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First off, apologies for the lack of a Canadian Grand Prix report at the beginning of this week; Ferrari chose last weekend to show us its new electric vehicle, and between that and Memorial Day, one thing led to another, and here we are. Canada was yet another sprint weekend, me

AlloyDB Hot Standby: Faster failovers, consistent performance Emir Okan Senior Product Manager Ramkumar Vadali Engineering Manager AlloyDB for PostgreSQL is a fully managed, PostgreSQL-compatible database service designed for the most demanding enterprise workloads. It combines t

From petabytes to predictions: Easy BigQuery insights in Google Sheets Tarak Parekh Sr. Product Manager, BigQuery Laura Gagliano Sr. Product Manager, Workspace Many organizations’ single source of truth is data that resides in BigQuery, Google’s governed, secure and petabyte-scal

Developer's guide to Gemini Enterprise and A2UI integration Dave Wang Forward Deployed Engineer, Google Cloud Yuan Tian Software Engineer, Google Cloud AI If you've built a chatbot, you know this conversation: User: "Book a table for two tomorrow at 7pm." Agent: "Okay, for what d

Cool stuff Google Cloud customers built, May edition: Agentic algorithms for supply chains; virtual try-on APIs; robotic camera operators & more Google Cloud Content & Editorial AI and cloud technology are reshaping every corner of every industry around the world. Without our cus

Cloud CISO Perspectives: How to build an AI-ready security program for the public sector Usman Chaudhary Field CISO, Google Public Sector Get original CISO insights in your inbox The latest on security from Google Cloud's Office of the CISO, twice a month. SubscribeWelcome to the

As AI models grow in complexity and regulatory scrutiny intensifies under frameworks including California’s AB-2013 and the EU AI Act, software teams face a challenge beyond delivering great code: They need to produce comprehensive, auditable model documentation before the models

Shares of Dell Technologies skyrocketed 32% on Friday after the company reported its fastest pace for revenue growth for any period since returning to the public market in 2018. The stock is pacing for its best day ever. Dell, which reported first-quarter earnings after the bell

SpaceX filed for an initial public offering a week ago, and Elon Musk is already creating confusion. Days before the reusable rocket maker is scheduled to start pitching its story to investors, Musk took to social network X, which is owned by SpaceX, late Wednesday to explain det

Cooler Master is bringing active cooling to DDR5 RAM, promising up to 15-degree temperature drops — 'MasterDIMM' combines G.SKILL memory with a built-in fan, kits run up to 128GB Of course, there's some RGB involved, too. If you thought DDR5 was already too expensive right now, C

Mistral AI chooses VAST Data for its AI data foundation French neocloud Mistral AI has selected VAST Data’s storage and AI Operating System stack software for its Mistral Compute GPU cloud infrastructure which will provide sovereign AI facilities in Eirope. Mistral AI will provid

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Organs, arms, appendages, and other complex tissues usually decay rapidly when they’re separated from their host. Over the years, biologists have seen some success with keeping them alive outside of the body—organ transplants depend on it—but it has always required germ-free envi

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Dell’s extraordinary AI server revenue acceleration Customer demand for AI servers drove Dell revenues to a scorching $43.8 billion in its first fiscal 2027 quarter. This was 88 percent higher than a year ago and GAAP net income rocketed up as well, by 256 percent from $965 milli

Hands-on with Corsair's 3200D RS ARGB Mid-tower PC Case: Budget chassis includes three fans and doesn’t empty your wallet Three fans included (ARGB and RGB), strong airflow for under $80, plus enough room for multiple radiators and expansion. Corsair is well known for a wide rang

This is a fun one. A major challenge when we did old Arm servers was just getting OSes installed, with Ubuntu usually being the easiest. The Arm ecosystem has matured massively. To the point where I challenged the team at Xsight Labs to a simple task: “Can I try to install a vani

Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney slams Valve over Steam Deck price hikes — mocks founder Gabe Newell over rising costs of megayachts Is the Steam Deck price hike funding Gabe Newell's expensive hobby? Epic Games' outspoken CEO Tim Sweeney has taken to X to criticize Valve over its recent

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 returns October 13–15 to Moscone West in San Francisco — and applications to speak are open for just a few more hours. We’re inviting founders, investors, operators, and technology experts to apply for a chance to take the stage at one of the most influent

Anthropic is zeroing in on a $1 trillion valuation after another successful funding round — but investor demand for AI companies is just getting started, according to Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives. Ives told CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe" on Friday that "for the first time in 3

This is it. The countdown is almost over. You now have until tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT to lock in Early Bird savings of up to $410 for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 before prices increase. If Disrupt has been on your must-attend list, this is your final chance to secure the lowest avail

Amazon unveils 'Resilient Network Graphs' data center network that cuts hardware by 69% and boosts throughput by 33% — now the default for most AWS workloads The company had been secretly deploying the design in its data centers since last year Amazon has unveiled a new data cent

Off the Wire Press Releases May 29, 2026 — Through a collaboration between the EPFL Center for Quantum Science and Engineering (QSE) and SCITAS, EPFL has become the first Swiss academic institution to establish a virtual platform offering advanced quantum computing capabilities t

The AI boom is in many ways a hype cycle like no other. Sure, there are comparisons to draw between the dotcom surge of the late 90s and the mobile revolution of the noughties, but in terms of capital invested and lofty predictions on it causing huge societal shifts, it stands ah

Bambu Lab teases new A2L 3D printer — June 1 launch hints at a massive, budget-friendly bed slinger Without much to go on, fans speculate what the newest Bambu Lab 3D printer could be. Bambu Lab dropped a teaser Thursday morning, announcing the A2L, a mysterious new 3D printer la

The European Union is looking to "intensify" discussions with the U.S. administration on the most advanced AI models, including those with "cyber capabilities," a Commission official told CNBC. Anthropic's powerful Mythos model, announced in April, sent governments and businesses

Off the Wire Press Releases May 29, 2026 — MIT President Sally Kornbluth and Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announced plans for a new laboratory to accelerate the development of next-generation quantum technologies that will enable Massachusetts to remain a national hub for

Welcome to Edition 8.43 of the Rocket Report! A disclaimer: No one yet fully appreciates the ramifications of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explosion Thursday night on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. What we know as of this writing is that much of Blue’s sole orbital-

Earlier this month, I got my hands on the Kiwibit Bird Feeder Pro 4K AI Camera, and it has become my favorite backyard accessory. Setting it up is pretty straightforward. Multiple mounting options allow you to place the feeder on a pole, window ledge, or tree. Its dual seed compa

The Breaking Points: Water Is the New Constraint for AI Data Centers As hyperscale AI campuses scale up, water and wastewater capacity are emerging as siting gatekeepers, reshaping cooling choices, municipal planning, and project approvals. This is the latest installment of The B

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Acer cranks its latest Predator gaming monitor up to 1,000 Hz — Model joins lineup with QD-OLED panels and an immersive 3D display The Nitro XV273U F5 is the headline stealer with a maximum refresh rate of 1,000 Hz, albeit at 720p. Another Computex means that Acer is back with ne

Acer unveils its first Ryzen 9 9955X3D gaming laptop — refreshed Nitro 16 joins new Predator Helios 18 AI and streaming-only Nitro Blaze Link handheld Alongside the Helios 18 AI with triple PCIe 5.0 storage and an RTX 5090. Acer is bringing two new gaming laptops, along with a ha