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Three suspects were arrested in a case of trade secret involving the TMSC’s 2-nanometer chip (2N), two of whom were former employees. The chip manufacturer said that the leakage was detected in a routine monitoring.

A new report out of Taiwan has revealed that the current US administration is tying the reduction on trade of trade tariffs on Taiwan to significant TSMC investment in the US. This investment includes a 49% stake in Intel.

In a technical discussion hosted by Gamers Nexus, Noctua’s Jacob Dellinger offers a detailed breakdown of PC cooling fan design fundamentals, from blade geometry and acoustics to airflow and heatsink resistance. While current designs have been refined over decades, Dellinger suggests that substantial future improvements may require material or systemic breakthroughs.

Generative AI isn't really replacing simple, manual tasks. Instead, AI automation is primarily affecting traditional knowledge-based jobs, according to a nine-month analysis of real-world user interactions with Bing Copilot.

EV maker Tesla has awarded Elon Musk $29 billion in shares. The compensation is intended to reward the company boss pending the resolution of the court case on his 2018 CEO Performance Award and to incentivise him to stay.

To help ease pressure on the U.S. power grid, Google will begin cutting back electricity use at its AI data centers during times of high demand. The company has signed its first agreements with utility providers to temporarily slow down machine learning tasks, marking a new step in how tech giants manage growing energy needs.

Ross Scott’s Stop Killing Games initiative, credited with catalyzing global action against the deletion of paid digital games, is winding down its direct activism. With key legislative and regulatory efforts now in motion across the EU and beyond, Scott reflects on the movement’s progress, personal toll, and future direction — including calls for preserving virtual game worlds through AI and community action.

Apple has formed the Answers, Knowledge and Information (AKI) team to build a proprietary conversational search engine that crawls the web and delivers chat-based results.

The Trump administration announced a new change in tariff rates for certain countries, Switzerland included. From August 7, if no agreement is reached, the Central European nation would face a 39% tariff on exports, affecting industries like watch manufacturing and pharmaceuticals.

Cadence Design Systems has admitted to violating U.S. export control laws by selling chip design tools to Chinese military-linked entities during Lip-Bu Tan’s time as CEO. With Tan now leading Intel—and with no personal consequences—his case illustrates how executive accountability remains elusive across the tech industry, much like Elon Musk’s ongoing insulation from liability in fatal Tesla Autopilot crashes.

A truck near London Heathrow Airport was hijacked, with 12,000 Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Fold 7 phones reportedly stolen. The estimated loss is expected to be nearly $10.6 million.

Affordable office laptops are usually equipped with pretty bad screens because the cost is a major factor and office laptops are often connected to larger external screens anyway. Lenovo now finally offers a high-resolution IPS screen with 120 Hz for its new office laptop ThinkPad E14.

Gamers are debating whether the current generation of Xbox consoles is successful. A pair of insiders has offered conflicting sales estimates ranging from less than 30 million to 37 million units. Using an AMD fiscal report, leaker KeplerL2 contradicts more positive projections for Xbox console sales.

It seems like manufacturers of office laptops are finally prioritizing maintainability once again. The new Lenovo ThinkPad E14 G7 can accommodate two SSDs and two RAM modules, which means that the memory can be easily upgraded to 128GB if needed.

Samsung cautioned investors that its rapid expansion of fifth-generation HBM3E production is outstripping end-market demand, likely putting downward pressure on prices.

Tesla’s Autopilot, long marketed as a step toward full self-driving, has been exposed in court as dangerously misleading. A Florida jury found the system bore partial blame in a 2019 fatal crash, awarding over 200 million dollars in damages. The verdict raises serious questions about Tesla’s safety claims and may open the floodgates for future lawsuits.

A major credit card company is attempting to distance itself from a controversial ban on Steam games. Mastercard claims it didn’t seek to remove specific titles from any marketplace. While the payment processor opposes unlawful adult content, critics argue that many legal games are being censored.

SSD transfer rates can start out as high as 7000 MB/s before falling down to just 2300 MB/s when stressed. Users who constantly transfer large files between systems may want to keep this in mind about the Dynabook Portege.

After removing NSFW games from search results site-wide due to pressure from payment processors, Itch.io has now begun restoring access to NSFW games listed as free on the platform.

Ubiquiti Networks has introduced the Unifi OS Server, a new option that allows users to experience UniFi OS in full on their own Windows, macOS or Linux hardware. The company promises that there are no functional limitations when using the new server.

Whatever you think of the tariff policies of incumbent US President Donald Trump, they're currently helping Apple CEO Tim Cook achieve new record sales figures. iPhone sales have increased by over 13% year-on-year.

The U.S. will impose flat $80-$200 duties on all overseas mini PCs and SBCs starting August 29. The sudden de minimis repeal will likely raise costs sharply for developers, hobbyists, and makers.

By 2026, the company Volonaut expect to send the first orders of the Airbike. The bike uses a jet propulsion system and an onboard stabilisation system that allows for a vertical takeoff and landing and manoeuvrability.

