Volantis raises $88M for a photonic memory layer built for AI inference
Volantis has raised $88M to build a photonic link between AI compute and memory, using gallium arsenide lasers to avoid constraints in indium phosphide. The
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Tesla’s deliveries fell 2% and still beat expectations
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Israeli air attack on Gaza City apartment kills at least five
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US road rage killer’s sentence quashed because AI video of victim was shown in court
The Arizona appeals court ruled that airing an AI message from the dead victim “crossed that line”.
The vanishing world of India’s street magicians
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G7 to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel after Trump export ban threat
The co-ordinated release is aimed at heading off further price spikes and avoiding a ban on US diesel exports.
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Microsoft adds support for Linux containers in WSL
Thanks to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), which allows users to run Linux distributions in Windows, it is possible to switch seamlessly between Linux