Anthropic is launching a research pilot where an AI will interview users about their experiences with AI. The program runs for a week, with each interview lasting 10 to 15 minutes. It’s a novel, if self-referential, approach to social science research on AI’s impact.
A long-simmering conflict between Chinese Android phone makers and app developers is boiling over. Regulators are now targeting high commissions and restrictive practices, signaling a major shift for the world’s largest smartphone market.
Sam Altman is reportedly looking to invest billions to gain control of rocket startup Stoke Space. His goal? To launch AI data centers into orbit to bypass Earth’s strained power grid. It’s a wild idea that highlights the massive, growing energy demands of artificial intelligence.
Nvidia is closing out the year with a significant double update. A new Game Ready driver brings optimizations for major shooters and, crucially, restores GPU-accelerated PhysX for beloved classics on RTX 50 Series cards. Simultaneously, the GeForce Now cloud library is getting 30 new titles this mon
The bank is in early talks to hedge its exposure to loans for AI data centers via a synthetic risk transfer (SRT). This comes as banks face massive lending demands for a projected $3 trillion in data-center build-out costs through 2028.
The browser has become the latest front in the AI wars. With Atlassian’s $610 million acquisition of The Browser Company, the vision for its Dia browser to transform work is getting a major boost.
Chipmakers boast about faster NPUs every few months, but the promised revolution in on-device AI hasn’t arrived. The cloud still holds massive advantages in power and model size, leaving those powerful phone chips mostly idle. So what’s the point?
NJFX is expanding its unique New Jersey campus with a 10MW, liquid-to-chip cooled data hall designed for AI workloads. The project, backed by a $3 million utility deposit, targets power delivery by the end of 2026. This move aims to fuse subsea cable landings directly with next-generation compute.
A new security standard is pushing utilities to look beyond their wired networks. The real threat, and the new compliance focus, is now in the unmonitored radio waves around critical infrastructure.
In a major shift, Micron is shutting down its entire Crucial consumer division. The company will stop shipping Crucial-branded SSDs and RAM to retailers by the end of its fiscal Q2 in February 2026. This move underscores the overwhelming pull of AI on memory supply chains.
