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• MSI’s RTX 5060-equipped Cyborg 15 gaming laptop is down to just $899 on Walmart - Featuring an Intel Core 7 240H CPU, 16GB of RAM and a 144Hz display Smooth 1080p gaming on the b

• Rufus devs blame Microsoft for blocking latest Windows 11 ISOs, resulting in IP bans - Windows Insiders can’t download latest Insider ISOs and are met with IP bans This is either

• SoftBank’s $4.2bn OpenAI gain lifts quarterly profits as AI exposure deepens - company swings back to profitability in Q3 results Vision Fund divergence and expanding data center

• This external disc drive can play 4K 3D Blu-rays, along with all your old CDs and DVDs, now for 43% off - TROPRO’s media player is just $79.99 Long live physical media. • Get Tom

• TSMC considers an additional $100 billion investment into Arizona fabs to bolster American chipmaking efforts - move would help TSMC’s chips avoid tariffs due to local production

• At CES 2026, AMD’s $499 Ryzen 7 9850X3D topped gaming benchmarks. • The post AMD Sets the Standard for Gaming CPUs With Ryzen 7 9850X3D appeared first on EE Times . • At CES 2026

• When Alan DeKok began a side project in network security, he didn’t expect to start a 27-year career. • In fact, he didn’t initially set out to work in computing at all. • DeKok

• OEMs and Tier-1s face China-speed SDV timelines. • Learn how modern architectures, workflows, and safety-certified platforms enable speed without sacrificing control. • The post

• The ‘Father of Sega Hardware’ has passed away, designed all of Sega’s consoles - Hideki Sato worked his way up from engineer to become Sega’s acting president, spending 33 years

• The future of Quantum computing - the tech, companies, and roadmaps that map out a coherent quantum future Analyzing the future of the Quantum computing industry. • Get Tom’s Har

• Tom’s Hardware Verdict Corsair’s AI Workstation 300 is a classy, compact, and flexible Ryzen AI Max+ 395 system that boasts plenty of performance for gaming and AI alike. • But r

• IBM triples entry-level hires for 2026 despite AI adoption, bucking industry trends - Chief HR officer says that AI can do most entry-level jobs, but work still requires a human

• Tom’s Hardware Verdict Though I encountered a few unique challenges during setup, the BenQ Mobiuz EX271UZ performed at the highest level for gaming, entertainment and productivit

• Tom’s Hardware Verdict The LaserPecker LX2 has excellent potential but needs a firmware fix to improve camera calibration and false ‘failure to retract probe’ warnings. • Pros -

• Turkish wedding party receives Nvidia RTX 5090, RAM necklaces, and Intel CPU for elaborate wedding gifts - A Turkish tech delight for the age of PC shortages Gold never tarnishes

• $5,000 RTX 5090 Lightning Z gets killed in extreme overclocking attempt, thermal shock cracks the GPU core - MSI’s 2,500-Watt XOC BIOS pushed too high a voltage to the core Still

• High-bandwidth flash stacks NAND layers to bolster memory capacity for inference workloads. • The post NAND Reimagined in High-Bandwidth Flash to Complement HBM appeared first on

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• In December, NASA took another small, incremental step towards autonomous surface rovers. • In a demonstration, the Perseverance team used AI to generate the rover’s waypoints. •

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• MicroVision, a solid-state sensor technology company located in Redmond, Wash., says it has designed a solid-state automotive lidar sensor intended to reach production pricing be

• IEEE TryEngineering is celebrating 20 years of empowering educators with resources that introduce engineering to students at an early age. • Launched in 2006 as a collaboration b

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• AI-powered autonomous vehicles stole the spotlight at CES 2026. • The post AI Drives AV Momentum at CES 2026 appeared first on EE Times . • AI-powered autonomous vehicles stole t

• Qatar accelerates deep-tech domination with major AI, quantum, and semiconductor investments. • The post Qatar’s Deep Tech Ambitions Come Into Focus appeared first on EE Times .

