Physicists have a radical new idea for building quantum computers: use the defects in crystals, not avoid them. Theoretical work suggests dislocations in diamond can act as natural scaffolds for qubits, improving their performance. This could finally provide a path to scalable quantum interconnects.
Intel has released Thermal Daemon 2.5.11, bringing support for upcoming Wildcat Lake processors. More interestingly, a one-line kernel patch yields a massive 5x reduction in wakeup latency for modern Xeon CPUs. This is a huge win for Linux server performance.
The UK is investing £36 million to expand its national AI Research Resource. The funding will upgrade the Dawn supercomputer at Cambridge with AMD MI355X accelerators and add a new machine, aiming for a sixfold capacity increase by spring 2026.
Nvidia is making a massive $2 billion equity investment in cloud provider CoreWeave. The two companies plan to collaborate on building 5 gigawatts of AI factory capacity.
A new play called “An Ark” is using Magic Leap mixed-reality glasses to create a theatrical experience with no physical actors. The audience wears headsets to see virtual performers, including Sir Ian McKellen, who appear to speak directly to them. It’s billed as the first play created in mixed real
A TechRadar columnist is making a case for using awful hardware. He credits a glitchy, slow Lenovo IdeaPad Duet Chromebook with 4GB of RAM for forcing him to focus and dramatically improving his writing output. The piece flips modern productivity advice on its head, suggesting friction can be a feat
Microsoft is conducting a critical 12-hour validation test for its legacy Azure Monitor agents. This pause is the final step before permanently retiring the old backend systems in March 2026, and any data cached during the window will be lost for good.
According to Windows Central, Windows 11 is mired in negative headlines, particularly due to a disastrous January Patch Tuesday. The problematic KB5074109 update caused apps to fail with cloud files, prompting emergency fixes. In brighter news, the newly announced NexPhone is a smartphone that can r
OpenAI says its massive $500 billion Stargate AI data center initiative will include community plans and fund local energy infrastructure to prevent utility bill spikes. It’s a huge promise as AI threatens to triple U.S. power demand.
AMD’s next-generation GPU architecture will continue the RDNA naming convention. Code in the LLVM compiler stack now shows support for GFX13, explicitly linked to RDNA 5.
