Intevac, a maker of thin-film processing systems, hasdisclosedthat it had landed orders from another customer for a machine that processes magnetic films for HAMR media. Intevac hasn’t disclosed which company will field the drives, but logic dictates that either Toshiba orWestern Digitalis gearing up to begin producing hard drives based on theheat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR)technology. Having landed orders for itsHAMR-capable upgrade for its Lean 200 platformfrom the second major customer, Intevac now expects its HDD division to generate around $200 million in revenue over the next three years, fueled by the industry-wide adoption of HAMR technology....

American AI hardware and software firm, Groq (not to be confused withElon Musk’s AI venture, Grok), has announced it’s establishing its first data center in Europe as part of its efforts to compete in the rapidly expanding AI industry in the EU market, as perCNBC. It’s looking to capture a sizeable portion of the inference market, leveraging its efficient Language Processing Unit (LPU), application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chips to offer fast, efficient inference that it claims will outcompete the GPU-driven alternatives....

A new report fromThe Informationsuggests that Nvidia is involved in serious talks to invest in PsiQuantum—a quantum computing startup company dedicated to making what they describe as “the world’s first useful quantum computers”. Many quantum computing hurdles have yet to be overcome so the technology isn’t readily available, especially on a commercial scale. This puts Nvidia in a leading position to support and likely influence this new technology long before it becomes a new standard....

The Nvidia RTX 4070 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super, and RTX 4080 Super officially broke cover today, months after the first leaks and rumors started circulating. To the surprise of virtually no one, the new GPUs offer a decent bump in performance over the existing non-Super counterparts, and will compete with thebest graphics cardsstarting later this month. Nvidia will be launch the cards in reverse order of performance, so the 4070 Super comes first with the 4080 Super as the caboose — and not coincidentally, that’s also the roughly the order of excitement we have for the three new models as well....

AtGTC 2025, Nvidia introduced its DGX Station workstation platform that packs its upcoming GB300 Desktop Superchip that combines a Grace CPU with a Blackwell GPU for AI. The machine is aimed at software developers, researchers, and data scientists and will be available later this year from various workstation OEMs. Nvidia’s DGX station workstation platform carries the GB300 Desktop Superchip (the first mention of a desktop-grade ‘Superchip’ that we see) that comprises a Grace CPU that connects using NVLink C2C interface with Nvidia’s Blackwell Ultra GPU (which comes in an SXM form-factor) featuring the latest-generation Tensor Cores with enhanced FP4 precision....

Legendary Intel CTO and CEO Pat Gelsinger is now serving as executive chairman atxLight, a startup developing a free electron laser (FEL) technology as a light source for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems. Using aparticle accelerator to generate light for litho machineshas been discussed previously, but xLight claims it can produce such a source by 2028 — while maintaining compatibility with existing tools. “As part of my new role at Playground Global, I have joined xLight as executive chairman of the board,” Gelsinger wrote in aLinkedInpost....

PC cooling mainstay Scythe has officially announced the shutdown of its European division due to ongoing financial difficulties. The move comes just days after thecompany entered provisional insolvencyproceedings, leading to a restructuring of its distribution and customer support channels across the region. In an official statement sent to Tom’s Hardware, Scythe confirmed that it will cease operations under Scythe EU GmbH effective immediately. However, the company reassured that Scythe-branded products and customer service will remain available in Europe through its network of distributors and online e-commerce platforms....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict Performance may be slower than the “solo” NVMe Base, but you still get reliable performance from both drives. The ability to boot from NVMe and use a PCIe add-on board in the second slot makes this a useful tool for PCIe hackers. Easy to build Uses 2230 to 2280 drives on both slots Easily enough space for two drives Half the speed PCIe connection blocks micro SD card slot...

If you’re someone who doesn’t like clearing cache files or you don’t want your browsing history to be saved, enable Private mode on Safari. This Mode won’t save your history, cookies, and Autofill information. So, let’s learn more about the Private Browsing mode and how to enable or disable it on Safari. How to Enable Private Browsing mode on Safari? It’s fairly simple to turn on Private mode on Safari on all iOS devices....

Without thousands of hours of sci-fi media to get lost in, it is no surprise that makers like to take a little piece of their adventure home with them. Today, we’ve got an example fromKnight Rider Historians’YouTube channel. These guys love all things Knight Rider, and they recently showed off an excellent KITT replica that uses aRaspberry Piand ChatGPT to work as an interactive prop. A quick look through the channel’s history will show that the duo behind the channel, AJ and Joe, have amassed a huge collection of props from the original Knight Rider series....

There are someRaspberry Piprojects that are made to make a difference in the world and this creation is definitely one of them. Maker and developer Md. Khairul Alam has created a wearable headset out of a pair of glasses with a special camera system in place to help visually impaired persons navigate. Alam snappily encapsulates the project by referring to it as athird eye for the blind. The project relies heavily on AI to help interpret the surroundings for the wearer....

Tiny TVs have become a popular project choice for theRaspberry Picommunity. Today, we’ve got another cool little TV project to share, but this one is slightly different. While most others we’ve covered in the past—like the iconicSimpsons TV—just loop videos, this one created byFantasticmrdavidhasaudiosupport and can output sound for the videos it plays. This project is an upgrade to another small TV he created. Much like the others we mentioned, the original TV only played videos....

Researchers at the Federal University of Itajuba in Brazil, including professor José Alberto Ferreira Filho and master’s degree student José Anderson Reis, have put together an excellent summerRaspberry Piproject that aims to help support local bee populations. It’s important when running an apiary to keep track of your bees, but counting them can be incredibly tedious—that’s why they’ve put together this great Raspberry Pi-powered bee counter they callBuzzTech. The way it works is fairly straightforward, but it’s far from simple when you look at the software side of the project....