• Qatar’s AI Ambitions Span the Tech Stack DOHA, Qatar - As nations around the world race to build sovereign AI industries, Qatar is investing its sovereign wealth into multiple le

• ISE 2026: Sol Rashidi Warns of ‘POC Purgatory’ AI agents are risking cognitive decline and infrastructure security BARCELONA, Spain - In 2026, AI in business faces a turning poin

• MicroLEDs, with pixels just micrometers across, have long been a byword in the display world. • Now, microLED-makers have begun shrinking their creations into the uncharted nano

• As new consumer hardware and software capabilities have bumped up against medicine over the last few years, consumers and manufacturers alike have struggled with identifying the

• Beyond the Dashboard: How Cars Are Learning to Sense Like Humans From tragic lapses in memory to Euro NCAP’s safety vision, sensor fusion is turning vehicles into intelligent gua

• E-Fuses Grow Up and Go Industrial You’re undoubtedly familiar with the electronic-fuse (e-fuse) ICs that first appeared about 15 to 20 years ago and are now widely used in circui

• During times of political turmoil, history often gets rewritten, erased, or lost. • That is what happened to the legacy of Jan Czochralski, a Polish chemist whose contributions t

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• For a different perspective on AI companions, see our Q&A with Jaime Banks: How Do You Define an AI Companion? • Novel technology is often a double-edged sword. • New capabilitie

• For a different perspective on AI companions, see our Q&A with Brad Knox: How Can AI Companions Be Helpful, not Harmful? • AI models intended to provide companionship for humans

• If it feels these days as if everything in technology is about AI, that’s because it is. • And nowhere is that more true than in the market for computer memory. • Demand, and pro

• Meet the recipients of the 2026 IEEE Medals-the organization’s highest-level honors. • Presented on behalf of the IEEE Board of Directors, these medals recognize innovators whose

• The hunt is on for anything that can surmount AI’s perennial memory wall-even quick models are bogged down by the time and energy needed to carry data between processor and memor

• Most 3D design software requires visual dragging and rotating-posing a challenge for blind and low-vision users. • As a result, a range of hardware design, robotics, coding, and

• Boardroom priorities are shifting from financial metrics toward technical oversight. • Although market share and operational efficiency remain business bedrocks, executives also

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• While quantum computers continue to slowly grind toward usefulness, some are pursuing a different approach-analog quantum simulation. • This path doesn’t offer complete control o

• MVK Chari, IEEE Life Fellow, passed away Dec 3 at 97, leaving a legacy in finite element analysis. • Pioneered FEM for nonlinear electromagnetic fields, essential for electric ma

• From 6-22 February, the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, will feature not just the world’s top winter athletes but also some of the most advanced sports te

• Arm unveils Cortex‑A725, the next‑gen big core succeeding the A720 in the 2024 CSS. • A725 doubles L2 cache to 1 MiB, making it the widest and deepest big core yet. • Built on 3

• Arm launches 2024 Client Compute Subsystem (CSS) featuring 3nm process and new Cortex cores. • Cortex-X925 delivers highest single‑thread performance for demanding workloads. • C

• Arm unveils Cortex‑X925, 5th‑gen flagship core, boosting performance and power efficiency. • Core part of 2024 Client Compute Subsystems, paired with DSU‑120 and Immortalis‑G925

• Graviton4, AWS’s 4th‑gen custom server CPU, unveiled at re:Invent 2023, built by Annapurna Labs. • It packs 50% more cores and 75% higher memory bandwidth than Graviton3. • Perfo

• Cortex‑M52: Arm’s smallest M‑Series CPU, targeting cost‑sensitive IoT devices for low‑power applications. • Integrates Helium (M‑Profile Vector Extension) for high‑performance DS

• Cortex‑X4 delivers 15% performance boost over Cortex‑X3, marking fourth generation with double‑digit IPC gains. • Achieves gains with under 10% area increase, keeping cache sizes

• Cortex‑A720, Arm’s new big core, replaces A715 for next‑gen mobile and edge devices. • Offers up to 20% power efficiency improvement over the previous A715 core. • Supports Armv9

• Cortex‑A520, Arm’s next‑gen efficient core, follows A510 with enhanced power efficiency and microarchitecture. • Codename ‘Hayes,’ it targets lowest area and cost‑constrained dev

• TSMC launches 3‑nanometer N3 process family, entering mass production in December 2022 at Fab 18. • Two main flavors: Base N3B and Enhanced N3E, treated as separate lineages with

• AMD’s 3D-Stacked V-Cache adds extra L3 cache via vertical stacking. • Improves gaming and compute performance by reducing memory latency. • Uses HBM2e-like interposer to connect