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IEEE publishing ethics team reports 591 integrity cases

IEEE says its publishing ethics group opened 591 cases in 2025 and is expanding screening tools across its journals.

By Felix Aranda

1w ago

Shanghai Aishengna DUV program exposes China’s lithography bottleneck

Reuters identified Shanghai Aishengna as the state-owned group behind China's immersion DUV scanners, but key resist, op...

By Felix Aranda

1w ago

M4 Max local AI tests beat GB10 on decode, with caveats

Tom’s Hardware found Apple’s M4 Max Mac Studio leads in LLM decode throughput, but GB10 still wins on some latency and e...

By Felix Aranda

1w ago

Google TPU 2028 plan could rival Nvidia AI chip volumes, analyst says

Fubon Research says Google may order 12 million to 15 million TPU v9 chips in 2028, possibly requiring Intel Foundry cap...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1w ago

Magnetic watch band can trigger laptop lid sensors and lock Windows

Tom’s Hardware found magnetic watch clasps can fool some laptop lid sensors, causing brief black screens and Windows loc...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1w ago

Gaming SSD capacity beats PCIe 5.0 speed for most players

Current SSD pricing makes capacity the smarter gaming upgrade, while PCIe 5.0 speeds rarely change frame rates.

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1w ago

Fort Albany fiber network gives a remote James Bay community local control

The Indigenous-owned WJBTN built fiber-to-the-home in remote James Bay, giving Fort Albany faster service and local cont...

By Felix Aranda

1w ago

Corsair Vengeance DDR5 Woot deal cuts 32GB kit to $369

Woot is listing a 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5600 kit for $369 after a 26% discount, undercutting current standalone RA...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1w ago

Intel RosaicLabs x86 license gives startup access to Atom-class cores

Intel is giving RosaicLabs access to Atom-class x86 core technology, Reuters reports, a rare licensing move with unclear...

By Felix Aranda

1w ago

Plymouth Township data center faces 43 local conditions

Plymouth Township says Brian O’Neill’s AI data center can proceed only if it meets rules on noise, water, power, polluti...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1w ago

Backyard dark matter detection uses a homemade hydrogen-line radio telescope

An IEEE Spectrum build used roof flashing, a paint can and radio software to trace the Milky Way rotation curve from hyd...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

1w ago

FCC robot vacuum ban could block foreign-made models from US sale

The FCC’s new Covered List rule reaches foreign-made robot vacuums that meet its weight, sensor, software and connectivi...

By Felix Aranda