How Ford is building more efficient EV batteries with help from a tiny charging startup it bought 2 years ago
Kristin Toussaint / fastcompany - When it comes to EVs, a bigger battery isn’t always better. Ford Motor Company is making that bet as part of its effort to manufacture a new suite of more affordable electric vehicles—beginning with a $30,000-starting-price mid-size electric truck set to …
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Western Digital is Sold Out of Hard Drives for 2026
msmash / slashdot - Western Digital's entire hard drive manufacturing capacity for calendar year 2026 is now fully spoken for, CEO Irving Tan disclosed during the company's second-quarter earnings call, a stark sign of how aggressively hyperscalers are locking down storage s…
Back to Top / Monday, February 16, 2026, 8:20 pm / permalink 19265 / 7 stories in 18 days
Sony Reportedly Considering 2028-2029 Launch for PS6 Due to Chip Shortage
Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - Sony is reportedly considering pushing its tentative launch for PlayStation 6 until either 2028 or 2029 due to the global chip shortage.The post Sony Reportedly Considering 2028-2029 Launch for PS6 Due to Chip Shortage first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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Memory market turmoil: bankruptcies, investment, and new entrants
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Exclusive: Pentagon warns Anthropic will "pay a price" as feud escalates
Dave Lawler / axios - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is "close" to cutting business ties with Anthropic and designating the AI company a "supply chain risk" — meaning anyone who wants to do business with the U.S. military has to cut ties with the company, a senior Pentagon off…
- Developer revolt: Anthropic hides Claude file access, transparency fight (3)
- Global expansion: Anthropic opens India office, enterprise partnerships (6)
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Developer revolt: Anthropic hides Claude file access, transparency fight
Global expansion: Anthropic opens India office, enterprise partnerships
Other: CEO commentary and research angles
Pentagon showdown: supply-chain risk, contracts threatened over Claude
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Back to Top / Monday, February 16, 2026, 7:20 am / permalink 19237 / 25 stories in 18 days
OpenClaw Creator Gets Big Offers to Acquire AI Sensation—Will It Stay Open Source?
Jose Antonio Lanz / decrypt - Peter Steinberger's open-source AI agent OpenClaw hit 180,000 GitHub stars and spawned MoltBook chaos. Now Meta and OpenAI want to buy it, but he's determined to keep it free.
- Critics, geopolitics and skepticism shadow OpenClaw saga (5)
- OpenAI hires OpenClaw creator amid billion-dollar bids (15)
- OpenClaw viral boom sparks Mac Unified Memory buying frenzy (2)
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Critics, geopolitics and skepticism shadow OpenClaw saga
OpenAI hires OpenClaw creator amid billion-dollar bids
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Back to Top / Sunday, February 15, 2026, 3:20 pm / permalink 19211 / 26 stories in 19 days
iPhone 18 Pro To Feature Two Wireless Chip Upgrades This Year, Says Analyst, Along With A Smaller Dynamic Island & More
Omar Sohail / wccftech - Apple’s entire iPhone 18 lineup has been reported to forego Qualcomm’s 5G modems in favor of the company’s C2 baseband chip, which was reportedly in development when the iPhone 16e launched last year. However, according to one analyst, the Cupertino firm …
Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 5:20 pm / permalink 19152 / 6 stories in 21 days
Didero Raises $30M to Reinvent Procurement With AI
Ekemini / ventureburn - Didero is pioneering agentic AI tools, automating enterprise procurement, and has recently secured $30 million dollars in Series A funding to improve and accelerate the building of tools aimed atThe post Didero Raises $30M to Reinvent Procurement With AI …
Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 9:21 am / permalink 19124 / 3 stories in 21 days
Apple Stores See iPhone 16e, iPad Air Shortages as New Models Near
Tim Hardwick / macrumors - Apple's retail inventory of iPhone 16e and iPad Air models has reportedly dwindled to almost nothing as the company inches towards the release of new versions of both devices. They are expected to launch in the coming weeks.In a post on X (Twitter), Bloom…
Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 8:21 am / permalink 19062 / 4 stories in 22 days
Memory price surge of ‘more than 600%’ squeezes China’s device makers
scmp - A global memory supply shock is sweeping through the electronics industry, as surging component costs threaten to squeeze China’s smartphone and broadband equipment manufacturers.New data from TrendForce and Counterpoint Research point to mounting risks a…
Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 8:21 am / permalink 19061 / 10 stories in 22 days
Foxconn’s Scrapped LCD Factory Deal Could Hit Apple
Nehal Malik / iphoneincanada - Apple’s supply chain may be facing a new wrinkle in Japan. According to Nikkei Asia, Foxconn has withdrawn from its planned acquisition of Sharp’s second LCD factory in Kameyama, citing weak LCD prices. As a result, Sharp will halt production at the facil…
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 12:20 pm / permalink 19031 / 3 stories in 23 days
Nexperia’s Chinese owner loses court battle over control of Dutch chipmaker
ft - Amsterdam court upholds decision to suspend Chinese CEO, hand power to EU-based directors and probe mismanagement allegations
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 9:21 am / permalink 19016 / 3 stories in 23 days
Andercore is expanding its AI-based industrial trade platform following a $40M Series B raise
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Berlin-based Andercore, an AI-enabled industrial supplytrade platform, has raised $40 million in a Series B round comprising equityand debt to support its expansion in Europe. The round includes parti...
