cooling Stocks Dip as Nvidia Shuns Gold‑tin

Definitely some read thru concerns for $VRT Jefferies Desk wrote that Liquid cooling stocks under pressure - ie $ETN , In Taiwan the liquid cooling sector under pressure as a local broker wrote a report saying Nvidia $NVDA...

By Mark Lehman (MarkFlowChatter)
NVIDIA and PulteGroup Enable Home Mini Data Centers
SocialMay 5, 2026

NVIDIA and PulteGroup Enable Home Mini Data Centers

THIS: #NVIDIA and PulteGroup are helping this startup put mini data centers on homes https://t.co/yzOgPOQdrC @nvidia @PulteHomes @span_io #AI

By Diana Olick
Apple's Foundry Talks With Intel Are More Advanced Than Expected
SocialMay 5, 2026

Apple's Foundry Talks With Intel Are More Advanced Than Expected

Agree with this, we think Apple is much farther along than just "discussions" with Intel on foundry.

By Ben Bajarin
Quantum and AI Complement Each Other, IBM Expands Cloud Access
SocialMay 5, 2026

Quantum and AI Complement Each Other, IBM Expands Cloud Access

Quantum and AI do not compete - but complement each other says @ArvindKrishna - @IBM has now deployed 80+ cloud accessible quantum machine with 300+ partners. #IBMThink https://t.co/wxXszY6kHI

By Holger Müller
Bose Launches Lifestyle Ultra Line, Embraces AirPlay over Its Own App
SocialMay 5, 2026

Bose Launches Lifestyle Ultra Line, Embraces AirPlay over Its Own App

Bose has announced the Lifestyle Ultra Speaker ($299), Lifestyle Ultra Soundbar ($1,099) and Lifestyle Ultra Subwoofer ($899). Coming May 15th. The new products directly compete with Sonos, though Bose isn't making you use its own app/platform for multi-room audio: it's favoring...

By Chris Welch
OpenAI Accelerates AI Phone with Dual NPUs, Custom SoC
SocialMay 5, 2026

OpenAI Accelerates AI Phone with Dual NPUs, Custom SoC

OpenAI's version of Jarvis -> Kuo: OpenAI appears to be fast-tracking its AI agent phone with two NPUs and a custom MediaTek Dimensity 9600 SoC, targeting mass production as early as H1 2027 Real-world visual sensing: "The ISP is the headline spec,...

By Glenn Gabe
Intel's Logic Deals Rise to Meet Capacity Demand
SocialMay 5, 2026

Intel's Logic Deals Rise to Meet Capacity Demand

$INTC logic deals are coming. It’s not an indictment on $TSM, it’s purely capacity driven. Intel will get its chance to shine here as it will offer critical wafers to meet rising demand. 👏🏻

By Daniel Newman
Seeking Unifi Doorbell with Two‑Way Audio Over Battery‑Powered TAPO
SocialMay 5, 2026

Seeking Unifi Doorbell with Two‑Way Audio Over Battery‑Powered TAPO

Anyone has the Unifi doorbell? Do you like it? I need two-way audio Right now I have a TAPO doorbell but you gotta keep charging it cause no power

By Pieter Levels
Samsung's One UI 9 Leaks Reveal Upcoming Wide Fold Design
SocialMay 5, 2026

Samsung's One UI 9 Leaks Reveal Upcoming Wide Fold Design

Samsung can't stop leaking its upcoming foldables in One UI 9 The Wide Fold image is in line with leaked renders, while also showing off the phone’s rear cover. ✅ Details - https://t.co/3WXtQKBunM https://t.co/uCoNMoqUTW

By AssembleDebug (Shiv)
A 50‑Year IMAX Dream Fulfilled on Colbert
SocialMay 5, 2026

A 50‑Year IMAX Dream Fulfilled on Colbert

For more than 50 years, my Dad dreamed of a day when every frame of a major Hollywood film would be captured with IMAX cameras. Tonight, Christopher Nolan spoke beautifully about his friendship with my Dad - and the new Keighley...

By Geoff Keighley
More RAM ≠ Better AI: Apple and Google’s Costly Mistake
SocialMay 5, 2026

More RAM ≠ Better AI: Apple and Google’s Costly Mistake

Throwing more ram at AI is a mistake both Apple and Google made Both increased the ram on their devices to make them "AI Ready" and neither have standout AI features that make good use of the extra ram Google specially, 16GB...

