NTT Data reportedly nears deal to build Anthropic’s first Japan data centre
TT Data Group is close to agreeing to a deal with Anthropic for a new data centre in Osaka, Nikkei Asia reported on Tuesday, citing multiple
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39-year-old unvaccinated woman becomes 6th measles death in Pennsylvania
A 39-year-old unvaccinated woman in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, has become the sixth person to die of the highly infectious virus amid a state outbreak that
WHO report on Russian lab worker death highlights “key uncertainty”
Over the weekend, the World Health Organization released a disease outbreak report on the events surrounding the death of a Russian infectious disease researcher earlier
Microsoft says Maia 300 chip will run its AI services from 2027
Microsoft will make its own Maia chips the primary system for running AI in its products starting in 2027. The company set out the plan
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sets a Mars Driving Record
Advances in self-driving technology have made it easier to traverse distant worlds.
IonQ to buy cybersecurity firm Elisity for up to $1.3bn in stock
IonQ has agreed to buy Elisity in an all-stock deal worth up to $1.3bn. Up to $150mn of that depends on how well Elisity does.
WhatsApp may soon let users schedule messages
WhatsApp is testing a feature that lets users schedule messages between ten minutes and two weeks ahead, spotted in an Android beta by WaBetaInfo. The
Linus Torvalds Says He Likes Using AI, While His New Kernel Branch Credits Claude Code
Linus Torvalds has a new branch in his own kernel repository named noref-filemap-read-with-llm. It holds an eight-patch series built on Linux 7.3-rc6 plus fixes, and
openEuler is Revamping the Development Experience of the Open Source Community With an AI Toolchain
Most Linux distributions are still figuring out where AI fits. Some are even blocking AI-based contributions while others are shipping AI tools in the system
Meta says its new Muse model has reached the AI frontier
Meta has released Muse Wonder, known internally as Watermelon, and says it matches ChatGPT and Claude on coding and professional work. It has not said
Britain steps up its defences against AI risks
The UK government will extend a programme using frontier AI models to find vulnerabilities in its own systems, and will consider legislating on AI incident
Epic Games reportedly pivoting to “AI first” game development model
Epic Games is shifting to an “AI first” development strategy for its collaboration with the Walt Disney Company, letting AI models write all the code
After a 10-year redemption arc, No Man’s Sky is coming to the iPhone and iPad
Just over 10 years after its initial release, space exploration and survival crafting game No Man’s Sky is making its way to the iPhone and
AMD puts 32,768 CPU cores in a rack built for AI agents
AMD has published Helion, an open rack blueprint for running AI agents rather than training models, with a CPU-only version holding up to 32,768 cores.