Arm’s $250 million deal with Malaysia probed by anti-corruption authorities — $1.27 million seized from safehouse of prominent politician, former army chief arrested

Malaysia’s anti-corruption body is investigating the former Economy Minister who spearheaded the $250-million Malaysia-Arm Holding deal, raising concerns that the probe will impact the agreement.

AI memory crunch forces DRAM market into ‘hourly pricing’ model, report claims — small and medium-sized businesses fighting for survival

According to DigiTimes, these companies began struggling to absorb soaring memory costs in the second half of 2025.

2026 will bring sharpest PC declines in over a decade — PC shipments to fall 10.4%

The forecast puts 2026 on track for the steepest device shipment contraction in over a decade, according to Ranjit Atwal, senior director analyst at Gartner.

South Korean authorities lose over $4.8 million in crypto after posting mnemonic recovery phrase online — stolen PRTG tokens part of funds seized by National Tax Service from high-value tax evaders

South Korea’s National Tax Agency added a photo of a hardware wallet in a press release, which also listed its mnemonic seed phrase. This led to an unknown user using the code to recover the wallet and steal over US$4.8 mi…

Exploring the future of Artificial Intelligence — today’s models, tomorrow’s agents, and the big privacy problem

The world of AI is getting more complex, and we assess the current state of LLMs, what makes them tick, and explore the risks and features that companies are looking to integrate in the future.

ISSCC 2026: Rebellions details industry’s first quad-chiplet AI solution with UCIe interconnects — claims Rebel100 AI accelerator equals the power of Nvidia H200 with lower power envelope

Rebellions details how it developed one of the world’s first quad-chiplet AI accelerator with UCIe interconnects and how it did not use all of the technologies that the UCIe 1.0 specifications includes.

Entry-level PC market to ‘disappear’ by 2028 — rising memory prices pile more strain on consumer PC market

A 130% surge in combined DRAM and SSD prices by the end of 2026 will push PC prices up 17% compared to 2025 levels and wipe out the sub-$500 PC market.