AI and the ghosts of tech booms past

What can past tech booms teach us about AI?

Mail service used by 30,000 businesses including NHS trusts suffers major outage
Mail service used by 30,000 businesses including NHS trusts suffers major outage

Docsign has been down for several days, leaving many UK healthcare providers without access to mail.

‘The planets aligned’: Nvidia confirms $12.9bn Hugging Face deal in potentially huge AI shake-up
‘The planets aligned’: Nvidia confirms $12.9bn Hugging Face deal in potentially huge AI shake-up

Jensen Huang confirms Nvidia’s plans to buy Hugging Face in its biggest-ever acquisition.

Banking giant UBS wants all new employees to have AI skills
Banking giant UBS wants all new employees to have AI skills

UBS says all new recruits for its 2027 intake must be AI-proficient – but it will also support them with AI training once employed.

Why AI visibility now demands paid and organic GEO optimization

AI shopping is reshaping GEO: brands must optimize for organic discovery and paid conversion.

‘Resilience comes from designing for disconnection, not assuming more connectivity’: The future of battlefield AI systems lies in both coordination and local capability

I spoke to Andreas Hellander of Scaleout to learn more about how battlefield AI systems and frontline technologies can be made more resilient.

Why is there so much worry about OpenAI Astra, and what issues could ‘recurrent depth’ reasoning cause? The experts weigh in
Why is there so much worry about OpenAI Astra, and what issues could ‘recurrent depth’ reasoning cause? The experts weigh in

As OpenAI unveils GPT-6 Astra, cybersecurity experts question whether the model’s ‘recurrent depth’ reasoning was properly tested.

This $75 Philips 24-inch 100Hz monitor deal is the ultimate WFH upgrade for Labor Day
This $75 Philips 24-inch 100Hz monitor deal is the ultimate WFH upgrade for Labor Day

This budget 24-inch business monitor packs in 1080p res, 100Hz refresh rate, and Adaptive Sync for everyday work and light gaming.

Anker’s S2000 is the smallest 2kWh home backup power station around — and it just dropped to $650 in Amazon’s Labor Day sale
Anker’s S2000 is the smallest 2kWh home backup power station around — and it just dropped to $650 in Amazon’s Labor Day sale

This 2,010Wh home backup unit delivers 1500W continuous output, 3000W peak, 10,000-cycle battery rating, and up to 35-hour fridge backup.

Nvidia unveils custom high-bandwidth memory promising higher bandwidth and lower power use – but who will actually get to use it?

Nvidia says its custom NVHBM beats HBM4E by 30% on bandwidth and 15% on power, but the standard has yet to be produced en masse.