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Sygaldry, which wants to design AI data center servers that integrate quantum hardware and classical chips, raised a $34M seed and a $105M Series A (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/04/14/exclusive-chad-rig…

Exclusive: Chad Rigetti’s Sygaldry raises $139 million to bring quantum hardware to AI data centers
Sygaldry is the company Chad Rigetti cofounded in 2024 after leaving Rigetti Computing.

Trump and his advisers have declared war on a crucial tool of war-fighting -- diplomacy.
In the first year of his second term, Trump has seriously damaged U.S. diplomatic capacity and sidelined what diplomatic tools remain.
That will make it harder for the United States to manage every conflict it now faces,
including the Iran War.
It will also make it immeasurably more difficult to pick up the pieces when the fighting stops.
Trump planned to gut U.S. diploma…

Trump and Rubio dismantled U.S. diplomacy. It’s making the Iran War harder.
Since the start of 2026, President Donald Trump has taken the wheel of American military power and pressed hard on […]

Bitkom-Bildungskonferenz: Auf Ruinen lässt es sich leichter bauen
Die Bitkom-Bildungskonferenz stieg direkt mit harter Kritik ein und nannte zugleich Lösungen. Die Rechnung wird allerdings nie ohne die vielen Wirte gemacht.

Trump Is Having to Work Harder Than Ever to Keep GOP in Line (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-is-having-to-work-harder-than-ever-to-keep-gop-in-line-efb653c6
http://www.memeorandum.com/260213/p125#a260213p125

On Being a Hardware Developer (2021) - What does it mean to be a hardware developer? #podcast #hardware - https://www.

On Being a Hardware Developer (2021)
What does it mean to be a hardware developer? #podcast #hardware

Apple-Hardwarechef zu CEO-Spekulationen: „Liebe den Job, den ich habe“
Im Rahmen der Vorstellung des MacBook Neo gab Apples oberster Hardware-Verantwortlicher auch ein Interview. Zu einer zentralen Frage blieb er wortkarg.

Sources: Microsoft ended production of its Surface Hub 3 collaborative touch displays and scrapped plans for a Hub 4; Hub 3 debuted in 2023 in 50" and 85" sizes (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)
https://www.windowscen…

Surface Hub is dead: Microsoft pulls the plug on its 50-inch and 85-inch collaborative touch displays
Microsoft has ended production on the Surface Hub 3, with no plans to make more in the future, putting an end to its collaborative displays line.

Microsoft raises prices for Surface PCs, with Laptop 7 and Pro 11 now $500 more expensive than at their 2024 launch, citing higher memory and component costs (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)
https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/s…

Microsoft reveals major price increases for all Surface PCs as RAM crisis continues: Flagships now $500 more expensive than at launch
Microsoft is raising prices on all its current Surface PC offerings, with the midrange devices now starting at above $1,000, and flagships starting at $1,500.

OpenAI says it issued a request for proposals to US-based hardware manufacturers as it seeks to push into consumer devices, robotics, and cloud data centers (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-15/o…