Sony patent imagines PlayStation controllers as tap-to-pay terminals
A newly published Sony patent describes a system for purchasing games by tapping a card or phone against a PlayStation controller.
Compute & Hardware
Chips, datacenters, interconnect, and the power they draw.
SiPearl Delivers First Rhea1 CPU Samples to Bull for JUPITER Supercomputer
The sample delivery moves JUPITER one step closer to European-designed high-performance compute.
V-Color 32GB DDR5-6000 Kit Drops to $429 With Promo Code
A $40 promo code makes V-Color's Manta XSky the cheapest DDR5-6000 CL30 32GB kit available right now.
Huawei Halts Global AI Chip Sales to Meet Domestic Demand
Huawei's decision to keep its latest AI accelerators in China signals that domestic demand is absorbing all available supply, complicating its challenge to Nvidia abroad.
ASRock 27-Inch 180Hz Gaming Monitor Drops to $96, an All-Time Low
A 27-inch 1080p IPS gaming monitor with a 180Hz refresh rate and FreeSync support is now selling for $96, its lowest price ever.
ByteDance Got 2,304 Nvidia B200 Chips via Norway Data Center, Filing Shows
A U.S. IPO filing reveals ByteDance accessed advanced Nvidia accelerators through a Norwegian data center, highlighting gaps in export controls.
Q.ANT Releases Open-Source SDK for Photonic Computing
The SDK lets developers write and test applications for photonic processors using Python and C/C++.
IonQ Runs Real-Time Quantum Error Decoder on Standard CPU
The milestone removes a key bottleneck in fault-tolerant quantum computing by enabling real-time error correction across millions of operations without slowing execution.
Americans grow more wary of datacenters as awareness rises
A Pew survey indicates that familiarity with datacenter development is linked to rising worries about energy costs, environmental impact, and local communities.
RTX 5060 Gaming PC Prebuilt Drops to $1,199 at Newegg
A Newegg prebuilt with an RTX 5060, 20-core Intel CPU, 32GB RAM, and 1TB storage is discounted by $500 to $1,199.
Nvidia CEO Huang: '0% chance' AI destroys the world by 2030
Jensen Huang pushes back against AI doom predictions and calls for faster development without new regulations.
Z.AI Apologizes After Devs Report Silent Upload of Workspace Data
Developers say Z.AI, the firm behind GLM models, silently uploaded hundreds of megabytes of local workspace data without consent.
London neocloud Nscale files for NY IPO after $1B loss, seeks $35B valuation
The rent-a-GPU provider is taking its heavy losses public in a New York listing that could value it at up to $35 billion.
CXMT Claims DRAM Production Breakthrough, The Register Says
The Register reports that Chinese memory-maker CXMT claims a DRAM production breakthrough.
Huawei Unveils UnifiedBus Architecture for SuperPoDs and Clusters
Huawei's new UnifiedBus interconnect targets large-scale AI clusters, aiming to unify data flow across SuperPoDs.
Diraq and Dell Tackle Hybrid Quantum-HPC Orchestration
The partnership aims to solve the practical, scalable integration of quantum processors with classical high-performance computing.
iPronics and BSC Team Up on Optical Switching for AI
A two-year collaboration will pair iPronics' silicon photonics switching with Barcelona Supercomputing Center research to improve optical networking for AI and HPC workloads.
NHS Database Blunder Overwrites 11 Years of Maternity Records
A misdirected database command at an NHS trust erased more than a decade of maternity data and its associated access logs, underscoring the risks of human error in health IT operations.