Platform Engineering Needs a Cloud Engine

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OS & Internals · February 19, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 276 words
Thermoforming Printed Parts with Hot Water

Thermoforming Printed Parts with Hot Water

• Thermoforming is the process of softening a material enough so that it can be tweaked into a new shape, with the source of the thermal energy being not particularly relevant. • C

The next iTunes may be vibe-coded

The next iTunes may be vibe-coded

• Column Entertainment Streaming The next iTunes may be vibe-coded The new music app Parachord aims to unite Spotify, Apple Music, and Bandcamp - with the help of AI. • The new m

Consumer Tech · February 19, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 243 words

Automotive high-side driver withstands cold crank

• ST’s VNQ9050LAJ 4-channel high-side driver controls 12-V automotive ground-connected loads via a 3-V and 5-V CMOS-compatible interface. • Operating from 4-V to 28-V with typical

Electronics & EE · February 19, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 1 min · 201 words

Embedded capacitors improve AI/HPC power delivery

• Empower has launched three embedded silicon capacitors (ECAPs) for AI and high-performance computing (HPC) processors. • The portfolio includes the EC2005P (9.34 μF in a 2×2-mm p

Electronics & EE · February 19, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 217 words

Samsung leads with HBM4 DRAM performance

• Samsung has begun mass production and commercial shipments of its HBM4 DRAM, marking what it describes as an industry first. • Built on Samsung’s 6th-generation 10-nm-class DRAM

Electronics & EE · February 19, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 247 words

Software accelerates 3D interconnect design

• The Keysight Chiplet 3D Interconnect Designer automates the design of 3D interconnects for chiplet and 3DIC advanced packages. • By removing time-consuming manual steps, the tool

Electronics & EE · February 19, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 231 words

Navitas tightens SiC losses with refined TAP

• Navitas Semiconductor has announced its 5th-generation GeneSiC platform featuring high-voltage trench-assisted planar (TAP) SiC MOSFETs, describing it as a significant advancemen

Electronics & EE · February 19, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 258 words

A music theory engine for embedded systems

• Gingoduino is a music theory engine for embedded systems. • It brings notes, intervals, chords, scales, harmonic fields, fretboard engine, musical events, and sequences to Arduin

Open Hardware · February 19, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 204 words
Crystals Grown in Space

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• 1 min read Crystals Grown in Space Monika Luabeya This June 5, 2024, image shows lysozyme crystals aboard the International Space Station. • Lysozyme is a protein found in bodily

Space & Aerospace · February 19, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 309 words
Hands On With The Bambu Lab P2S Combo, Part 2

Hands On With The Bambu Lab P2S Combo, Part 2

• Our review of the Bambu Lab P2S desktop 3D printer continues with a look at assembly and configuration. • This is part two of a four part series, please read partsone,threeandfou

How Meta Is Preparing for the 2026 US Midterm Elections

How Meta Is Preparing for the 2026 US Midterm Elections

• Takeaways Our approach to the 2026 US elections follows the same comprehensive measures we have taken for years - supporting free expression, voter participation, and transparenc

Big Tech · February 19, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 282 words

3D Hangouts - Lamps, Frames and Fidgets #3DThursday

• 3D Hangouts - Lamps, Frames and Fidgets This week @adafruit released the stained glass lamp using the CircuitPlayground Bluefruit. • Looking at some prototyping and work in progr

Open Hardware · February 19, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 230 words