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EON wants to move the data superhighway from ocean fiber to space lasers (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Tim Fernholz | tags: eon, undersea fiber, space lasers

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Galaxy S27 Ultra may get a slimmer camera thanks to this hidden upgrade (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: galaxy s27 ultra, samsung, inkjet lens process

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New Spinning Drone Hides In Plain Sight (slashdot.org)

2026-08-02 | by Posted | tags: northwestern university, motion blur, artificial intelligence

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Streaming QR codes at 60 FPS achieves nearly 190 KB/s data rate in phone-to-phone tests — browser-based method requires no app, no networking, no pairing, and no permissions beyond camera access (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-31 | by Mark Tyson | tags: qr codes, browser-based transfer, decimen optical transfer

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Sony pushes forward with ditching discs, despite backlash (theverge.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jess Weatherbed | tags: playstation, sony, digitalization

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DJI Osmo Pocket 4P review: The best gimbal camera money can't buy (engadget.com)

2026-07-30 | by James Trew | tags: dji, osmo pocket, insta360

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Razer’s new keyboards drop the price on powerful gaming features (theverge.com)

2026-07-30 | by Antonio G. Di Benedetto | tags: razer, huntsman v3, hall effect switches

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Corning tumbles 12% after earnings, leading rout in optical stocks (cnbc.com)

2026-07-28 | by Cj Haddad | tags: corning, optical stocks, artificial intelligence

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Corning tumbles 16% after earnings, leading rout in optical stocks (cnbc.com)

2026-07-28 | by Cj Haddad | tags: corning, fiber-optic, china

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Razer’s analog Huntsman V3 Pro is over 20 percent off (theverge.com)

2026-07-27 | by Brad Bourque | tags: razer, huntsman v3 pro, optical switches

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Inside optical and the battle for scale – how the AI industry is racing to integrate photonic interconnects (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-23 | by Chris Stokel-Walker | tags: photonic interconnects, lightmatter, hyperscalers

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New programmable photonic chip can control how fast light moves (sciencedaily.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: programmable photonic chip, seoul national university, optical computing

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China's Zhongji Innolight sees shares surge after Hong Kong listing approval (cnbc.com)

2026-07-20 | by Justina Lee | tags: zhongji innolight, hong kong listing, optical transceivers

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Researchers create programmable material that can steer heat and remember its state without power — breakthrough could eventually aid AI chip cooling and silicon photonics (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-14 | by Etiido Uko | tags: field, heat, infrared

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Boutique DIY Hi-Fi solution lets you repurpose your old IDE optical drives as a standalone audio player — $190 CD-ROM Player 01 features a laser-cut enclosure and a custom PCB (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-14 | by Mark Tyson | tags: cd rom, drives, optical

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Elon Musk receives FTC greenlight to buy Mesh Optical as interconnects emerge as AI's tightest bottleneck — the move will expand Musk's growing stack of critical AI infrastructure (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-09 | by Etiido Uko | tags: hardware, industry, mesh

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Steam Controller Auto-Charge – pilot to magnetic charging puck using CV (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-03 | tags: battery, controller, optical

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Sony already invested $34 million to repurpose its EU PlayStation disc factory (engadget.com)

2026-07-03 | by Mariella Moon | tags: playstation, sony, optical microlenses

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Can you actually do a nine-to-five PhD? <i>Nature</i> readers weigh in (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-02 | by Woodrow | tags: quantum computing, optical approaches, particle physics

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PlayStation Kills Off Future Physical Games (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-01 | get PlayStation 5 Digital Edition → | tags: playstation, playstation 6, optical drive

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Backreaction of stimulated Hawking radiation in an optical analogue (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-01 | by Procopio | get Optical Analog Hawking Radiation Kit → | tags: hawking radiation, optical analogue, black hole

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A hollow-core fiber cable just carried 51.3 Tb/s across 200 km (techspot.com)

2026-06-29 | get High-Speed Optical Fiber Cable → | tags: hollow-core fiber, china telecom, dekoli

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China’s hollow-core fiber trial pushes 51.3 Tb/s over 128 miles without signal regeneration — milestone targets AI-era networking bottlenecks (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-29 | by Etiido Uko | get Fiber Optic Network Tester → | tags: hollow-core fiber, china telecom, optical amplifiers

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FTC gives Musk the OK to acquire SpaceX alumni startup Mesh (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-27 | by Marina Temkin | get Mesh Wi-Fi Router → | tags: spacex, mesh optical, starlink

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As much as the Galaxy S26 Ultra annoys me, one camera feature keeps me coming back (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-23 | get Samsung Galaxy Camera Lens Protector → | tags: samsung galaxy s26 ultra, optical zoom, android authority

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Light-controlled microgripper punches above its weight (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-17 | by Siegle | get Light-controlled microgripper kit → | tags: optical tweezers, microgripper, nature

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Reimagining machine vision with optical computing (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-17 | get Optical Computing Kit → | tags: machine vision, optical computing, nature.com

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Optical fibre gripper for high-performance 3D micromanipulation (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-17 | by Pan | get Precision Optical Fiber Gripper → | tags: optical fibres, 3d micromanipulation, two-photon polymerization

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Marvell details vision of optically-interconnected data centers spanning across thousands of kilometers — new interconnects sampling later this year would allow CSPs to pool resources based on workload (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-15 | by Anton Shilov | get Optical Fiber Network Kit → | tags: marvell, optical interconnect, hyperscalers

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Hardcore SpongeBob speedrunners smudged Xbox optical disks with sweat and grease to exploit 'lag clip' trick — filthy smeared disks cut gameplay times in ultimate pursuit of speed (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-14 | by Mark Tyson | get Xbox Cleaning Kit → | tags: spongebob squarepants, xbox, lag clip