EE Times News
From Co-Packaged Optics to Nanolasers: Photonics Moves Inward
Published: July 29, 2026, 8:02 am
CEA-Leti, Scintil Photonics, and NcodiN show how optical interconnects are moving from data center racks toward co-packaged optics and chiplet-level communication.
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Microchip Acquires Edge AI Chip Startup Hailo
Published: July 28, 2026, 5:04 pm
Return to playbook for the acquisition-driven embedded giant.
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How to Build a 100Gbps Server-Grade AOI Platform for Next-Generation Semiconductor Inspection
Published: July 28, 2026, 2:00 pm
Discover how to overcome the bandwidth, scalability, thermal, and system integration challenges of modern AI-powered AOI. This white paper explains how server-grade architecture, high-speed frame grabbers, and GPU computing enable reliable 100Gbps image acquisition for advanced semiconductor inspection.
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Vibe Coding in Safety-Critical Software: Promise, Pitfalls, and a Path Forward
Published: July 28, 2026, 1:52 pm
Vibe coding can’t fly solo in safety-critical software; demand deterministic gates, human review, and proof before trusting AI-generated code.
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Will Purging Chinese Tech Cost Europe Its Digital Future?
Published: July 28, 2026, 8:19 am
The EU faces challenges in building its digital defenses, as the cost of replacing Chinese telecom equipment across Europe could reach $46 billion.
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Hackaday News
Behold The Most Beautifully Ambitious Starship Simulator Yet
Published: July 29, 2026, 11:00 am
[Kevin Kelm] created something wondrous: Halcyon Dawn, an utterly unique and desperately challenging game that is equal parts intricate starship simulator, imposing hardware console, video game, and love letter to …read more
Building a Portable Weather Radar
Published: July 29, 2026, 8:00 am
If you run a large meteorology bureau, then you probably have access to a wonderful weather radar for scrying the heavens. The rest of us aren’t so lucky. If you …read more
DOOM Using Regular Expressions
Published: July 29, 2026, 5:00 am
Regular expressions (regexes) are an amazingly powerful way to perform operations on collections of e.g. text. Regexss can also be considered to be a programming language, even a Turing complete …read more
How the Vagus Nerve Promotes Healthy Cognition via Acetylcholine Signaling
Published: July 29, 2026, 2:00 am
It’s been said for centuries that you cannot think on an empty stomach, and that love goes through the stomach. Although these may seem like merely cute jabs at the …read more
Improving the Microcontroller Gaming Performance with PicoGame
Published: July 28, 2026, 11:00 pm
The ability to write Python on microcontrollers with the likes of MicroPython and later CiruitPython has made them much more accessible. [MakerClassCZ] brings that to game development with PicoGame. Like …read more
Adafruit Blog News
PicoJig: control peripherals (GPIO, ADC, UART, SPI, I2C, PWM) of a Raspberry Pi Pico / Pico W from a Windows PC via USB or WiFi @raspberry_pi
Published: July 28, 2026, 9:31 pm
PicoJig / PicoJig-WL allows you to control the peripherals (GPIO, ADC, UART, SPI, I2C, PWM) of a Raspberry Pi Pico or Pico W from a Windows PC via USB or WiFi. It consists of firmware, a PC application, and a library. Main Features Two Connection Modes: USB Mode: Control via Virtual COM port (Supports both Pico […]
The SPOKE Board – The Raspberry Pi Official Magazine, Issue 167 @rpimagazine
Published: July 28, 2026, 8:08 pm
The Raspberry Pi Official Magazine – Issue 167 looks at the SPOKE board, using an RP2040 microcontroller running CircuitPython. …the SPOKE could easily be mistaken for an album by a 1990s indie band. The main difference is that it has 27 holes around its perimeter, each surrounded by a copper oval: these are capacitive touch […]
Behind the Scenes with Walter Wick at the High Museum of Art
Published: July 28, 2026, 8:00 pm
Calling all 90s kids who have ever sat in a waiting room, laundromat, or in the back of a car during a road trip with an I SPY book! The High Museum of Art in Atlanta will be hosting a conversation with Walter Wick this September. The I SPY! Walter Wick’s Hidden Wonders exhibition will […]
JP’s Product Pick of the Week — 6pm Eastern TODAY! 7/28/26 @adafruit #adafruit #newproductpick
Published: July 28, 2026, 7:59 pm
Come on by for JP’s Product Pick of The Week ! A new product pick will be revealed. The show airs at 4pm ET / 1pm PT Check out the livestream right here inside this product page you won’t want to miss it because there will be a HUGE DISCOUNT during the show! Tune in […]
LoRa Radio Bonnet with OLED – The Raspberry Pi Official Magazine, Issue 167 @rpimagazine
Published: July 28, 2026, 7:58 pm
The Raspberry Pi Official Magazine – Issue 167 features the Adafruit LoRa Radio Bonnet with OLED. This LoRa ‘Bonnet’ can be mounted onto the GPIO header of any standard 40-pin Raspberry Pi computer. While it’s labelled as ‘915MHz’ on the Adafruit site, it can use either the North American/Australian 915MHz or European 868MHz ISM band […]
Electronics Weekly News
Scaling semiconductor manufacturing through NPI, yield ramp and high-volume production
Published: July 29, 2026, 10:00 am
Anshul Karnik discusses how semiconductor technologies are successfully transitioned from early technology development (TD) through new product introduction (NPI) and into high-volume manufacturing (HVM), writes Ellen F Warren. ELLEN WARREN: […]
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Physics modelling cracks the code for thermal mechanics
Published: July 29, 2026, 8:15 am
DAC 2026: Among the start-ups at this year’s conference, Vinci was one of the most progressive, with a physics-bsed AI software platform for predictive hardware design. The company introduced its […]
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Baidu/Lyft joins London robotaxi triallists
Published: July 29, 2026, 5:53 am
Baidu and Lyft have joined Waymo and the Uber/Wayve partnership in a bid to put driverless cars on the streets of London. The Baidu/Lyft pairing have started testing robotaxis in […]
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TSMC Fab 20 running 20k 2nm wpm
Published: July 29, 2026, 5:38 am
TSMC’s Fab20 in Taiwan has reached 20k wpm on the company’s 2nm process, announces the Economic Daily News. TSMC has five 2nm fabs in Taiwan and the node is currently […]
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ZuriQ raises $25.5m for trapped-ion quantum computer development
Published: July 29, 2026, 5:37 am
ZuriQ, a Swiss quantum computing company spun out of ETH Zürich, has raised $25.5 million in seed funding to scale its trapped-ion quantum processors. The round builds on the company’s […]
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