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Off the Wire Press Releases Aug. 18, 2026 — Webster University has been awarded a three-year grant for $746,008 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund the Connect-HPC project. Led by Webster University Professor Xiaoyuan Suo, who teaches in the George Herbert Walker Sch

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Building cost-effective, high-throughput gen AI workflows in Google Dataflow Reza Rokni Group Product Manager Danny McCormick Software Engineer, Google Cloud Real-time streaming pipelines are the operational backbone of modern enterprises, continuously processing everything from

Governance on autopilot, minus the turbulence Sai Charan Tej Kommuri Product Manager, Data Analytics Akanksha Bhagwanani Customer Engineer Every data team knows the moment. Someone opens a table, sees a column called cust_seg_flg, and has to go ask around to find out what it mean

How Box is unlocking multimodal enterprise agents with Gemini Embeddings 2 Sandhya Patil Agentic Product Consulting Lead, Google Darryl Sladden Staff AI Product Manager, Box Enterprise content management is experiencing its biggest architectural shift since the cloud migration er

Social networking site Bluesky says its recent day-long disruption was caused by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that flooded the site with junk traffic. The social network confirmed the incident in a post on Monday, confirming the attack had taken place over the pr

Workers who are eligible for a federal tax break related to their overtime pay may have an easier time claiming it for the 2026 tax year than they did on their 2025 returns. The IRS has updated its frequently asked questions about the "no tax on overtime" deduction to clarify and

Dive Brief: - Foot Locker and Nike are teaming up on a neighborhood location in Los Angeles’ Crenshaw area, according to a joint press release Monday. Dubbed The Crenshaw Rec by Foot Locker, it’s the first of a new concept aimed at providing neighborhood-level localization. - The

Agrippa by Robert Harris. Harris dials back the clock a few thousand years from his novel-turned-Academy Award-winning film Conclave, delving into a topic to satisfy the curiosity of those with the Roman Empire frequently on their minds. Agrippa is a lesser-known plebeian “meathe

The car that Ford hopes will return it to overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans made its unofficial debut this week. Ford sent us some pictures of the still-unnamed car conducting its first track test at the colorful Paul Ricard circuit in Provence, France, where drivers Mat

Episode details Available for over a year Today, Russia has warned of "consequences" for the UK, after is was confirmed that British-made drones were used by Ukraine to strike Russia. The Russian embassy in London earlier accused Britain of "deliberately opting for an escalation

Brunswick Corp., a global leader in boat manufacturing and recreation on the water, is counting on advanced technology to help with stalling sales. The parent company of Sea Ray, Boston Whaler and other boat brands, says advanced navigation technology and autonomous docking can t

DJI scores a win in fight against US ban, appeals court orders fresh review of firm's 'Chinese military company' designation — drone maker will stay on Pentagon list while a judge examines classified evidence for the first time The designation now hinges on classified evidence Th

Walmart added new in-store perks to its Walmart+ paid membership program. The mass retailer is letting members get 25 free 4x6 photo prints every month at the photo centers in Walmart stores, according to a company post on Friday. The benefit can be used for up to a maximum of 30

Here’s one for all the kids who were exposed to lurid slasher movies when they were way too young and it kinda messed them up… but they’re finally ready to laugh about it. Jane Schoenbrun’s latest movie, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, is shocking, emotional, provocative, n

Start your 3D printing journey with Bambu Labs' awesome P1S printer and AMS color-printing module bundle for the all-time low price of $499 in Best Buy's 60th Anniversary Sale Fast 4-color 3D printing at your fingertips. Thanks to the 60th Anniversary Sale event taking place at r

Peacock is the latest streaming service to raise prices, with its cheapest ad-supported “Select” plan increasing from $7.99 to $8.99 per month. The ad-supported “Premium” tier now costs $12.99 per month, up from $10.99, while the ad-free “Premium Plus” plan is increasing from $16

AI - SYSTEMS Cerebras CS-4 rack systems juice chips for every last drop of AI performanceNext-gen systems double per-chip performance while cramming 3x as many into a rack -

