From Artemis II to Deep Space: Why Space-Grade Chips Must Be Built for the Harshest Conditions
Artemis II highlighted the critical role of space‑grade semiconductors that can survive extreme temperature swings, high radiation, and vacuum. GlobalFoundries (GF) is advancing both radiation‑hardened‑by‑design (RHBD) and radiation‑hardened‑by‑process (RHBP) technologies, leveraging its global fabs to deliver resilient chips for lunar, deep‑space, and satellite missions. The company’s Malta, New York facility is expanding advanced nodes such as 45SOI, FD‑SOI, and FinFET RHBP, while partnerships with Northrop Grumman, Vorago and BAE Systems accelerate ecosystem‑driven solutions. Security‑focused, Trusted Foundry status ensures these chips remain tamper‑proof for defense and critical infrastructure.
Three Hours of Free Power a Day Sounds Good – but Is Australia’s Scheme Fair?
From July 1, Australia’s federal Solar Sharer Offer gives eligible households three hours of free electricity each day in New South Wales, South Australia and southeast Queensland, with Victoria launching a similar program in October. The scheme is designed to shift demand to the...
Nvidia PC Chip Hailed as 'Game Changer' In Race for AI Device
Nvidia announced a new AI‑optimized chip for Windows laptops, positioning it as a "game changer" in the race to create a universal AI‑powered personal computer. The move challenges traditional PC silicon leaders Intel and AMD, shifting the competition from raw...
TSMC Defends Transistor Scaling Amid Huawei’s ‘Her’s Law’ Proposal
At its European Symposium, TSMC senior VP Kevin Zhang defended traditional transistor scaling while addressing Huawei’s newly proposed “Her’s Law,” which measures progress by overall speed‑up rather than transistor density. Zhang acknowledged 3‑D integration and stacking as complementary techniques but...
How to Build a PLG Explainer That Sells Like a Pro
The article outlines a step‑by‑step playbook for creating product‑led growth (PLG) explainer videos that convert cold visitors into trial users without a sales rep. It contrasts PLG videos with traditional sales‑led explainers, emphasizing relevance, trust, and a single‑workflow demo. Real‑world...
Samsung Care+ Loosens Restrictions on Galaxy Phone Age to Sign up, Discounted Enrollment
Samsung has opened a limited‑time enrollment window for its Care+ Theft and Loss insurance, allowing sign‑ups until June 30 for devices up to 365 days old. The promotion offers discounts of up to 16%, bringing the base monthly fee down to...
Smart Drug that Strips Cancer Cells of ‘Invisibility Cloak’ Can Shrink Tumours by 30%, Trial Shows
Researchers at Oxford’s Greywolf Therapeutics reported that the oral drug GRWD5769, when paired with cemiplimab immunotherapy, caused tumor shrinkage in 26 of 83 heavily pre‑treated patients across six common cancer types. Fifteen of those patients saw reductions of at least...
Asus Has Announced a Gold-Plated 82 G Version of Its Harpe II Mouse with a 65K DPI, but Price Rumours...
Asus unveiled the ROG Harpe II Extreme Edition 20, a 20th‑anniversary gaming mouse plated in 24K gold and priced near $260. The mouse packs a 65,000‑DPI sensor, up to 8,000 Hz polling, and Asus’ ROG 100M optical micro‑switches, while weighing 82 g. It ships in...
Intel's Attempting to Break Into the AI Market Once More, but This Time Avoiding Nvidia's Dominance in Training by Going...
Intel is reviving its AI‑chip ambitions with the Crescent Island GPU, shifting from the under‑performing Gaudi training chips to a product aimed at inference workloads. The new accelerator relies on cheaper LPDDR5X memory and air cooling, sidestepping the expensive high‑bandwidth...
Brazil’s Digital Regulator Invites Comment on Updates to Age Verification Guidance
Brazil’s data protection agency (ANPD) opened a public consultation through July 9 to update its Age Verification Guide, expanding rules for biometric and other age‑assurance methods. The draft clarifies a “digital chain of responsibility,” requiring app stores to provide age signals...
What Mattress Firm Gained From Contactless Delivery
Mattress Firm launched a free contactless delivery option that now represents about 25% of its shipments. The service, first piloted in Charlotte, was rolled out nationwide within a month despite internal pushback. Early confusion over the no‑setup model hurt satisfaction,...
Qualcomm Aims Snapdragon C Laptop Chip at the Budget Laptop Segment, as Manufacturers Feel the DRAM Squeeze — Analysts Warn...
Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon C platform, an ARM‑based processor targeting Windows 11 laptops priced roughly between $300 and $450. The chip repurposes Kryo smartphone cores, supports only 8 GB of LPDDR5 memory and skips Microsoft’s Copilot+ certification. Its debut coincides with a...
Fed Officials Warn AI's Economic Costs May Arrive Faster than Benefits
Federal Reserve officials cautioned that AI’s promised productivity boost may arrive later than inflation pressures, urging policymakers not to rely on AI to justify lower rates. St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem warned that AI‑driven demand for chips, equipment and...
Robots Rule LG's Clarksville Plant
LG’s washer and dryer plant in Clarksville, Tennessee, has become a showcase of Industry 4.0, operating more than 200 autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) alongside six‑axis robot arms, vision systems, and automated logistics. Manufacturing manager Charles Lonergan...
Digital Identity Must Be Built for Interoperability From Day One, Says Margins CEO
At the ID4Africa 2026 AGM, Margins ID Group CEO Moses Kwesi Baiden warned that national digital identity systems only deliver value when built for interoperability from day one. He highlighted the pitfalls of fragmented, siloed ID databases that inflate costs...
Luma AI Launching Robotics Lab Anyone Can Use
Luma AI, the Palo Alto startup known for AI‑generated video, announced an open‑science robotics lab that lets external engineers train robots on its software platform. The lab will provide critical robotics infrastructure without hardware, allowing users to build custom systems...
An Affordable, Long-Lasting AirTag Alternative Is $15 Right Now
Ugreen has launched the FineTrack 2, a $14.99 Bluetooth tracker that plugs into Apple’s Find My network. The spherical device glows in the dark, emits a 110‑decibel alarm, and boasts an IP68 water‑ and dust‑proof rating. Unlike most competitors, it uses a...
TikTok Shop Is Launching in the Netherlands, Opening In-App Commerce to Dutch Brands, Creators
TikTok Shop will go live in the Netherlands on June 15, 2026, extending in‑app commerce to Dutch users through shoppable videos, livestreams, and a dedicated storefront. The rollout is part of a simultaneous expansion into Belgium, Poland and Austria, adding...
Indonesia, PNG Join 50-in-5 as Digital Public Infrastructure Push Expands
Indonesia and Papua New Guinea have joined the 50‑in‑5 campaign, linking their digital identity, payments and data‑exchange programs to a global push for digital public infrastructure. Indonesia contributes its Identitas Kependudukan Digital (IKD) platform serving roughly 280 million people, while PNG brings...
As if ROG Astral 50-Series Graphics Cards Could Get Any Beefier, Asus Has Just Announced a CHONKY Anniversary Update
At Computex 2026 Asus unveiled the ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Edition 20, a limited‑edition GPU celebrating the ROG brand’s 20th anniversary. The card is unusually large, featuring a curved AMOLED display, quad‑fan cooling and up to 20% better airflow than prior Astral...
MSI's New Skinny Two-in-One Laptop Has an Nvidia RTX Spark Chip, Which Could Make for some Impressive Gaming Chops
Nvidia’s first Arm‑based CPU, branded RTX Spark, is appearing in MSI’s new Prestige N16 Flip AI+ two‑in‑one laptop. The chip combines AI and gaming workloads, promising RTX 5070‑level frame rates while keeping the chassis ultra‑thin. The device features a 16‑inch UHD+ OLED screen, a 99.9 Wh...
Tandem PV Announces 30.4% Efficient Perovskite/Silicon Demonstration Module
Tandem PV announced a 30.4% conversion efficiency on a 100 cm² perovskite‑silicon demonstration module, the first near‑production device to break the 30% barrier. The design pairs the company’s four‑terminal perovskite glass with a Maxeon interdigitated back‑contact silicon cell and is built...
Malaysia Mandates Age Checks for Social Media Users, ID Verification for Advertisers
Malaysia's National Cyber Security Agency has made age verification mandatory for all new social media accounts, barring users under 16. Verification uses the MyKad smart ID and live facial biometrics through the MyDigital ID platform, which confirms age without storing...
Imec Explores the Future of AI Hardware
At imec’s ITF World 2026 in Antwerp, the Belgian R&D hub outlined a 15‑year CMOS roadmap that targets the A2 node with 0.75‑NA EUV lithography by 2041 and a shift to sequential CFET architectures. Leading foundries TSMC and Samsung showcased...
