#AI hardware
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Humanoid robots could become a $370 billion market by 2040. Here is what is slowing them down
McKinsey puts the general-purpose robotics market on track for massive growth, but the software tools used to design these machines are still stuck in the past.
Trump's New 15% Tariff Targets a Key Ingredient in Chips and Solar Panels
Polysilicon, the material China dominates making, will cost importers more from December. Here is what that means for AI hardware and your energy bill.
OpenAI's First Hardware Device Is a Hockey-Puck-Sized AI Speaker Costing Over $300
A new report describes a doughnut-shaped, battery-powered gadget designed by Jony Ive that moves and lights up when it responds to you.
This Four-Legged Robot Inspects Factories Using AI, No Cloud Connection Needed
Avnet and Weston Robot have built a dog-like inspection robot that thinks for itself on-site, spots problems in real time, and works even when the internet is not available.
AMD's AI chip sales just doubled in a year. Its gaming business? Not so much.
AMD made $6.7 billion from data centre chips in a single quarter, driven almost entirely by AI demand. Gaming revenue fell 31 percent.
The AI Data Center That Fits in a Box: Inside Runware's Sonic Inference Pod
A startup wants to replace giant, water-hungry data centers with small, portable computing units that can be shipped anywhere there is a power socket. Here is what it is building, and whether it holds up.
OpenAI Fires Back at Apple's Trade-Secrets Lawsuit With Emails and Text Messages
Apple says two former employees stole confidential information on their way out. OpenAI says the allegations are false, and it published the messages to prove it.
Friend 2.0 Gets a Voice and a $249 Price Tag. But What Does It Actually Do?
The AI necklace designed to fight loneliness just added a built-in speaker and doubled its price. Its creator says it might be a confidant, a friend, or maybe a god. He is less certain about everything else.
Friend Is Back at Nearly Double the Price, Now With a Speaker
The AI companion pendant that papered New York City's subway with ads has relaunched as 'Friend 2.0', same concept, new voice feature, and a price tag that jumped from $129 to $249.
Idle GPUs Are the New Grounded Aircraft: Why AI's Next Problem Is Waste, Not Power
The AI industry spent years racing to build smarter models and buy more chips. A quieter problem is now taking shape: the expensive hardware sitting in data centres is often doing very little, and nobody has been asked to fix that.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Lineup: Amazon, Replit, Tether and More Will Take the Stage in October
The three-day San Francisco conference runs October 13 to 15 and brings together some of the biggest names in AI, crypto and hardware. Tickets are up to $300 cheaper if you move before the pricing window closes.
OpenAI Is Building a 'Family of Devices', Here Is What Greg Brockman Actually Said
The OpenAI president confirmed hardware is coming but gave no release date, no product names and no confirmation of the rumoured smart speaker. He did hint at voice becoming the main way people use computers.
A Ring on Your Finger Might Be the Best Microphone You Never Knew You Needed
A New York startup called Sandbar is betting that a small smart ring is the fastest, least awkward way to talk to your phone, your laptop, and your AI assistant, all at once.
Samsung's Chip Engineers Are Quietly Applying to the Rival Paying Them $340,000 More
SK Hynix's record AI-chip bonuses have set off a talent exodus at Samsung. The fallout could reshape who wins the race to build the memory chips inside every major AI system.
Shining Light onto a Chip Could Give Robots a Faster AI Brain Update
Cornell Tech researchers have built a receiver that rewrites a chip's memory using flashes of light instead of electrical wires, and it could one day let warehouse robots refresh their AI models on the fly.