One startup says its frame generation outperforms DLSS and runs on GPUs as old as the GeForce GTX 16 series

Short: Nvidia DLSS is widely considered the gold standard in frame generation, but the feature is officially limited to RTX 40 and 50 series GPUs. A new competitor boldly claims that its solution, which it plans to open source, is not only faster and better looking, but also supports every graphics architecture since the GeForce … Read more

Google launches Gemini 4 Hydrogen for faster coding and agent tasks

Google has introduced Gemini 4 Hydrogen, adding another model to its Frontier series alongside the Gemini 4 Carbon and Gemini 4 Argon within a few days. Designed to quickly execute agent workflows, Hydrogen brings Google’s latest modeling capabilities to everyday coding, software development, and other tasks that require speed and efficiency. Unlike Carbon and Argon, … Read more

China discovers large natural gas reservoir 18,930 feet beneath Bohai Sea

China has reportedly tapped a massive volcanic reservoir that could help power millions of homes across the capital region. China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) announced the discovery of a “prolific volcanic oil and gas well” in deep formations of the central Bohai Sea. According to reports, the reservoir in this region is 5,770 meters … Read more

Jensen Huang resigns as CEO of Nvidia following reports of two extramarital affairs

What just happened? Jensen Huang has resigned as CEO of Nvidia in what seemed increasingly inevitable. That followed reports that Huang had an extramarital affair with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy, followed by a more recent revelation of a second alleged affair with Nvidia’s vice president of healthcare, Kimberly Powell. Colette Kress, … Read more

Hatz AI raises $24 million to help small businesses go AI native through their MSPs

Large companies have become the leading adopters of artificial intelligence technology, giving them an unfair advantage over their smaller competitors. That’s something a startup called Hatz AI Inc. wants to change, which just raised $24 million in early-stage funding to give managed services providers the tools they need to keep AI easy for the smaller … Read more

MIT engineers copy leaf veins to create impact-resistant materials

Progress in various areas depends on the best quality of materials. Now a new class of “scale-rich metamaterials” has been developed by introducing a controlled perturbation inspired by natural networks such as leaf vessels and dragonfly wing veins. Engineers have strived for mathematical perfection for decades in developing synthetic “metamaterials,” mimicking identical microscopic building blocks … Read more

Anthropic’s Dario Amodei uses IPO pitch to promise that AI will eliminate cancer and Alzheimer’s within a decade

Face palm: AI has still not cured cancer or other diseases. But don’t worry, because Anthropic boss Dario Amodei has assured us that in a decade the technology will eliminate not only this disease, but also Alzheimer’s, heart disease and mental illness. The fact that this bold and heavily derided statement was part of his … Read more

Model Fine-Tuning on Kubernetes: Google’s OpenRL Explained

Fine-tuning models through reinforcement learning is quickly becoming one of the most challenging tasks in AI infrastructure. It combines training, inference and sandbox agent work in a single loop, often with research code entangled in the underlying systems. Google LLC addressed this problem within its Kubernetes engineering group and recently donated the result, OpenRL, to … Read more