Thales Supplier Linxens Comes Under Scrutiny by UK’s Labour Party
Linxens, a French supplier of biometric passport inlays for Thales, has come under scrutiny after the UK Labour party highlighted its ownership ties to Chinese private‑equity firms placed on the U.S. Entity List. The Chinese investors, Wise Road Capital and...
Act Fast: Motorola’s Budget Phone Just Got a 27% Summer-Friendly Discount
Motorola has slashed the price of its budget Moto G Play to $109.99, a 27% discount from the usual $149.99. The phone offers a 6.5‑inch 90 Hz HD+ display, Snapdragon 680 processor, 4 GB RAM, and a 50 MP Quad Pixel camera. A...
IDenfy Expands Reusable Digital ID Offering with Denmark’s MitID
iDenfy has added Denmark’s MitID to its reusable digital identity suite, bringing the total supported e‑ID types to more than 60 across Europe. The integration follows a trend toward credential‑based onboarding and leverages MitID’s near‑universal adoption among Danish adults. iDenfy...
Chinese Military Sought Nvidia Chips for Years, Report Says
A Wirescreen analysis of 3,800 Chinese procurement records shows the People’s Liberation Army has repeatedly sought Nvidia AI chips—including A100, A800, H100 and H800—since 2019, despite U.S. export restrictions. The study uncovered more than 500 distinct requests spanning cyber‑warfare, nuclear‑simulation...
The Data Architecture Gap That Hotel AI Procurement Isn’t Pricing In
Hotel CEOs are signing AI contracts that will shape their technology stacks through 2030, yet many procurement teams evaluate tools in isolation, overlooking the need for a unified data architecture. Marriott’s senior vice president of enterprise data, Colin Coleman, argues...
AI Platform Updates You Need to Know From May 2026
In May 2026 OpenAI rolled out major ChatGPT upgrades, adding persistent memory, a built‑in shopping experience and deeper integrations with Dropbox, GitHub and Google Drive. Canva expanded its AI toolkit by embedding Anthropic’s Claude Design and linking directly with Google...
EZVIZ’s New Video Doorbell Uses AI Animals to Greet Visitors – and There’s No Subscription Fees
EZVIZ unveiled the EP8 Ultra, a video doorbell that pairs dual lenses with an interactive AI screen featuring three animated animal characters. The AI screen uses facial recognition to greet visitors—Panda for friendly guests, Husky for potential intruders, and Raccoon...
Early Memory Contention Checks Reduce IC Design Risks
Memory contention—when multiple drivers vie for a single node—poses hidden risks that can derail silicon projects late in the flow. Leading design teams are adopting schematic‑level, pre‑layout contention checks, a shift‑left approach that identifies conflicts while the design is still...
Process to Add New Layers of Heart Muscle May Help in HF
Researchers reported the first-in-human trial of a tissue‑engineered heart muscle product, called biologic ventricular assist tissue (Repairon), aimed at adding new muscle layers to failing hearts. In the phase 1‑to‑2 BioVAT‑HF study, 20 patients with reduced ejection fraction received up to...
Brinqa Is Building the Context Layer that Enterprise Security Is Missing
Brinqa provides a unified context layer for enterprise security, pulling signals from more than 240 tools into a cloud‑native Cyber Risk Graph that prioritizes the vulnerabilities that truly matter. Backed by a $110 million Insight Partners round and led by new...
ZipRecruiter Launches New Recruiter Outreach Automation
ZipRecruiter introduced Smart Outreach, an AI‑driven automation that turns a job description into a series of personalized messages sent to candidates. The feature integrates with its Resume Database, which houses more than 50 million active job seekers, and can dispatch up...
Ulta Beauty Taps Uber Eats for Delivery
Ulta Beauty is adding more than 1,500 of its stores to the Uber Eats platform, enabling same‑day and scheduled delivery of cosmetics, skincare, fragrance and hair‑care items. The move follows Ulta’s earlier integrations with DoorDash and Instacart, expanding its omnichannel reach...
GLEIF, BIS Test vLEI as Trust Layer for Cross-Border Open Finance
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) partnered with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) to pilot verifiable Legal Entity Identifiers (vLEI) as a trust layer for cross‑border open finance. The Aperta prototype linked open‑finance networks in the UK, UAE,...
Mobility and Resilience Are Healthcare's New Normal
Verizon Business is rolling out next‑generation, resilient network infrastructure aimed at supporting the expanding ecosystem of connected medical devices in hospitals. The solution promises robust, low‑latency connectivity and real‑time decision‑support analytics to keep critical equipment online. Robin Goldsmith highlighted that...
