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Hot Chips 2026: Arm details AGI server CPU with two 70-core N3P chiplets — touts 2 TB/s UCIe fabric link and 12-channel memory controller But what about real-world performance numbers? This Tom's Hardware Premium article is free to read with a Tom's Hardware account; no payment n

Mad scientist makes LEDs in his backyard — semiconductor wizard who made his own RAM turns his attention to using bathroom eBay laser to etch sapphire wafers It involves lasers! The Dr. Semiconductor YouTube channel only has a few videos, but the man is quickly making a name for

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Two people died from measles in Pennsylvania, the state’s first deaths from the disease in 35 years, with experts warning that figure could rise because of falling vaccination rates in the US. While numerous academic studies have shown no connection between the measles vaccine an

Listen to this article in summarized format For investors, however, the key differentiator is execution, it said. The ratings firm said its review of 100 large debt-funded acquisitions found that two in three broadly met expectations, with successful deals delivering 20-80% scale

Experts warned that Ebola is spreading “exponentially” in the Democratic Republic of Congo as unpaid health workers struggle to contain the virus. A lack of funding, widespread misinformation, and poor infrastructure have left authorities in the war-torn country scrambling to con

Chinese authorities indicated they would not increase government spending to revive flagging economic growth, and would instead intensify focus on the broader adoption of cutting-edge technology. Several metrics have shown that China’s domestic economy is slowing, potentially to

Global trade tensions grew among several major powers, with little sign of respite on the horizon. The US is weighing imposing yet more penalties on goods and services from Canada, Bloomberg reported, after Ottawa responded to Washington’s original tariffs with matching levies of

OpenAI’s CRO position has been in flux for, well, years. The most recent change came as Denise Dresser, former CEO of Slack, unexpectedly stepped away after less than a year on the job—or so she said on LinkedIn. My colleague Emily Forlini’s sources suggest OpenAI decided to let

Microsoft Paint and Photos apps add invisible watermark to AI-generated content — developer reverse engineers GUID embedding Server-issued GUID watermark gets applied to all images generated via Paint or Photos AI features, even those that are made locally on Copilot+ PCs. Develo

Investors are awaiting the release of Nvidia earnings today both for insight into the chip behemoth’s prospects and clues about the broader economy. The semiconductor firm — the only one in the world with a $5 trillion market capitalization — faces challenges, ranging from the in

The AI boom is powering the world economy, helping it weather the impact of the war in the Middle East and its impact on trade, the head of the IMF argued. Though the conflict has cooled growth somewhat — the IMF revised its 2026 global forecast down 0.5 percentage points — massi

The Indian stock market ended Wednesday's trade, August 26, marginally lower, as gains in banking and metal stocks were offset by a sell-off in the technology and consumer goods sectors. The Nifty 50 dropped 0.52% to 24,207, while the Sensex declined 0.05% to 77,614. The broader

Sensex lost 183 points to close at around 77,473 while Nifty 50 dropped 127 points or more than half a percent to end the session below 24,208. Broader markets ended mixed, with Nifty Smallcap 100 rising 0.8% while Nifty Midcap slipped into the red. Infosys, Bharti Airtel and L&T

Why high energy bills look like they are here to stay - Published Energy bills may have been a long way from our minds through the sweltering summer. Clothes on a washing line have been drying in minutes. Cold showers have been more tempting than hot ones. But the latest news and

Vineet Mittal’s Avaada Electro Ltd has scaled down its proposed initial public offering (IPO) to ₹7,600 crore from an earlier potential target of ₹10,000 crore, according to an updated draft red herring prospectus submitted to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on

Stock market today: The Indian stock market benchmarks, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, ended lower on Wednesday, 26 August, amid profit-booking ahead of key US inflation prints. The Sensex ended 183 points, or 0.24%, lower at 77,472.94, while the Nifty 50 declined 127 points, or 0.

