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Global foundry market grows 29% on AI chip demand in Q2: report
Global pure-play foundry market rose 29% year-on-year in Q2, driven by AI chip demand, with TSMC leading at 73% share.
Global pure-play foundry market rose 29% year-on-year in Q2, driven by AI chip demand, with TSMC leading at 73% share.
SK hynix broke ground on a $4bn US HBM plant; South Korea also announced AI projects, military drills, and JTBC rehabilitation.
WRC 2026 embodied AI shifts from demos to ROI; domestic chips power commercial video generation and GLM-5.3-Flash.
Amap, an Alibaba Group subsidiary, unveiled ABot-Recon, a streaming 3D reconstruction model that rebuilds 10,000-frame scenes in real time using just 12 local frames and no long-range memory.
SSPAI launches a hands-on experience campaign for Huawei's world-first wide bar flagship phone, the Pura X View, inviting users to visit stores and share feedback.
Garmin unveiled the Fenix 9 and Fenix 9 Pro on August 28, 2026, with prices starting at $1,099.99. A TechRadar columnist argues the premium pricing excludes casual users, suggesting cheaper alternatives like the Venu 4 and Vivoactive 6.
Google announced two AI updates: a new speech-to-text model, Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, and a feature that lets users import purchased Play Books into Gemini Notebook.
Lorde, Little Simz and Wet Leg will perform at Bristol's Forwards festival this weekend, which is billed as the world's first festival run almost entirely on clean power.
NetEase Youdao unveils OpenPods, the first Agent earphones for iPhone, integrating recording, translation and AI-powered transcription.
Pew Research finds ChatGPT is shaping human writing, with doubled em dashes and a surge in words like 'delve.'
RayNeo iO smart glasses topped sales on JD, Tmall and Douyin at debut; 34g frame, proactive AI, price from 1,996 yuan.
BenQ unveils iScreenBar for iMac and ScreenBar Max for multi-monitor workstations, adapting its signature screen light bar to new desktop scenarios.
TechRadar's Father's Day guide highlights 16 practical tech gifts for dads who say they need nothing.
A new project called Afterglow lets modern Mac users run original 68k After Dark screen savers, including Flying Toasters, without vintage hardware or emulators.
Nvidia has agreed to acquire AI model repository Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, according to The Information, a deal that would place the largest open-source AI platform under Nvidia's control.
Zhipu open-sources a 320B-parameter multimodal model, while Google, NVIDIA and Perplexity launch new AI products.
Apple TV releases the first episode of ‘Dark Matter’ season 2, a 10-episode sci-fi thriller starring Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly and Alice Braga.
GTA VI's extended look is now on YouTube after a Netflix premiere, revealing gameplay and details before the Nov. 19 launch.
Huawei's Pura X View features a 16:9.5 vertical wide screen, offering a display area larger than many Pro Max phones. With a 7,000 mAh battery and 200MP camera, it aims to be a unique 'wide bar' device. ifanr's review highlights its immersive display and solid battery life, while noting hand fatigue from its wide body.
In its Aug. 27 episode, 9to5Mac reported two AirPods 5 models may launch next month, Apple Maps ads have arrived, and Apple is upgrading recent Mac mini orders.
TechRadar reports that the US has accused Chinese hackers of breaking into the Justice Department, NASA, the Federal Reserve, and the Senate, among other agencies.
Researchers in South Africa and France transmitted laser-borne data over hundreds of meters with 98% fidelity using magnetic skyrmions to counter atmospheric distortion, paving the way for cheaper wireless and satellite communications.
OpenAI is testing a persistent mode for Codex that lets the AI agent keep working until told to sleep, per a Wired report.
Discounted Ugreen FineTrack Duo trackers helped a key-losing housemate and beat AirTag on value, says TechRadar.