AI Gold Rush: Two of the world's "big three" memory manufacturers began collaborating on a new memory standard for accelerating AI workloads in 2025. Now, the first technical specification for High Bandwidth Flash memory is ready for major data center manufacturers to experiment with.

A year ago, SanDisk and SK Hynix announced a collaboration to develop a common standard for the High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) project.

A hot potato: Social media companies are facing thousands of lawsuits alleging that they failed to adequately protect minors and young adults from harmful content, digital addiction, cyberbullying, and online grooming. Just last week, four families from across the US sued Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube, alleging that the platforms were directly responsible for the deaths of their teenage children.

The lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of Delaware

Highly anticipated: IBM and researchers at the University of Chicago say they have reached a key milestone in quantum computing: running a computation that appears to be beyond the reach of classical machines while also providing evidence that the result is correct. The work addresses a problem that has lingered in the field for years. It is not enough for a quantum computer to produce an answer that is difficult for classical systems to replicate; researchers

In a nutshell: Most people know to be careful when using hotel Wi-Fi, and Microsoft has just reminded us why. The Redmond firm has uncovered a Russian state-backed campaign that compromises hotel and conference Wi-Fi networks, redirecting travelers to fake login pages and malicious software disguised as legitimate system updates.

Microsoft calls the operation the almost cereal-sounding name of CaptiveCrunch . It says the attacks have been active

Something to look forward to: Microsoft is expanding how older Xbox games are played, with new plans that would bring Xbox 360 titles to PC and a wider range of devices. The effort, outlined in a document sent to developers, points to a broader push to make Xbox games work across consoles, PCs, and handheld systems.

According to the document seen by The Verge, Xbox 360 games will

A hot potato: Micron's $100 billion semiconductor megafab in New York is facing another legal challenge. This time, opponents aren't attempting to overturn the entire project approval; they want two recently issued permits annulled, claiming that they could allow PFAS "forever chemicals" into the Oneida River without enforceable limits.

The Article 78 petition was filed in Albany County Supreme Court on July 31 by

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What we know so far: To comply with Europe's new tech industry regulations, Apple must allow businesses and developers to request interoperability with their devices. A recent request from Microsoft could allow users to seamlessly copy and paste content between Windows PCs and Apple devices, but whether the feature would be available globally remains unclear.

MacRumors recently spotted a request from Microsoft to Apple to enhance copy-and

WTF?! Amazon is restricting access to customer reviews for some shoppers after mistakenly identifying them as AI bots or data scrapers. Affected users can see just eight reviews per product, with the usual sorting and filtering tools removed. Anyone who wants to fix things must ask Amazon to restore full access and wait up to five business days for an email response.

Fast Company reports that the restrictions began appearing late last year. Amazon

The takeaway: Samsung is cracking down on a group of smart TV apps that can turn users' internet connections into pass-through networks for outside traffic, following new security research that raised concerns about how widely the practice has spread. The apps embed residential proxy software that routes third-party web traffic through household devices, often without users fully understanding how their bandwidth is being used.

After being contacted by TechCrunch, Samsung