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Big Tech strategy, semiconductor supply chains and the money behind the technology industry, reported by The Silicon Ledger.
Google claims Gemini 4 Argon outperforms Claude Opus 5.5 on most benchmarks at half the introductory price, but hands-on testing of three complex tasks paints a more complicated picture.
The U.S. Air Force has successfully tested a system allowing an F-22 Raptor pilot to direct an Anduril YFQ-44A Fury drone through tactical commands during simulated air combat.
Fab24hr, a 3D web-based work simulator set inside a chip fabrication plant, has captured attention in Taiwan by depicting the pressures of semiconductor manufacturing with enough authenticity to unsettle experienced fab workers.
A freshly extracted version of Nvidia's DLSS 5 Neural Rendering model is delivering performance improvements of up to 90% over its predecessor when run on games that don't officially support it.
Analysis of over 300 local restrictions reveals only three projects face delays, as most moratoriums miss their targets through timing, geography or existing permits.
Scientists at Sweden's Defense Research Agency have built an experimental system that identifies concealed handguns by analyzing how Wi-Fi signals scatter around objects, sidestepping the need for cameras or metal detectors.
A fully configured MSI Infinite ZS desktop system featuring Nvidia's flagship RTX 5090 graphics card is available at Best Buy, with the GPU accounting for approximately $5,300 of the $7,599 total price.
A Reddit user has developed a quad 8-pin power-conversion kit that bypasses Nvidia's notorious 16-pin connector on high-end graphics cards, distributing power more safely across conventional PCIe connectors.
