A new article frames AI as the latest chapter in an old story. Every world-changing tech, from the automobile onward, hits a wall that only new materials can solve. And those materials often come with massive supply chain headaches.
Google DeepMind is partnering with the UK government to open its first automated research lab focused on material discovery. The facility, set to open in 2026, will use robotics and AI to search for new superconductors and other advanced materials.
Oracle’s much-hyped AI infrastructure demand wasn’t enough to save its quarterly results. The company missed revenue expectations, sending its shares tumbling and taking other major AI players down with it in premarket trading.
Data centers are full of non-linear electrical loads that create harmonics, distorting power and causing massive inefficiency. This can lead to a 2-10% increase in electricity costs and cut equipment life in half. The problem is getting worse with AI.
Europe’s tech scene is exploding beyond traditional hubs, powered by deep tech in AI, quantum, and biotech. The latest Midas List highlights the VCs who spotted these trends early, fueling a potential $1 trillion economic engine.
In a whirlwind 24 hours, Microsoft and Amazon pledged over $50 billion for India’s tech future. This massive investment targets cloud infrastructure and AI, aiming to turn the country into a core engineering hub.
Intel’s “ANV” Vulkan driver in Mesa has merged a new shader VMA allocator. This is foundational work needed to enable Vulkan ray-tracing capture and replay, a crucial tool for developers. The feature is confirmed working with an older merge request in the RenderDoc tool.
Google DeepMind is launching a major research partnership with the UK government. The deal includes a new automated AI lab for material discovery, work on nuclear fusion, and a deeper, more controversial collaboration with the UK’s AI safety watchdog.
A new patch in the GNU C Library (glibc) enables 2MB Transparent Huge Pages (THP) by default for memory allocations on AArch64 systems. This change aims to reduce page faults and kernel overhead, and has shown a consistent 6.25% performance improvement on SPEC benchmarks.
Oracle posted a huge beat on future contract value, but its stock still dropped. The market’s AI euphoria is fading, replaced by hard questions about execution and competition. It’s a reality check.