By The Galox
China Aims 70% Domestic Advanced Wafers by 2026
SocialMay 5, 2026

China Aims 70% Domestic Advanced Wafers by 2026

Exclusive: China targets 70% advanced domestic silicon wafer use by 2026 Local leaders led by Eswin drive major expansion for self-sufficiency milestone https://t.co/GCoRLhlgwu via @NikkeiAsia

By Paul Triolo
Capture Data at Every Chip Manufacturing Stage
SocialMay 5, 2026

Capture Data at Every Chip Manufacturing Stage

#Technology #Thread #Semiconductor #Manufacturing #Data The Semiconductor Capturing Data: 1/ - Every Chip Tells A Story. - But If You Do Not Capture The Data At Each Stage Of Semiconductor Manufacturing, You Are Missing The Entire Plot.

By Chetan Arvind Patil
Floral Fire Extinguisher: Scented Safety Meets Design
SocialMay 5, 2026

Floral Fire Extinguisher: Scented Safety Meets Design

#WhatsNext? A fire extinguisher flower vase? The fragrant way to put out those flames. (GiGadgets) #Innovation #PublicSafety https://t.co/13Pc0mg9bI

By James Gingerich
CoWoS Evolves Into TSMC’s High‑Value Ecosystem Engine
SocialMay 5, 2026

CoWoS Evolves Into TSMC’s High‑Value Ecosystem Engine

CoWoS Is No Longer Just Packaging: It Is TSMC’s New Value-Creation Engine If CoWoS really has a value-added rate close to 50%, it reflects one thing: TSMC is not simply selling capacity. It is selling a closed high-value manufacturing ecosystem. https://t.co/7w2GYbvF7t

By Paul Triolo
Audiovector R5 Arreté: Stunning Look, Premium Sound, High Price
SocialMay 5, 2026

Audiovector R5 Arreté: Stunning Look, Premium Sound, High Price

The R 5 Arreté from Audiovector looks incredible, and should sound it too, even though it's far from cheap. https://t.co/Ov5p9PzlBq

By TechRadar
EMEET PIXY Delivers 4K Wireless Auto‑tracking Webcam
SocialMay 5, 2026

EMEET PIXY Delivers 4K Wireless Auto‑tracking Webcam

Imagine a 4K Webcam that can work completely wirelessly and track you when you move. That's the EMEET PIXY 4K Wireless Webcam, and it's pretty dang cool. Here's my demo and review: https://t.co/dvvy7O0H7A #webcam #emeet @emeet_official https://t.co/sD7SvsRdz5

By Dave Taylor
You’ve Been Using a Mainframe All Week
SocialMay 4, 2026

You’ve Been Using a Mainframe All Week

"You Probably Don’t Realize You Used a Mainframe This Week", industry expert and practitioner Craig Mullins @craigmullins - another must read by this amazing professional who is hands on keyboard every day in this space. https://t.co/UUR230H4iB https://t.co/sXhQ5G78Yb

By Dez Blanchfield
Smart Traffic Lights: The Next Digital Upgrade
SocialMay 4, 2026

Smart Traffic Lights: The Next Digital Upgrade

#WhatsNext? How about a digital upgrade to our good old traffic lights? Your thoughts? (GiGadgets) https://t.co/k7xCQrMb4m

By James Gingerich
Remember: CO Detectors Monitor Carbon Monoxide, Not CO2
SocialMay 4, 2026

Remember: CO Detectors Monitor Carbon Monoxide, Not CO2

Happy May the 4th. And a reminder it's "CO" detector - not "CO2" detector. It's a carbon monoxide detector (CO). Not a CO2 detector (carbon dioxide). https://t.co/D22l5YcBbZ

By Ryan Lundquist
All Major Memory Chip Makers Acknowledge Severe RAM Crisis
SocialMay 4, 2026

All Major Memory Chip Makers Acknowledge Severe RAM Crisis

Micron has warned on the gravity of the RAM crisis, meaning that every major memory chip maker has now done so. https://t.co/XSOFwlwhiA

By TechRadar
Microsoft to Double Datacenter Capacity Within Two Years
SocialMay 4, 2026

Microsoft to Double Datacenter Capacity Within Two Years

How – and why – Microsoft will double its datacenter capacity in two years. $MSFT https://t.co/nyRH20FjN9

By Timothy Prickett Morgan
Diffusion-Style Decoding Triples LLM Speed on TPUs
SocialMay 4, 2026

Diffusion-Style Decoding Triples LLM Speed on TPUs

Supercharging LLM inference on Google TPUs: Achieving 3X speedups with diffusion-style speculative decoding https://t.co/j1QPASxHKP < some pretty amazing increases in tokens per second

By Richard Seroter
Top 7 Smart Locks for Every Door in 2026
SocialMay 4, 2026

Top 7 Smart Locks for Every Door in 2026

7 Best Smart Locks (2026) for Front Doors, Side Doors, and Even Garages https://t.co/G8O8yWjbX4 https://t.co/QJ9o0BnNhe

By Eric Vanderburg
Committee‑driven Roadmaps Produce Bizarre, Useless iPhones
SocialMay 4, 2026

Committee‑driven Roadmaps Produce Bizarre, Useless iPhones

Sadly, this is the end result of a piecemeal roadmap. It's an iPhone by committee, with people deciding whether they prefer the fingerprint sensor to wireless charging. You end up with a bizarre, useless product.