Fusion startup Marathon Fusion claims its theoretical reactor design could generate up to 3000 kg of gold per year by converting mercury inside a layered neutron blanket. The process would also produce tritium fuel for deuterium-tritium fusion, but remains unproven and unreviewed.

The Portege Z40L-N is about 20 percent lighter than the Lenovo ThinkPad X9 14, but it can also run up to 25 percent slower despite carrying the same Core Ultra 7 258V CPU.

A rapidly growing Change.org petition targeting Visa, Mastercard, and influential activist groups has now exceeded 205,000 signatures. The movement, which gained significant traction after a repost by Elon Musk, protests the power of financial companies to enforce the removal of legal, adult-themed games and other fictional content from digital marketplaces like Steam.

At WAIC 2025 in Shanghai, Zhaoxin introduced the KaiXian KX-7000N client CPU with an integrated NPU for offline AI workloads and the Kaisheng KH-50000 server chip delivering 96 cores, PCIe 5.0 lanes, and 384 MB L3 cache. Together, they span AI tasks from PCs to data centers in China’s push for chip self-reliance.

Sam Altman-backed Helion begins construction work on a commercial fusion plant in Washington, USA, aiming to provide clean power to Microsoft by 2028. Here is why this is a big deal.

NEC has launched the 13.3-inch VersaPro J UltraLite Type VY Lunar Lake business laptops. These ultralight notebooks can use large user-swappable batteries coupled with AI power management to achieve runtimes of over 16 hours, based on internal testing.

Better late than never: Lenovo is finally going to release their 2025 workstation lineup. Their Japanese branch teased the upcoming lineup, which includes the ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 with the Nvidia RTX Pro 5000, the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 8 as well as the brand-new ThinkPad T1g with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070.

YouTube seems to be tightening its advertising policy, and it's not doing viewers any favors. On Reddit, a growing number of users report that the "skip" button for ads is no longer showing up as it used to. On top of that, new ad formats have surfaced that significantly disrupt the viewing experience.

Tallgrass and Crusoe propose a 1.8 GW AI data center campus just south of Cheyenne that could expand to 10 GW—surpassing the combined electricity use of every home in Wyoming.

Europe’s $34.6 billion AI factory program moves from blueprint to reality, with 13 regional hubs funded and plans for gigawatt-scale sites housing 100,000 GPUs. Power supply and private investment emerge as critical challenges to meeting Europe’s computing sovereignty goals.

Starlink is launching its satellite Internet coverage for India soon, and the number of its subscribers there could quickly match all US customers combined, a minister estimates. The monthly Starlink subscription price in India, however, will be much lower.

Serial smartphone reviewer Zack Nelson of JerryRigEverything has claimed that after a "dehumanizing" chat with a Samsung Mobile US rep, he is switching over to a non-Samsung phone for the first time in 10 years. The development came soon after the reviewers Galaxy Z Fold 7 durability test.

Strike 3 Holdings has sued Meta, alleging the company downloaded, distributed, and used over 2,300 adult pieces of work - including for AI model training - without authorization, citing copyright infringement.

Microsoft launches Immersive Events for Teams, offering virtual meetings in 3D environments on the PC and Mac. Organizers can craft virtual spaces with no-code tools to support deeper online social interactions. Meta Quest headset support is planned.

Microsoft has introduced Copilot Mode in Edge, an AI that can see all open tabs while answering prompts. Experimental Action mode lets the AI work autonomously, raising questions about accountability, while recorded screenshots raise privacy concerns.

Sony has sued Chinese conglomerate Tencent in California federal court. It has accused the company of ripping off the Horizon franchise in its upcoming title, Light of Motiram.

Shenzhen workshops are quietly repairing gray-market Nvidia H100 and A100 accelerators banned under Washington’s export restrictions. With GPUs running flat-out in AI clusters and failure rates climbing, repair jobs fetching up to $2,800 per card reveal a thriving underground service ecosystem.

Elon Musk has confirmed Samsung Foundry has been tasked with manufacturing its upcoming A16 chips. The exact node is unknown, with one report stating it is cutting-edge, while another says it could be an older one.

Owners of some 3D printers should be aware that Anker and eufyMake devices might face issues in case of defects, as some products of these brands have already become unavailable.

Consumers are revolting against payment processors who seek to ban adult-themed Steam games, movies, and art. A Change.org petition aimed at Visa and Mastercard is rapidly gaining support. Its organizers also wish to limit the power of activist groups that influence these companies.

A new addition to the growing truly bipedal robot has been introduced at an AI conference in Shanghai. The XMAN-F1 by Keenon is touted to deliver convincingly humanoid mobility and dexterity. It is backed to be of service in certain hospitality, commercial or even healthcare roles - although it needs extra help to execute some of them.

TSMC’s second Kumamoto plant is now slated for volume production in H1 2029, 18 months behind the most recent roadmap. Ground-breaking has slipped from early 2025 due to site congestion and resource shifts to U.S. fabs.