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A Chinese humanoid robot ran the 100-meter dash nearly two-tenths of a second faster than world-record holder Usain Bolt at Beijing’s “Robot Olympics” on Saturday. A different class of achievement from Bolt’s, for obvious reasons, it improved upon last year’s fastest time by more

US and Canadian officials traded blame after the two sides failed to reach a trade deal Friday, teeing up a damaging trade war that could threaten broad swaths of both economies. The US’ 50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion of Canadian goods took effect Saturday, with Canadian Prim

Next up, d-Matrix is presenting its Raptor 3D-DRAM accelerator for generative inference at Hot Chips 2026. The company has made waves, and we have covered it before, including the d-Matrix Corsair In-Memory Computing for AI Inference at Hot Chips 2025. We also found they were doi

Rumours swirled after a Vietnamese teen was run over - then came a stunning admission - Published Until recently, there would have been little to distinguish Vietnam's so-called Justice Tree from the hundreds of others lining the streets of Hanoi. Then the bouquets started piling

What will it take to stop the England hangovers? - Published Yet again, the England men's cricket team is picking through the wreckage of a late-night misdemeanour. The latest stain on the game's reputation is a result of pictures of fast bowler Brydon Carse in handcuffs and surr

Reform says it will prioritise British-born young workers for social housing - Published Reform UK has said it will prioritise British-born workers under 35 when allocating social housing if it were to enter government. Deputy leader Richard Tice will set out plans to build 50,00

SK hynix’s Hot Chips 2026 presentation is around high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and advanced packaging. From a slide flip, it looks like they will be covering the 3D stacking, bonding, and system integration choices behind high-bandwidth memory. Like the others, we are doing these l

Trump waves green flag to start IndyCar race through Washington streets - Published US President Donald Trump was among hundreds of people who gathered to see the IndyCar race through the streets of Washington DC on Sunday, marking the culmination of a series of summer events to

The Dutch Data Protection Authority is fining Uber €825 million (around $966 million) — the second largest penalty issued so far under Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation, according to Reuters. The Dutch regulator was investigating complaints that Uber had deactivated dri

Relief for Iraola but Liverpool have work to do - Published When Liverpool came to Newcastle last August, there was utter jubilation as Rio Ngumoha scored a remarkable 100th-minute winner. They scored late again this time around, through Dominik Szoboszlai's 99th-minute penalty,

Norris and McLaren 'don't have car' to fight for title - Published Lando Norris says he and McLaren "don't have the car I need to fight for a championship", despite a second consecutive win to open the second half of the Formula 1 season. The Briton's victory in the final Dutch G

With back-to-school season approaching (or already here in some places), keeping track of everyone’s schedules can get pretty chaotic. Between work, school, appointments, sports, chores, and everything else going on, a regular paper calendar just doesn’t cut it. That’s where Link

HBM, or High Bandwidth Memory, stacks multiple DRAM dies on top of a base die. The dies interface with each other via TSVs, while the base die talks with whatever compute die is using the memory via an interposer. Increasing bandwidth for a new HBM generation involves scaling up

CrossCountry to provide full service on Monday - Published Train operator CrossCountry will run a full train service on Monday following major disruption to services across the country. The operator said it plans to run a "very limited number of trains" from around 18:00 BST on S

Viral 'Cat in the Hat' TikTok trend sparks fun fake videos but also real fear - Published "He's so scary!" says 16-year-old Skye, recoiling at the mention of the Cat in the Hat. Viral images purporting to show a life-sized version of the Dr Seuss character on the streets after da

At Hot Chips 2026, Samsung is presenting Evolving HBM Base Die, a look at how the company wants to turn the base die of high-bandwidth memory into something far more capable than a passive interposer. We are covering this talk live, so please excuse any typos. Samsung Evolving HB

Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries met with President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner in recent weeks, signalling people close to the president may be preparing for at least one chamber of Congress to flip to Democratic control as the midterm elections loom. A person

Kicking off Hot Chips 2026 Day 0, which has become a big day in itself, Micron is talking about evolving memory architectures for AI. From what it can tell, Micron will be walking through how high-bandwidth memory and advanced packaging have moved to the center of AI system desig

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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Waymo gets a lot of attention for its fast-paced expansion. And for good reason; it see

Climber Laura completes 'full house' of 1,072 peaks around UK - Published It is a big day for Scottish climber Laura Baillie who has completed the "full house" of the UK's highest peaks. Reaching the top of Carn na h-Easgainn in the Highlands, the 38-year-old becomes one of an el

The country needs to find a “compromise” between privacy and safety, according to Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley. “When people talk about just one of these, privacy or safety, they’re prioritizing the wrong thing, and what we have to prioritize as a country is compromise,” Lang

You probably know by now that the AI models powering ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and other chatbots are trained on seemingly infinite databases of published works, containing hundreds of millions of books, online articles, academic papers, and basically anything you can find on the

China’s “Manned Space” program issued a terse announcement on Sunday regarding its much-anticipated Chang’e 7 lunar exploration mission. The agency stated: “In keeping with the principle of proceeding prudently and reliably, and ensuring absolute success, after a comprehensive as

Grab the Asus Prime Radeon RX 9070 OC for $629.99 — save $120 on this 16GB gaming GPU for reliable 1440p and 4K gaming A recommended midrange GPU with 16GB of VRAM. Finding a good deal on a graphics card is currently near impossible, especially with the ongoing surge in DRAM and