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TSMC reported a forty-five percent year-over-year jump in sales for July, driven almost entirely by AI chip demand. The numbers are striking, but investors barely moved on the news, suggesting the market may already be pricing in AI infrastructure growth as a baseline expectation rather than a surprise.
On the security front, researchers have published details on what they're calling Plug and Pwn, a physical zero-click exploit chain. The concept is straightforward and unsettling: connect a device, get compromised, no user interaction required. It's a reminder that the most dangerous attacks often require the least sophistication from an attacker.
And in education, the University of Michigan announced it will shift first-semester students to pass-fail grading beginning in two thousand twenty six. The move is designed to ease the transition to college and reduce early academic anxiety. Whether it softens genuine feedback or simply delays it is a question worth watching as other institutions consider similar shifts.
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