Tesla Faceing China Lawsuit Over FSD Feature
Tesla Inc. is facing a consumer lawsuit in Beijing over its Full Self‑Driving (FSD) feature. Ten Chinese car owners allege the system’s advertising is misleading and claim the technology is not approved by regulators, seeking roughly ¥3.95 million (about $583,000) in...
Nvidia Unveils AI Chip to Bring Agents Directly to PCs
Nvidia unveiled the RTX Spark chip, enabling AI agents to run locally on laptops and desktops, positioning the company against AMD, Intel and Apple. The chip is part of a broader AI‑first PC strategy developed with Microsoft and Taiwan’s MediaTek, and...
OneAmerica Financial® Selects FINEOS AdminSuite to Modernize and Enhance Employee Benefits Customer Experience
OneAmerica Financial has selected FINEOS AdminSuite’s Quote‑to‑Claim platform to modernize its employee benefits operations. The insurer, already using the suite for disability claims, will extend it to underwriting, policy administration and life/waiver claims. The move aims to break down legacy...
Abemaciclib May Be New Standard for Sarcoma Subtype
Abemaciclib dramatically extended progression‑free survival in a phase‑3 SARC041 trial for patients with advanced dedifferentiated liposarcoma, achieving a median PFS of 9.7 months versus 1.5 months on placebo. The study, the first positive phase‑3 effort in this sarcoma subtype, also...
Zoom Launches ZoomMate: The First AI Teammate Built to Turn Conversations Into Completed Work
Zoom Communications unveiled ZoomMate, an AI‑driven work surface that converts meeting conversations into executable tasks. The platform integrates Zoom with enterprise tools such as ServiceNow, Salesforce, Workday, Google and Microsoft to provide agentic search, workflow orchestration, and automatic creation of...
Oncolytics Biotech® Announces Positive Initial Preclinical Findings Supporting Further Evaluation of Pelareorep in Combination with RAS-Targeted Approaches
Oncolytics Biotech reported that its oncolytic virus pelareorep, when paired with RAS‑targeted inhibitors, produced markedly stronger anti‑tumor effects in a solid‑tumor preclinical model. The company will extend this work to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and colorectal cancer, testing KRAS G12C, pan‑RAS and...
Best Sleep Trackers of 2026: Oura, Whoop, and Eight Sleep
Wire’s 2026 roundup names the Oura Ring 4, Whoop MG band, and Eight Sleep Pod 5 as the top consumer sleep trackers. The guide highlights a market shift from passive data collection to AI‑driven coaching that translates nightly metrics into actionable habits. Each device...
AI Agents Help Cato Slash ‘Time-to-Protect’ From New CVEs
Cato Networks says it has set a new world‑record by shrinking the time‑to‑protect a newly disclosed CVE to just 45 minutes, thanks to AI‑driven security agents. Traditional appliance‑based defenses can take weeks to patch, but Cato’s cloud‑native platform automates monitoring,...
Tamil Nadu Introduces Facial Recognition Attendance System for Govt HR Staff
Tamil Nadu’s Human Resources Management Department has made facial‑recognition attendance mandatory for all staff, effective June 1. The Face ID system integrates with the state’s HR platform to record presence in real time, aiming to eliminate proxy attendance and manual errors. Officials...
The AI Divide in Indian Travel: What MakeMyTrip, Ixigo, TBO, and Yatra’s Earnings Calls Reveal
Four leading Indian travel platforms—MakeMyTrip, Ixigo, TBO Tek and Yatra—recently discussed AI in their quarterly earnings calls, revealing divergent strategies. Ixigo is rebuilding its app around a conversational AI layer, handling 4.35 million queries with 91 % resolution and cutting refund times...
BSWM Launches Digital Platform to Boost Farm Yields
The Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) in the Philippines has launched FertMap, an online, georeferenced platform that consolidates soil data and provides crop‑specific fertilizer recommendations. The free service helps farmers choose optimal planting periods, select suitable crops, and...
EVs and More: European Partners Launch Own Semiconductor Initiative
Infineon is spearheading Moore4Power, a €91 million (~$99 million) EU‑backed consortium of 62 partners across 15 European nations. The three‑year project targets next‑generation power electronics for electric vehicles, wind turbines and rail, using a More‑than‑Moore approach that blends silicon, SiC and GaN...