By Charles Hoskinson
Omer Adam's Data Center Secures Massive Deal with Crusoe
SocialMay 4, 2026

Omer Adam's Data Center Secures Massive Deal with Crusoe

Billion-Dollar Baby: Omer Adam's Data Center Company Strikes Massive Deal With American Cloud Infrastructure Giant Crusoe - Forbes Israel https://t.co/HkhT9kTc7C

By Paul Triolo
Budget Macs: Affordable Yet Surprisingly Powerful Machines
SocialMay 4, 2026

Budget Macs: Affordable Yet Surprisingly Powerful Machines

Refer to these as "budget Macs," but remember they are still very powerful machines. https://t.co/PV8POicAgn

By TechRadar
Magnetic Privacy Filter Shields MacBook From Shoulder Surfers
SocialMay 4, 2026

Magnetic Privacy Filter Shields MacBook From Shoulder Surfers

Tired of shoulder surfers seeing everything on your MacBook screen when working in public? Then you'll want to learn all about the Afterplug Magnetic Privacy Filter Screen, which I demo and test in my latest review video: https://t.co/dVTvZyG5WE #privacy #macbook...

By Dave Taylor
Detailed Walkthrough Reveals X86 Execution Anomaly Investigation
SocialMay 4, 2026

Detailed Walkthrough Reveals X86 Execution Anomaly Investigation

[1/2] I felt like this question deserved a more complete answer than "undefined behavior", so I made a full walkthrough to show exactly what part of the x86 execution differs from the other two, and to demonstrate how you go...

By Casey Muratori
Microsoft’s Datacenter Rollout Far From Canceled, Many Projects Underway
SocialMay 4, 2026

Microsoft’s Datacenter Rollout Far From Canceled, Many Projects Underway

Microsoft has clearly paused or canceled some projects and leases, but “probably didn’t get built” is not right. Fairwater broke ground in Wisconsin in 2023 and Microsoft says it came online ahead of schedule. Saudi Arabia construction was completed in...

By Ben Bajarin
AI Capex Surge Boosts AVGO Buy Outlook
SocialMay 4, 2026

AI Capex Surge Boosts AVGO Buy Outlook

Macro: Big-Tech AI capex rising. Key: Google & Meta beats signal sustained TPU/MTIA demand; Google flags higher 2027 CapEx. Risk: execution/valuation. Trade: Buy AVGO on 2027 AI visibility. — Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA. More insights: t.me/si14Kopylov

By Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA
Ex‑Roomba Founder Launches ‘Familiar’ Bear‑like Robot
SocialMay 4, 2026

Ex‑Roomba Founder Launches ‘Familiar’ Bear‑like Robot

Former Roomba maker Colin Angle returns to the robot game and talks to us about his new "Familiar", a robot that looks like but is not a bear. https://t.co/0EtS8O3Nrz

By TechRadar
AI's Real Impact: Scaling Core Networks, Not Consumer Speed
SocialMay 4, 2026

AI's Real Impact: Scaling Core Networks, Not Consumer Speed

How AI Is Changing the Network(s) As is always the case, this started with a simple question: Will AI change how networks work? Will it impact the speeds we need at home and on our phones? My assumption was that AI would...

By Om Malik
Optimized Tin Plasma Produces Clean 13.5 Nm
SocialMay 4, 2026

Optimized Tin Plasma Produces Clean 13.5 Nm

Spectra of blasting molten tin with a laser to get 13.5nm EUV. Plain ---------- after optimization. https://t.co/F5UYtHUbb5

By Ian Cutress
Expanse Turns Idle GPUs Into Faster, Debuggable Jobs
SocialMay 4, 2026

Expanse Turns Idle GPUs Into Faster, Debuggable Jobs

Expanse (@ExpanseCompute) unlocks wasted GPU capacity. Submit jobs with the right resources. Optimize them to run faster. Debug failures in seconds. Cloud + on-prem HPC. Congrats on the launch, @ismaeel_bashir_, @nkdem_b, @yafet_melake, and @erenzmendi03! https://t.co/3lFcfFk7gS

By YCombinator
Cerebras Complements Nvidia, Boosting Compute Capacity
SocialMay 4, 2026

Cerebras Complements Nvidia, Boosting Compute Capacity

$CBRS is not an ‘instead of $NVDA story’ it is an in addition to story. With strong inference economics, Cerebras is poised to do well and will provide much needed additional capacity Remember, we still need all the compute we...

