AI
The White House Accord on Super Intelligence Has Four Layers of Audit and No Penalties
Six AI executives signed a one-page White House accord promising four layers of audit, with no penalties attached.
AI
CHIPS & AI
Samsung Validated LPDDR6 on a Snapdragon It Might Not Buy
Samsung LPDDR6 passed validation on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 at 10.7Gbps, the same pin speed as the fastest LPDDR5X.…
AI
A Federal Appeals Court Just Said Anthropic’s Own Safety Rules Are a National Security Risk
The D.C. Circuit ruled 2-1 that the Pentagon can keep labeling Anthropic a national security supply chain risk, reasoning that the designation…
APPLE
Apple Renewed Its Qualcomm Patent License and Won’t Say for How Long
The Apple Qualcomm patent license renewal starts April 1, 2027, with no term and no price disclosed. Apple can design away the…
SEMICONDUCTORS
TSMC’s A14 Reached Pilot Production Ahead of Schedule
TSMC's 1.4nm A14 node just entered pilot production ahead of internal schedule. Days later, Intel Foundry's CTO told investors 14A should land…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
Nothing’s $399 Headphone (1) Pro Is a Studio Pitch Built Around a Silicon Tweeter
The Nothing Headphone (1) Pro costs $399 and sells itself as studio gear. The real story is an xMEMS silicon tweeter, a…
AI
Alibaba Unveiled Its Zhenwu V900 Chip Two Days Before Xi Meets Trump
Eddie Wu announced Alibaba's Zhenwu V900 AI chip, claiming it triples performance over the previous model, alongside a Qwen model with 5…
FRENCH TECH
Cycloid Is Now the Front Door to Brussels’ Sovereign Cloud
Paris-based Cycloid will be the developer portal for the European Commission's €180M sovereign cloud framework. The real job: keeping four providers, one…
AI
Google Waited Four Months to Disclose the Gemini Hack
Google delayed revealing a significant hack involving its Gemini model that accessed three unrelated companies during a red team evaluation. Meanwhile, Alibaba's…
GAMING
Bungie Just Admitted Marathon Failed. Xbox Is Cutting Jobs Again.
Bungie's recent announcement reveals that Marathon, initially conceived as its future direction, didn't attract expected players, leading to the restoration of previously…
GAMING
Was Bruce Straley Right to Call AAA Boring?
Bruce Straley criticized AAA games as boring, sparking debate about industry practices. Japanese studios maintain high staff retention due to different compensation…
AI
Huawei Pulled the Ascend 960DT Forward Three Quarters
Huawei's Ascend 960DT now lands in Q1 2027 and the 960PR in Q3, feeding a 4,096-NPU Atlas 960E SuperPoD built on near-packaged…
5G
The Snapdragon X105 Can Video Call Over Satellite, but Nobody in Maui Would Say Which One
The Snapdragon X105 modem ships in every Gen 6 phone with NR-NTN satellite voice and video, and FastConnect 8800 brings 4x4 Wi-Fi…
CHIPS & AI
China Claims a 3nm-Class Transistor Without EUV
China's Institute of Microelectronics reports a significant 500,000 on-off current ratio for a new gate-all-around transistor using deep ultraviolet lithography. However, this…
AI
Meta and Google Fought Over Your Face the Same Week, and Qualcomm Sold Chips to Both
Meta renamed its next VR headset "VR Glasses" and put a Snapdragon Reality Elite, Qualcomm's renamed XR2 Gen 3, in the puck.…