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France shuts nuclear reactors as river cooling fails in record heat
France's Golfech nuclear plant went offline June 22 when cooling water hit 28°C, breaching discharge limits. More reactors face cutbacks as Europe's grid strains under extreme demand.
IBM stacks transistors vertically to extend Moore's Law another decade
IBM's new nanostack chip packs 100 billion transistors at twice the density of 2021 designs, using vertical layering instead of shrinking. The approach could reshape data center efficiency and chip design for the next 10–15 years.
Europe's grid faces triple squeeze as heat waves drive air-conditioning demand
Nuclear plants are shutting down due to warm cooling water while AC adoption climbs in countries unprepared for peak summer demand. Here's what utilities are scrambling to fix.
Microsoft, Europol dismantle dual malware network, recover 27M credentials
Operation Endgame simultaneously disrupted two crime tools across 200+ C2 servers. Law enforcement and Microsoft recovered 27 million stolen login credentials and $47 million in criminal crypto assets.
Meta Revives Creator Studio as AI Chatbot App for Facebook Creators
Meta is relaunching Creator Studio as a standalone app with an AI assistant that tracks performance, suggests content strategies, and drafts replies. Early access testing is underway.
Phosgo's $2K Solar E-Bike Solves a Problem It Doesn't Actually Fix
Phosgo Go5 claims to eliminate range anxiety with 200W of solar panels, but real-world testing shows they add only 17 miles per charge under ideal conditions. The Kickstarter launches Saturday.
Four top Google AI researchers defect to OpenAI and Anthropic
Jonas Adler, Alexander Pritzel, Noam Shazeer, and John Jumper have all left Google for rival labs in recent weeks. The exodus signals talent pressure as competitors prepare IPOs.
Engineers now 55% of big tech hires, defying AI-replacement warnings
SignalFire's analysis of 80M+ companies shows engineering roles declined just 11% in 2025, versus 25% across all tech hiring. Here's what the actual data reveals.
Cerebras stock drops 20% after guiding margins down to 38-41%
The AI chipmaker's Q1 earnings beat expectations, but a full-year gross margin forecast of 38-41% spooked investors. The company is renting back its own systems to a customer while building capacity.
Vishal Sikka raises $32M to automate what IT services firms charge billions for
Hang Ten Systems, backed by Mayfield and Aramco Ventures, aims to replace manual enterprise software work with AI-driven development. Sikka's bet: agentic code generation scales differently than headcount.
Dutch Trade Minister lobbies Congress to block MATCH chip export controls
Netherlands pushes back on U.S. bill that would cut ASML's $1.1B China revenue. Here's why Europe sees Washington's chip war differently.
Tech stocks fall again as mega-cap losses drag broader market
US equity markets closed mixed as losses in technology giants outweighed gains elsewhere. Here's what drove the sell-off and which sectors held ground.