Japan going back to the future by reviving its chip industry
…It's trying to get back there now Local hero Rapidus is on track to begin production of 2nm semis next year, as TSMC expands its Japanese foothold When IBM PCs set…
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Contracts are in C++26 despite disagreement over their value
…The C++26 proposal describes itself as the culmination of a plan to produce a minimum viable product for C++26. There are gaps, such as no support for contracts on virtual…
Visual Studio 18.5 lands with AI debugging at a price
…Yet developer frustration over color contrast and forced updates continue to overshadow the improvements. Many developers are familiar with the problem: they are typing in the code editor and multiple assistants intervene…
Apple and Samsung lead race to the bottom on repairability
…Although a US body, its fifth edition of " Failing the Fix " reviews kit using the EU's European Product Registry for Energy Labelling ( EPREL ) criteria for assessing smartphones, while keeping the repairability…
Notepad loses Copilot icon as Microsoft gives subtlety a try
…However, the omission speaks more to how toxic the Copilot brand has become than to the company rethinking its strategy of spraying AI across its product line. Users hoping that the move…
Raspberry Pi leans into semiconductors as sales climb
…a business with growing semiconductor scale, stronger OEM and Authorised Reseller demand, and a wider commercial footprint." The company noted increases in unit sales across almost all product variants. It said that…
Meta reveals custom AI chips it says beat Nvidia
…elements (PEs), with some redundant PEs to improve yield. Each PE includes a pair of RISC-V vector cores. The chip is in production. MTIA 400: An evolution of the MTIA 300…
Humanoid tests humanoid robot for automotive logistics
…The UK-based robotics biz says it has completed a proof-of-concept test showing its rolling robot can be deployed in a production environment to help with automotive manufacturing. Humanoid worked…
Alibaba delivers RISC-V server chip optimized for Chinese AI
…A product page and spec sheet for the chip add more details – but also omit details like core count and instead offer the non-specific description of the chip as a “64…
The agentic AI boom is here; operations will decide who wins
…That same expectation is now landing inside the enterprise, where agentic systems can automate multi-step workflows, improve decisions across teams, and reshape how work gets done. As agentic AI takes center…