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hardware 22.03.2026

The FCC regulator criticized Amazon: first deploy your own satellites, then complain about SpaceX.

Brief overview of the conflict between Amazon and SpaceX - Core dispute: - Amazon opposed SpaceX’s plan to create a “data center in space” (a network of up to 1 million satellite...

hardware 22.03.2026

UMC will begin manufacturing lithium niobate chiplets for the optical interfaces of future AI chips

New phase for “secondary” players in the semiconductor market With the advent of generative AI even companies that have traditionally handled support tasks in the industry are get...

hardware 22.03.2026

Google is now among Samsung’s top five clients thanks to the growth of AI technologies.

Artificial intelligence — the new driver of change in supply chains The technological “boom” of AI has reshuffled the roles and influence of major players in the semiconductor mar...

hardware 22.03.2026

Xiaomi will unveil a lightweight and slim laptop, the Book Pro 14, powered by an Intel Panther Lake processor

Xiaomi Book Pro 14 – a new laptop from the brand After the Xiaomi Book 14 (2023) model, the company is once again entering the portable computer market with a new device – the Xia...

hardware 22.03.2026

The speedrunner discovered a secret in *Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune* that had been unknown to games for almost two decades

Found “year‑old” Easter egg from Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune The American studio Naughty Dog released its first cinematic adventure action game, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, in 2007...

hardware 22.03.2026

Valve: 5,863 games on Steam earned over $100,000 last year

Valve Reveals Fresh Numbers on Steam and Future Plans At the largest game developers’ event – GDC 2026, Valve presented a number of interesting statistical data regarding user act...

hardware 22.03.2026

After a thirteen-year wait, the moderators revived the cancelled multiplayer shooter Star Wars: First Assault, intended to be a prelude to Battlefront III

New life from fans: Star Wars First Assault returns after 13 years The game that was cancelled in 2013 along with the well-known multiplayer shooter *Star Wars 1313* has been revi...

hardware 22.03.2026

Nvidia unveiled the Nemotron 3 Super 120B—a public LLM with a fivefold speed boost for AI agents.

New Nvidia Model – Nemotron 3 Super Nvidia announced the launch of Nemotron 3 Super, an open AI model of the Mixture‑of‑Experts (MoE) type. * 120 billion total parameters, of whi...

hardware 22.03.2026

Valve refutes New York authorities' claims of running gambling operations and compares loot boxes in Counter-Strike 2 to Labub.

Valve Responds to New York State Government Lawsuit Over Loot Boxes At the beginning of 2023, in New York under Attorney General Letitia James, Valve was accused of running illega...

hardware 21.03.2026

Microsoft will enable Xbox mode on all PCs with Windows 11

Microsoft Unites Xbox and Windows: What It Means *Microsoft is actively working to make the company's console and desktop ecosystems a single entity.* - New Console – Project Hel...

hardware 21.03.2026

Amazon convened an emergency meeting after outages caused by code changes using generative AI.

Amazon faced a series of technical issues last week. It is believed that the outages may have been caused by the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the code develop...

hardware 21.03.2026

China plans to send astronauts to the Moon for the first time, landing near the “geological museum” area of Rimay‑Bode.

China is preparing for a crewed lunar mission by 2030 *Space.com* reports that over the past year, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) has been conducting comprehensive...