Security researcher says AMD auto-updater downloads software insecurely, enabling remote code execution — company rep reportedly said man-in-the-middle attacks are “out of scope,” ignored bug

AMD auto-update delivers software insecurely, company says MITM attacks are “out of scope”

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Semiconductor industry on track to hit $1 trillion in sales in 2026, SIA predicts — bumper forecast follows $791.7 billion haul for 2025

After recording a $791.7 billion revenue in 2025, the semiconductor industry is on track to hit $1 trillion in sales in 2026.
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China broadens its crackdown on cryptocurrencies — expands ban to include real-world asset tokenization, crypto ads, and providing network traffic for crypto activities

The central government is closing loopholes that allowed some of its citizens to use cryptocurrencies despite the 2021 ban.
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Big Tech stocks take a $1 trillion tumble as projected AI spending continues to outweigh revenue — investors are antsy about long-term planning becoming never-ending spending

Big Tech stocks take a $1 trillion tumble as projected AI spending continues outweighing revenue

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Amazon’s European data center projects stalled by grid delays spanning up to seven years — no new connections until after 2030

AWS is encountering grid connection wait times of up to seven years for new European projects, a delay that far exceeds the usual two-year timelines.
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CPU scaling with DLSS — investigating CPU performance in the age of upscaling

DLSS can represent a massive improvement in your performance in games, but it can also introduce a CPU bottleneck. Here, we benchmark various CPUs in multiple games to see how CPU performance scales across resolutions and …

TSMC is on track to have more employees than Intel for the first time in history — TSMC’s explosive growth stands in contrast to Intel’s rapid contraction

After years of job cuts, Intel is about to get behind TSMC in terms of the headcount.

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One-third of consumers reject AI on their devices, with most saying they simply don’t need it — latest report highlights privacy fears and potential costs among other real-world concerns

A report from consumer firm Circana has shown that two-thirds of those opposed to AI believe it isn’t useful on their devices, while a third weren’t interested at all in the technology.
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Russian ‘Inspector’ spacecraft intercepted communications from a dozen European satellites, report claims — fears Moscow could even manipulate trajectories or crash satellites

European officials believe that two Russian “Inspector” SIGINT spacecraft operating in geostationary orbit have intercepted communications from at least a dozen European satellites.
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Jim Keller’s Tenstorrent is downgrading Blackhole p150 cards from 140 to 120 tensor cores via firmware update — will ship cards with 120 tensor cores going forward, company claims existing users should expect 1-2% performance drop

Tenstorrent downgrades existing and new Blackhole p150 cards from 140 to 120 tensor cores

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