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Nvidia’s Vera server chip aims for high per-core performance. Its Olympus cores have massive out-of-order structures and use high per-clock throughput to meet that goal within a high core count server chip. Core design however is only one part of the equation. Off-core memory acc

BlackRock Inc., Fidelity Management & Research, Capital Group and Allianz SE were among the investors taking anchoring stakes in Jio Platforms Ltd.’s $3.2 billion initial public offering, as Reliance Industries Ltd.’s telecom and digital services arm prepares for what’s set to be

AI - Benchmarked: Nvidia's RTX Spark notebook delivers serious local AI compute, at a price El Reg digs its claws into HP's N1X-powered OmniBook Ultra 16 - Want your AI chats to stay private? Brave TEEs up end-to-end encryption Browser maker using trusted hardware to protect conv

Woman says she 'closed eyes and tried not to be there' during alleged Russell Brand rape - Published - Warning - this report contains graphic content A woman who alleges she was raped by Russell Brand at a bar told the police "I just closed my eyes and tried not to be there" whil

US bans DeepSeek AI from government use as tech tension with China continues - Published The US has ordered all artificial intelligence (AI) technology from the Chinese firm DeepSeek to be removed from most government systems. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has banned

The warning came from Mark Habib, S&P Global’s Head for Digital Infrastructure, who said there was no need to change the agency’s ratings for now. However, he pointed to complex financing arrangements that could leave hyperscalers exposed to debt linked to data centre projects or

Jio Platforms has allotted shares worth ₹8,110 crore to 212 anchor investors at the upper end of its price band of ₹1,119 per share, according to a stock exchange filing. The company allotted 7.24 crore shares to anchor investors ahead of its initial public offering (IPO), which

Town, a two-year-old, San Francisco-based startup developing AI assistants, nabbed a unicorn valuation on Monday, announcing a $108 million Series B funding round co-led by Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures. The company launched publicly just four months ago and said it reac

Shares of General Motors (GM) will be in focus on Tuesday, October 20, as the US automaker is scheduled to announce its third-quarter 2026 financial results before the opening bell. Wall Street analysts expect a sharp increase in earnings, supported by improving profitability des

Rivian is going full steam ahead on developing autonomous vehicle software for its EVs, to the point that it is willing to delay profitability. Founder and CEO RJ Scaringe said last week at TechCrunch Disrupt that he thinks autonomy will allow his company to build radically diffe

Listen to this article in summarized format The telecom and digital services company allotted 7.25 crore shares to anchor investors at Rs 1,119 apiece, the upper end of its IPO price band, according to an exchange filing on Monday. The anchor allocation attracted several prominen

Apple's iPhone Duo is shaping up to be the new growth engine that Jim Cramer predicted it would be. In the days leading up to Duo preorders this past Friday, Jim said many times that Apple's first foldable device would be a blockbuster. He also called out investors for selling of

Trial hears Robinson 'intimidated' Daily Mail reporters - Published Political activist Tommy Robinson used "bully-boy, intimidatory tactics" to frighten two Daily Mail journalists, forcing them to employ security or leave home, a court has heard. The 43-year-old from Bedfordshire

by Otávio Rosso Sleeping Giants Brasil and the organization CTRL+Z sent new evidence to the Superior Electoral Court on Monday. The groups say it points to possible unequal treatment by Meta of the campaigns of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, of the Workers’ Party, and Sen.

Ahead of opening its public issue on Wednesday (October 19), telecom major Jio Platforms has raised ₹8,109.8 Cr from anchor investors. The company allotted 7.25 Cr equity shares to anchor investors at a price of ₹1,119 per share, the upper end of its price band. Around 2.48 Cr sh

Kenya cult leader who told parents to starve children guilty of 191 murders - Published The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult, Paul Mackenzie, has been found guilty of murdering 191 people, all but one of them children. Mackenzie ordered members of his cult to starve their childre

The bank said it initiated necessary response measures immediately after becoming aware of the incident and has engaged leading experts to assist with the investigation. “The matter is being analysed to ascertain the root cause, and necessary corrective measures are being underta

