Beyond product cycles: the systems, research and decisions that change how the world works.
A drone attack shut Yandex's Vladimir data center after earlier strikes disrupted sites in Sasovo and Kaluga. The sequence has pushed parts of Yandex Cloud into emergency operation and turned physical resilience into an immediate AI-infrastructure question.
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The lawsuit alleges that Atraverse’s radiofrequency guidewire infringes a newly issued Boston Scientific patent covering electrically assisted tissue puncture. No infringement or validity ruling has been made.
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New central guidelines call for stronger AI research, computing and industrial deployment while warning officials against blind investment, duplicated expansion and unmanaged safety risks.
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Fourteen publishing entities behind USA Today and 18 regional newspapers allege that OpenAI copied hundreds of thousands of articles for AI training and produced outputs that can substitute for their reporting. The claims have not been decided.
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A peer-reviewed design raises numerical aperture to at least 0.75 while retaining the current EUV light source. ASML has started development, but has not committed to building a commercial machine.
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A Dutch court found that Merck's subcutaneous Keytruda infringes Halozyme's EP622 drug-delivery patent. The order does not cover intravenous Keytruda, and Merck says the patent is invalid and it is evaluating its next steps.
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Upscale has introduced a stack combining its own switch silicon, Nvidia Spectrum-X systems and orchestration software. General availability is planned for early 2027, and the performance claims still need independent validation.
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The agreement ends identified pending litigation and licenses Netlist's worldwide portfolio, including server-DIMM and high-bandwidth-memory patents. The $600 million will be paid quarterly, not as a lump sum.
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The multi-year agreement covers 5G, computing, AI and networking portfolios and includes Qualcomm’s purchase of selected Huawei U.S. patents. Financial terms, portfolio lists and royalty mechanics remain undisclosed.
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