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TechIonQ to Acquire Elisity for Up to $1.3 Billion to Support Enterprise Post-Quantum Migration
IonQ has agreed to acquire Elisity in an all-stock deal worth up to $1.3 billion. We look at the deal terms and the distinct roles of access control, PQC and QKD in the plan to link enterprise network control with the move to post-quantum cryptography.
ScienceZinc-Air Battery Catalyst Sustains Over 300 Hours of Charge-Discharge Cycling in Lab Tests
A new catalyst from TU Darmstadt supported more than 300 hours of charging and discharging in a prototype zinc-air cell. A peer-reviewed paper shows how the carbon structure, anode and current-density conditions, and higher power output matter, and what still needs testing before practical use.
TechNVIDIA and Cisco Plan USFP, a Swappable Optical Module Targeting 4x Bandwidth Density
NVIDIA and Cisco's USFP aims to raise bandwidth density while keeping the serviceability of pluggable optics. We explain how initial and future capacities differ, and what the 1.3x power-efficiency figure and 100W cooling capability actually mean.
TechAnyPS5, a PS5-on-PC Project, Now Recognizes All 1,166 GPU Shader Instructions It Tracks
AnyPS5, which aims to run PS5 games on PC, has reached 100% recognition of the GPU shader instructions it tracks. We look at what its two progress figures actually measure and what still has to be verified before games are truly playable.
TechAMD unveils Helion, an AI-agent rack with up to 32,768 CPU cores and optional GPU nodes
AMD has announced Helion, a rack design for AI agents, with a CPU-only configuration of up to 32,768 cores and an enterprise CPU/GPU option. We look at its workload-specific CPUs, independent GPU nodes and model routing, how it differs from Helios, and what buyers should check.
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TechMulti-Agent AI Teams Cost 1.8–5.1x More to Build Web Apps, but Quality Gains Were Significant in Only 1 of 4 Setups
Vals AI compared single and team setups across 50 web app tasks. Costs rose sharply, quality gains varied by setup, and some runs finished faster. We look at what drove the costs and what the pricing assumptions mean.
TechCyberattack on Danfoss Refrigeration Controllers Hits French Supermarkets, Forcing Mass Food Disposal
A cyberattack on refrigeration controllers caused mass food waste at French supermarkets. Drawing on a CERT-FR alert and Danfoss documentation, we look at how remote management works, how known vulnerabilities relate to the attack, and why recovery differs by device generation.
TechIntel Reportedly Raises Panther Lake Prices by Up to 20%, With Older Chips Also Affected
Taiwan's Commercial Times reports Intel raised prices 15–20% on Panther Lake models with high-performance GPUs. We look at what official specs show about GPU manufacturing, Intel's claimed cost cuts, and the impact on laptop prices.
TechFervo's Cape Station Begins Commercial Operation With 33 MW of Next-Generation Geothermal Power
Fervo's Cape Station has entered commercial operation with 33 MW net. We look at how underground EGS and surface binary generation work together, what the 21-day drilling figure covers, capital cost versus power prices, and the open questions on seismic monitoring and long-term performance.
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ScienceSonic Black Hole: A 15 cm 3D-Printed Plug-In Cuts Sound Reflections in Ducts
Researchers at Ramon Llull University have developed a 3D-printed, plug-in "sonic black hole" that can be inserted into existing ducts to sharply reduce echoes. We look at the physics of slowing sound to suppress reflections, and the challenges of using it in real piping.
ScienceGoogle DeepMind's AlphaProof Nexus Proves 53 Open Math Problems, Including Two Unsolved for 56 Years
A Science paper on Google DeepMind's AlphaProof Nexus reports proofs for 9 Erdős problems and 44 OEIS conjectures. We look at how problems were chosen, how Lean verified the proofs, what humans checked, and what it cost.
ScienceLancet Commission Ranks 17 Global Health Threats: Obesity Tops Nuclear War and Malicious AI in Avoidable Health Loss
The Lancet Commission estimated avoidable health losses through 2100 and identified 17 catastrophic threats, from nuclear conflict and malicious AI to obesity. Here is how its best-case versus worst-case policy model works.
ScienceIBM Observes Quantum Chaos-to-Order Phase Transition on 100 Qubits
IBM, Rutgers University and collaborators used up to 100 qubits with repeated measurement and reset to observe a phase transition that tames quantum chaos. We explain what the roughly 5,000 operations mean and what it would take to reach quantum error correction.
