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* Zhejiang University researchers warned GPU workloads could destabilize local grids and cause blackouts * Attackers could exploit ~1,000 GPUs to drain current and generate excess heat in systems * Theoretical attack dubbed Bit2Watt; mitigations include detecting malicious patterns and energy buffering systems Whenever an AI data center thinks really, really hard,
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On Tuesday, Google DeepMind released Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber. Gemini 3.6 Flash is Google’s “workhorse model” that promises improved capabilities in coding, knowledge work, and multimodal performance while reducing token usage by up to 17%, making it cheaper than its
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The $3,000 per book payment could be the ‘largest known copyright recovery in history.’ by Emma Roth Jul 21, 2026, 4:53 PM UTC Image: The Verge Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was
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AI AND ML Regulator refuses to budge on $7B guarantee for nearly 1 GW campus being developed with Vantage and OpenAI Oracle says that it could face more than $100 million a year in financing costs to guarantee the power commitments behind a nearly 1 GW datacenter campus it is
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Presented by Atlassian Most companies are approaching AI adoption backwards by optimizing how individuals use AI instead of how teams work together, said Dr. Molly Sands, head of the Teamwork Lab at Atlassian, during a fireside chat with VentureBeat senior technology contributor Sam Witteveen at VB Transform 2026. Sands leads
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Android users have long got the rougher version of X. After nearly a year of work, the company has stopped patching the old app and rebuilt it from scratch. The new version ships as a normal update through the Play Store, X said, so there is no separate app to
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TL;DR Apple is launching Apple Upgrade on July 28, a Klarna-backed leasing program for iPhones, Macs, iPads, and Apple Watches that replaces its current financing. Apple is preparing to launch Apple Upgrade, a device leasing program backed by Klarna that will mark one of the biggest changes to how
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The tools are Cursor, OpenAI’s Codex, Google’s Gemini CLI, and Antigravity. Over several months, Pillar Security found ways for each agent to cross its security boundary while staying, technically, inside the box. The escape that isn’t one The trick is neat. These sandboxes trust the agent inside
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TL;DR Nvidia confirmed Vera Rubin is in full production, with OpenAI deploying at scale in Q3 and CoreWeave reporting ten times the token output. Nvidia confirmed on Monday that its Vera Rubin platform has reached full production, with Ian Buck, the company’s vice president of accelerated computing, telling
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The other two major labels made peace with Udio months ago. Sony did the opposite. On Monday it filed a fresh lawsuit in New York, Billboard reported, covering 30,117 recordings and leaving Udio facing a far bigger bill. Turning peace into a weapon The heart of the case is
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Google’s answer to a summer of being outrun is not a bigger model. It is cheaper ones. On Tuesday the company launched three new Gemini models, all at its fast, low-cost “Flash” tier, a day before Alphabet reports earnings. The message is efficiency over raw power. The catch is
