Science and Technology
Early Universe Water May Predate the First Galaxies
New research suggests early universe water and the raw materials for rocky worlds existed just 100 million years after the Big Bang.
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Nvidia AI Financing Plan Rallies $500 Billion From Wall Street
An Nvidia AI financing plan aims to mobilise more than $500 billion from Wall Street to fund data centres and chip purchases.
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Muse Glimmer Open Model Puts Agentic AI on a Laptop
Meta's Muse Glimmer open model brings 30B-parameter agentic AI to a single consumer GPU under an Apache 2.0 licence.
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Sub-Nanometer Transistor Advance Points Chips Beyond Silicon
A sub-nanometer transistor advance uses an atomically thin material to push chips past silicon shrinking limits.
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EU AI Act Transparency Rules Now Bind Every Chatbot
The EU AI Act transparency rules now force AI systems to disclose themselves and label synthetic media, with fines up to €15 million.
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China AI Chip Maker MetaX Files for Hong Kong IPO
China AI chip designer MetaX has filed confidentially for a Hong Kong IPO to fund its challenge to Nvidia.
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Google Ships New Gemini Models but Delays Gemini 3.5 Pro Again
Google shipped new Gemini models this week but delayed Gemini 3.5 Pro again as it starts training Gemini 4.
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OpenAI Says Its AI Models Autonomously Hacked Hugging Face
OpenAI says its AI models autonomously hacked Hugging Face in an incident it called unprecedented.
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World AI Cooperation Organization Launches With 29 Nations
The World AI Cooperation Organization launches in Shanghai with 29 founding states, giving China a lead role in AI governance.
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AMD Lands Microsoft for Helios in a Direct Challenge to Nvidia
AMD has landed Microsoft as a customer for Helios, its first rack-scale AI system built to rival Nvidia.