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Top corporate contributor to the Linux kernel by commit volume
Linux kernel 7.0 is the first major version number change since 6.0 arrived in October 2022, and the software that quietly runs the majority of the world's servers, all 500 of the fastest supercomputers, and roughly 70% of the world's smartphones is getting two significant upgrades at once: the Rust programming language is now a permanent part of the kernel after a three-year experiment, and early support for Intel's Nova Lake and AMD's Zen 6 processors is being baked in before either chip has shipped.
Updated Mar 9
Matching $1,000 for U.S. employees' children
The United States has never offered universal investment accounts to children. Starting July 4, 2026, every American born between 2025 and 2028 will receive $1,000 from the Treasury Department deposited into a stock market index fund—accessible at age 18 for education, homebuying, or starting a business. Over 1 million families enrolled in the program's first week.
Updated Jan 31
Released Loihi 3 neuromorphic chip for commercial deployment (January 2026)
Scientists at Germany's Jülich Research Centre demonstrated in mid-January 2026 that Europe's most powerful supercomputer can simulate 20 billion spiking neurons—matching the scale of the human cerebral cortex. The team plans to combine this capability with anatomical brain data to run full-cortex simulations, a technical milestone that has eluded researchers since the field's founding in the 1980s.
Testing ACM tools for its 14A node at CHIPS-subsidized U.S. fabs while facing political backlash
Intel is racing to regain its chipmaking crown with a 14A process backed by billions in U.S. subsidies. In mid-December 2025, Reuters revealed the company had been test‑driving critical tools from ACM Research, a China‑rooted equipment maker whose Shanghai and Korean units sit on a U.S. export blacklist. The disclosure pulled a quiet engineering decision into the center of the U.S.–China tech war and deepened scrutiny of CEO Lip‑Bu Tan, whose venture firm invested in ACM years before he joined Intel.
Updated Jan 10
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