Exclusive: Positron raises $230M Series B to take on Nvidia’s AI chips
Semiconductor startup Positron has secured $230 million in Series B funding, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The outfit plans…
Donald Trump’s UAE chip deal is a US national security risk
Perhaps the UAE’s US$1.4t pledge was responsible for getting it done. Perhaps Sheikh Tahnoon’s decision to have his…
These overlooked stocks are a backdoor way to play the AI chip boom
Published: Jan. 31, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. ET Investors looking for ways to play the artificial-intelligence boom beyond high-profile…
Physicists Have Achieved Quantum “Alchemy” by Exciting Electrons to High-Energy States
A promising—and powerful—new engineering breakthrough could soon enable researchers to alter the properties of materials by exciting electrons…
Apple to build next AI models on Google Gemini cloud
Apple and Google have agreed a multi-year collaboration that will base the next generation of Apple Foundation Models…
DeepSeek stays mum on next AI model release as technical papers show frontier innovation
Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek continues to keep the world guessing on when its next major release –…
Dynamic magneto-chiral instability in photoexcited tellurium
Fukushima, K., Kharzeev, D. E. & Warringa, H. J. Chiral magnetic effect. Phys. Rev. D. 78, 074033 (2008).…
Want to retire from a soul-sucking job? Here are the financial factors to consider.
Published: Jan. 9, 2026 at 2:33 p.m. ET In the Help Me Retire column, Alessandra Malito answers questions from…
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon X2 Plus for Copilot+ PCs
Qualcomm has unveiled the Snapdragon X2 Plus, a new PC platform for Windows laptops that the company claims…
Silicon shock is the big ‘26 theme
In the early 2000s, the world of fine spirits broke. Demand for aged whiskey and fine wine exploded…
This could be a better — and safer — way into the AI trade in 2026
Published: Jan. 3, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. ET Some investors may need to be reminded that the semiconductor industry…
The consequences of AI slop and a hopeful look at what will follow it
Published: Jan. 2, 2026 at 12:43 p.m. ET You may already be familiar with the term “AI slop,” with…