AI - Benchmarked: Nvidia's RTX Spark notebook delivers serious local AI compute, at a price El Reg digs its claws into HP's N1X-powered OmniBook Ultra 16 - Want your AI chats to stay private? Brave TEEs up end-to-end encryption Browser maker using trusted hardware to protect conv

Blanket usage caps are akin to a hiring freeze in the AI era. Many enterprises have turned to uniform caps to control AI spend, but they are blunt instruments that limit productivity. They hold back the engineers who are the most efficient users of AI. And engineers who use AI le

Since its earliest days, the video game industry has been built on developers creating clones of competing games, with varying levels of originality and varying levels of enforcement from game platforms. Now, though, AI coding tools are making that cloning process so efficient th

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Monday that he'll give every child in the U.S. one of his shares in the company next year. Musk currently owns about 4.8 billion SpaceX shares, according to an August SEC filing. That figure rises to 6.4 billion when taking into account unvested awards a

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Monday that he'll give every child in the U.S. one of his shares in the company next year. Musk currently owns about 4.8 billion SpaceX shares, according to an August SEC filing. That figure rises to 6.4 billion when taking into account unvested awards a

Amazon is funding development of a proposed 960-megawatt nuclear plant in Indiana and would be the first customer to buy its power, the companies announced Monday. Utility company American Electric Power (AEP) would operate the plant. X-energy, which designs small modular nuclear

Heading into 2026, investors were excited at the prospect of a host of new initial public offerings, including ones from mega-cap private companies like SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI. But now investors will have to settle for less than they expected at the start of the year, with

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) has begun notifying victims impacted by a recent data breach of driver’s license and motor vehicle data, but not everyone whose information was stolen will receive an alert. In a notice posted Friday, FLHSMV con

AI - Benchmarked: Nvidia's RTX Spark notebook delivers serious local AI compute, at a price El Reg digs its claws into HP's N1X-powered OmniBook Ultra 16 - Want your AI chats to stay private? Brave TEEs up end-to-end encryption Browser maker using trusted hardware to protect conv

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued show-cause notices to quick commerce unicorn Zepto as well as several food and nutraceutical brands amid a broader crackdown on food safety violations. The notice against Zepto followed a consumer complaint on so

As Cornell University faces scrutiny over its handling of sexual assault allegations, some prospective students are reconsidering whether to apply, according to college admissions consultants who spoke with CNBC. The concerns come just weeks before Cornell's Nov. 1 early-decision

CoreWeave rose 3.4% after losing more than a quarter of its value last week, as concerns around its $50 billion debt load weighed on the broader AI trade. Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to “buy” from “neutral”, saying tight computing capacity and CoreWeave's performance advanta

Meta published a detailed look inside Prometheus today, the gigawatt-scale AI supercluster it is building in New Albany, Ohio. The first phase is complete and has trained the Muse family of foundation models, including the Muse Wonder models, and Meta says the site is being scale

Dive Brief: - Mattel is bringing on Peter Griffith as its chief financial officer, effective Tuesday, according to a Monday press release. Griffith will join the company’s board of directors and report to CEO Roger Lynch. - Griffith succeeds Paul Ruh, who will serve as an adviser

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The latest use case for AI? Dumbing down your smart TV to get rid of the bloat. A number of developers and vibe coders have recently been sharing solutions for “vibe-coding” your TV to get rid of sponsored ads, speed up the app launcher, redesign the home screen, disable tracking

Dive Brief: - Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. plans to hire more than 11,000 seasonal workers for the 2026 holiday season across its subsidiary of brands, the company said in a Thursday press release. The number of seasonal hires is around 20% lower than last year. - The company want

AI - Benchmarked: Nvidia's RTX Spark notebook delivers serious local AI compute, at a price El Reg digs its claws into HP's N1X-powered OmniBook Ultra 16 - Want your AI chats to stay private? Brave TEEs up end-to-end encryption Browser maker using trusted hardware to protect conv