Software could be the easiest fix for hyperscalers’ AI power squeeze, researchers say

The industry is spending billions on more efficient chips, cooling, and grid connections. But what about making computers do less work – or doing it at a better time?

Ukrainian drones hit Russia’s Yandex data centers housing two top supercomputers

No more AI training in Russia? Destiny of two Nvidia-powered Russian supercomputers is unknown as drones hit Yandex data center in Sasovo.

AMD seeks ‘broader partnership’ with Samsung as it looks to secure memory supply
AMD seeks ‘broader partnership’ with Samsung as it looks to secure memory supply

AMD is pursuing a ‘broader partnership’ with Samsung as memory company wants to tie advanced memory supply to its orders at its foundry unit.

China allegedly intercepted UPS-shipped F-35 parts after employee missed email warning

A UPS worker missed an important email about securely routing top-secret F-35 parts so mistakenly opted for a Hong Kong transit for faster shipping.

SpaceX reportedly seeking $40 billion debt package for Nvidia AI hardware

SpaceX reportedly intends to borrow $40 billion to procure 360,000 Nvidia Rubin AI accelerators, infrastructure.

Former Groq engineers sue board over $20 billion Nvidia deal
Former Groq engineers sue board over $20 billion Nvidia deal

Two former Groq engineers sued Groq’s board in Delaware over the Nvidia licensing deal behind the Groq 3 LPU.

Taiwan indicts 10 for smuggling US military-grade chips to China, parts routed to missile and radar programs using forged Taiwan defense institute orders

Taiwanese prosecutors indicted 10 company heads over Texas Instruments and Analog Devices chips allegedly resold to China.

Musk rejects rumors of TSMC takeover of Terafab — Intel reaffirms 14A node deal as Musk floats cleanroom ‘sublease’

Lip-Bu Tan says Intel will remain a part of Elon Musk’s Terafab project as Musk wants TSMC to sublease a part of the facility.

Qualcomm will license patents behind Huawei’s LogicFolding chip architecture, report says

Qualcomm will license patents behind Huawei’s LogicFolding, according to one report, as a teardown shows off the Kirin 9050 Pro’s two dies.

AI agent fleet likely from Chinese firm Tencent pulled data from rival Alibaba’s maps, researchers say

Researchers say AI agents on Tencent Cloud used urlquery.net to pull entrance data from Alibaba’s Amap, with 1,810 scans in one day.