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Anthropic has expanded Claude Cowork beyond its desktop-only origins, launching the AI agent on web browsers, iOS, and Android, and shifting its execution model to the cloud so tasks continue running even when devices are offline. Originally launched in January 2026 as a desktop application for Mac and Windows, Cowork was Anthropic’s answer to giving […]
Intel is bringing AVX-512 support back to its consumer CPUs with the upcoming Nova Lake architecture, according to Linux kernel patches and multiple independent sources, ending a six-year hiatus that left AMD with a feature advantage on client platforms. The AVX-512 instruction set enables 512-bit vector operations, delivering significant performance improvements for workloads in scientific […]
Cybersecurity researchers at Sysdig have documented what they assess to be the first ransomware operation driven end-to-end by a large language model, a milestone that lowers the skill floor for running a complete extortion campaign. Dubbed JadePuffer and classified as an agentic threat actor (ATA), the operation gained initial access through an internet-facing Langflow instance […]
A software engineer and YouTuber known as bitluni has built a functioning graphics processing unit from 8,192 individual RISC-V microcontrollers, producing a homebrew GPU that draws more than 2,000 watts of power and requires a separate 3D-printed enclosure to program. The six-month project, undertaken in partnership with PCB design software firm Altium, uses CH570 RISC-V […]
Samsung Electronics has posted preliminary second-quarter results showing operating profits surging approximately 19-fold year-on-year, driven entirely by the artificial intelligence boom’s insatiable demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and advanced DRAM, yet its share price fell roughly 10% on the news. The South Korean semiconductor giant guided for Q2 2026 sales of approximately 170 to 172 […]
Electric vehicle batteries are significantly more durable than popular perception suggests, according to new data from battery analytics company Recurrent. The study, based on more than 30,000 connected vehicles, found that the average EV retains approximately 95% of its original driving range after five years on the road, and 97% after three years. The findings […]
Anthropic, the AI company behind the Claude family of models, has signed a 20-year data center lease worth US$19 billion (approximately £15 billion) with TeraWulf, a former Bitcoin miner turned AI infrastructure developer, despite having never turned a profit. The lease covers the Justified Data campus in Hawesville, Kentucky, a 320-hectare (approximately 790-acre) site built […]
Electric vehicle batteries are significantly more durable than popular perception suggests, according to new data from battery analytics company Recurrent. The study, based on more than 30,000 connected vehicles, found that the average EV retains approximately 95% of its original driving range after five years on the road, and 97% after three years. The findings […]
Anthropic, the AI company behind the Claude family of models, has signed a 20-year data center lease worth US$19 billion (approximately £15 billion) with TeraWulf, a former Bitcoin miner turned AI infrastructure developer, despite having never turned a profit. The lease covers the Justified Data campus in Hawesville, Kentucky, a 320-hectare (approximately 790-acre) site built […]
The AI bubble is no longer a concern confined to skeptical analysts and short-sellers. The Bank for International Settlements, the institution owned by the world’s central banks, has published a report drawing direct parallels between today’s AI infrastructure buildout and history’s great financial manias, from the British railway mania of the 1800s to the dot-com […]
