A Northern Territory government minister proposed pumping groundwater to stabilize Earth’s spin as part of a plan to attract data centers. A paleomagnetist explains why the idea is scientifically unsound.
In the Linux 7.3 kernel cycle, next-generation Intel Nova Lake S processors' integrated graphics will be treated as stable. Previously requiring the force_probe parameter, it will now be enabled by default.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma outlined four priorities in an internal memo. Following thousands of layoffs and the separation of four studios, the goal is to restore growth by the end of FY2027.
App UI images of Samsung's spherical AI robot "Ballie," announced at CES 2020 and repeatedly delayed, have leaked. Samsung has not officially canceled the project, leaving its future unclear.
Govee's rechargeable smart lamp "Table Lamp Classic" is now $59.99 on Amazon ($21 off). Just $4 above Prime Day's all-time low, it's the second-best price ever, featuring Matter support and up to 30 hours of battery life.
High-Bandwidth Flash (HBF) developed by Sandisk and SK Hynix stacks 16 layers of NAND flash, achieving 512GB capacity and 1.6TB/s bandwidth. While expected as an alternative to HBM, it still faces fundamental challenges in write endurance and latency.
Federal judge rules Trump admin's supply chain risk designation for Anthropic unjustified. DOD's "kill switch" claim unsubstantiated, questions government procurement ban.
Friend's new AI pendant: price doubles to $249, adds $10/month subscription. Built-in speaker enables voice responses, but the unsettling core design remains unchanged.
Hugging Face has open-sourced "speech-to-speech," a low-latency, fully modular voice agent pipeline. It uses a four-stage VAD, STT, LLM, and TTS architecture, offers an OpenAI Realtime-compatible API, and can run entirely locally.
A report by the IEA reveals a sharp rise in global EV sales during Q2 2026, with 50 countries reaching record highs. Oil price surges caused by U.S.-Iran tensions and challenges linked to China's supply dominance and inventory surplus are highlighted.
A patch has been submitted to add HuC media acceleration to the Xe kernel driver for Intel Arc A-Series (Alchemist), expanding GPU encoding/decoding capabilities beyond the i915 driver.
The competition for AI computing power has entered a credit expansion phase. Major tech firms like Meta and Microsoft are leveraging corporate bonds and project financing to fund data center investments that surpass their operating cash flows.
The entire 80TB map of Minecraft's oldest anarchy server, 2b2t, has been compressed to 15TB using a custom format called zvcr. 28 bots mapped 1 million blocks over 22 months.
Employees at major Chinese IT firms are resorting to altering their official age to avoid layoffs at 35, shedding light on severe ageism in the tech industry.
Moonshot AI has released a 256k-context version of its code generation model "Kimi K3." It consumes about half the quota of the 1M version and supports image input, improving cost efficiency for mid-tier developers. However, video input is not supported, and caution is needed when switching models.
U.S. energy giant NextEra and infrastructure investment firm Brookfield plan to build an enormous campus combining data centers and power plants on a former nuclear fuel facility site in Kentucky, investing over $100 billion. The campus will feature a 2GW gas-fired power plant and 2.6GW battery storage to meet AI-driven demand.
AI-driven code generation is removing "cognitive strain" from programmers' learning processes. A personal reflection on human capabilities in the AI era.
The digital signature scheme "HAWK," under NIST's PQC standardization process, was withdrawn after Anthropic's AI model Mythos discovered a critical vulnerability.
During its Q2 earnings call, Meta CEO Zuckerberg detailed plans for enterprise AI, including AI agents, APIs, compute sales, and external tools. The move aims to reduce reliance on advertising.
On July 28, the US FCC announced regulations banning the import of foreign-made robots, including models from China, Japan, Korea, and Germany. Even robot vacuum cleaners are affected.