Intel launches Wildcat Lake as Core Series 3 for value laptops and edge systems — six consumer SKUs built on 18A promise ‘all-day’ battery life

Intel has today launched its Core Series 3 mobile processors, confirming the official branding for the silicon tracked under the Wildcat Lake codename since late 2024.

Broadcom to supply Meta with custom silicon through 2029 — Broadom CEO Hock Tan departs Meta’s board

Broadcom inks deal with Meta to supply multi-GW of custom MTIA silicon through 2029, but Hock Tan will leave Meta’s board.

Anonymous perps behind 86 million files scraped from Spotify hit with $322 million court judgement — Anna’s Archive case presents intriguing precedent for AI training

A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday awarded Spotify and the three major labels $322 million in a default judgment against Anna’s Archive.

Oklahoma farmer arrested and jailed for trespassing during AI data center town hall — removed by officers after going a few seconds over allotted speaking time, trying to hand paperwork to counselors

Darren Blanchard, a farmer from Tulsa, Oklahoma, was arrested for going over the time limit during a town hall meeting to discuss residents’ concerns about a potential data center project in the area.

Virginia voter support for new data centers collapses from 69% in 2023 to 35% in new poll — Multi-gigawatt, 37-building Digital Gateway project abandoned

Just 35% of Virginia voters now say they would be comfortable with a new data center going up in their community, down from 69% in 2023.

Struggling shoemaker and apparel brand Albird pivots to AI data centers, stock jumps 580% in a single day — sells core business and leveraging $50 million in financing to become a GPU-as-a-Service and AI cloud solutions provider

Allbirds announced that it’s selling its core shoe and apparel business and will pivot to selling compute as a GPU-as-a-Service and AI cloud solutions provider at a $50 million infusion from an institutional investor.

Elon Musk demonstrates first sample of Tesla AI5 processor, accidentally thanks TSC rather than TSMC — claims 40X performance boost over the predecessor

As Elon Musk shows off the first Tesla AI5 sample with a 384-bit memory interface, he says next-generation AI6 and Dojo 3 processors are in the works.

YMTC’s third Wuhan fab clears Beijing’s 50% local tooling threshold as two more are planned — move positions company toward 3D NAND production to capitalize on wafer bonding strengths

China’s YMTC is expected to start operations at its Phase 3 Wuhan fab late this year as the first leading-edge memory plant built to comply with Beijing’s unwritten 50% tooling requirement.

China tests deep-sea electro-hydrostatic actuator that can cut undersea cables at a depth of 3,500 meters — state hails successful trial and hints at deployment readiness

China has successfully tested a “deep-sea electro-hydrostatic actuator” that can cut undersea cables at a depth of 3,500 meters.

Iran reportedly bought an in-orbit Chinese satellite to target US military sites in the Middle East — purchase agreement included ongoing ground control services based in China

Leaked documents allegedly show that the IRGC Aerospace Force is using a Chinese satellite to observe U.S. bases in the Middle East and use it for targeting American assets with drones and missiles.