At Computex 2026, Intel shared more details about its Crescent Island GPU architecture, noting that it is designed specifically for agentic AI workloads. While conventional AI accelerators from Nvidia and AMD rely on expensive high-bandwidth memory, Intel's new chip uses consumer-oriented LPDDR5X DRAM and is designed to run in air-cooled......
Zig project leader says AI-generated code contributions are “invariably garbage” and will be rejected
Andrew Kelley designed the Zig programming language in 2016 and still presides over the non-profit organization responsible for managing the project. In a recent interview on the developer-focused JetBrains podcast, Kelley said AI-based contributions have no value and will be discarded. Read Entire Article
Dell’s new XPS 13 starts at $599 and is gunning directly for the MacBook Neo
The company is launching the laptop at a promotional price of $599 for students as part of a back-to-school offer that runs through September. After that, the starting price will increase to $699. That places it in direct competition with Apple's MacBook Neo, which has already helped define the budget......
A top economist says there’s “zero evidence” AI is killing jobs, despite thousands of actual layoffs
Writing in a post last week titled "Zero Evidence of AI-Related Job Losses," Sløk points to ADP employment data to support his conclusion. The report found that private companies added almost 110,000 people to their payrolls in April. Read Entire Article
This solar-powered desalination device turns seawater into drinking water, can also extract lithium
The work, led by Chunlei Guo, a professor of optics and physics, centers on a specially treated surface known as superwicking black metal. The material is created by texturing a metal surface with femtosecond laser pulses, altering its structure at microscopic scales. This process gives the surface two key properties:......
Nvidia RTX Spark CPU is now official: “superchip” will power Windows laptops and desktops
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Moore’s law is hitting a wall, so researchers are stacking silicon chip layers instead of shrinking them
At the Grainger College of Engineering, materials science and engineering professor Qing Cao and his team have built working silicon circuits by stacking active layers directly on top of each other. Instead of adding more devices side by side, they are moving into the third dimension and building stacked layers......
A Trump-linked startup is sending humanoid robots to the Ukraine battlefield
Foundation Future Industries, a startup founded in 2024 in San Francisco, has a goal shared by many similar robotics firms: to create machines that can take on those challenging, dangerous roles performed by humans. Read Entire Article
MIT researchers found a way to get lithium out of hard rock without the massive energy bill
For now, lithium-ion batteries continue to dominate for a simple reason – scale. The global lithium supply chain is already well-developed and highly efficient, making it difficult for alternatives to compete on cost. Read Entire Article
California passes bill requiring gun-blocking software in 3D printers
The bill would require consumer 3D printers sold in California to include "firearm blocking technology" that checks design files before a print job can begin. Read Entire Article