Samsung is making a big gamble with its Galaxy S26 family. According to a new report, the company plans to use its in-house Exynos 2600 chipset in the standard S26 and S26+ models, while reserving Qualcomm’s top-tier Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 exclusively for the S26 Ultra. This marks a major shift fr
A major new industry event, Microelectronics US 2026, is set for Austin next April. It aims to unite over 5,000 professionals from across the semiconductor and embedded systems ecosystem to accelerate collaboration and innovation, directly supporting national initiatives like the CHIPS Act.
Last year saw the highest number of U.S. layoffs since 2020, with AI directly cited as the reason for nearly 55,000 of those cuts. The trend is hitting entry-level workers especially hard, with companies implementing hiring freezes.
The year 2025 was defined by the physical reality of AI’s infrastructure demands. Massive new data center campuses are being built, but the frantic pace raises big questions about sustainability and a potential market correction.
The ride-hailing giants are partnering with Chinese tech firm Baidu to deploy its RT6 SUVs in London. Testing is slated to begin in the first half of 2026, pending regulatory approval.
Dr. Michael Pfeffer, a practicing hospitalist and Stanford’s Chief Information Digital Officer, argues the real work isn’t about adopting tech, but redesigning care around it. He shares how tools like ChatEHR are starting to free up clinician time for what matters most: the human connection.
Anna’s Archive, an open-source shadow library, says it has scraped metadata from over 250 million Spotify tracks and the actual audio files for 86 million of them. The group plans to release the data publicly, starting with metadata now and music files by popularity later.
Michael Burry is sounding the alarm on Nvidia’s strategy, arguing the US is structurally positioned to lose the AI race to China. He criticizes Nvidia’s “power hungry” chips and its “death grip” on the industry, while revealing he has a “relatively small short” position against the stock.
Mullvad VPN is making a major technical shift, replacing its old WireGuard software with a new Rust-based engine called GotaTun. The move has already slashed Android app crashes and paves the way for the company to completely drop OpenVPN support in 2026.
Mullvad VPN has launched a new, in-house WireGuard implementation named GotaTun for its Android app. The switch from the problematic wireguard-go code has already eliminated related crashes. The tech will come to all platforms in 2026, when Mullvad will also drop support for OpenVPN.
