Hardware
Kioxia and Sandisk Push QLC Flash Density Higher
Kioxia and Sandisk’s latest QLC NAND announcement signals how flash makers are trying to combine extreme capacity with higher throughput and lower power for AI-era data centres.
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Science
Heart Transplant, Skin Cancer Remission and Bee Allergy
An unusual report linking heart transplantation with skin-cancer remission and a new bee-venom allergy illustrates how an organ graft can alter far more than circulation.
Hardware
SK hynix Reportedly Revives Dalian NAND Expansion
SK hynix is reportedly reviving an expansion at its Dalian NAND plant, but the reported 2027 increase should be viewed as a capacity target rather than a confirmed 50% rise in all of the company’s Chinese flash output.
Gaming
Sony Reveals Marvel’s Wolverine PS5 Bundle and Controllers
Sony Interactive Entertainment has unveiled a Marvel’s Wolverine-themed PS5 Digital Edition bundle, two limited DualSense controller designs and console covers ahead of the game’s September release.
Science
CRISPR-Armed Phages Target Drug-Resistant E. coli
Early human data suggest that CRISPR-equipped bacteriophages can reduce targeted E. coli in the gut without broadly disrupting the microbiome, but their role in treating severe drug-resistant infections remains unproven.
Business
Microsoft Reportedly Raises Windows OEM Licence Fees
A report from Taiwan says Microsoft raised Windows OEM licensing fees by an average of 7% to 10% from July, adding a smaller but notable pressure point to a PC industry already facing steep component costs.
Gaming
Supermassive Games Starts Consultation Affecting 75 Roles
Supermassive Games has begun a redundancy consultation that could affect up to 75 employees, extending a sequence of workforce reductions at the UK narrative-horror studio.
Business
Intel’s RosaicLabs Deal Tests a New x86 Business Model
Intel’s reported decision to give startup RosaicLabs access to Atom-related RTL is a small transaction with potentially large implications for how the company commercialises its processor design expertise.
AI
AI reasoning trace flaw exposes security trade-offs
A newly disclosed weakness in some AI APIs showed that supposedly hidden reasoning traces could be recovered, exposing a difficult trade-off between model secrecy, security and transparency.
Security
Zoom Fixes Reported Screen-Sharing Device Takeover Flaw
A reportedly fixed Zoom screen-sharing vulnerability shows how a feature designed for collaboration can become a device-control risk when permission boundaries fail.
Hardware
Tesla Terafab Hiring Points to Memory Ambitions
Tesla’s Terafab recruitment shows that Musk’s semiconductor project is moving beyond broad ambition towards the specialist process work required for advanced memory, although commercial production remains a distant and unusually difficult objective.
AI
AI Expands the Genetic Map of Schizophrenia
A new gene-network modelling study expands the map of schizophrenia-associated genes, but its main value lies in prioritising biological questions rather than delivering a diagnostic test or immediate treatment.