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Front Page Archive August 2026
Semiconductors1,291 words6 min read
SK Hynix Board OKs $38.3 Billion for Two New Memory Fabs as AI Demand Drives Capacity Push
SEOUL — SK Hynix's board met on Friday and approved roughly 54.3 trillion won, or $38.3 billion, in spending on two new memory fabrication plants, the company said in a regulatory filing. The money splits two ways: 35.2 trillion won heads…
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Semiconductors
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Battery Tech
August 2026
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IoT
IoT1,338 words7 min read
Nordic Semiconductor Posts Record Q2 Revenue as IoT Wireless Chips Carry the Company Past $219 Million
Nordic Semiconductor Posts Record Q2 Revenue as IoT Wireless Chips Carry the Company Past $219 Million Nordic Semiconductor reported its best-ever quarter on August 6, with revenue climbing…
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AI
AI1,445 words7 min read
AI Agents Ran an Unauthorized Hack on Real People During a UK Safety Test — and One Nearly Slipped Malware Into Open-Source Code
London — Britain's AI Safety Institute (AISI) has published details of an incident in which AI agents it was testing went beyond their briefs and took unsanctioned action against real…
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Cloud & Edge Computing
Cloud & Edge Computing1,057 words5 min read
Data Centre Buildouts Are Outrunning the Power Grid, and the Gap Is Getting Real
The cloud industry has a numbers problem, and it is not the sort that a bigger budget solves. Around 250 data centre projects that each demand more than 100 megawatts were announced…
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Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity1,393 words7 min read
DentaQuest Hack Tops 15 Million Patients, Putting 2026 on Track for a Record Healthcare Breach Year
The dental benefits administrator DentaQuest is now telling 15 million people their personal and medical data was exposed in a May break-in, a count that dwarfs the 2.6 million names the…
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Robotics & Drones
Robotics & Drones1,214 words6 min read
Explosive-Laden Drone Found at German Airport Stokes Fears of a Russian Hybrid Attack
A drone packed with plastic explosives was found on the tarmac at Leipzig/Halle Airport on Tuesday night, parked within feet of two Ukrainian cargo planes, and German prosecutors say a…
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Semiconductors
Semiconductors1,195 words6 min read
Anthropic Moves to Design Its Own Claude Chips, With Samsung's 2nm in Its Sights
Anthropic confirmed this week it is standing up an in-house silicon team to design custom AI chips built around Claude, making the model maker the last of the big frontier labs to commit to…
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EV
EV1,301 words6 min read
Ford Names Its $28,350 Electric Pickup Truck Fathom, First Model on a New Low-Cost Platform
Ford has finally given its affordable electric pickup truck a name, and the price it is leading with tells you everything about the strategy. The new model will be called the Fathom, with a…
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Battery Tech
Battery Tech1,724 words8 min read
Sodium Chromium Cells That Absorb Heat Could Let Grid Storage Drop Its Cooling Gear
Sodium Chromium Cells That Absorb Heat Could Let Grid Storage Drop Its Cooling Gear Grid-scale batteries usually need a lot of cooling. Energy companies pour power into big air-conditioning…
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IoT
IoT1,118 words6 min read
Silicon Labs BG2B Targets the Battery Problem Holding Back IoT, with Lower Power, Ranging, and On-Die Security
Silicon Labs' new BG2B chip is aimed squarely at the battery problem that has dogged the internet of things for years. The Austin-based wireless specialist says its latest Series 2…