Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote live blog — Vera Rubin GPUs and CPUs, DLSS 5, and the ‘future of technology’

Nvidia’s GTC 2026 keynote has wrapped, but Tom’s Hardware was on the ground to deliver live updates during CEO Jensen Huang’s two-hour presentation.

Intel’s roadmaps examined — 14A, Nova Lake, Diamond Rapids & AI accelerator push

Intel’s CPU roadmap is unlike any the company has published in recent years, because its manufacturing ambitions and its product launches have to succeed simultaneously.

GTC 2026

GTC 2026 promises a peek at what’s next for AI technology and what Nvidia has in store for the year ahead.

STMicro to deploy humanoid robots to its legacy fabs in Europe — over 100 humanoid robots to be used for routine and physically demanding tasks in fight for efficiency

As cheap Chinese chips threaten to invade various sectors of the economy in Europe, STMicroelectronics is on track to improve the efficiency of its own fabs

Tennessee grandmother wrongly jailed for six months, latest victim of AI-driven misidentification — facial recognition is jailing the wrong people, but police keep using it anyway

A Tennessee grandmother spent nearly six months in jail after police in Fargo, North Dakota, used facial recognition software to identify her as the primary suspect in a bank fraud case.

ASML workers still in the dark seven weeks after 1,700 management cuts announced — cuts represent 4% of its global workforce

The prolonged uncertainty is generating internal unrest, according to an ASML spokesperson who spoke to Dutch broadcaster Omroep Brabant.

Invisible malicious code attacks 151 GitHub repos and VS Code — Glassworm attack uses blockchain to steal tokens, credentials, and secrets

The technique exploits Unicode Private Use Area characters, which render as zero-width whitespace in virtually every code editor and terminal.

US gov’t revokes controversial AI hardware export rule that would mandate investments from foreign companies — new export rules are still in the works, though

U.S. Department of Commerce withdraws draft export rule for AI accelerators that would give the U.S. government ultimate power over export controls and mandate investments of foreign firms in the U.S. AI sector.

Chip material prices double as Middle East conflict compounds China’s existing gallium export ban — wide range of materials for chipmaking skyrocket as supply constricts

Manufacturers have said that prices for key chipmaking metals have doubled, and gallium has climbed sharply, as disruptions from the ongoing Middle East conflict pile onto supply constraints.