Samsung chip engineers flee to rival SK Hynix en masse
Samsung semiconductor engineers are leaving for SK Hynix, lured by record bonuses and AI-memory momentum.
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Industrial robots, AI hardware, wearables, and physical AI systems
Baidu begins Apollo Go RT6 robotaxi testing in London
Baidu has begun road-testing purpose-built Apollo Go RT6 robotaxis in London's Brent borough with safety operators aboard, ahead of public rides in 2027.
ASML Falls 7% After Report a Chinese State-Backed Firm Began Making DUV Chip Machines
The Information says an unnamed Shanghai company has started manufacturing immersion DUV lithography tools, dragging Applied Materials and Lam Research down with the Dutch giant.
AMD’s Helios AI Rack Finally Ships, Taking Direct Aim at Nvidia
AMD began shipping its first full AI infrastructure rack, Helios, claiming 20% better per-core performance than Nvidia's Vera CPU as it positions itself as a credible…
Mobileye’s Shashua Steps Aside After 27 Years—Shares Jump 12% on the News
Mobileye founder Amnon Shashua will cede the CEO role once a successor is named; shares jumped 12% as the company pivots to robotaxis and humanoid robots.
AMD Ships Helios This Year: 72-GPU AI Racks—OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft Line Up
AMD's Helios rack packs 72 MI455X GPUs and 31 TB of HBM4, shipping this year with OpenAI, Meta, Oracle, Anthropic and Microsoft all lined up to…
Intel posts fastest growth since 2011 as data center revenue jumps 59% on AI demand
Intel posted its fastest growth since 2011 as data center revenue jumped 59% on AI demand — and shares are up more than 170% in 2026.
Black Forest Labs’ Flux 3 generates 20-second videos with native audio — and beats rivals in early tests
Black Forest Labs' Flux 3 generates 20-second videos with native audio and beats rivals in early tests — plus a robotics action model tested at Audi.
Samsung’s Fold 8 Ultra Costs $2,100 and Flexes Its Crease Away
The new Flex Titanium hinge and silicon-carbon batteries arrive alongside a $100 price hike for both foldables.
Xiaomi-Robotics-1 Shows That More Data Beats Bigger Models for Training Robots to Move
Xiaomi’s new Robotics-1 system demonstrates that scaling motion data — not model parameters — is the most reliable lever for teaching robots dexterous movement.…