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Anthropic's Dario Amodei says allowing Nvidia H200 sales to China is like "selling nuclear weapons to North Korea"
The Trump administration formalized the 25% duty on Nvidia’s H200 and AMD’s MI325X chips shipped to China last week, creating a new revenue stream for the US government.
Acer's Predator X27U gaming OLED sees significant price drop to $429
The Acer Predator X27U OLED is a 27″ 1440p gaming monitor with a 240Hz refresh rate. It delivers excellent motion clarity, deep contrast, and fast response times. When we reviewed it two years ago, its $1,000 MSRP limited its value, but at $429, the X27U is far easier to recommend.
Most plug-in hybrid drivers don't charge their cars, undermining the benefits
Speaking at the Automotive Press Association conference in Detroit, GM CEO Mary Barra acknowledged a problem that regulators and researchers have been documenting for years. “Most people don’t plug them in,” she said, referring to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). It’s a simple statement that captures why the company, while…
Pepper spray drones are Japan's newest tool against bear attacks
A company called Terra Drone writes that it has signed an agreement with Ishinomaki City in Miyagi Prefecture to use drones equipped with bear-repellent spray.
Scientists infected bacteria in space, and evolution took a new path
Far from Earth’s gravitational pull, a simple viral infection took on a new evolutionary direction. A study conducted aboard the ISS found that when bacteria and their viral predators, known as phages, interact in microgravity, both organisms evolve in novel ways not seen on Earth.
Realme says its 10,001mAh P4 Power phone can last nearly four days
Realme’s P4 Power phone will be the first to feature the company’s 10,001mAh Titan silicon-carbon battery. That extra 1mAh is likely a marketing ploy to put it ahead of rival Honor, which released the 10,000mAh Honor Win in China at the end of last year.
Data centers are now the fastest-growing part of US construction
New data from FMI Corp., a Raleigh-based construction forecasting firm, shows spending on data center construction will climb 23% in 2026, even as office, hotel, apartment, and warehouse development slows sharply. That growth will bring the sector’s share of total nonresidential building to more than 6%, compared with just 2% three years ago.
AI hype meets reality as majority of CEOs report no financial returns
Professional services network PwC’s latest Global CEO survey was completed by 4,454 Chief Executive Officers across 95 countries and territories.
Researchers build a stretchable OLED that can double in size without dimming
The breakthrough is based on a class of materials known as MXenes: ultrathin, highly conductive sheets that combine the mechanical resilience of metals with the flexibility of polymers. Co-discovered by Drexel materials scientist Yury Gogotsi, MXenes are layered carbides and nitrides that can deform through bending and sliding between layers…
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