Samsung chip workers approve average $340,000 AI boom bonuses, ending strike threat


Samsung sits at the center of today's computing stack, turning out memory chips used in smartphones, electric vehicles, and the high-performance servers that run large-scale AI models. With the memory sector already facing shortages and sharply higher prices, even a short stoppage could have rippled across multiple industries.

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Most Americans want digital shelf labels and surveillance pricing banned amid grocery price fears


According to a new survey from GBAO Strategies distributed by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, 65% of American voters think ESLs will cause grocery prices to increase, while 68% think surveillance pricing will have the same result.

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Inside the data center boom that's consuming Chile's last water


The Quilicura wetland, just north of Chile's capital, Santiago, has the largest concentration of data centers in Latin America. Consuming billions of liters of water annually, data centers have exacerbated dry conditions in a swamp already suffering from the worst drought in over 100 years of recordkeeping.

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The Witcher 3 is getting a third expansion in 2027, but the minimum specs are increasing


Rumors that a third expansion for the Witcher 3 was in the works really picked up steam back in January when Polish industry insider Borys Nieśpielak claimed that Fool's Theory, which is remaking the first Witcher game, was also developing the add-on.

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Motorola Razr phones are secretly hijacking Amazon launches with affiliate redirects


The issue was first spotted by a user, rather than disclosed in any official announcement. A Razr 60 Ultra owner on Reddit noticed something odd when opening the Amazon app from the app drawer. Instead of launching directly, the phone briefly opened a browser window, passed through a third-party URL,...

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Sam Altman is "delighted" his AI jobs apocalypse prediction was wrong


Speaking virtually at a Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) conference in Sydney, Australia, Altman admitted that his early prediction that entire job classes would be wiped out by AI has not come true – at least not yet.

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Nvidia Vera CPU impresses in early Nvidia-sanctioned benchmarks


Michael Larabel from Phoronix recently called Nvidia's Vera datacenter CPU the fastest Arm Linux processor he has tested in the outlet's 22-year history. However, since he conducted the benchmarks in a controlled environment at the company's Santa Clara headquarters, the results can hardly be considered definitive.

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SK Hynix is embedding cooling into HBM memory to stop AI chips from overheating


SK Hynix has introduced iHBM, a high-bandwidth memory packaging solution that changes how and where heat is managed inside the package. Rather than relying on conventional methods that pull heat away from the chip after it accumulates, SK Hynix is placing cooling structures directly at the source.

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Pope Leo XIV says humanity needs to disarm AI before it's too late


The remarks come from an 82-page text called Magnifica Humanitas (translated as Magnificent Humanity), the first encyclical of his papacy, released on May 25. An encyclical is a pope's official teaching letter to the Catholic Church, outlining his priorities for the Church's 1.4 billion members. For Leo, the priority appears...

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Micron just made the most advanced DRAM ever produced in the US, and it's not for your PC


Micron is introducing its 1α (1-alpha) DRAM memory technology to the US, bringing "home" an advanced manufacturing process that should deliver significant improvements in industrial memory chips. The company recently announced the expansion of its Manassas, Virginia facility, where the node will be used to ramp up DDR4 wafer production.

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