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Linux 7.4 will improve audio support on Apple Silicon hardware. The release also addresses the system's "impossible" power management challenges, aiming for better efficiency and functionality on the platform.
First Citizens is retiring the Silicon Valley Bank brand, renaming units like SVB Technology and Healthcare Banking to First Citizens Innovation Banking. The 43-year-old startup banking icon collapsed in March 2023 after a $42 billion single-day deposit run, the second-largest US bank failure at the time.
Ugreen launched HomeAgent smart home hubs with on-device AI, camera storage, and Matter control, starting at $899. The MasterAgent Ma100 runs NVIDIA's Jetson Thor T5000 at 2,070 FP4 TFLOPS. Ugreen also released the 25W MagFlow Pro, a liquid-cooled Qi2 power bank with a 10,000mAh battery, priced at $149.99.
Microsoft unveiled Project Zenith, a distraction-free Windows experience for developers to run 30B+ parameter models locally on devices with 64GB+ of memory. The first Project Zenith devices ship with AMD's Ryzen AI Halo chips.
The Wokyis G7 80Gbps dock sits atop a Mac Studio or older Mac mini with a Game Boy-inspired shell and flip-up 1,280 by 800 display. It offers Thunderbolt 5 speeds, CFexpress and SD slots, and an M.2 SSD bay supporting up to 8TB.
Best Buy's Labor Day sale prices the Lenovo Yoga 7i 2-in-1 at $750, down from $1200. The 16-inch touchscreen laptop pairs Intel's Core Ultra 7 processor with 16GB memory and 512GB SSD, plus Copilot+ AI features.
A leaked Exynos 2700 die shot reveals a deca-core CPU with two C2 Ultra and eight C2 Pro cores, plus an Xclipse 970 GPU and a large NPU for improved AI. Samsung plans to use both the Exynos 2700 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro in Galaxy S27 phones.
Vortex, an open-source columnar file format under the Linux Foundation, streams S3 data directly to GPUs at up to 60 Gbps. Cascading lightweight encodings, layout-based segment pruning, and zero-copy memory pipelines eliminate CPU/NVMe bottlenecks without upfront reprocessing. Onur Satici of SpiralDB detailed the technology at QCon London.
DeepSeek plans a major Huawei chip order for a new AI data center, building a massive Huawei chip cluster. The deployment centers on Huawei hardware for the AI infrastructure project.
South Korea's monthly memory chip output is set to grow by roughly 600,000 wafers by 2028, widening its lead over China's CXMT, which is set to grow by about 300,000 wafers. The Bank of Korea projects this expansion.
Wayve and Uber launched paid self-driving rides in London using 15 electric Ford Mustangs equipped with the Wayve AI driver, with safety drivers onboard. Wayve also previewed a Nissan LEAF running the Wayve AI Driver on NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion.
A South Korean court case alleges CXMT's 'Project Hefei' roadmap guided theft of Samsung DRAM trade secrets. The 620-step recipe helped CXMT reach 10% global DRAM market share. Ex-Samsung engineers face prison sentences in multiple convictions.
Intel's Core Ultra 400-series Nova Lake-S CPUs enter mass production in Q4 2026, with a 28-core version launching in Q1 2027 and a 52-core flagship arriving later in 2027. The platform uses LGA1954 and 900-series chipsets.
Google's Tensor G6 powers the Pixel 11, claiming significant gains over the Tensor G5 in daily tasks like web browsing and app launches. However, the chipset loses ground in gaming and raw performance, making it divisive among users.
Quantum Foundry Copenhagen, owned by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, is building a $62M, 5,300-square-metre wafer fabrication facility in Copenhagen, opening in 2027. The foundry will offer nanofabrication, testing, chip assembly, and packaging to quantum companies worldwide, aiming to strengthen Europe's quantum manufacturing capacity.
Nvidia's equity investments rose tenfold in the past year to $99 billion, making the company a leading global strategic tech backer. The surge bolsters the AI sector as Nvidia expands its financial footprint across technology companies.
The 2018 iPad Pro added USB-C, Face ID, the A12X Bionic chip, and up to 1TB of storage, but never replaced laptops. iPadOS file handling and the Magic Keyboard fell short of macOS. New iPad Pro models are rumored for early 2027.
Celeste Amadon's Known app launched "San Francisco's Hot List," drawing over 15,000 nominations in 24 hours. The list counters stereotypes about tech workers' dating appeal. Georgia Witchel's "Tech Is Having a Hot Girl Renaissance" thread links the trend to vibe coding lowering industry barriers.
Jane Street signed a roughly $13bn five-year AI cloud contract with data centre company Crusoe for AI chip clusters and infrastructure, marking one of the year's largest AI cloud deals.
iPronics, a Valencia-based silicon photonics company, raised €107.57 million ($125 million) in Series B funding co-led by Maverick Silicon and Light Street Capital. NVIDIA joined the round, bringing total funding to €152.3 million ($177 million) for optical circuit switching in AI data centres.
Nvidia announced PAIR (Personal AI Router) at IFA 2026 in Berlin, a beta tool that distributes local AI agent workloads across idle home computers. It supports DGX Spark, GeForce RTX 20-series or newer, and Macs with M4-series chips, working with LM Studio and Ollama.
Infinix launched the Hot 70 Pro smartphone in India. The device introduces new hardware and features for the budget segment. Pricing and full specifications were detailed at the launch event.
Nvidia is discussing a $2.5 billion investment in Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab. The potential deal would inject significant capital into the AI startup founded by the former OpenAI executive.
The iPhone 18 Pro Max is expected to launch on September 9, with pre-orders starting September 12 and retail availability from September 18. Pricing starts at ₹1,59,900 in India and $1,299 in the US.
Lyte, a Sunnyvale, California-based company, raised $165 million in Series C funding at a $1.6 billion valuation for its AI-powered sensing and perception platforms for industrial robotics. The round brings total funding to $272 million and was led by Maverick Silicon.
Ultrahuman raised $70 million from Qualcomm Ventures, Labcorp, Alpha Wave, Blume Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, and Alteria Capital, valuing the Bengaluru smart ring maker at $365 million. The round includes $65 million in primary equity and $5 million in debt.
Xiaomi unveiled the Xiaomi 18 Fold at IFA 2026 in Berlin, its first passport-style foldable rivaling the Galaxy Z Fold 8. It features a 5.38-inch cover display, 7.58-inch inner screen, and Xiaomi ORING 3 chipset, launching in China on September 7.
Nvidia agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, with CEO Jensen Huang promising the platform keeps its brand, leadership, and neutrality. Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue aims to grow users from about 18 million to over 100 million.