Technology News for Tuesday 4th August 2026

1. Illinois Tech layoffs raise concerns among students ahead of fall semester - ABC7 Chicago

Layoffs at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago are raising concerns among students ahead of the fall semester.

2. Seeds | Active Technology Completes 330 Million Yuan Financing - Gasgoo

Established in February 2026, Active Technology is a platform company focused on the R&D and industrialization of invasive brain-computer interface ...

3. When technology changes faster than acquisition cycles, government has a problem

Eric White Yeah, part of the issue with any new technology policy is finding that balance between encouraging innovation and also managing the risk.

4. China tests quantum technology for faster power grid fault detection

China is taking quantum technology beyond the lab, using sensors and computing to monitor its power grid and spot faults.

5. Microchip Technology, in Collaboration With Micron Technology, Demonstrates High ...

Switchtec™ PCIe Switches and Micron® 9650 NVMe® solid state drives (SSDs) leverage next generation interface technology to deliver…...

6. Reframing leadership as a design problem | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

... Technology, and Society. Credits: Photo courtesy of the subject. Previous image. Next image. When Nicholas de Monchaux became head of the Department ...

7. Cambridge to reinstall gun detection technology for 90 days - Boston News, Weather, Sports - WHDH

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (WHDH) - The Cambridge City Council voted Monday to bring back the use of gun detection technology for 90 days while the cityRead ...

8. Technology helps officers track down stolen vehicle suspect after dangerous flight - KTVN

A driver fled police in a stolen car before technology helped officers track the suspect down.

9. Tech giant Palantir posts 'otherworldly' growth despite criticism over Gaza - Al Jazeera

Second-quarter revenue jumped 93 percent but Palantir's ties to Israel and role in military technology are controversial.

10. Technology's Power in the Hands of the People | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Technology is inseparable from our workplaces, schools, healthcare, the justice system, and our democratic process. If you think tech should benefit ...

11. Fenwick Named Technology Law Firm of the Year by Global M&A Network

Fenwick was again named Americas Technology Law Firm of the Year at Global M&A Network's M&A Atlas Awards program for the Americas region.

12. Accenture acquires IBM's stake in technology JV with UniCredit - Finextra Research

Accenture is to acquire IBM's majority stake in a joint venture that currently manages a significant portion of UniCredit's technology ...

13. New Generation Of Intelligent Drones Defined By Technology Convergence - Forbes

The most revolutionary technology driving the drone industry today is artificial intelligence. Drones can identify people, cars, terrain, and ...

14. Address to the Australian Defence Science, Technology and Research Summit

Artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, autonomous systems, cyber and space capabilities, and space technology. These are the tools with ...

15. Former Mossad Chief David Barnea Joins Defense Technology Firm in Senior Role

Barnea's appointment comes as Ondas Inc. seeks to build a significant defense technology group through acquisitions of companies in the sector.

16. Illinois Institute of Technology lays off 160 faculty and staff members | Higher Ed Dive

A low modernist glass-fronted building with stairs leading up. S. R. Crown Hall on the Illinois Institute of Technology's campus, in Chicago, Ill. The ...

17. New 3D Flash Memory Technology from Kioxia and Sandisk Achieves Industry's Highest Bit ...

Chief Technology Officer at Kioxia, Hideshi Miyajima, said, “As AI continues to underpin the advancement of society, its applications are expanding ...

18. Photonic Fabric™ Technology: How Optical Connectivity Enables the Next Generation of AI ...

Marvell Photonic Fabric technology uses optical connectivity to create a shared memory tier for AI inference, boosting GPU utilization and scale.

19. Second annual McKnight's State of Technology Survey opens

Technology quickly is redefining aging services, in senior living community and nursing home settings as well as in powerful-on-the-go tools for ...

20. Dominion Lending Centres Acquires Filogix, a Leading Canadian Mortgage Technology ...

Acquiring one of Canada's leading mortgage connectivity platforms, further strengthening DLC Group's technology and data capabilities across the ...

21. Opinion | I Helped Run Lululemon. The A.I. Revolution Is a Hot Mess. - The New York Times

The A.I. revolution is stalling because companies don't want to admit that integrating the technology is expensive and slow and requires human ...

22. Samsung Electronics launches next-generation AI memory technology | Reuters

Samsung Electronics introduced a new generation of ?artificial intelligence memory technology on Tuesday, seeking to reinforce its chipmaking lead ...

23. Ghana bets on AI and coding in bid to modernise national curriculum - RFI

... Technology Laboratory at Methodist Basic School, Berekum. © Michael ... technology, engineering and mathematics education. The revised ...

24. Technology and safeguarding in Sport: Innovation with responsibility | sportanddev

Technology is transforming sport, but is it making athletes safer? Kenya's digital journey offers timely lessons for the future of safeguarding.

25. Google Earth's potential disinformation nightmare | Technology | The Guardian

This was originally published in TechScape, a newsletter about how technology shapes our lives. Sign up to receive it here. Johana Bhuiyan, Dara ...

26. Trump administration reportedly drafting ban on Chinese datacenter components

... technology in China. Four people familiar with the matter told Reuters that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which oversees the US ...

27. How Patience Re-Prices Marvell Technology Stock | Trefis

... still on their way. If you've glanced at Marvell Technology (MRVL) stock, you might have stopped at the price tag.

28. Unearthing History with Technology at Hondo Public Library

... technology is helping uncover the past. The program became a perfect example of what is possible when libraries combine community partnerships ...

29. File-naming blunders doomed MAPS protest, not ambiguities - Washington Technology

“There is nothing inherently wrong with the proper and competent use of AI tools in the legal arena, this evolving technology has many glitches-- ...

30. A look at the next generation of TV technology - YouTube

If you're in the market for a new TV, when you shop, you likely notice the technology keeps getting better, sharper, and more lifelike.