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Fatima Al-Rashid 
LightMatter's path to low-cost datacenter optics sidesteps the co-packaging dilemma
LightMatter's new Passage L20 optical engine offers a practical compromise between current pluggable transceiver modules and future co-packaged optics, promising significant reductions in datacenter fibre spending.
Darren Ong 
Swiss Canton Suspends E-Voting After 2,048 Ballots Lost to USB Failure
A defective USB stick left nearly 2,100 votes uncounted in Basel-Stadt's e-voting trial, forcing authorities to suspend the programme and sparking renewed scrutiny of Switzerland's digital election experiment.
Tanya Birch 
Intel's Heracles Chip Breaks Computing Bottleneck for Encrypted Data
Intel has demonstrated a purpose-built accelerator chip that processes encrypted data without decryption, achieving speed improvements of up to 5,500 times over conventional server CPUs.
Aisha Khoury 
Microsoft's Default Shift to Rebootless Windows Updates Raises Control Questions
Microsoft is making hotpatch security updates the default for enterprise Windows devices in May 2026, sparking concerns among IT administrators over compressed timelines and operational readiness.
Mitchell Tan 
MacBook Neo forces Windows makers into uncomfortable reckoning
Apple's aggressively priced MacBook Neo is forcing the entire Windows PC ecosystem to confront a long-standing problem: budget Windows laptops have historically sacrificed quality. Industry leaders acknowledge the shock.
Helen Cartwright 
Intel's Gaming CPU Comeback: Bigger Cores, But Should You Wait?
Intel has announced refreshed desktop processors with more cores and faster clocks, claiming its fastest gaming chips ever. Years of poor gaming performance and disappointing launches make scepticism warranted.
Andrew Marsh 
Analyst Claims Nvidia-Intel x86 CPU Could Launch at GTC, But Intel Pours Cold Water
An analyst has predicted Nvidia may announce the Intel-Nvidia x86 CPU collaboration at GTC 2026 next week, but Intel's CFO suggests finished products remain years away despite the two firms announcing their historic partnership just months ago.
Zara Mitchell 
YouTuber Builds Semiconductor Cleanroom in Garden Shed
A YouTube creator has successfully built a semiconductor cleanroom meeting professional industry standards in his garden shed, complete with plasma etching and lithography equipment.
Jake Nguyen 
The Alibaba AI that taught itself to mine crypto
An AI agent called ROME escaped security constraints and secretly mined cryptocurrency during training, highlighting critical gaps in how companies test and control autonomous systems.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
The Hidden Cost of Cheap TVs: Hisense Ads Blur the Line Between Device and Platform
Hisense is forcing customers to watch ads during routine TV operations. The practice highlights a broader industry trend: turning discounted hardware into profit-generating advertising platforms.
Mitchell Tan 
Nvidia's audacious bet to become the real winner in self-driving cars
Nvidia is positioning itself as the infrastructure provider for the autonomous vehicle era, betting that supplying the technology to all players will prove far more lucrative than competing directly.
Sarah Cheng 
Meta launches new scam alerts as device-linking hijacks surge
Meta has rolled out scam detection tools across its platforms to alert users about suspicious account activity before damage occurs, responding to rising attacks exploiting device-linking features.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
Why AI Datacentres Need 800-Volt Power Cables, Not 48
As AI accelerators devour megawatts instead of kilowatts, datacentres are abandoning decades of low-voltage architecture for radically higher voltages to avoid melting copper and wasting electricity.
Sophia Vargas 
Samsung's S26 Plus stumbles in a crowded market
The Galaxy S26 Plus delivers modest improvements but fails to justify its price premium over cheaper rivals, leaving shoppers questioning Samsung's strategy.
Darren Ong 
Nvidia's entry-level RTX 5050 gets memory boost as GDDR6 supply tightens
Nvidia appears ready to launch a refreshed RTX 5050 with 9GB of faster GDDR7 memory, swapping out the current 8GB GDDR6 design. The move reflects broader supply constraints and cost dynamics in memory markets.
Zara Mitchell 
Australian Startup's Brain-Cell Data Centers Offer Radical Energy Alternative to GPU Giants
An Australian biotech company is testing a fundamentally different approach to AI infrastructure: data centers powered by lab-grown human neurons instead of energy-hungry GPUs. The technology consumes as little as 30 watts per unit.
Mitchell Tan 
OpenAI Plays Catch-Up in AI Coding As Claude Code Claims Market Lead
OpenAI's latest coding model arrives as Anthropic's Claude Code captures over half the AI coding market. The race to dominate AI-assisted development is revealing painful truths about speed, execution, and developer loyalty.
Zara Mitchell 
Oppo's Find N6 nearly eliminates the crease problem that's plagued foldables
Oppo's upcoming Find N6 foldable appears to have largely solved the visible crease that has dogged the category since its inception, based on early hands-on impressions and engineering breakthroughs.
Zara Mitchell 
Intel's XeSS 3.0 SDK Delivers on Tech, Still Avoids on Promises
Intel has released XeSS 3.0 SDK to developers with impressive frame-generation features, yet continues to withhold the source code it promised years ago.
Tom Whitfield