AI Hardware & Tech

AI Hardware & Tech · Oct 16, 2026

A week with RTX Spark: everything we’ve learned using Nvidia’s new laptops

Nvidia's RTX Spark N1X processor is finally here, and we've been collectively testing a small fortune's worth of powerful laptops sporting this new "superchip." RTX Spark is designed to be a high-performing Arm-based SoC for laptops and small desktop computers, rivaling the best from Apple, Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm. It has loads of cores, Nvidia […]

AI Hardware & Tech · Oct 16, 2026

Veritas expands its anti-counterfeit chip to jewelry, trophies, and fragrance bottles

Counterfeiters are getting better at replicating brands' marks and passing off dupes, known as "superfakes," as genuine items. A startup called Veritas wants to tackle the problem with its own chip that verifies goods.

AI Hardware & Tech · Oct 15, 2026

Using AI to reverse engineer hardware

AI Hardware & Tech · Oct 14, 2026

Banks are now trying to offload the AI data center debt they just underwrote