In mid-2024, a cybersecurity partner’s mistake led to a global Microsoft Windows outage. It affected 8.5 million Windows devices. Although this represents less than 1% of all Windows machines, it caused major disruptions. Airports were shut down, major airlines experienced widesp

US gov't moves to suppress pushback on data centers by removing requirements for public input on pollution — EPA change would allow air pollution permits without publicizing them States would then need to choose if they want to solicit public feedback for permits. The U.S. govern

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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 -

Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin and Ethereum declined 1.48% and 1.05%, respectively. Among major altcoins, BNB, XRP, Solana, Tron, Dogecoin and Cardano fell by up to 4.80%, while Hyperliquid gained 1.53%. Also Read | Over Rs 1 crore invested in mutual funds, NPS, PPF and FDs: Sho

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Credit: WUS Printed Circuits The global hardware supply chain is undergoing a structural transformation, driven by an unprecedented surge in artificial intelligence infrastructure investment... Keep me signed in Some subscribers prefer to save their log-in information so they do

$50k worth of retro Nintendo NES games stolen in devastating home robbery — crooks took 850 games spanning 40 years from family "That was going to be my grandkids' inheritance or college tuition, and now I don’t have anything to give them" A family from Pierce County in Washingto

The company, formerly known as ITD Cementation India Ltd., has been meeting institutional investors and could launch the qualified institutional placement in the coming days, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. ICICI Securities Ltd. an

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OpenAI bans Russian ChatGPT accounts posing as a fake Israeli think tank — used VPNs to push pro-Kremlin narratives and steal academic papers for its website The operation reached almost no one. A fake Israeli think tank credited migration-policy research to an Australian profess

A penny stock under ₹5 has been on a spree of hitting its upper circuit and 52-week highs over the last few sessions. Despite weak market sentiment, NHC Foods jumped 5% to its upper circuit of ₹2.05 in intraday deals on the BSE on Wednesday, 26 August. The stock has been rising f

Capri Global Capital, a diversified non-banking financial company (NBFC), saw its shares gain 9% in Wednesday's trade, August 26, hitting a more than one-month high of ₹260.85 apiece, even as the broader Indian stock market remained largely range-bound. While there appeared to be

FLASH IBM upgrades DS8000 with faster flash drives IBM has upgraded its high-end DS8000 storage array to use the latest FCM5 FlashCore Modules, its proprietary SSDs, with speed and capacity increases over the prior FCM4s. IBM Storage product Marketing Manager Fabian Alejandro Rue

At the beginning of 2025, Mexico’s central bank and Wall Street analysts had expected the peso to weaken toward 21 per dollar. Instead, the currency has strengthened beyond 17 per dollar, reviving the idea of a “super peso.” The rally, however, is proving to be a mixed blessing f

Enthusiast turns a Lenovo Yoga laptop, an M.2 slot, and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT into 'the world's stupidest' desktop for local AI chatbots — M.2 franken-rig crippled by laptop DRAM swap Predictably, they ended up regretting their life decisions, but it was seemingly a fun ride. Abo

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Consumer electronics startup boAt’s profit after tax (PAT) increased 38% to ₹84.5 Cr in the financial year ended March 2026 (FY26) from ₹61.1 Cr in the previous fiscal year. The profit growth came despite the startup’s operating revenue declining nearly 5% to ₹2,931 Cr from ₹3,07

The ECB raised borrowing costs for the first time in nearly three years in June, seeking to prevent a war-driven surge in energy prices from spreading more broadly through the euro zone economy. Policymakers now see another increase as increasingly warranted, with inflation close

The board also recommended a final dividend of Rs 3 per equity share, or 60% of the face value of Rs 5 each, for the financial year ended March 2026. The dividend will be declared at the company’s annual general meeting. The record date or book closure period for the dividend wil

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Your chance to start building AI agents from the absolute basics Christina Lin Developer Relations Engineering Manager Have you been hearing a lot about "AI agents" lately but aren't sure how to actually start building them? You don't need a background in machine learning or year