Elon Musk unveiled a lunar base concept that doubles as a massive satellite factory, powered by solar energy and using an electromagnetic catapult to launch payloads. The plan targets 1,000 terawatts of computing power in space, leveraging the Moon’s low gravity to reduce launch energy. While the physics of a vacuum‑based mass driver appear feasible, the proposal overlooks orbital mechanics and structural stresses. The initiative raises questions about cost, logistics, and whether the infrastructure benefits outweigh the massive investment required.
Penn State researchers have built a bio‑hybrid memristor that couples synthetically produced DNA with a perovskite semiconductor. The device stores data in the molecular lattice of DNA while processing signals through the perovskite layer, effectively merging memory and compute. Laboratory...
AMD is rumored to be developing a high‑end RDNA 5 GPU codenamed AT0, featuring up to 96 compute units, a 512‑bit memory interface, and possibly 32 GB of VRAM. The chip would mark a return to the $1,500‑plus enthusiast segment that AMD...
Samsung’s Galaxy S26 ships with two flagship SoCs: the new Exynos 2600, its first 2‑nanometer GAA chip, and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. Early Geekbench 6 results show Snapdragon leading CPU performance by roughly 18 % in single‑core and modestly ahead in multi‑core scores. Samsung’s Xclipse 960 GPU,...
NVIDIA pulled the GeForce Game Ready Driver 595.59 after users reported black screens, system crashes, unstable clock speeds, and fan‑control failures, especially on RTX 50 series GPUs. The driver was intended to optimize Resident Evil Requiem and embed DLSS 4 MFG and Ray...
NVIDIA announced a non‑exclusive agreement with Groq valued at up to $20 billion, positioning the startup’s low‑latency processing units (LPUs) as a core component of its inference strategy. CEO Jensen Huang likened the integration to the earlier Mellanox acquisition, suggesting LPUs...
Mindfactory’s latest sales data shows NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5080 has become the top‑selling card within the RTX 50 lineup, outpacing the RTX 5070 Ti and other 16 GB variants. AMD retains overall market leadership at the retailer, with the Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9060 XT leading the...

AMD announced a multi‑year AI infrastructure partnership with Meta, delivering next‑generation Instinct GPUs, EPYC processors, and rack‑scale systems tailored for Meta’s data centers. The deal includes up to 6 GW of GPU capacity and a performance‑based warrant for up to 160 million...

OptiScaler’s test build 0.9.0‑pre10 adds FSR 4 support to Vulkan games by routing the upscaler through a DirectX 12 bridge, effectively bypassing AMD’s official limitation to RDNA 4 GPUs and DX12 titles. The community‑driven implementation works in titles such as Doom: The Dark...

CATL and Changan have launched the first production vehicle equipped with the Naxtra sodium‑ion battery, delivering 175 Wh kg⁻¹ and a claimed 400 km range. The cell retains more than 90% of its capacity at –40 °C, vastly outperforming conventional LFP packs in sub‑zero...

ASRock Industrial unveiled the NUC Ultra 300 Box series, a new line of compact mini PCs built on Intel’s Core Ultra 300 platform. The lineup offers two processor options – the Core Ultra 5 325 and the higher‑end Core Ultra X7 358H – delivering up to 16 cores and...

Europe’s smartphone market posted modest 2% Q4 growth in 2025, driven by strong premium demand. Apple’s iPhone 17 launch lifted its share to 33%, overtaking Samsung, which held 29%. Honor posted an 18% rise in the mid‑range segment, while Xiaomi slipped...

NVIDIA unveiled the Blackwell Ultra GB300 NVL72 rack, targeting long‑context inference for agentic AI models. Benchmarks show a 1.4‑1.5× performance uplift over the GB200, with a peak throughput of 226.2 tokens per second and latency gains of roughly 1.58×. The gains...