Congress wants veto power over Trump administration for AI chip exports — new proposed AI Overwatch Act would shift ultimate control of high-performance chip exports

U.S. lawmakers have advanced the AI Overwatch Act, a bill that would lock the highest-performance AMD and Nvidia data center AI processors behind Congressional approval and veto power for exports to China and other adversa…

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NASA taps popular PC hardware performance tool for cockpit simulations — CapFrameX enters government software approval process

NASA has started the government software approval process to use CapFrameX on its simulators to benchmark the performance of its systems.
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Nvidia CEO expects AI to create more jobs for construction workers, electricians, plumbers, and many others

AI is set to wipe out many routine white-collar jobs while simultaneously fueling a historic infrastructure boom that boosts demand and wages for skilled blue-collar workers, believes Jensen Huang from Nvidia.
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Chinese companies reportedly considering sourcing H200 chips from the black market as chips held at the border — demand for Nvidia AI GPUs remain high despite political uncertainty

Days after Beijing stopped the entry of H200 chips at the border, Chinese tech companies are reportedly considering purchasing them from the black market at a higher price just to get their hands on the powerful AI GPU.
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Elon Musk’s xAI Colossus 2 is nowhere near 1 gigawatt capacity, satellite imagery suggests — despite claims, site only has 350 megawatts of cooling capacity

Despite Elon Musk’s claim that xAI’s Colossus 2 has already reached a 1 GW scale, satellite analysis by Epoch AI indicates the supercomputer is still far below that level due to limited cooling capacity.
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Quantum computing firm dangles $22,500 Bitcoin prize — all you have to do is uncover a private key hidden inside a quantum-optimized problem

The Quantum Advantage Challenge offers a 0.25 BTC wallet prize to anyone who can answer a specialized problem that can be solved in under two hours on today’s quantum hardware.
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Jensen Huang says Nvidia has dethroned Apple as TSMC’s largest customer — rumor suggests that the chip fab is increasing its prices for Cupertino

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirmed in a podcast that his company has overtaken Apple as TSMC’s biggest customer, once again becoming its top client after more than 20 years.
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Steam client allegedly continues sharing your status with your friends even if you set it ‘Offline,’ report claims — setting is a ‘UI illusion’ and your friends still receive real-time updates when you log on or log off

An anonymous blog claims that your Steam client continues broadcasting your log-on and log-off times, regardless of your privacy status. Your friends’ clients just hide your profile, but your log data is still stored on th…

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Microsoft CEO says AI needs to have a wider impact or else it risks quickly losing ‘social permission’ — also says that the technology should benefit more people to avoid a bubble

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discusses AI’s wider impact and what it needs to do to not be a bubble.

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OpenAI shows clear compute and revenue scaling to soothe investor worries as company preps for IPO — expenditure continues to outweigh income as 10GW buildout continues

OpenAI links computing power to revenue and assuages investors

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