EE Times News
GPT-Synopsys Combines IC Design EDA with Agentic AI
Published: October 5, 2026, 12:00 pm
Synopsys joins OpenAI for a leap of faith in AI-native IC design by augmenting frontier models with EDA tools.
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Electric Car Makers Need to Appeal to the ‘Other 90%’
Published: October 5, 2026, 5:30 am
Broader appeal for the electric car is a big challenge. Innovation is still the best solution.
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AutoSens 2026: Regulation Drives Automotive Sensing Architectures
Published: October 2, 2026, 3:58 pm
At AutoSens Europe, automotive sensing designs reflected tighter safety standards, advances in AI processing, and growing cybersecurity requirements.
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Continuous Health Monitoring Drives Integrated Wearable System Design
Published: October 2, 2026, 11:29 am
Analog Devices India’s Praveen Jose said device miniaturization is driving higher performance and quality in smaller form factors.
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Qualcomm Doubles Down on Agentic AI at Snapdragon Summit 2026
Published: October 1, 2026, 5:31 pm
Qualcomm introduced two distinct Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 SoCs for high-end smartphones as it expands personal agentic AI across mobile, wearables, and PCs.
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Hackaday News
The FPGA Chronicles: Open Source It
Published: October 5, 2026, 2:00 pm
Last time, we looked at getting started with the GOWIN tools and a Tang Nano 20K FPGA. The software from GOWIN isn’t bad, but it isn’t open source, and there …read more
Porting Video Games to VHS
Published: October 5, 2026, 11:00 am
Although VHS-based games have existed for about as long as VHS players have sat in millions of living rooms, they always tended to be rather sparse gaming experiences. For example, …read more
Conveyor Belt GBoard Brings the Keys to You
Published: October 5, 2026, 8:00 am
It must be April in October again, because Google Japan has a new, hilariously impractical reimagining of the keyboard: a conveyor belt. This time it’s on GitHub with firmware, STLs, …read more
It’s GW-BASIC, Jim, But Not as We Know It
Published: October 5, 2026, 5:00 am
Back in the old days the IBM-PC, like most of its contemporary computers, shipped with BASIC in ROM. Even after it stopped living in ROM, IBM-Compatibles shipped with GW-BASIC, and …read more
Upgrading a Benchtop Laser for Megawatt Power
Published: October 5, 2026, 2:00 am
One fascinating thing about a pulsed laser is that, though the average power may be measured in watts or milliwatts, the peak power can easily reach millions of times that. …read more
Adafruit Blog News
Building a Lava Lamp Reef Tank
Published: October 5, 2026, 2:00 pm
Sydney Reefing turns a lava lamp into a reef tank in this video on YouTube. Follow along on YouTube to see the process and problem solving involved with this project. Ranjib Dey wrote an awesome reef-pi project for the Adafruit Learning System. Check it out here!
A picnic table, binaural birdsong and double forest POTA ATNO action! – EI3LH
Published: October 5, 2026, 1:50 pm
EI3LH wrote up two days of Parks on the Air activations in County Kilkenny, Ireland, on ei3lh.eu. Both parks were ATNOs, or all time new ones, meaning nobody had activated them before. The first was Coill an Fhailtaigh National Forest, IE-0056, one of Ireland’s 16 Millennium Forests. With the park close to closing, the setup […]
Happy World Teachers’ Day 2026 @UNESCO #Education #Teacher #WorldTeachersDay
Published: October 5, 2026, 12:13 pm
Since 1994 World Teachers Day is honored every October 5. This is a time to celebrate teachers on the anniversiary of a 1966 UNESCO Reccomendation on teachers. Teachers are doing transformative work and they need support! 2026 marks the 60th anniversary! From UNESCO: Under the theme “Standing with teachers: 60 years of protecting the profession, […]
Adafruit Weekly Editorial Round-Up: Adafruit Top 10, Pepper’s Ghost effect, 3D printing Timelapse and more!
Published: October 5, 2026, 12:00 am
ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UP We’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more. BLOG ⌨️ Adafruit’s Top 10 […]
The Aquabots are Swimming
Published: October 4, 2026, 8:00 pm
MIT engineers developed a soft robot that can flap through water in response to flashes of light. Credits: Photo: Melanie Gonick, MIT via MIT MIT engineers have developed a thin, muscle-powered swimming robot. The engineers showed that the paper-thin bot could swim and swivel through a simple watery maze. At its fastest, the robot can […]
Electronics Weekly News
What’s Stopping Workers From Using AI?
Published: October 5, 2026, 1:01 pm
While 4 in 10 workers surveyed for PwC’s Global Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey reported using AI tools at work at least weekly, making them an integral part of their […]
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Omnivision’s OAX7700 is ultralow-power vision AI processor with NPU
Published: October 5, 2026, 10:31 am
Omnivision’s OAX7700 asic is the company’s lowest-power AI companion processor for always-on vehicle security systems. It positions the device as an upgrade to existing exterior camera solutions such as surround-view […]
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Jedec JESD264 sets out foundation for broader silicon photonics adoption
Published: October 5, 2026, 9:19 am
The standards body Jedec has officially announced the JESD264 standard for silicon photonics (SiPh) technology. Specifically, it targets qualification and reliability requirements. Jedec describes it as the first industry-wide standard […]
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Professor Cyril Hilsum 1925-2026
Published: October 5, 2026, 7:59 am
Professor Cyril Hilsum, physicist and academic has died at the age of 101. Hilsum had a long career and was responsible for introducing III-V semiconductor, semiconductor lasers, Gunn diodes and […]
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BT buys TalkTalk
Published: October 5, 2026, 7:14 am
BT has bought TalkTalk out of administration for £400m, overriding competition issues to protect vulnerable customers who rely on its support services. “Our focus is simple,” says BT to its […]
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