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Lexington, Kentucky police surrounded the home of Will Penn and Robin Pen at 4 a.m. with guns drawn after automatic license plate reader data from Flock Safety flagged Penn's truck as resembling a vehicle described in a felony assault case. Officers confirmed the couple had no connection to the crime, but the raid occurred while Penn's 94-year-old grandmother was in the house.
An Entrepreneur contributor describes building a real estate technology company by ignoring common startup advice, including warnings that the market was too crowded. The team instead targeted the top 1% of agents, bootstrapped to $1 million in revenue before accepting outside investment, and later raised a Series A despite investor skepticism.
An Entrepreneur opinion piece argues that widely used hiring criteria — resume formatting conventions, degree requirements, years-of-experience minimums and expectations of steady career progression — were rarely validated and instead became standard through repetition. It cites a 2026 audit of 14 AI resume-screening models showing that a 2023-built model still favored 'white-sounding' names in callbacks, while models built from 2024 onward showed no such gap.
Toshiba has spent roughly ¥60 billion ($380 million) expanding its hard drive assembly facility in the Philippines, aiming to double nearline HDD production capacity by fiscal 2027 versus fiscal 2025. New manufacturing lines at the Laguna Technopark site are already installed and shipping, positioning Toshiba to launch 30TB-class drives in 2027, 65TB-class drives by 2030, and eventually 100TB-class drives using MAMR technology with up to 11 platters.
A new satellite constellation called FireSat has been deployed specifically to detect the earliest signs of wildfires from space. It is described as the first constellation built solely for this purpose, aiming to identify fires before they spread widely.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation requiring 3D printer makers to build in firearm-blocking technology once ASTM International finalizes an industry standard for such detection. The law only applies to printers sold after a standard exists, leaving current devices unaffected, and California becomes the second state after New York to pass such a rule, with Colorado and Washington considering similar bills. The California DOJ must check quarterly for a published standard from mid-2027 through mid-2029, after which it is no longer obligated to keep checking.
Aaeon has released the Up Xtreme PTL Edge Air, an industrial mini PC powered by up to an Intel Core Ultra X7 358H processor and cooled by Frore's solid-state AirJet technology instead of a fan. The company says the system runs under 21 dBA and is 35% thinner and 43% lighter than a heatsink-and-fan version, while supporting up to 128GB DDR5 RAM, two M.2 SSDs, and four simultaneous displays.
Synopsys this week unveiled AgentEngineer, a suite of AI agents capable of verifying, implementing and planning chip designs, saying over 50 customers are already testing it ahead of general availability by year-end. Rivals are moving similarly: Cognichip's ACI platform generates specifications and RTL automatically, Empyrean Technology says an AI agent cut a circuit layout task from four weeks to one, and OpenAI says its models helped Broadcom design the Jalapeño inference chip in nine months.
OKI Circuit Technology announced it has developed 124-layer printed circuit board technology for wafer inspection equipment used with next-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM) found in AI semiconductors, a roughly 15% increase over its previous 108-layer design. The company says it achieved this within the existing 7.6mm thickness limit by creating ultra-thin materials, handling tools, and a proprietary automated transport system. OTC aims to establish mass production of the technology by October 2025 at its Joetsu Plant in Niigata Prefecture.
Neurable, which previously co-developed brain-sensing headphones with Master & Dynamic, has launched its first self-made model, the Neurable One. The headphones track focus, Alpha Peak Frequency, brain age and mental processing speed using built-in EEG sensors, and include 40mm beryllium drivers, ANC, and ambient passthrough. Battery life is rated at 22 hours normally, dropping to 12 hours with EEG tracking active.
Micron Technology reported fiscal fourth-quarter results that exceeded Wall Street expectations on both revenue and earnings, driven by an 11-fold jump in data center revenue. The chipmaker also issued stronger-than-expected guidance for the current quarter, though shares dipped slightly in premarket trading despite the beat.
Micron beat Wall Street expectations with adjusted earnings of $33.42 per share and revenue of $54.23 billion, nearly quadruple the figure from a year earlier. The chipmaker guided for roughly $61.5 billion in revenue and $38.15 in adjusted earnings per share next quarter, topping analyst estimates. DRAM revenue, its largest segment, rose 343% year-over-year to $39.8 billion.