A look at Google's TPU evolution, its decision to sell chips to competitors after 12 years of internal use, the TPU vs. GPU architecture showdown, and more
Is GPU vs TPU the CISC vs RISC contest of the modern era? … All of a sudden, everyone is talking - and writing - about Google's TPUs (Tensor Processing Units). LinkedIn: Aditya Harit LinkedIn: Aditya ...
As Microsoft accelerates its AI buildout in rural Wisconsin, one community's vocal opposition led the company to withdraw plans for a proposed data center site
The village of Caledonia, Wisconsin, sandwiched between Chicago and Milwaukee along Lake Michigan, is dotted with corn and soybean fields … X: @emilyjashinsky and @veracityalways Bluesky: @jordannovet...
Lawyers for a teen who died by suicide after allegedly discussing methods with ChatGPT call OpenAI's request for all memorial documents “intentional harassment”
Family of teen who took his own life after ChatGPT use alleges chatbot maker intentionally weakened protections X: @cristinacriddle , @justinbullock14 , @grady_booch , @sachalouise , @codytfenwick , @...
Sources: private capital firms like Oaktree, EQT, and DWS are seeking to cash in on the US-driven AI boom, launching €17B of European data center sales in weeks
Oaktree Capital, Partners Group and EQT among those seeking to cash in on AI boom — Private capital firms are seeking … X: @ivanlevingston X: Ivan Levingston / @ivanlevingston : Swiss private equity...
A look at London-based “neocloud” startup Nscale, which landed a $500M investment from Nvidia and aims to scale up to 300K GPUs globally, on par with CoreWeave
Nscale, a tiny London-based startup, just landed $500 million in backing from AI chip giant Nvidia to help build … Bluesky: @iainmartin Bluesky: Iain Martin / @iainmartin : Nvidia's Jensen Huang just ...
A look at the potential future of personalized, AI-generated entertainment, and how it could both submerge human originality and enable new forms of expression
We're used to algorithms guiding our choices. When machines can effortlessly generate the content we consume, though, what's left for the human imagination? X: @newyorker . LinkedIn: Pinja Pakalen , ...
Hands-on with Tiramisu, Meta's “hyperrealistic” VR research prototype with beyond-retinal resolution, high brightness and contrast, and a narrow field of view
At SIGGRAPH 2025, I went hands-on with Tiramisu, Meta's research prototype that combines beyond-retinal resolution … X: @ibrews and @heaney555 X: @ibrews : The @Meta Tiramisu headset demos at SIGGRAPH...
Silicon Valley has shifted from Web 2.0 to a new “hard tech”, AI-dominated era with fewer perks and a more serious mood, as startups use San Francisco as a base
In a scene in HBO's “Silicon Valley” in 2014, a character who had just sold his idea to a fictional tech company … Bluesky: @romitmehta.com . Mastodon: @ricmac@mastodon.social . X: @obrien , @profschl...
The Marin Community Foundation sold 13.4M+ Figma shares for $440M+ in the IPO; source: the foundation had received the shares from Figma co-founder Evan Wallace
As Figma went public this week to much fanfare—and an almost instantaneous 250% stock pop—quite a few folks from Silicon Valley made money. X: @ajs X: Alyson Shontell / @ajs : Figma IPO's surprise win...
Docs: Groq revised its 2025 revenue projections to $500M+ within the past month, citing delays in data center capacity, after projecting $2B+ earlier this year
Groq, a richly funded chip startup trying to take on Nvidia, told investors early this year it was on track to have more than $2 billion in revenue for 2025. X: @jordannanos and @barneyflames X: Jorda...