David Manners

The Zenvo Aurora Agil’s beating heart is a bespoke-designed 6.6-liter V12 engine that prioritizes driver engagement, without compromising usability or emissions. With four turbos, it produces up to 1,250 bhp on its own, and up to 1,850 bhp when integrated with the electric hybrid system, making it the most powerful V12 engine ever fitted to a production road car.

50%  of the countries that allow same-sex marriage are in Western Europe. Cuba and Mexico legalised same-sex marriage in 2022, Chile in 2021, Ecuador in 2019 and Costa Rica in 2018 (in effect since 2020). It has been legal in Colombia since 2016, in Brazil since 2013 and Argentina since 2010. South Africa is the only place on the African ...

Four million Raspberry Pis were shipped in H2 2025, and a total of 7.6 million for FY 2025, up 9% over FY 2024. Revenue was $323 million – up 25% YoY. EBITDA was $46.4 million, up 25% over FY 2024, supported by strengthening demand and favourable unit economics through H2. The gross profit per unit was $8.7 at a margin ...

Molex has completed the acquisition of Smiths Interconnect, a subsidiary of UK-based Smiths Group. Smiths Interconnect brings a diverse portfolio of complementary products and advantaged capabilities in ruggedized custom connectors, contacts, RF components and optical transceivers for harsh environments. Smiths Interconnect also brings leading semiconductor test capabilities that complement Molex’s data communications and data center solutions to support growth in ...

Nvidia is to invest $2 billion in Marvell to ensure that Marvell’s customers for datacentre ASICs have a route to compatibility with Nvidia’s computing platform. With the hyperscalers developing their own ASIC custom silicon for datacentres, as an alternative to buying Nvidia GPUs, Nvidia aims to ensure that Marvell’s custom chips can remain compatible with Nvidia’s datacentre hardware. Marvell is currently ...

Semiconductor industry capex was $166 billion in 2025, up 7% YoY, says Semiconductor Intelligence (SI). SI estimates 2026 capex will be $200 billion, up 20% from 2025. TSMC was the largest spender in 2025 with $40.9 billion in capex, 25% of the total. TSMC projects 2026 capex will be between $52 billion and $56 billion, an increase of 27% to ...

IollNIST (The US National Institute of Science and Technology) scientists have developed a new process for packaging photonic integrated circuits so they can survive and operate in some of the most extreme environments imaginable. The advance could allow photonic chip-based technologies to operate in deep-space probes, inside nuclear reactors, in ultrahigh vacuum systems, and at temperatures both near absolute zero ...

Notebook shipments are set to fall 14.8% YoY, says TrendForce. Further price hikes are expected in the coming quarters. A tight memory supply continues to push up system costs, while price adjustments to CPUs and fluctuations in supply availability are further deteriorating cost structures with  brands increasingly compelled to raise retail prices to maintain profitability. Market polarisation among notebook brands ...

Farnell has signed a worldwide distribution agreement with Same Sky, a manufacturer specialising in  interconnect, audio, thermal management, motion and control, relay, sensor, and switch solutions.  This partnership expands the global availability of Same Sky’s portfolio, ensuring  immediate customerbaccess to high-performance component technologies. By integrating Same Sky’s technical depth into Farnell’s global infrastructure, the collaboration supports high-stakes design challenges in ...

  Thanks to CRN for this one – the ten companies with the biggest capacity in AI datacentres measured in megawatts of AI‑capable power:5 Microsoft Azure – estimates above 15,000 MW of AI‑capable capacity across more than 60 regions. AWS – estimates put AI‑oriented capacity above 12,000 MW Google  – around 8,500+ MW).[accessfloorstore Meta  – building multi‑hundred‑MW to gigawatt‑scale AI ...