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Community Resistance Meets AI Data Center Expansion Head-On We spoke to the founder of a new website tracking data center opposition and heard from experts on how the industry can address growing community concerns. Anti-data center activism is moving beyond scattered local campa

Rivian has quickly built a reputation as one of the auto industry’s leaders when it comes to vehicle software. Its clean-sheet approach to an electric vehicle’s electronic architecture earned it a $5 billion investment from Volkswagen Group, and its in-house infotainment system i

Microsoft launches Cloud‑Initiated Driver Recovery for remote rollback of faulty updates — no user action or OEM intervention will be needed to handle broken drivers delivered via Windows Update CIDR is rolling out now for validation and testing. Microsoft has outlined a new feat

HPE Throws VM Users A Lifeline, Unifying Containers And VM Management In Cloud Stack It has been more than two years now since Broadcom spent $69 billion to buy virtualization giant VMware and in short order rattled the cages of enterprises and the wider tech industry by announci

This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Wednesday. In yesterday's edition of this newsletter we told you about President Donald Trump's plan for a gas tax holiday, but I wouldn't get your hopes up just yet. S&P 500

MOST POPULAR EVENTS - Toxic Flows: When Your AI Agent Skill Becomes a Supply Chain Attack When a developer installs an AI agent skill – granting it access to secured IT resources and data – they make a significant trust decision. - The Hardware Crunch: How Supply Chain Turbulence

Grab a big $250 savings on this RTX 5070 Ti and 9850X3D combo deal for your next 4K gaming PC build — Newegg discount brings together one of AMD's fastest X3D gaming CPUs for just $1,264 Huge saving on this GPU-CPU kit deal Newegg has another awesome combo deal that will help you

Samsung's critical union negotiations break down eight days before planned 18-day chip factory strike that's projected to cost $700 million per day — Korean PM calls emergency meeting as strike looms South Korea's prime minister calls an emergency meeting. Government-mediated neg

SSD prices skyrocket by 300% in Japan, bringing 8TB Samsung 9100 drive to an eye-watering $3,500 — industry continues to reckon with the ongoing AI storage crunch You better prepare your wallet. Memory and storage chip prices have been steadily increasing worldwide due to the AI-

Google reportedly in talks with SpaceX to launch its orbital data centers — partnership could mark a historic turning point and boost upcoming IPO Putting AI compute in space remains a daunting challenge, but Google appears to believe that SpaceX can pull it off Putting AI server

MOST POPULAR EVENTS - Toxic Flows: When Your AI Agent Skill Becomes a Supply Chain Attack When a developer installs an AI agent skill – granting it access to secured IT resources and data – they make a significant trust decision. - The Hardware Crunch: How Supply Chain Turbulence

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EU considers running undersea cable under the North Pole to link Europe to Asia — Polar Connect aims to bypass the Strait of Hormuz and Russia by 2030 Is going under the ice a safer alternative than going through unstable regions? The European Union is considering building two un

Blazing-fast 1TB WD Black SN8100 SSD with integrated heatsink plummets to an all-time low price of $209 — act fast before this deal disappears Grab one before they evaporate Unfortunately, but also expected, this amazing deal has now sold out. The 1TB WD Black SN8100 on offer is

Intel, Qualcomm confirm Googlebook AI laptop partnerships, opening ARM and x86 possibilities for new OS — Google VP says devices to also ship with MediaTek chips Intel’s involvement hints that Googlebook may support both x86 and Arm hardware. Chipmakers are taking to social media

MOST POPULAR EVENTS - Toxic Flows: When Your AI Agent Skill Becomes a Supply Chain Attack When a developer installs an AI agent skill – granting it access to secured IT resources and data – they make a significant trust decision. - The Hardware Crunch: How Supply Chain Turbulence

NASA has enabled scientists to study the impact of microgravity on drug development for decades, beginning with the Space Shuttle. This work accelerated in the 2010s, with the completion of the International Space Station and full-time crew members devoted to scientific research.

MOST POPULAR EVENTS - Toxic Flows: When Your AI Agent Skill Becomes a Supply Chain Attack When a developer installs an AI agent skill – granting it access to secured IT resources and data – they make a significant trust decision. - The Hardware Crunch: How Supply Chain Turbulence

South Korean official proposes 'citizen dividend' payouts from AI windfall — markets spooked by suggestion AI revenue should be redistributed to citizens Seoul says it has no such plans, however A senior South Korean policymaker has proposed redistributing tax revenue generated b

Listen to this post: Good morning, President Trump is on the way to China, and Sharp China is your go-to podcast for understanding what happens next. Add it to your podcast player now in anticipation of the next few episodes breaking down the trip. On to the Update: The Deploymen

Chinese tech giant Tencent on Wednesday reported revenues rose 9% in its first-quarter 2026 earnings, but missed analyst expectations. Here's how Tencent did in its first-quarter earnings for 2026, compared to LSEG analyst forecast data: - Revenue: 196.5 billion Chinese yuan ($28

Innovative startup pioneers 3D printing with recycled glass — new ‘binder jet’ process combines powder with adhesive agent in layering technique Resulting ‘binder jet’ 3D printing process is already being used for countertops, floor tiles, architectural wall accents, and more. A

MOST POPULAR EVENTS - Toxic Flows: When Your AI Agent Skill Becomes a Supply Chain Attack When a developer installs an AI agent skill – granting it access to secured IT resources and data – they make a significant trust decision. - The Hardware Crunch: How Supply Chain Turbulence

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At its peak, the Androscoggin paper mill in Jay, Maine, a rural town about 67 miles northwest of Portland, employed about 1,500 people — until a pulp digester exploded in 2020, forcing the mill to close permanently. Data centers are coming for rural America And the jobs they prom

AI Server Market Update: Vendors Shift from Silicon to Services Dell, HPE, Lenovo, and Supermicro are riding record AI server demand, but winning enterprise customers requires more than just Nvidia chips. The AI server market continues its explosive growth, fueled primarily by de

MOST POPULAR EVENTS - Toxic Flows: When Your AI Agent Skill Becomes a Supply Chain Attack When a developer installs an AI agent skill – granting it access to secured IT resources and data – they make a significant trust decision. - The Hardware Crunch: How Supply Chain Turbulence

MOST POPULAR EVENTS - Toxic Flows: When Your AI Agent Skill Becomes a Supply Chain Attack When a developer installs an AI agent skill – granting it access to secured IT resources and data – they make a significant trust decision. - The Hardware Crunch: How Supply Chain Turbulence

MOST POPULAR EVENTS - Toxic Flows: When Your AI Agent Skill Becomes a Supply Chain Attack When a developer installs an AI agent skill – granting it access to secured IT resources and data – they make a significant trust decision. - The Hardware Crunch: How Supply Chain Turbulence

SoftBank booked a yearly gain of $46 billion at its Vision Fund driven mainly by the huge rise in value of its investment in OpenAI. The Japanese giant has invested more than $30 billion in OpenAI, with its investment gains in the company totalling $45 billion in the year ended M

MOST POPULAR EVENTS - Toxic Flows: When Your AI Agent Skill Becomes a Supply Chain Attack When a developer installs an AI agent skill – granting it access to secured IT resources and data – they make a significant trust decision. - The Hardware Crunch: How Supply Chain Turbulence

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