CEO of Chinese Anthropic rival tells Elon Musk that China will have a Fable 5-class AI model before next year — it ‘won’t take that long’ says Jie Tang in response to Musk’s prediction of a Q1 target AI & Bots
Intel hires former SK hynix chief Seok-Hee Lee to lead Intel Foundry advanced packaging — company establishing section as ‘focused business with dedicated leadership’ Computers & IT
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Post-silicon era gets closer as industry giants crack the 2D transistor scaling bottleneck with breakthrough tech — imec, ASML, and TSMC fab complementary 2D-material transistors at 50nm pitch on a 300mm wafer Gaming
Epic Games unveils Launcher V2 in re-attempt to topple Steam, says redesigned storefront is up to 6.5x faster — promises player profiles, user reviews, universal controller support, and much more Gaming
ASML denies US government report that its EUV chipmaking tool was shipped to China — says ‘rumors’ are ‘inaccurate and damaging to our reputation’ Smart Home
Bernie Sanders files bill proposing 50% public ownership of US AI firms and giving out $1,000 dividends — VP Vance says Trump supports giving the American people a stake in AI companies, prefers ‘pre-distribution’ over giving away cash AI & Bots
Amazon workers who testified against AI data centers say they were intimidated by the company, monitored at work — employees face possible termination for violating company policy, speaking as representatives Science
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AMD will reinstate memory encryption on Ryzen 9000 CPUs through a BIOS update in July — TSME is coming back after ‘valuable community feedback’ Computers & IT
China unveils man-portable anti-drone laser that can burn through a drone 1,600 feet away in four seconds — backpack-sized 2-kilowatt weapon uses AI for targeting, weighs 55 pounds, and can be carried by a single soldier Drones
Researcher turns wi-fi smart lightbulb into a Banned Book Library — open source project makes digital books available via a server and open Wi-Fi access point hacked into an ESP32-powered bulb Smart Home
Unlucky PC builder sent RTX 5070 from Amazon, gets DVD rewriter and a busted logic board from an early 2000’s Kenwood AV receiver instead — $700 GPU turns out to be e-waste thanks to return scam Gaming
Intel and AMD’s new ACE CPU extensions bring an efficient AI-oriented instruction set to x86 — a new design makes matrix multiplication more power- and density-efficient Computers & IT
New web app can make Valve’s Steam Controller drift across your desk like an RC car — web app drives the gamepad using its rumble motors Apps
Rare ASML Special Edition Monopoly board unearthed in social media trade — enthusiast swaps 2007 employee gift for High-NA EUV Lego kit Cars
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China unifies tech sector to build grid-free orbiting satellite AI data centers, challenging Elon Musk’s SpaceX — Beijing’s forced chip and satellite alliance announced a week before Musk’s AI1 reveal Science
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Acoustic mapping app uses thousands of networked old Android phones to hunt Shahed drones — crowd-sourced microphone network spots small, low-RCS military targets Phones
Age of Empires II’s goats used as AI building blocks to build a neural network — goaty experiment mocks the idea of chatbot consciousness, Microsoft AI researcher’s project makes an absurdist point about AI consciousness AI & Bots
Telehealth doctor treats patients using Razer Naga gaming mouse — 12-button MMO thumb grid simplifies medical workflow, automates medical scripting Gaming
Dramatically redesigned GMKtec EVO-X3 shown bearing Lisa Su’s signature of approval — flagship AI mini PC workstation is built around AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ 395 ‘Strix Halo’ processor, again Computers & IT
