Maingear Launches Instant Trade-In Program for Gaming PC Purchases
Maingear partners with SELLIT9 to give shoppers instant credit toward new desktops and laptops using old phones, laptops, cameras, and other gear.
Compute & Hardware
Chips, datacenters, interconnect, and the power they draw.
AI's Confident Outputs Make Verification the New Bottleneck
A cross-disciplinary essay argues that as AI generates ever more plausible results, the hard problem shifts from producing answers to proving they are trustworthy.
Pi coding agent 1.0 adds MCP support after earlier dismissal
Pi's 1.0 release reverses its earlier stance on MCP, adding support and a new durable layer for agentic apps.
Micron's HBM4 Pricing Shows Memory Worth 15x Gold
A new report from The Next Platform highlights how Micron's HBM4 memory is priced at a premium that dwarfs gold by weight, underscoring its strategic value in the AI era.
DOE Opens Up to $400M in Annual Basic Research Funding
The Department of Energy's new funding opportunity supports frontier science and future technology foundations.
arXiv caps paper submissions at two per month to curb AI-generated slop
The preprint server's new per-submitter cap responds to a surge in low-quality, AI-assisted papers that was overwhelming volunteer moderators.
CAN XL Inherits Classic CAN Flaws and Adds Seven New Ones
A formal analysis of the CAN XL standard finds it remains vulnerable to all known CAN MAC-layer attacks while introducing seven new vulnerabilities.
Amazon pledges $1B to counter datacenter opposition
Amazon is spending $1 billion on community outreach and myth-busting to ease local resistance to datacenter construction, though The Register argues the concerns are not unfounded.
Kioxia and SanDisk Show BiCS NAND Wafers Under Microscopes at FMS 2026
ServeTheHome photographed Kioxia and SanDisk's BiCS NAND wafers and opened packages, offering a rare look at the internal structure of modern flash memory.
TP-Link Archer BE550 Wi-Fi 7 Router Drops to $169.99 in Limited-Time Deal
The tri-band Archer BE550 brings Wi-Fi 7 and five 2.5 GbE ports to home networks at a 32% discount.
Excel Canvas turns spreadsheets into Copilot-generated reports
Microsoft's new Excel Canvas uses Copilot to build auto-refreshing reports, but past Copilot features have faced user resistance.
Power approval could delay Oracle's Wisconsin AI datacenter
Regulatory review of grid connections may push Oracle's 2027 delivery target for the 902 MW campus into 2028, according to Aterio.
Miami University HPC Team Connects Faculty to Ohio Supercomputer Center
A Campus Champions-style support team helps Miami University researchers move from local clusters to larger state-level HPC systems.
BiWin CL 100 Mini: A MicroSD-Sized NVMe SSD for Handhelds
The 15x17mm drive packs PCIe 4.0 performance into a slot-in format for compatible gaming handhelds.
VergeIO argues VMware exit is a chance to rethink data protection
A vendor-backed analysis says leaving VMware should prompt teams to move resilience into the hypervisor layer rather than rebuild the old backup design.
Japan Backs Quantum Computing Project for Cancer Immunotherapy
A new Japanese R&D initiative will apply quantum computing to cancer immunotherapy, with NEC and Taiho Pharmaceutical among the participants.
Leaked Nova Lake SKU list shows three BFC chips with big L3 cache
A rumored Intel Nova Lake desktop lineup reveals three BFC-branded chips with a large last-level cache, apparently aimed at AMD's X3D gaming processors.
Toshiba doubles HDD capacity ahead of 30TB-class drives
Toshiba's $380M Philippines expansion doubles nearline HDD capacity and prepares for 30TB, 65TB, and 100TB drives.