EE Times News
AMD Plans $10B Investment in Taiwan to Boost AI Infrastructure
Published: May 21, 2026, 4:34 pm
AMD to invest more than $10 billion in Taiwan ecosystem, ramping HPC chips on TSMC’s 2-nm process amid AI buildout.
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Gartner Urges Supply Chain Execs to Adopt Autonomous Business Strategies
Published: May 21, 2026, 1:45 pm
According to Gartner, 22% of organizations have introduced roles for autonomous business operations, a share expected to exceed 50% next year.
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Scaling the Next Generation of Multi-Die Systems
Published: May 21, 2026, 6:46 am
This year’s EE Times Chiplets event will address challenges in the design flow and chiplet technologies to enable straightforward scaling.
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Space-Station Tech Pivots to Cool AI Data Centers
Published: May 20, 2026, 5:31 pm
Space-station cooling technologies are adapted to reduce overheating and throttling risks in AI data centers.
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When Arm Meets RISC-V: SiPearl, Semidynamics to Co-Develop Sovereign AI Platform
Published: May 20, 2026, 11:15 am
SiPearl and Semidynamics have announced a partnership to build one of the first European sovereign rack-scale AI platforms.
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Hackaday News
Why the Smart Home Bubble Popped
Published: May 21, 2026, 6:30 pm
Circa 2015 or so, it seemed like you couldn’t move a finger without being bombarded with ads and articles about ‘smart homes’ and the ‘internet of things’ — all of …read more
Tech in Plain Sight: The Mechanics of String Trimmers
Published: May 21, 2026, 5:00 pm
My old friend Jeff was always vocally upset that he didn’t come up with the idea of a string trimmer, commonly known as a Weed Eater or Weed Whacker. On …read more
Transforming Lamp Built With LED Filaments
Published: May 21, 2026, 3:30 pm
[Nick Electronics] had an idea to build a stylish lamp that could transform its shape while lit. This goal was achieved beautifully with the aid of many, many filament LEDs. …read more
Magnets Are Bad For Hardware Again
Published: May 21, 2026, 2:00 pm
If you were around tech in the bad old days, magnets could be really bad news. They were fine on the fridge, no problem at all. Put one near a …read more
Wayland Comes to Minecraft
Published: May 21, 2026, 11:00 am
The overall adoption and implementation of Wayland — intended as a replacement for the decades-old X11 windowing system — in the Linux world has been full of fits and starts. …read more
Adafruit Blog News
John Park’s Workshop returns next week – 5/28/2026
Published: May 21, 2026, 6:24 pm
Service outage incoming! No Workshop livestream today. We’ll be back next week. Join maker John Park in his workshop each week except for when his daughter graduates university! John Park’s Workshop — LIVE” is the place to see creative projects come to life, as John uses a wide variety of tools and techniques to make […]
Mechanical 3×3 Macropad – Arduino Pro Micro + QMK #3DPrinting #3DThursday
Published: May 21, 2026, 6:00 pm
pocnic_193156 shares: A 3D-printable hand-wired 3×3 mechanical macropad running QMK firmware on an Arduino Pro Micro. Great as a gift, learning project, or first custom HID build download the files on: Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. […]
Bento Mechanical Keyboard Macropad – Hand-Wired + QMK #3Dprinting #3DThursday
Published: May 21, 2026, 5:00 pm
Dwin17 shared this print on Printables! A little handwired macropad that you can take anywhere! Includes a rotary encoder slot perfect for volume control, page scrolling, and more. Note: EC11 rotary encoder is free floating therefore you may want to glue your encoder in or print a support for the bottom of the encoder if […]
Printed Mini Arcade Machine – Bartop Retro Gaming Cabinet #3DPrinting #3DThursday
Published: May 21, 2026, 4:00 pm
Archer shares: A compact bartop arcade machine for emulating NES/SNES/Genesis/MAME with a 4:3 screen, Sanwa joystick/buttons, customizable LED lighting, and a subwoofer download the files on: Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics […]
3D Hangouts – Prop Game, Compass and Flexi Raptor
Published: May 21, 2026, 3:00 pm
3D Hangouts – Prop Game, Compass and Flexi Raptor This week @adafruit we’re checking out Noe’s prototype of his new handheld game design using PropMaker Feather. Pero is working on a new compass project. This week’s timelapse features a velociraptor flexi dino. Feather RP2040 Propmaker: Alpanumeric LED Display Timelapse Tuesday Velociraptor […]
Electronics Weekly News
Semtech connects with Z-Wave Alliance
Published: May 21, 2026, 3:44 pm
Semtech, the mixed-signal and IoT specialist, is joining the Z-Wave Alliance as a new member and will serve on the standard body’s Board of Directors. The Alliance is the SDO ...
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Polaris measures the nanosatellite and microsatellite market
Published: May 21, 2026, 2:41 pm
Research suggests the value of the global nanosatellite and microsatellite market was $4,861.05 million in 2025. And the projection is for this to grow to $30,549.41 million by 2034. According ...
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Fable: The Unwelcome Bottle Of Beer
Published: May 21, 2026, 1:23 pm
There was once a famous scientist who, fleeing from the Nazis, decided to pack a bottle of heavy water which would have been a key ingredient for a Nazi-made atom ...
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What caught your eye? AI for test, software, and collision avoidance
Published: May 21, 2026, 11:23 am
There's a strong AI theme, with Emerson adding prompt-based code to its AI for test technology, Callosum seeking funding for its AI software, and Northumbria University benchmarking the usefulness of AI for handling space debris and collision avoidance...
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Google smart watch platform Wear OS 7 brings Widgets and Live Info
Published: May 21, 2026, 9:22 am
Google is updating its smart watch software with Wear OS 7, which it describes as a major update that will be “arriving later this year”. New features include Wear Widgets ...
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