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US perovskite specialist Caelux has partnered with silicon panel maker Heliene to launch a commercial‑scale hybrid‑tandem solar module built in Minnesota. The new Hybrid‑Tandem™ panel combines Caelux’s perovskite‑doped glass with Heliene’s N‑type silicon cells, delivering up to 27% conversion efficiency and a 20% boost over Heliene’s standard modules. Production began on November 10, and the first shipments are slated for 2027. The design uses roll‑to‑roll compatible glass, allowing integration into existing lines without new factories. Both companies [...]

CoreWeave, a specialist AI‑focused cloud provider, is leveraging the global GPU shortage to boost revenues and profits despite carrying roughly $48 billion of debt. In Q3 2026 the company raised prices on all GPU SKUs by about 25 % and added a further 10 % later in the quarter, while rental rates for vintage A100 units climbed 30 % and for newer H100/H200 units jumped 50 % sequentially. Pre‑paid capacity contracts worth billions are being used to fund datacenter expansion, allowing CoreWeave to [...]

Black Forest Games, the studio behind the recent remakes of the first two Destroy All Humans titles, has completed a management buyout to become independent from THQ Nordic and parent Embracer Group. Immediately after the split, the studio co‑founded Third Signal, a collective intended to pool resources and support other independent developers while preserving creative autonomy. The move follows Embracer’s 2024 restructuring, which saw the sale of several major studios including Gearbox and Borderlands. Black Forest retains [...]

The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on Nov. 10 to consider nominations for NASA’s chief financial officer and inspector general, naming accountant Joshua Shoemaker and longtime inspector‑general staffer Robert Steinau for the posts. Both nominees received few questions as senators focused on an FCC nomination. Shoemaker, with two decades in private and state finance and a recent senior advisory role at NASA, pledged to enhance financial accountability, transparency to Congress, and modernize NASA’s financial systems. Steinau, who has served [...]

Microsoft and Novo Nordisk’s joint team rebuilt a clinical‑trial data analysis agent, moving it from Azure Container Apps to a hosted agent model in Microsoft Foundry. The new architecture isolates each user session in a VM‑sandbox, provides on‑demand compute, and leverages Foundry’s built‑in scaling, tracing, evaluation and governance tools. By offloading container scaling, session lifecycle and networking to the platform, the team reduced operational overhead while preserving security controls such as access policies and private telemetry. The agent [...]

Technic will exhibit at SEMICON Europa 2026 in Munich from November 10‑13, showcasing its Elevate copper‑plating chemistries aimed at advanced packaging. The company’s new Elevate® Cu 3000 and Elevate® Cu 1500 are marketed for 2.5D and 3D integration, delivering flexible feature profiles, high coplanarity, robust via‑fill and surface leveling for high‑density interconnects used in AI and other next‑generation chips. In addition to copper solutions, Technic will present its portfolio of photoresist strippers, metal etchants and cleaning agents that emphasize precise material removal while preserving [...]

Lenovo’s Legion Tab Gen 5, an 8.8‑inch Android tablet aimed at mobile gamers, arrives with a boxy matte‑black design reminiscent of Nvidia’s older Shield Tablet. It sports a 16:10 LCD panel capable of 600 nits (800 nits in high‑brightness mode) and a refresh‑rate switch that occasionally locks at 60 Hz, a bug the reviewer had to reset manually. Weighing 360 grams, the device feels top‑heavy and includes a protruding camera bump that hampers flat‑surface use. The tablet lacks a built‑in stylus and [...]

Microsoft has launched a new browser extension for Chrome and Edge that lets users toggle Bing’s AI‑generated overviews and chat functions on or off. The add‑on places a switch in the browser toolbar, enabling a permanent “AI‑off” mode for all Bing searches, while also offering a manual “‑ai” operator for single queries. Microsoft’s blog notes the move responds to research indicating users want control over AI involvement in each session. The extension automatically sets Bing as the [...]