US microreactor achieves first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, targets 2028 deployment
A microreactor in Idaho just cleared a key nuclear test. Critics say it's a "rudimentary stunt." The Energy Secretary called it historic.
US government could take a stake in OpenAI as Trump explores AI equity plan
OpenAI's Public Wealth Fund proposal could give Americans a stake in AI-driven growth
In Hindsight: Tech Quotes That Got the Future Right and Wrong
Tech leaders love predicting the future. Sometimes they nail it, sometimes they miss spectacularly, and sometimes they leave behind quotes that only get better with age.
Summer Game Fest 2026: Virtua Fighter is back, Guild Wars 3 is real, and Final Fantasy VII's trilogy is ending
The biggest PC game trailers from Summer Game Fest 2026
TSMC CEO says it will be "a long time" before they can meet AI chip demand, with price hikes likely
The chip crunch could run for years, unless the boom becomes a bubble
The RAM crisis is resurrecting DDR4 memory and motherboard production as hardware cycle reverses
CPU, GPU, and RAM production are going back in time, for consumers anyway
SpaceX IPO could be the largest in history at a $1.76 trillion valuation
With shares fixed at $135, Wall Street thinks that's roughly twice what the company is worth
PC shipments could drop 20% by year's end as AI datacenters consume 70% of high-end DRAM
The hidden cost of the AI infrastructure boom: more expensive PCs with less RAM
After 33 years, EA's College Football game is coming to PC for the first time
College Football 27 arrives on PC July 9 with crossplay support
71% of Americans now oppose data centers near their homes, up from 42% just nine months ago
Water shortages, rising power bills, and broken promises from big tech
A truck-mounted nuclear reactor that runs for decades without refueling is being tested in China
The 10-megawatt mobile reactor can go to computing sites, remote regions, and industrial facilities
Phison's next-gen PCIe 6.0 SSD controller hits 28 GB/s, and it's doing it at just 7 watts
Computex showcase also includes the Gen 5 DRAM-less E37T that hits 14.9 GB/s while sipping as little as 2.3 watts
Gabe Newell says Steam doesn't pressure developers on pricing, emails suggest otherwise
Valve threatened to pull Rainbow Six Siege from Steam because Ubisoft offered a cheaper starter pack on its own store
China's military obtained Nvidia chips despite US export controls, report claims
Are Washington's chip controls really stopping advanced hardware from reaching China?
Anthropic files for IPO, joining OpenAI and SpaceX in the race to go public
The AI bubble is heading to Wall Street, starting with Anthropic
Why it matters: Anthropic's filing turns the AI race into something Wall Street can finally measure. For the last few years, frontier AI companies have been valued by private investors on growth, ambition, and the fear of missing the next platform shift. A public filing will eventually force Anthropic to disclose the numbers that matter most: revenue, losses, infrastructure costs, margins, and how much money it takes to keep Claude competitive.
A top economist says there's "zero evidence" AI is killing jobs, despite thousands of actual layoffs
Apollo's Torsten Sløk argues the AI boom is boosting employment
Nvidia RTX Spark CPU is now official: "superchip" will power Windows laptops and desktops
Nvidia wants to make your Windows PC an agentic and creator powerhouse
Why it matters: Nvidia just announced what it calls the most efficient PC chip ever built. RTX Spark is a Grace Blackwell system on a chip, 70 billion transistors on TSMC 3nm, with a Blackwell RTX GPU, a 20-core Arm CPU built with MediaTek, and up to 128GB of unified memory. It is purpose-built for agents, and it runs full RTX gaming and creation on the same thin-and-light laptop. It is a genuinely impressive piece of silicon.
Wix lays off 1,000 workers as the AI jobs apocalypse keeps looking very real
Sam Altman said the AI jobs apocalypse had not arrived (yet?)
This startup has raised $12 million to make liquid-metal circuit boards rewritable
Itera's electrowetting platform redraws circuits to eliminate repeated fabrication and assembly cycles
Elizabeth Warren wants to tax AI data centers as power bills climb
The senator wants AI's biggest winners to cover the energy costs ordinary Americans are absorbing
Taiwan just busted an alleged Nvidia GPU smuggling ring using Japan as a cover
Taiwan investigators are examining whether AI servers were quietly rerouted to China through a key US ally
Smartphone shipments face worst decline ever: memory crisis and US-Iran war hit market
"For consumers, it means the era of ultra-cheap smartphones is over"
Samsung averts strike with $340,000 bonuses for semiconductor workers
A last-minute labor deal stopped a strike at the world's largest memory chipmaker
Inside the data center boom that's consuming Chile's last water
Data centers are diverting water from capital region in Chile's worst drought in 1,000 years
A hot potato: Anti-data center sentiment has intensified in the US since the AI boom began around 2022. However, the US is far from the only country in which data centers, built for AI and other technologies, negatively impact power and water supplies. In Chile, they are one of several factors driving a historic water crisis.
Sam Altman is "delighted" his AI jobs apocalypse prediction was wrong
Was it?