AI
Mistral Large 3 Runs DeepSeek’s Blueprint. Now Mistral Hosts Chinese Weights Outright.
Mistral Large 3 shares DeepSeek V3's attention stack down to the compression ranks, and since 11 August Mistral serves Z.ai's GLM-5.2 unmodified…
AI
GAMING
Sony Reminded Everyone They Don’t Own Their Digital Games
In August 2026, Sony sent an email reminding PlayStation users that digital games are licensed, not owned, coinciding with growing frustration over…
AI
Apple Leaked Its Own Camera AirPods, and Buried the Real Story in the Voiceover
A leaked demo video reveals Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods, showcasing a feature where Siri saves visuals like book covers. Although appearing discreet, privacy…
AI
Cerebras Launched a Faster Chip the Same Week It Admitted the Business Still Loses Money
Cerebras unveiled the CS-4, a powerful server rack featuring three wafer-scale chips, promising significant throughput improvements. However, despite reported advancements and a…
DEEP TECH
Quantum Computing’s Reproducibility Problem Just Got a Number, and It’s Ugly
A new analysis by Wolfgang Mauerer's team found that only about nine percent of quantum computing papers can actually be reproduced by…
DEEP TECH
New York Banned New Data Centers and Bankrolled Quantum Computing in the Same Month
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has prioritized quantum computing by banning new hyperscale data centers while launching a $60 million funding initiative…
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE
Oppo Just Handed Its India Factory to the Company That Makes One in Four Indian Air Conditioners
Amber Enterprises will assemble Oppo, OnePlus and Realme phones in a plant Oppo already paid for, for under fifty crore rupees. The…
AEROSPACE
Ryanair Just Went All In on Google Cloud, Right as Airbus Walked the Other Way
Ryanair has struck a five-year deal with Google Cloud and its suite of tools to support its workforce of 35,000 employees, aiming…
AI
Microsoft’s AI Chip Count Doesn’t Match Its Own Numbers
A Guardian investigation into internal Microsoft documents found the company has 2.2 million AI chips installed, a fraction of what its own…
CHICAGO
Chicago’s Quantum Park Broke Ground on 440 Acres of Slag
The underdeveloped U.S. Steel South Works site is set to host America's first utility-scale quantum computer by PsiQuantum, amid community skepticism stemming…
AI
Sony Cut PSSR 2.0’s Training Time From Four GPU-Months to One GPU-Week
Sony's PSSR 2.0 significantly reduced training time from four GPU-months to under one week by simplifying its neural network's functions. It switched…
AI
Armenia’s New AI Factory Is a Washington Export License Wearing a Ribbon
Firebird's Armenia AI factory, the biggest in the former Soviet bloc, is really a story about export licenses: Washington cleared Nvidia Blackwell…
AI
Washington’s Pax Silica Letter Turns AI Diplomacy Into a Loyalty Test
The U.S. State Department's recent letter urges 35 countries to choose sides in the AI competition between Washington and Beijing, highlighting concerns…
CHICAGO
Johnson’s Data Center Order Doesn’t Define a Data Center. He Used It as a Guarantee Anyway.
Chicago's new executive order on data centers lacks a clear definition of what constitutes a data center, complicating regulatory measures. Mayor Brandon…
AI
The AI Enforcement Era Landed on Three Continents at Once, and Only Washington Pretends It Didn’t
AI regulation enforcement arrived on three continents in one week: the EU AI Act's transparency layer went live, China issued its first…