Jury orders Bambu Lab to pay Stratasys $27.6M in patent case
A Texas jury found Bambu Lab's X1, P1, and A1 3D printers infringed two Stratasys patents, resulting in a $27.6 million damages award.
Compute & Hardware
Chips, datacenters, interconnect, and the power they draw.
Cloud Resilience Fails When Real-World Disasters Strike
A Register column argues that cloud outages from war, air traffic disruptions, and storage shortages reveal resilience is often treated as someone else's problem.
iPhone 18 Pro Max QLC storage drops to 1.1 MB/s under heavy writes
Apple's higher-capacity QLC NAND in the iPhone 18 Pro Max shows a significant sustained-write performance penalty versus the TLC-based Pro.
AMD's New Budget Ryzen CPUs Sell for $20 Over List Price
AMD's recently announced Ryzen 5 5500F and 7500 budget processors are now available at retail, but early listings show prices about $20 above official MSRP.
Hotter Coolant Could Halve AI Datacenter Water Use, Schneider Says
Schneider Electric's modeling suggests that running liquid coolant at higher temperatures can significantly reduce water consumption in AI datacenters.
Georgia Tech and PNNL Formalize Expanded Research Pact
A new memorandum of understanding will deepen collaboration between Georgia Tech and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory across research, talent, and technology transfer.
RTX 5070 Limited Edition Adds Built-In Aromatherapy to Gaming
AX Gaming's new anime-themed RTX 5070 card doubles as an air freshener, adding scent to its white-and-purple design.
ORNL Method Speeds Up Power Grid Optimization
A new computational approach from Oak Ridge National Laboratory could help grid operators and data center developers manage electricity more efficiently as AI demand grows.
Hermes Shortwave Radio Aims to Send Digital Data to Remote Locations
A digital shortwave radio design could provide long-range data links where satellite coverage is impractical, though at lower rates.
RPCS3 Emulator Workaround for Nvidia Bug Yields 37% Performance Gain
Open-source RPCS3 developers found a workaround for an Nvidia driver bug that delivers up to 37% faster PlayStation 3 emulation.
Crusoe Raises $3.9B for Vertically Integrated AI Infrastructure
The oversubscribed Series F values Crusoe at $30.9 billion, signaling strong investor demand for full-stack AI compute platforms.
MediaTek Dimensity CX C10 Max to Power Googlebook Devices
MediaTek's 3nm Dimensity CX C10 Max will power Googlebook devices with specs similar to the Kompanio Ultra 910, despite claims of an elevated computing portfolio.
China's IMECAS Demonstrates 3nm-Class GAA Transistors Without EUV
Chinese researchers have built working gate-all-around transistors aimed at 3nm-class performance without EUV lithography, but a full node is still years away.
NASA Orders Three More Crew Dragon Missions, Keeping SpaceX Central to ISS
The new contract for Crew-15 through Crew-17 extends NASA's reliance on SpaceX while Boeing's Starliner remains in limbo.
AI data centers hit hard limits: power, water, land
Forrester warns that AI infrastructure growth will be constrained by physical resources, not just compute.
AWS Open-Source Agent Harness Strands Claims Token Savings
AWS's new open-source agent harness, Strands, aims to cut token usage while matching coding-agent rivals, though its benchmarks are self-reported.
OpenAI's $856B Compute Spend Drives Projected $278B Cash Burn
New projections show OpenAI's infrastructure spending will far outpace revenue growth, potentially burning $278 billion by 2030.
Google enters $899+ thin-and-light arena, insists it's not a premium Chromebook
Google is finally addressing the premium thin-and-light laptop segment with $899+ devices, but insists they belong to a new category rather than being premium Chromebooks.