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SK Hynix doubles down on high-bandwidth memory with $12.9 billion packaging plant
Posted on Wednesday January 14, 2026
SK Hynix recently announced a major investment in a new South Korean plant. The Icheon-based company will spend $12.9 billion to develop a facility dedicated to advanced chip packaging workloads. The plant will be located in Cheongju, a city that already hosts other SK Hynix facilities.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Study finds EV batteries are surprisingly durable, but DC fast charging is bad news
Posted on Wednesday January 14, 2026
According to data published by GeoTab, the average annual battery degradation rate for EVs is only around 2.3 percent – much lower than most car owners expect. Degradation depends on several factors, with the most important being how frequently the vehicle is charged using high-power DC fast charging above 100 kW.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
China seeks approval to launch massive orbital satellite constellation
Posted on Wednesday January 14, 2026
A newly established space agency has submitted two requests to the International Telecommunication Union, asking the UN body to reserve orbital slots for a new space-based communications venture. The two filings are at different stages of design, but they appear to be part of the same massive satellite constellation China...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Milk-V Titan gives developers a plug-and-play RISC-V desktop
Posted on Wednesday January 14, 2026
Unlike previous prototypes, which were limited to embedded or experimental use, the Titan targets mainstream usability. Its specifications read like those of a conventional mini-ITX board: dual-channel DDR4 memory supporting up to 64 GB at 3200 MT/s, a single M.2 slot for storage, multiple USB-A and USB-C ports, Gigabit Ethernet, and even...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
An app called "Are You Dead?" is going viral among people living alone
Posted on Wednesday January 14, 2026
The app, called Demumu, was released by Moonscape Technologies in May 2025 and has since seen an unexpected surge in popularity. The name is a piece of Chinese wordplay that roughly translates to "Are You Dead?" – a blunt framing that reflects the app's core function. Moonscape positions Demumu as...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Nvidia DLSS 4.5 is now available to all, with improved image quality and higher GPU demands
Posted on Wednesday January 14, 2026
Nvidia made DLSS 4.5 available to those who enabled beta settings in the Nvidia App (download here) last week. In a post today, Team Green writes that the feature is now available to all users: just open the Nvidia App and let it auto-update.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Robotics broke out at CES 2026 – just not in the way most people expected
Posted on Wednesday January 14, 2026
According to most predictions, this year was expected to be the breakout moment for robotics at CES, and in many ways, it was. While physical robots generated the biggest immediate buzz on the showfloor, it's the quieter announcements around robotics platforms and tools that are likely to have the greatest...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
OnePlus CEO Pete Lau wanted in Taiwan for hiring local engineers without government approval
Posted on Wednesday January 14, 2026
According to CNA, two Taiwanese nationals were recently indicted for recruiting engineers on behalf of OnePlus, which is based in mainland China. Authorities charged Lau with violating the Cross-Strait Act, which regulates interactions between individuals and businesses in Taiwan and China.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Google Chrome 144 fixes important bugs and adds new dev tools
Posted on Wednesday January 14, 2026
Chrome 144 includes 10 security fixes ranging from low- to high-priority issues. New features include highlighted find-in-page search text via a new pseudo-element, improved location permission handling through the Geolocation API, and expanded support for the modern Temporal date and time API.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Scotland is quietly building one of Europe's most advanced space ecosystems
Posted on Wednesday January 14, 2026
AAC Clyde Space, a Swedish-backed company that has helped define Glasgow's reputation over the past decade, is at the center of this transformation. Since launching its first satellite in 2014, the company has expanded from hardware manufacturing to selling data and services derived from its own orbiting fleet. "The demand...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »