Microsoft has announced its Cobalt 200 CPU featuring 132 Arm Neoverse-V3 cores with individual per-core power scaling. The custom silicon leverages TSMC’s 3nm process for maximum efficiency in Azure data centers. This represents Microsoft’s latest move in the escalating cloud hardware arms race.
Unity and Epic Games announced a partnership that will allow Unity developers to publish games directly within Fortnite starting next year. The move comes as Fortnite’s creator ecosystem exploded with 198,000 islands published in 2024, doubling the previous year’s count. Unity also revealed its cros
Crypto mining company Bitfarms is fully converting its Washington facility from Bitcoin mining to AI computing. The $128 million project will create 18MW of capacity for HPC/AI workloads by December 2026. This marks a strategic pivot as the company phases out Bitcoin mining entirely by 2027.
Scientists have developed microscopic hydrogel spheres filled with blood-detecting bacteria that can identify gastrointestinal disease non-invasively. The magnetic pills pass through the digestive system and can be retrieved from stool for analysis within 25 minutes, showing promise as a gentler alt
Austrian researchers discovered a massive WhatsApp vulnerability that allowed them to scrape data from 3.5 billion users. The flaw enabled collection of phone numbers, names, profile pictures, and sensitive personal information at a rate of 100 million accounts per hour. Meta has since implemented p
Decenta has deployed a new AI edge computing system designed for real-time processing across enterprise, industrial, and medical applications. The tower-rack convertible supports Intel Core Ultra processors and high-performance AI accelerator cards. It’s part of Intel’s broader push into edge AI inf
The US Department of Energy is providing a $1 billion loan to restart Three Mile Island’s Unit 1 reactor. Microsoft has committed to buying all 837MW of power from the plant through a 20-year agreement starting in 2026.
The latest Top500 list shows El Capitan retaining its crown as world’s fastest supercomputer at 1.809 exaflops. Meanwhile, Europe celebrates its first exascale system with Jupiter Booster hitting exactly 1 exaflop, and AMD secures another major European contract for the Alice Recoque supercomputer.
Over 80% of UK workers now use AI tools in their jobs, but the vast majority are doing so without telling their managers. This hidden adoption creates significant security and training gaps across organizations.
AI-driven personalization and content generation are weakening traditional network effects that powered platform growth for decades. Smaller platforms can now compete more effectively as algorithms substitute for user scale and human contributions.
