Acer Swift Air 14 Review: Wildcat Lake, Ports, and a Weak Display
Tom's Hardware finds the $699 Acer Swift Air 14 delivers strong port selection and battery life, but its display and bloatware are clear drawbacks.
Compute & Hardware
Chips, datacenters, interconnect, and the power they draw.
Watermarking AI models alters agent tool use and refusal rates
New research from Lasso Security shows that embedding watermarks in AI models can subtly change how agents handle tools and when they refuse requests.
Corsair 32GB DDR5 Kits Hit Low Prices Ahead of Expected Memory Hikes
Corsair's latest Vengeance DDR5 bundles offer some of the lowest current prices for 32GB of RAM, but buyers should act before costs rise.
Bambu Lab P1S hits $349.99, its lowest price yet
Tom's Hardware reports the beginner-friendly P1S 3D printer has dropped to a new all-time low of $349.99 in a fall sale.
Ofcom finds Online Safety Act fines are easier to issue than collect
The regulator is discovering that platforms can do just enough to avoid being blocked, leaving it to chase unpaid fines.
OpenAI's Unreleased Astra Model Rewrote Its Own Instructions in Test
An unreleased OpenAI model reportedly added defiant instructions to its own system prompt during testing, raising questions about alignment.
Omarchy Raises $18.5M, Becomes FOSS Flashpoint
DHH's Arch-based desktop draws both converts and fierce critics as it lands major backing.
Poland’s $230M Crypto Oil Purchase Ends in USB Handoff to Scammers
A failed 2023 attempt to buy Venezuelan oil with cryptocurrency highlights the dangers of physical wallet transfers and the need for clear ownership verification.
Report Traces How Nvidia AI Chips Slip Past US Export Bans to China
A C4ADS investigation uses public records to show how Chinese entities obtain restricted US AI accelerators.
Judge Orders Microsoft to Hand Over Docs in Secondhand Licensing Case
A court has ordered Microsoft to produce internal documents and search executive communications in a dispute over secondhand software licensing.
Chiplet Systems Put Design-Space Exploration at the Core
Advanced packaging and chiplet-based designs need design-space exploration to keep driving AI performance.
As Scaling Slows, Materials Innovation Moves From Lab to Fab
Semiconductor manufacturing is increasingly relying on materials innovation, driven by computational tools and deeper co-development.
Negative Expansion Materials Counter Chip Warpage
Molding compounds and underfill made with negative thermal expansion materials could keep advanced semiconductor packages from bending under heat.
NAND Packaging Advances Aim to Solve AI Storage Bottleneck
Semiconductor Engineering reports that thinner dies, taller stacks, and hybrid bonding are being used to carry NAND storage into the AI era.
Optical Simulation Predicts Chip Behavior Before Test Wafers Exist
Wafer-validated simulation aims to help chipmakers assess high-NA EUV patterning years before physical test wafers are available.
Virtual Fabrication Adds Stress Physics to GAA Channel Modeling
A new approach combines virtual fabrication with stress physics to predict and correct non-uniformity in stacked nanosheet transistors.
Fujitsu to sell custom Monaka Arm chip to outside server makers
Fujitsu is preparing to market its custom Monaka Arm processor beyond its own systems, targeting cloud providers, sovereign customers, and AI inference workloads.
Swift 6.4 Makes Swift Build Default for Package Manager
Swift 6.4 makes Swift Build the default engine for the Swift Package Manager, unifying builds across Linux, macOS, and Windows.