Nvidia reportedly boosts Vera Rubin performance to ward hyperscalers off AMD Instinct AI accelerators — increased boost clocks and memory bandwidth pushes power demand by 500 watts to 2300 watts

Nvidia has reportedly increased the TDP of premium Rubin processors by 500W to 2.30 kW in a bid to boost clocks, memory bandwidth, and performance per Rubin GPU and per rack.
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OpenAI commits to ‘paying our own way’ so that Stargate AI data centers don’t increase energy bills — will fund grid upgrades and even flexible loads to reduce stress on energy supply

OpenAI says it will ensure Stargate does not increase electricity prices in communities where it is building its data centers.
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More than half of CEOs report seeing no benefits from AI deployment so far — only 12% of business leaders hit the jackpot of higher revenues and reduced costs

Only a third of CEOs report getting a benefit from AI deployments, while 55% saying they get no benefit or are worse off because of it.
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Nvidia accused of trying to cut a deal with Anna’s Archive for high‑speed access to the massive pirated book haul — allegedly chased stolen data to fuel its LLMs

Nvidia has been accused of offering to pay for ‘high-speed access’ to Anna’s Archive, a notorious ‘shadow library’ portal, bursting with copyright-infringing materials.
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Taiwan VP declares that U.S. deal won’t erode island’s chip industry — says Section 232 tariffs won’t apply, ‘the U.S. will grant Taiwan the most favorable treatment: zero tariffs within the quota’

Taiwan Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun said that the island hopes to become a partner to the U.S. in AI, hoping that the two parties can work together “to build a high-tech supply chain for the democratic camp.”
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U.S company Noveon Magnetics raises $215 million to expand homegrown rare earth magnet supply — $630 million spent in 2025 on American reshoring efforts to divest from Chinese reliance

Texas-based rare-earth magnet company, Noveon Magnetics, has raised $215 million from investors to expand its U.S. operations in an effort to improve American access to magnets, a rare-earth mineral crucial to producing HD…

Elon Musk restarts Dojo3 ‘space’ supercomputer project as AI5 chip design gets in ‘good shape’ — will be first Tesla-built supercomputer to feature all-in-house hardware, with no help from Nvidia

Elon Musk confirms the restart of the Dojo3 supercomputer project. Success in AI5 chip design has enabled Tesla to start porting resources over to Musk’s next-gen supercomputer aimed at “space AI”.
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Japanese city deploys anti-bear drones as ‘human casualties at an all-time high’ — non-lethal spray can be delivered with 10cm accuracy radius, 1km range

A Japanese city is rolling out an anti-bear drone system in response to ‘record levels of bear casualties and sightings.’ Over 12 people were killed by bears in Japan last year.
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New York Stock Exchange building venue for 24/7 tokenized stock and ETF exchange — will leverage blockchain to work around the clock in a bid to modernize trading

New York Stock Exchange bullish on 24/7 tokenized stock exchange

Intel’s Ohio One project shows healthy progress as new job listings pop up — construction seems to be well underway as contractor actively hiring for ambitious chip factory

Bechtel, the contractor behind Intel’s ambitious Ohio One chip factory, has posted new job listings on its website with an overview mentioning Phase 1 of the project. These recruits will be responsible for accelerating con…

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