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For the past year or so, booksellers have suspected that AI firms are buying up huge lots of rare books, then destroying them after scanning them to train AI. But this was hard to prove until now, as 404 Media reports that an Airtag hidden in a rare book shows that at least one t

Teams customize their models to hit their targets for latency, speed, memory, and compute. With the open NVIDIA Nemotron family of models, developers can find the right-sized model for their needs. The new Nemotron 3.5 Lightning NVFP4 checkpoint, for example, preserves accuracy w

Off the Wire Press Releases SANTA CLARA, Calif. and REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 17, 2026 — NVIDIA today announced that it has secured land, power and shell (LPS) capacity through a partnership with SB Energy at the PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Pike County, Ohio, to host NVIDIA

Off the Wire Press Releases VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 17, 2026 — HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd., through its wholly owned subsidiary BUZZ High Performance Computing Inc. (BUZZ HPC), today announced that it has signed a five-year GPU cloud services agreement with an invest

YouTube announced on Monday that it’s changing how views are counted on its platform, with a view now counting as soon as a video starts playing or someone enters a live broadcast. Although the Google-owned platform never disclosed how it previously counted views, it was generall

Artificial Intelligence NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning now available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is designed for the fast, specialized model execution required by high-volume agentic workloads. With NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning on Amazon SageMaker

Off the Wire Press Releases Funding opportunities prioritize foundational research across the sciences and engineering and advance a new portfolio-based approach to grant-making, offering researchers more flexibility in award periods and reducing administrative burden Aug. 17, 20

Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson is appealing - here's what you need to know - Published A year after her blockbuster trial, Australia's notorious mushroom murderer is facing court again, in a bid to overturn her conviction. Erin Patterson was jailed for life last September for m

Off the Wire Press Releases LISLE, Ill., Aug. 17, 2026 — Molex, a global electronics leader and connectivity innovator, today announced a strategic investment in CAEPlus, Inc., an early-stage company focused on the development of active liquid cooling technology designed to help

Somewhere between the shift in demand from desktops to laptops in the consumer world and the AI-based explosion in demand for high-end processors in the server world, Intel’s Xeon workstation parts have ended up in an unusual lull between the two extremes. Though a long-standing

Off the Wire Press Releases SWORDS, Ireland and CLEVELAND, Aug. 17, 2026 — Trane Technologies, a global climate innovator, and intelligent power management company Eaton today announced a strategic collaboration integrating advanced thermal management and electrical system archit

After crashing and burning for two months due to investor wariness over inflation in the United States and fears of an artificial intelligence bubble, AI related stocks are once again climbing the global stock markets, according to a Bloomberg report. On Friday, Japanese and Sout

Off the Wire Press Releases SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 17, 2026 — Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd (Credo), an innovator in providing connectivity at scale through fast, reliable, and energy-efficient system solutions, has announced its plans to standardize an interconnect within t

Prediction markets traders still see Paramount Skydance as likely to succeed in its bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, but a battle in court with 12 state attorneys general is increasing the chances that the merger falls through. Traders on prediction market platform Kalshi t

The Scoop L3Harris CEO Chris Kubasik was ousted by his board after an independent probe found he engaged in an inappropriate relationship with an employee, according to two people briefed on the probe. The probe was conducted by the $54 billion defense contractor’s outside law fi

Geekom admits to shipping malware-laced network drivers for AMD mini PCs — company responds with guidance, removes malicious package Nuke the entire install from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. For the most part, you can rest assured that your device will remain uncompromise

Shares of Modi Naturals are likely to be on investors' radar in Tuesday's trade, 18 August, after the company announced that it has received an additional ethanol order from various oil marketing companies (OMCs). In its post-market regulatory filing on Monday, the company said t

This has been a historic run for refiners. Marathon, Valero, and HF Sinclair each gained over 80% in 2026 against an 11% S&P 500 gain, with the WTI 3-2-1 crack near $59/bbl margins, nearly tripling since January. MPC and VLO have nearly doubled YTD, PSX is up 66%, and roughly a t

Princess Eugenie announces name of baby daughter - Published Princess Eugenie has named her baby daughter Adelaide Elizabeth Annina Brooksbank. Announcing the news on Instagram, she said it was chosen in tribute to "three people we love and admire past and present", including Que

US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded their biggest weekly outflows since the end of June, reversing the strong inflows seen at the beginning of August as investors turned more cautious toward the cryptocurrency market. The 13 spot Bitcoin ETFs registered combined

Bad news for those who get their updates through RSS feeds: Feedly, the largest stand-alone RSS reader worldwide, has experienced technical issues for over a week, and paying users are upset that the web app has been “unusably slow.” Some users have also reported that the company

South Africa’s central bank is investigating a fintech firm co-founded and chaired by a senior official in the coalition government’s second-largest party over alleged exchange control violations involving a $220 million offshore transfer. The inquiry into Kastelo, the company fo