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 4:20 am / permalink 19009 / 6 stories in 23 days
Allonic nabs $7.2M pre-seed to automate the ‘robot body’ supply chain
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Even though robotic intelligence has improved, manufacturing remains slow, costly, and constrained by outdated methods. Manually assembling parts…
Back to Top / Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 5:21 am / permalink 18969 / 8 stories in 24 days
Taiwan says 'impossible' to move 40 percent chip capacity to US
techxplore - Taiwan's top tariffs negotiator said it would be "impossible" to shift 40% of its semiconductor production capacity to the United States as she rejected claims that the island's chip industry would relocate.
Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 10:22 am / permalink 18941 / 8 stories in 25 days
Memory & NAND Prices Surged Over 90% In Q1 2026 & Another 20% Hike Expected In Q2
Hassan Mujtaba / wccftech - Q1 2026 has so far seen memory and NAND prices surge by over 90%, and another 20% hike is expected in the coming quarter of Q2. Both PC & Server Memory+NAND Prices Shot Over 90% In Q1 2026 (So Far), & Latest Reports Suggest Even More Hikes For Q2 Accordin…
Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 3:20 am / permalink 18923 / 3 stories in 25 days
Stellantis dives after announcing €22 billion (~$26 billion) charge related to its EV pullback
Claire Yubin Oh / sherwood - The stock is diving in the premarket.
Back to Top / Friday, February 6, 2026, 8:22 am / permalink 18832 / 8 stories in 28 days
Intel, AMD server CPUs reportedly suffering from supply shortages in China, leading to increased prices — sources say orders could be delayed by as much as 6 months
tomshardware - The increased demand is said to be partly brought by demand for agentic AI, which need CPUs to execute their tasks.
Back to Top / Friday, February 6, 2026, 8:22 am / permalink 18830 / 9 stories in 28 days
Report claims Nvidia will not be releasing any new RTX gaming GPUs in 2026, RTX 60 series likely debuting in 2028
tomshardware - Nvidia's RTX 50 series Super refresh supposedly is design complete, but the GPU maker won't be releasing any new RTX GPUs in 2026, according to a report in The Information.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 5, 2026, 1:20 pm / permalink 18801 / 7 stories in 29 days
TSMC’s Japan Plans Are Now Looking Much More Aggressive, as the Chip Giant Will Produce 3nm Chips in the Region to Support Gigantic AI Demand
Muhammad Zuhair / wccftech - TSMC is now looking to expand its fab operations in Kumamoto, Japan, as the chip giant now plans to introduce 3nm production lines, a massive upgrade from the previous plans. TSMC's Japan & US Projects Will Be On Par In Terms of Process Technologies Being…
Back to Top / Thursday, February 5, 2026, 7:21 am / permalink 18786 / 6 stories in 29 days
Valve’s Steam Machine has been delayed, and the RAM crisis will impact pricing
Jay Peters / theverge - When Valve first announced its impressive-looking Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller hardware in November, the company said the products would begin shipping in early 2026. Some journalists were told "Q1 2026" specifically. But because of th…
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