Pluto Security Inc., a provider of artificial intelligence security software, today announced that it has raised $42 million in financing. The company raised around a fifth of the sum through a seed round led by TLV Partners. The rest came in the form of a Series A investment led by Jump Capital. The latter deal … Read more
Researchers in South Korea have developed a semiconductor manufacturing technique that has over 99% success in controlling where individual crystals form in 400 patterned growth regions, potentially helping manufacturers build vertically stacked computer chips. The technique allows researchers to grow a single crystal of molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂), a semiconductor just a few atomic layers thick, … Read more
In short: In a recent interview with Brazilian YouTuber Coelho no Japao, Bill van Zyll – VP and GM of Nintendo Latin America – shared the company’s stance on selling physical games on the Switch 2. Simply put: Nintendo won’t make the same mistake as Sony. When asked about Nintendo’s stance on physical media, Zyll … Read more
Sovereign AI control is becoming a business continuity issue as autonomous agents take over essential business operations. Part of the challenge is keeping data within national borders, but companies also need to have control over agent behavior, external dependencies and the economics of keeping these systems running. Regulated companies need more than just access to … Read more
A redesigned superconducting magnet storage system at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory is expected to save about $420,000 while increasing storage capacity for equipment needed in a future particle accelerator. The four-tier structure can hold up to 45,000 pounds of magnets in a limited space. It was developed by Robert Desjardins, a … Read more
Make compromises: Epic is now another major software company looking to integrate AI into everything it does. According to internal sources, the real test of fire for this “AI First” approach will be the shooter that Epic is developing together with Disney. If it ever comes out. Epic’s first game under its Disney partnership is … Read more
According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), more than 99 percent of international data flows over undersea telecommunications cables. These fiber optic lines carry everything from cloud traffic to financial transactions to video calls between continents. Much of this hidden infrastructure depends on a surprisingly specialized industry: manufacturers that build cables designed to operate under … Read more
American have major concerns about artificial intelligencebut that has OpenAI Inc., Nvidia Corp., IBM Corp. and not stopping others from moving forward. Last week saw shares of Nvidia, CoreWeave Inc., Oracle Corp. and Nebius Group NV declined after reporting that OpenAI’s annual net revenue was about $50 billion, about $20 billion lower than previously reported … Read more
In short: PC manufacturers have long tried to find the most optimal cooling configurations for their components, shuffling fans, cables, etc. to find the best configurations. One YouTube channel decided to try something different: moving the components themselves. This involved moving the GPU next to the side intake of a case, which resulted in a … Read more
Military systems take years to build, cost a lot and are difficult to replace once deployed. It is characterized by slow procurement cycles, strict restrictions and tough trade-offs between performance, cost and reliability. This category examines how modern militaries actually develop, acquire, and use technology and what this reveals about the conflicts they prepare for. … Read more