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Off the Wire Press Releases Aug. 26, 2026 — The U.S. National Science Foundation is investing $90 million over five years to support three new NSF Science and Technology Centers (NSF STC). These centers will advance American leadership in science and technology, strengthen the na

Off the Wire Press Releases PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 26, 2026 — XCENA, a semiconductor company developing memory-centric computing solutions for AI infrastructure, has presented the architecture and measured performance of MX1, its computational CXL memory architecture, during the

A cyberattack on U.S. medical device maker Boston Scientific is causing an ongoing “global disruption” to its operations, according to a federal regulatory filing on Wednesday, the latest healthtech giant to face a cyberattack in recent weeks. The Massachusetts-based company, whi

The life of Rocky Horror star Tim Curry English actor Tim Curry, best known for playing the outlandish Frank-N-Furter in film musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has died at the age of 80. Curry first played the role on stage before the film version, which was released in 1975

A measure of after-tax profits as a share of gross value added — a proxy for margins — climbed to 19.4% from 18.2%, according to Bureau of Economic Analysis data out Wednesday. That was the highest in data back to the 1940s. US Corporations Make Record Profits | Margins widen in

In betting parlance, it's called a 'catching a heater,' when a table goes from cold to hot. Craps players live for it. Blackjack players wait for, and investors pray for it. Las Vagas sand could be the answer to those prayers. Although named after the Nevada gaming mecca, Las Veg

The Federal Reserve, the U.S. Senate, the Department of Justice, NASA and other federal agencies were victims of computer intrusions by a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, the DOJ said Wednesday morning as it announced the court-ordered seizure of internet domains used for h

AMD announced that its upcoming Versal adaptive SoCs will natively support Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe) 1.1 interfaces. The open industry standard, which Intel is also building into Diamond Rapids and Wildcat Lake, establishes low-power, high-bandwidth die-to-die

Anthropic has inked a roughly $45 billion cloud deal with Nscale, a UK-based artificial intelligence infrastructure company, CNBC confirmed on Wednesday. As part of the agreement, Anthropic will rent around 460 megawatts of compute capacity at an Nscale data center development in

Anthropic has inked a roughly $45 billion cloud deal with Nscale, a UK-based artificial intelligence infrastructure company, CNBC confirmed on Wednesday. As part of the agreement, Anthropic will rent around 460 megawatts of compute capacity at an Nscale data center development in

There are few personalities as universally beloved as Dolly Parton. Tributes have poured in from fellow musicians, celebrities, and current and former presidents celebrating the life and legacy of the iconic singer-songwriter, philanthropist and entrepreneur who died on Tuesday.

What we know about deadly Nepal-Tibet floods - Published Massive landslides and flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border have caused widespread damage and left hundreds dead or missing. Search and rescue operations are under way. Chinese state media has said there are significant c

The U.S. is obstructing an agreement between Iran and Oman to secure a safe transit route through the Strait of Hormuz, the Islamic Republic's hard-line Revolutionary Guard said Wednesday. Iran and Oman have already reached an agreement on their respective shares of the vital eco

Meta to pay up to $18bn to settle claims its platforms harm children - Published Social media giant Meta has agreed to a significant settlement with US states and territories to resolve claims that Facebook and Instagram harmed children. If approved by a California judge, Meta wi

PJM’s Power Shortfall Puts Data Center Growth in Focus PJM’s first large load process produced 12 proposals and no consensus. Now an accelerated procurement is addressing a 6.8 GW capacity shortfall. PJM’s latest capacity auction left the RTO 6.8 GW below its Reliability Requirem

Nutanix has announced the general availability of Nutanix Enterprise AI (NAI) 2.8 alongside the upcoming release of Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) 2.19. The updates focus on bridging the gap between legacy virtualized environments and modern containerized AI workloads. By impl

Apple announced Wednesday that it is holding a launch event at its headquarters in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 9. Invites sent to the media include the tagline "Surprise and shine" and a glowing Apple logo. The event kicks off at 10 a.m. Pacific time. Analysts expect the comp

Apple announced Wednesday that it is holding a launch event at its headquarters in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 9. Invites sent to the media include the tagline "Surprise and shine" and a glowing Apple logo. The event kicks off at 10 a.m. Pacific time. Analysts expect the comp

OpenAI unveiled benchmarks for its Jalapeño inference chip Tuesday and they are… fast. So fast that they compete with Nvidia’s best chips. OpenAI built the chips in record time by using its own AI models to speed up the design and verification phase of development. It still neede

The stigma against using AI for writing appears to be wearing off. In what Semafor’s media editor called a “precedent-setting moment,” The Wall Street Journal not only acknowledged that billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller used AI for a newsmaking op-ed, but defended the pr

David’s view If you’re running for office right now, the future is a dangerous place to be. The backlash against hyperscale data centers has converted both Democrats and Republicans into AI skeptics, warning that the industry’s rise risks robbing communities of autonomy. The popu

The GT3 occupies a singular place in the 911 lineup. Whereas the range-topping Turbo S piles on power, technology, luxury, and all-weather capability, the GT3 has always pursued something more elemental: a lighter weight, more focus, and a finely honed setup that puts the driver

Cerebras Systems has officially introduced the CS-4, the fourth generation of its wafer-scale AI supercomputing platform, designed for frontier training and high-concurrency inference workloads. The system is engineered around three newly developed Wafer Scale Engine 3 (WSE-3) Tu

License-plate reading cameras could join data centers as a tech bogeyman in the US midterm elections. A host of politicians — including Sen. Bernie Sanders and Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan — have this month blasted Flock Safety: The Atlanta-based

Does agentic AI have a payola problem? A new Stanford research paper lays out a problem that is being largely ignored as AI takes over internet search and e-commerce: It’s becoming less clear whether recommendations by AI chatbots are driven by advertising dollars or genuine info

Mark Walter's TWG Global blasted what it called "multipronged attacks" against the holding company and its subsidiaries, and said "despite what has been reported, there has been no fraud" at those companies. TWG also said it "is not looking to sell its sports assets at 'fire sale

AI - AI and ML Debian polls its developers on whether to burn the bots, tame the bots, or let 'em looseEight-way ballot on AI code puts the distro's fractious democracy through its paces -

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