Social media giant Meta has reportedly begun taking steps to address concerns raised by the Central government over child sexual abuse material (CSAM), deepfakes, unlabelled AI-generated content, among others, hosted on its platform following several rounds of discussions with of

Primary election season continues Tuesday as voters in Alaska, Florida and Wyoming head to the polls to choose their party's candidates for November's midterm elections, which are less than three months away. The November midterms will determine control of Congress for the remain

At Swiggy’s 13th Annual General Meeting (AGM), the foodtech giant’s shareholders voted to cap its aggregate foreign ownership at 49.5% and to tweak the company’s Articles of association (AoA) accordingly. The board of directors had already approved the proposal last month as it w

Narwhals are toothed whales, renowned for their distinctive straight, spiraling tusks, which many people in medieval times believed were the horns of unicorns and thus held magical healing properties. That belief was debunked long ago, but the tusks remain popular souvenirs in Ca

AI - SYSTEMS Cerebras CS-4 rack systems juice chips for every last drop of AI performanceNext-gen systems double per-chip performance while cramming 3x as many into a rack -

Data Center Hardware Highlights: August 2026 The latest in data center infrastructure – from power and minerals to networking, CPUs, and rack-scale AI systems – shows the stack shifting toward energy, interconnects, and end-to-end efficiency. August 18, 2026 Data Center Knowledge

IPO-bound education-focused SaaS company NoPaperForms, which got SEBI’s nod for its IPO in March this year, saw its profit after tax jump 6.3X to ₹11.9 Cr in the financial year ended March 2026 (FY26) from ₹1.9 Cr in the previous fiscal year. Operating revenue rose 25% to ₹115.7

XRG is making its first move in Venezuela as the international investment arm of ADNOC looks to create a global gas platform. The stake in the concession adds to its portfolio of projects in Argentina, Azerbaijan, Mozambique, Turkmenistan, and the US. XRG aims to become a top-fiv

The value of the Public Investment Fund’s assets under management shrank $10 billion last year to around $900 billion, according to its 2025 annual report. While little more than a rounding error in the big-spending world of sovereign wealth, it marked the first such drop this de

Water levels at the largest reservoirs in the US fell to their lowest in decades, underscoring the crisis countries across the northern hemisphere face as summer temperatures reach record highs. Lakes Mead and Powell, which provide water to around 40 million people, have seen lev

Hindustan Copper’s shares have been recovering steadily of late, surging 20% in 15 trading sessions, reaching ₹566 apiece, supported by a sustained rise in international copper prices. Higher copper prices could provide further support to the company’s margins and revenue outlook

PUBLIC CLOUD Commvault Cloud Rewind now wraps round even more Azure Commvault has expanded its Cloud Rewind cyber recovery tool to treble the amount of Azure resources it supports. The New Jersey-based company says the move will speed up customers’ ability to both cloud applicati

Off the Wire Press Releases Aug. 18, 2026 — Each year, the SC Technical Papers program recognizes outstanding research through its Best Paper and Best Student Paper awards. To make this process more transparent, the following is an overview of how these papers are nominated, eval

Hims & Hers CEO Andrew Dudum defended the telehealth company amid a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit over its data sharing practices. In a wide-ranging exclusive interview aired Tuesday, Dudum contended the allegations stemmed from a misunderstanding of how the company is alterin

Intel's next-gen Nova Lake chips may skip game-boosting X3D cache rival for mobile SKUs and debut on Razor Lake-HX instead, leaker claims — new rumor says Razor Lake family reportedly uses TSMC's N2X node bLLC might remain exclusive to desktop for Nova Lake family. Update 18 Aug

AI - SYSTEMS Cerebras CS-4 rack systems juice chips for every last drop of AI performanceNext-gen systems double per-chip performance while cramming 3x as many into a rack -

Rippling Tested 15 AI Models on Real Payroll Data. The Cheapest One Tied the Most Expensive One. Rippling’s President and CPO Matt MacInnis published something most B2B companies have and almost none share: a real test of AI models doing real work inside a real production system.