Future-oriented: Micron has laid out its memory and storage roadmap for the next few years and unveiled significant upgrades for its next-generation products. The plans include DDR6, LPDDR6, HBM and NAND as the boom in AI infrastructure spending continues to drive up hardware costs. Micron has described its 1δ (1-Delta) node as a successor to … Read more
To turn the tables, American technology innovation companies are positioning AI data centers as major water producers rather than water guzzlers. The companies said data centers with new forward osmosis-based desalination plants can produce up to 200,000 gallons (about 750,000 liters) of clean water daily from brackish groundwater for each megawatt of computing capacity. To … Read more
Not big enough: A few weeks after a jury found Facebook liable in the Cambridge Analytica case, a judge in Santa Fe imposed an unprecedented fine on the parent company. Meta will, of course, appeal, while New Mexico’s attorney general insists that no Big Tech company is too powerful to be held accountable. Santa Fe … Read more
Nuclear fusion promises virtually unlimited clean energy, but building a minister on Earth requires extreme electronics. In this regard, the American fusion developer Helion has taken a big step towards solving this bottleneck. The Washington-based company has reached a tentative agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce for up to $175 million in federal financing. … Read more
Winners and Losers: Buyers of expensive Apple products, which, let’s face it, include almost everyone, often face a dilemma: Should they also fork over the not-insignificant recurring fee for AppleCare? If the person in question buys an iPhone Duo, the answer is definitely yes, especially when the fragile interior screen repair costs $999 and other … Read more
Google LLC’s cloud unit today introduced Agent Compute Engine, an infrastructure service optimized for hosting artificial intelligence agents. AI agents run in technology environments called sandboxes. They host the applications, data, and user instructions that agents need to do their work. Sandboxes also contain cybersecurity guardrails that block malicious activity. Google refers to the sandbox … Read more
Organic molecules have created electronic behavior that researchers have struggled to translate into molecular materials. Scientists assembled triptycene-based molecules into a rare two-dimensional lattice and discovered quantum states confined to its edges. The discovery could expand options for designing materials used in future electronic and quantum devices. The structure combines features of honeycomb and kagome … Read more
Crystal ball: The hype surrounding the possibility of Valve putting the finishing touches on Half-Life 3 reached a peak last year before dying down. However, a new set of data mining results and comments from Valve this week have reignited anticipation. While it remains unclear what exactly the company is working on, it appears to … Read more
A startup backed by anti-extinction company Colossal Biosciences wants to change the way the U.S. military procures its working dogs. Warhound has emerged from stealth with $200 million in funding and a $1.2 billion valuation. His plan involves genetically engineering dogs for dangerous missions, including explosive detection and special search operations. Colossal CEO Ben Lamm … Read more
The big picture: AI coding has sparked a new wave of decompiles and jailbreaks, mostly focused on video games. Modders cracked almost every firmware version of the PlayStation 5 a few weeks ago, and next up is the Nintendo Switch 2. The phenomenon could lead to a repeat of the original Switch’s piracy problem, but … Read more