By Daniel Newman
Power Semiconductors and Supply Chain Layers Gain Spotlight
SocialMay 4, 2026

Power Semiconductors and Supply Chain Layers Gain Spotlight

I heard power semis, and layers deeper in the power supply chain, are starting to get more attention. I should have known given this report drove the second highest paid subs rate after my neocloud one. https://t.co/Ispz18CUmu

By Ben Bajarin
AI Boom Fuels Global Memory Shortage and Cost Surge
SocialMay 4, 2026

AI Boom Fuels Global Memory Shortage and Cost Surge

As AI demand soars, global memory shortages are driving costs up and reshaping the tech landscape. https://t.co/iYeZDehsDf

By TechRadar
Intel's Recent Surge Highlighted on Halftime Report
SocialMay 4, 2026

Intel's Recent Surge Highlighted on Halftime Report

Last Friday, I joined @HalftimeReport with @TheJudgeCNBC to discuss $INTC, which has surged in recent months. ➡️Link: https://t.co/NeVw5n4Y0y (5/1/2026) @cwp_advisor https://t.co/bkOMI3B359

By Kevin Simpson
32GB Laptop for $799—Unreal Value
SocialMay 4, 2026

32GB Laptop for $799—Unreal Value

I gotta say, it's not everyday a laptop with 32GB ram is priced at $799 in this market Upgrading the new LG Gram Book from 8GB to 32GB ram is "just" a $200 upgrade Available here: howl.link/nq4kf2dfe4yvd

By The Galox
14‑ And
SocialMay 4, 2026

14‑ And

The 14-inch MacBook Pro (M4) and 16-inch MacBook Pro (M4) are almost the same, but key differences remain. https://t.co/wK7j6FB62a

By TechRadar
Phone Controller Mounts Are Unbalanced; Switch‑style Wins
SocialMay 4, 2026

Phone Controller Mounts Are Unbalanced; Switch‑style Wins

No, because these kinds of controller mounts for phones are always HORRIBLY unbalanced and have too much weight at the top. Immediately uncomfortable. Switch-style controllers with phones are the only way to go.

By Nick Sutrich
3D Digital Billboards Transform Downtown Cityscape
SocialMay 4, 2026

3D Digital Billboards Transform Downtown Cityscape

#WhatsNext? Say good bye to yesterday's plain old billboards and hello to these brand new #3D digital displays that will light up downtown city core in a whole new way. (Mashable) #Technology https://t.co/E4JAK9Q0n7

By James Gingerich
Unlock Hidden Tricks for Insta360 X5 & A1 Drone
SocialMay 4, 2026

Unlock Hidden Tricks for Insta360 X5 & A1 Drone

Splatica revealed a hidden talent in my Insta360 X5 camera and Antigravity A1 drone – and you can try it too https://t.co/FphnGR3Wpo

By TechRadar
Twelve $10 Ikea Speakers Rival $120 JBL
SocialMay 4, 2026

Twelve $10 Ikea Speakers Rival $120 JBL

I cobbled together a constellation of 12 $10 Ikea speakers to see how they compared to a single $120 JBL one. https://t.co/7927MX0a9j

By TechRadar
US Chip Ban Fuels China’s Homegrown AI GPU Surge
SocialMay 4, 2026

US Chip Ban Fuels China’s Homegrown AI GPU Surge

The US export ban on Nvidia chips to China didn't slow China's AI one bit; it is building it. Jensen Huang just confirmed what anyone watching Asia already knew: Nvidia's China market share is now 0%. Gone. How exactly the US...

By Richard Turrin
Compute, Not Intelligence, Becomes AI’s New Bottleneck
SocialMay 4, 2026

Compute, Not Intelligence, Becomes AI’s New Bottleneck

The real bottleneck in AI is no longer intelligence. It’s compute. Rate limits on tools are early signals that chips, power and data centers are under pressure as demand explodes. The implication is strategic. Access to compute may decide who leads and...

By Spiros Margaris
Russian Klyn Kamikaze Drone Packs Nvidia Jetson, 5 Kg Warhead
SocialMay 4, 2026

Russian Klyn Kamikaze Drone Packs Nvidia Jetson, 5 Kg Warhead

GUR published information on the Russian Klyn kamikaze UAS. It uses an Nvidia Jetson TX2 computing module and LoRa radio modem. It can carry a warhead up to 5kg and a claimed maximum speed of 300 km/h. https://t.co/tFmfsqAXJh https://t.co/OLIwBR1j5G https://t.co/OS4B8fMbjq

By Rob Lee