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AMD’s Helios AI Rack Takes Direct Aim at Nvidia
AMD’s Helios rack-scale design combines 72 MI455X accelerators with EPYC processors and Pensando networking as it challenges Nvidia’s AI infrastructure lead.
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Anthropic Starts Watermarking Text From New Claude Models
New Claude models will add invisible marks to text and signed C2PA metadata to supported files as EU transparency rules take effect.
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Wall Street Is Building a $500 Billion Financing Machine for AI
Nvidia is recruiting six financial giants to turn computing capacity into an investable infrastructure asset.
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One Logistics Breach Is Disrupting Retailers, Banks and Steam Customers
A cyberattack affecting eight CEVA warehouses shows how a shared fulfillment provider can become a data and operations chokepoint.
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A Rival App Store Is Now Available Inside Google Play
Aptoide’s return gives U.S. Android users a new distribution path, though Google still controls important parts of the installation flow.
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Sony and TSMC Are Betting $4.7 Billion on the Future of Seeing
A new Sony-controlled venture will combine sensor design and advanced manufacturing to produce smartphone image sensors from 2029.
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OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6-Cyber for Vetted Defenders
OpenAI is giving vetted defenders a purpose-trained model with fewer refusals for advanced security work while restricting access through its Daybreak program.
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NSW Moves to Rethink Take-Home Assessments as AI Use Spreads
New South Wales officials are asking whether unsupervised take-home work can still reliably measure student learning in the age of generative AI.
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Francis deSouza Takes Over as Scale AI CEO
The former Illumina chief and longtime enterprise technology executive officially takes the top job as Scale AI expands beyond data services.
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Microsoft’s Next Maia AI Chip Could Arrive in September
A reported September unveiling would push Microsoft deeper into custom silicon as cloud giants race to control AI infrastructure costs and capacity.