Enterprise IT teams are deploying applications faster than ever, but their ability to identify and resolve production issues doesn’t always keep up. The growing complexity of hybrid infrastructures, cloud-native applications and connected digital services is putting traditional monitoring approaches under pressure. As organizations accelerate software delivery and expand the use of AI, IT operations teams … Read more
Parallel Systems has raised $100 million in a new round of funding to expand production of its autonomous, battery-electric freight rail vehicles. The company is betting that smaller, self-propelled railcars can make rail shipping more competitive than trucks on shorter routes. The Los Angeles-based company announced the close of its Series C round on Oct. … Read more
What just happened? Jensen Huang received the National Medal of Science for transforming the GPU from a graphics chip into a computing platform for AI and scientific research. President Donald Trump presented the award to Nvidia’s founder and CEO at a technology summit at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC AMD CEO Lisa … Read more
Ukrainian defense company Buntar Aerospace has raised $16 million in a new round of funding to expand production, develop its autonomous systems and enter new markets. The investment brings the company’s total capital to $30 million as the company looks to build on its experience in supplying reconnaissance technology to front-line units in Ukraine. The … Read more
The race for artificial intelligence infrastructure is no longer just about building faster chips. Bottlenecks in AI infrastructure are drawing attention to a larger challenge: feeding these chips with data, connecting over high-speed networks, and operating within increasingly demanding performance and cooling limits. This system-level challenge is the focus of the AI Data Pipeline Forum … Read more
The takeaway: Many employers believe in the huge productivity gains promised by artificial intelligence providers and have pushed their workers to use generative AI as much as possible. However, recent research suggests that uncertainty leads employees to exaggerate or fake their AI use to please their bosses. Above all, workers want clearer instructions on how … Read more
A new system has been introduced that integrates renewable energy, autonomous robotics and unmanned aircraft to support continuous drone operations without conventional fuel resupply. Sesame Solar, Target Arm and AG3 Labs launch the Persistent Drone Operations Nanogrid, the first integrated solution that combines Sesame Solar’s self-generating mobile power, Target Arm’s robotic arm and drone magazines … Read more
Professional services firms are rethinking the way they deliver customer value as artificial intelligence increasingly takes over routine tasks and shifts the focus to human judgment, trusted results and new operating models. The transition is changing the way companies structure projects, manage knowledge and measure success. Rather than simply accelerating existing processes, companies are starting … Read more
WTF?! Viewers will reportedly pay $7.50, or 50 yuan, to watch Chinese livestreamer Fanqie Jiang Ye twirl in her chair. Clips shared online appear to show people repeatedly paying to have their chair turn. The stunt turns a livestream into something viewers can pay to control rather than just watch, raising a familiar question for … Read more
US artificial intelligence company Anthropic has accused Chinese AI developers of “engaging in aggressive, malicious and targeted distillation activities” and steal of US AI models. A September report from Anthropic said that companies such as “DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, MiniMax, StepFun and Z.AI have extracted billions of tokens across millions of exchanges/requests from US frontier … Read more