Senegal raised fuel prices by 7% in order to contain the cost of subsidies, underscoring Africa’s vulnerability to foreign energy shocks like the one sparked by the Iran war. The government has spent nearly all of its full-year allocation for fuel subsidies already, after oil pri

Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema took a commanding lead in the general election, putting him on course to secure a second term at the helm of Africa’s second-biggest copper producer. With more than half of the constituencies having reported following last week’s polls, offic

Qatar’s first electric vehicle factory aims to start production in 2028, following a deal between the local JTA International Investment Holding and British startup Watt Electric Vehicle Company. The agreement will see passenger cars and delivery vans tailored to hot climates mad

Crypto exchange Coinbase is establishing an international “tokenization hub” in Abu Dhabi, boosting the UAE’s ambitions to become a global center for digital assets. It follows Coinbase winning a license from the emirate’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority to offer tokenize

Abu Dhabi is not the Gulf’s biggest energy exporter, but ADNOC has emerged as one of its most flexible — thanks to geography, defense capabilities, and a willingness to take risks. The state oil company has led the region in ramping up oil output during the Iran war, helped by th

Global conflicts and the impact of climate change are driving up the costs of shipping worldwide, underlining concerns over the fragility of international supply chains and stoking inflation. The wars in the Gulf and Ukraine have essentially shut off some of the world’s key passa

Israel carried out its deadliest attacks on Lebanon in weeks and a top Israeli minister called for an intensified assault on Gaza, even as the US insisted it was making progress towards an end to both conflicts. The airstrikes killed at least 11 people, including three children;

DRAFT for review. Not linked from the hub or nav yet. Updated August 17, 2026: Samsung T9 and T7 Shield added, and the eligibility window broadened so any drive still widely sold stays in contention regardless of review date. Pricing context added for the ongoing NAND shortage. E

Yes Bank is preparing to return to the international bond market for the first time since the Indian private-sector lender wrote off a troubled local bond in 2020, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the matter. The bank has appointed arrangers for a poten

China appears to be taking advantage of US focus on the Middle East to further its strategic goals in Asia, analysts said. Washington’s withdrawal of an aircraft carrier from the Pacific and its criticism of South Korea suggest, in the words of one analyst, that the Obama-era “As

US President Donald Trump said he would scale back participation in joint military exercises with South Korea, in part because of its lack of support for his war on Iran. The remarks further damaged ties between the longtime allies, and highlighted Washington’s prioritization of

The US-Iran truce — agreed 60 days ago ostensibly to give room for the belligerents to agree a more durable peace — expires today, with little progress on the horizon for reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The situation is “static,” a senior White House official told Politico. Iran’

Amazon is buying tons of rare books, cutting off their spines, and scanning them for AI training, according to 404 Media, which placed a tracking device in a rare book that ultimately arrived at an Amazon facility in Las Vegas. The facility, known as VGT3, identifies itself with

OpenAI President Greg Brockman on Monday brushed off concerns about executive turnover at the artificial intelligence company, stating that he doesn't think the wave of exits is "actually that atypical." "I actually think that the difference between OpenAI and other organizations

OpenAI President Greg Brockman on Monday brushed off concerns about executive turnover at the artificial intelligence company, stating that he doesn't think the wave of exits is "actually that atypical." "I actually think that the difference between OpenAI and other organizations

Under Armour last week lost another longtime brand ambassador in Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who announced Thursday that his training brand Project Rock has ended its partnership with Under Armour. Project Rock was founded in 2017 and developed an assortment of footwear, apparel a

Artificial Intelligence Build OpenClaw agents that transact with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore payments This post is a collaboration between AWS and the OpenClaw Foundation. Autonomous agents that browse the web, call APIs, and query Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers can encounter

HCLTech and NetApp have expanded their strategic partnership to deliver an integrated hybrid cloud Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS) platform tailored for enterprise artificial intelligence, generative AI, and high-performance data architectures. It is the latest in a run of NetApp mo

Flipkart wanted to draw attention to the final day of its Freedom Sale. Instead, its obituary-style print advertisement has triggered a debate over dark humour and how far brands should go to grab eyeballs. The advertisement borrowed the visual language of obituary notices, placi

Startup Groq has raised $350 million as it continues to pivot from an AI chipmaker to a neocloud company that provides powerful GPUs and AI infrastructure services. The new capital, led by investment firm Disruptive with planned participation from Nvidia, values the company at $3

Recent Securities and Exchange Commission guidance is underpinning the debt-fueled data center buildout to support artificial intelligence. The tech sector is getting creative in its hunt for new capital, with AI chipmaker Nvidia entering $500 billion in partially backstopped agr

If New Mexico created the blueprint for taking on Meta, California could determine the company's fate when it comes to critical changes at Facebook and Instagram. Opening arguments begin Tuesday in the trial that California Attorney General Rob Bonta is co-leading against Meta, f

If New Mexico created the blueprint for taking on Meta, California could determine the company's fate when it comes to critical changes at Facebook and Instagram. Opening arguments begin Tuesday in the trial that California Attorney General Rob Bonta is co-leading against Meta, f