‘A high-speed digital cheat sheet’: Google unveils TurboQuant AI-compression algorithm, which it claims can hugely reduce LLM memory usage

Google introduces TurboQuant, a compression method that reduces memory usage and increases speed, though results depend on benchmarks and real-world implementation variability.
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‘A career can be just as strong in these fields of plumbing and electricians’: Blackrock boss says getting an AI job shouldn’t be the end goal for everyone

Larry Fink urges society to value skilled trades as AI reshapes jobs, warns that energy costs and oil risks threaten economies.
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‘Every living thing on Earth runs on the same programming language’: How AI foundation models trained on DNA could transform plant biology

How AI foundation models are moving from language into the biology of living systems and plant science.

‘Nuclear energy is the essential backbone for this future, but the industry remains trapped in a delivery bottleneck’: Microsoft and Nvidia team up to tackle ‘historic surge in power demand’ by using AI to help the nuclear power industry

Microsoft and Nvidia deploy AI and Digital Twins to reduce bottlenecks, streamline permitting, and improve operational efficiency for nuclear projects.
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I took a ride in an Nvidia-powered autonomous Mercedes at GTC 2026 – and it’s convinced me this is the future

My ride in a Nvidia-powered autonomous car is definitely bringing me round to this future driving technology.

I took a ride in an Nvidia-powered autonomous Mercedes at GTC 2026 – and it’s convinced me this is the future

My ride in a Nvidia-powered autonomous car is definitely bringing me round to this future driving technology.

Huawei reveals its latest Nvidia H20 killer — packing a frankly ridiculous 1.56 PFLOPS of FP4 compute and up to 112GB of HBM

Huawei launches Atlas 350 with Ascend 950PR, offering high FP4 compute, improved memory performance, and competitive positioning against Nvidia H20 hardware.
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Time for a PC upgrade? Major study finds workplace devices are way behind on installing the latest updates — with Windows much worse than macOS

Enterprise devices lag in updates and stability, exposing Windows and Mac fleets to security gaps, workflow interruptions, and upgrade pressures.
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‘A huge amount of network traffic now comes from machines talking to other machines’: what rising data demand means for networks

With AI reshaping operations, a telecom expert says networks and data centers are growing increasingly interconnected.
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How I built an AI operating system to run my publishing company

If an AI agent can do the work of ten people, why would you pay for ten software seats?