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hardware 02.03.2026

Pentagon issued an ultimatum to Anthropic: provide full AI access by Friday or face sanctions.

Brief overview of the situation The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) forced Anthropic to open full access to its AI model within a week. If it does not, the company will face seri...

hardware 01.03.2026

Nvidia raised a record $68 billion in the quarter: GeForce contributed only 5.5 %, while AI servers accounted for almost 92 %.

Summary of Nvidia's results for the most recent fiscal period Metric Previous quarter results Changes Total revenue $68.1 bn (record) +73 % YoY Data center revenue $62.3 bn +75 ...

hardware 01.03.2026

Japannext unveiled a budget 6K monitor: a 31.5-inch IPS for €899

The leading player in the 6‑K monitor market is now giving way to a more affordable option Until recently the Asus ProArt PA32QCV was the most budget-friendly 6 K resolution optio...

hardware 01.03.2026

Kioxia has begun delivering test UFS 5.0 flash memory chips for new flagship phones

Kioxia launches UFS 5.0 sample deliveries for customers The company Kioxia announced the start of shipments of embedded flash memory standard UFS 5.0 to potential buyers. The new...

hardware 01.03.2026

The capitalization of ByteDance, which owns TikTok, was valued at $550 million, making it one of the most expensive private companies in the world.

ByteDance’s capitalization is growing into the hundreds of billions Against a backdrop of an “investment flow” in artificial intelligence (AI), even small startups sometimes see m...

hardware 01.03.2026

Nano Banana unexpectedly appeared in Google Maps, now AI can decorate places of residence.

Google “tries” image generation directly in Maps According to Android Authority data, Google developers are testing a new feature that generates street and location images direc...

hardware 01.03.2026

Boeing trained satellites to translate telemetry into a language understandable by people so that anyone can comprehend it.

New LLM Technology for Autonomous Space Telemetry Analysis During the early launches of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, problems arose due to software code errors and incorrect int...

hardware 01.03.2026

Micron introduced 3 GB GDDR7 memory chips with speeds up to 36 Gbps

Micron launches GDDR7 chips with a density of 24 Gb (3 GB) The company announced the release of next-generation graphics memory—GDDR7 chips that reach a capacity of 24 Gb (i.e., 3...

hardware 01.03.2026

Samsung ceases production of 2‑D NAND and shifts its plants to manufacture HBM4.

Samsung is ceasing production of 2‑D NAND flash and redirecting its plants toward HBM4 This year Samsung announced a complete withdrawal from manufacturing 2‑D NAND flash memory....

hardware 01.03.2026

Former creators of Forza Horizon are releasing an ambitious racing game without a publisher: Amazon Games plans a different path

Amazon refuses to publish Maverick Games’ debut title The British studio Maverick Games – whose co‑founders previously worked at Playground Games and is led by former *Forza Horiz...

hardware 01.03.2026

Valve made an error in the video memory volume figures for January in Steam statistics

Valve Updated Steam: Fixed Video Memory Calculation Bug Valve released a new update for the Steam client and in the release notes acknowledged that the previous version incorrectl...

hardware 01.03.2026

The first 37 years of operation indicate that the first transatlantic fiber‑optic cable will be decommissioned.

Subsea cable TAT‑8: from old to new Why it matters and why Cable TAT‑8 The first transatlantic fiber‑optic line in the world, laid jointly by AT&T, British Telecom and France Te...