Silicon is organized as a 10-chapter anthology, with each essay tackling a different facet of how a single element became the infrastructure of modern life. The opening chapter, "Teaching Sand to Think," by Dylan Patel and Jeff Koch, follows the process of turning inert silicon into machine intelligence, tracing how......
Epic cuts 1,000+ jobs amid financial struggles, seeks half-billion-dollar cost savings
Sweeney also pointed to industry-wide changes including slower growth, weaker spending on games and consoles, tougher cost economics, and new forms of entertainment competing for gamers' attention as additional factors hurting their business. Read Entire Article
This startup will pay you $800 to yell at AI all day
As Boston Dynamics demonstrated years ago, "bullying" technology designed to mimic intelligent behaviors is nothing new. Memvid is now offering $800 to someone interested in putting modern AI models to the test – a "professional" yeller tasked with spending an entire day stressing popular chatbots. Read Entire Article
Microsoft signals potential end to Windows 11 online account requirement
Responding to questions about Microsoft's refusal to address user complaints over the Windows 11 online account requirement, Scott Hanselman, VP of Developer Community, admitted that he dislikes the feature himself, adding that the company is "working on ." Read Entire Article
The US moves to block most new routers made overseas
The order effectively halts the entry of nearly all future Wi-Fi and wired routers, as the vast majority are produced abroad. Products that have already received FCC authorization can continue to be sold and imported, and existing consumer equipment remains unaffected. However, for router makers planning to release new products......
There were 1,000 Internet devices in 1984, 1 million in 1992, by 2025 that figure reached…
Can you guess how many devices are online these days? Read Entire Article
Broadcom sounds the alarm as chip demand is pushing TSMC to its limits
"We are seeing that TSMC is hitting limits," Natarajan Ramachandran, director of product marketing in Broadcom's Physical Layer Products division, told reporters. He noted that a few years ago he would have described TSMC's capacity as effectively infinite. Now, however, capacity expansion plans extend through 2027, and while TSMC... Read...
Nintendo slashes Switch 2 production by 30% following weak holiday sales
According to a Bloomberg report, Nintendo will slash production of the Switch 2 this quarter from the originally planned six million units down to four million, a 30% drop. The reduced production is expected to continue into April. Read Entire Article
Trump says US and Iran are talking. His claim is eliciting market cheers and plenty of skepticism
President Donald Trump started the fourth week of his war against Iran by offering the world some guarded optimism that the U.S. could soon be winding down its military operations
Large oil refinery explosion near Texas coast forces residents to shelter in place
Officials say a large explosion at an oil refinery near the Texas coast has shot plumes of smoke into the air and forced nearby residents to shelter in place