Top Stories of the Week: Jan. 26-Jan. 30, 2026
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More of This Week's Articles
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Editor's Choice: From the Electronic Design Archives
These articles were chosen by the editors at Electronic Design that complement the new articles above. They are included in our regular newsletters.
Editor's Picks from Other Websites
We hope you enjoy the articles on Electronic Design, but there's a lot going on and we can't cover everything. In this section, Electronic Design editors highlight articles they found this week that you might be interested in as well.
Andy's Picks From Around the Web
One of the most entertaining R&D videos you'll ever watch that goes from concept to working prototype, albeit still requires refinement. Garage genius MacGyvers a 2kW fiber laser welder stinger to a 3d printer head using scrap/salvaged components. And sucessfully prints metal objects with it...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dG639pDfDKw
An ex-Samsung designer's company, Furiosa, is producing a lower power AI chip architecture for inferencing:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2Exyzeg5xGQ
A dystopian future where 3d printers are banned is portrayed in a well-done short film embedded in this informative video about the ban legislation presently in play (one that engineers, trades, and artists can stop while it's in committee) in Washington and New York states, that forces pattern recognition and security holes into the 3d printing and CNC process.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cFWO8xXlGcw
"OpenAI is broke....and so is everyone else." Vanessa exposes Sam Altman's former anti-ad stance with ChatGPT not having had success in subscriber revenue and now having to resort to ads.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3N9qlPZBc0
AI is not making the money that companies thought it would be for them:
https://www.techspot.com/news/111028-another-report-shows-most-companies-arent-making-more.html
A third party battery repair/replacement shop alleges that Tesla has cells that are leaking electrolyte due to overheating during welding in the factory. They also are finding corrosion in some packs after cracking them open.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W5n7Fhl4C_0
"Windows 11 is WAY Better Without AI" - how to strip out the AI from the OS:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PiC_XpVtzLY
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