Samsung Electronics has cautioned that the ongoing semiconductor memory shortage will intensify dramatically in 2027 and extend until at least 2028. Editorial credit: Shreyas Hirlekar / Shutterstock Speaking during the company’s Q2 earnings conference, Jaejune Kim, Executive Vice President of Samsung’s memory business, revealed that surging demand from artificial intelligence infrastructure is vastly outstripping the semiconductor industry's physical manufacturing capacity. U

In a landmark regulatory breakthrough for autonomous transportation, Amazon-owned robotaxi developer Zoox has secured formal U.S. government approval to begin charging passengers for rides in its purpose-built vehicle, a custom electric pod manufactured entirely without a steering wheel, brake pedals, or rearview mirrors. The decision by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) marks the first commercial exemption granted by federal regulators for an autonom