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Four Areas We Follow Closely
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Chip design, manufacturing, advanced packaging, memory, foundries and the supply chains behind semiconductor production.
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Cloud platforms, data centres, DevOps, Kubernetes, databases, reliability and the costs of running software at scale.
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Google Halts DeepMind Fundamental Science Projects to Reallocate TPUs for Gemini
Google slashed DeepMind’s scientific TPU compute allocation from 30% to under 10%, delaying GNoME materi...
The Hidden Cost of Local AI: How Meta Offloads Server Bills Onto Your Power Grid
Calculating the true cost of running local AI: how always-on open-weig...
Why DNA Printers Can’t Stop AI-Generated Viruses: The Biosecurity Blind Spot
Investigating biosecurity screening gaps in commercial DNA synthesis: ...
Wayanad Radar Upgrade Faces Topographical Blind Spots: Why Terrain Restricts New Weather Tech
When the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced the deploymen...
Technology Explained
Hardware testing, technical explainers, security reporting and the infrastructure behind modern technology.
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ByteDance Exempts Open-Weights Models from Internal AI Distillation Ban
ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming recently directed developers to halt model distil...
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AI Sandbox Escapes: The Legal Trap of Autonomous Red Teaming
The Legal Tripwire of AI Sandbox Escapes When an artificial intelligence agent b...
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CSRC Audit Halts Unitree’s STAR Market IPO, Slashing Valuation and AI Funding
The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has targeted robotics manufact...
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Hardware Pivot: How Modular AI Pods Unlock Venture Debt for Startups
AI startups are increasingly turning to physical hardware—specifically modular d...
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The Qwen3.8-Max License Trap: Unpacking Alibaba’s 100M User Cap
Alibaba markets Qwen3.8-Max as a globally accessible “open weights” ...
Gadgets
The E-Waste Trap: Why Budget Student Laptops Fail in Two Years
The Two-Year Lifespan of Cheap Laptops When a budget student laptop grinds to a ...
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