PS5 homebrew emulator adds native PS2 disc support with 4K upscaling
A new PS5 homebrew emulator natively runs PlayStation 2 discs with 4K upscaling on jailbroken consoles, a feature Sony has not offered.
Compute & Hardware
Chips, datacenters, interconnect, and the power they draw.
Memory Is the Lynchpin of IT — and Even More So for AI
An analysis from The Next Platform argues that memory capacity and bandwidth are the decisive constraints in IT, and that AI makes that dependency even more acute.
Singapore central bank wants independent review for all FinTech AI
Singapore's central bank is proposing that every FinTech AI use case undergo independent review, with third-party failures not accepted as an excuse.
Fake Muse Ads page targets ad managers with browser-in-browser phishing
A phishing campaign impersonating Meta's new Muse AI agent uses fake login overlays to steal advertising account credentials and MFA codes.
Advanced Packaging's Shift to Production Control Strains Test
The move from process learning to high-volume manufacturing is forcing new characterization and test approaches in advanced packaging.
System-Level Test Takes Center Stage for AI Data Center Chips
A Semiconductor Engineering analysis explores why system-level testing is becoming essential for AI and data center hardware.
Shift Left in Fabs Drives Explosive Equipment Data Growth
Moving yield detection earlier in chipmaking is flooding fabs with streaming sensor data, forcing hard choices about how much to collect and analyze.
Indian tech giants unruffled by US skilled visa changes
The Register reports that India's leading IT companies see little threat from US skilled-visa rule changes, even as Microsoft denies the fraud claims behind them.
Embark Studios Builds In-House AI Anti-Cheat for Arc Raiders
Arc Raiders' developer is combining third-party and in-house machine-learning detection with permanent bans and planned hardware bans to fight persistent cheaters.
AMD's 'Megahertz Myth' Campaign Debuted 25 Years Ago With Athlon XP
AMD's Performance Rating system was a marketing workaround for lower clock speeds that lasted until Intel's own architecture shift made it obsolete.
Startup's $17,600 Claude Bill Exposes Azure Credit Gap
A Norwegian startup's unused Azure credits failed to cover Anthropic's Claude Marketplace charges, leaving it with a bill and two vendors pointing at each other.
BOFH: Ancient sump PC replaced by old-school pump controller
A satirical BOFH episode shows how pragmatic hardware expertise and a locked-in boss resolve a legacy wastewater crisis.
Who controls your software roadmap: vendor or business?
A sponsored post from software support firm Origina argues that enterprises should push back against vendor-driven upgrade cycles and set their own timelines.
Chip Research Roundup: WSe2 Transistors, DRAM Compute, LLM Flash
A new batch of technical papers covers 2D transistor contacts, backside clock meshes, DRAM arithmetic, and storage for LLM serving.
Tech Who Turned Down Promotion Ended Up Fixing Colleague's Errors
A senior field service engineer who declined a consultancy role watched a colleague take it and repeatedly botch jobs, leaving him to clean up.
IEEE Program Teaches AI Chip Design Beyond the Memory Wall
A new IEEE certificate program trains engineers to co-optimize hardware and algorithms as domain-specific accelerators become essential.
GMKtec EVO-X3 Review: Ryzen AI Max Mini-PC Adds OCuLink
GMKtec's EVO-X3 brings rare external PCIe connectivity to AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ platform in a compact metal tower.
Oracle Fusion Claw adds AI agent guardrails, analysts warn of lock-in
Oracle's new Fusion Claw runtime gives enterprise AI agents tighter controls but ties customers more closely to its Fusion apps and OCI.