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AI infrastructure company Nebius signed a deal to provide up to $27 billion in AI computing capacity to Meta over the next five years, including a guaranteed $12 billion purchase by 2027. Reuters reports: Under the agreement, Meta will also buy an additional $15 billion worth of capacity planned by Nebius over the coming five years if it is not sold to other customers, giving the contract a...
The combined platform establishes a compliance-enforced execution layer for digital trade corridors connecting Malaysia with global partners, representing one of the first integrations of a national blockchain infrastructure with pre-execution policy governance. ZenithBlox Inc. and My Blockchain Infrastructure Sdn. Bhd. (MBISB), the entity behind Malaysia’s national blockchain initiative,...
The Tour One M3 headphones offer flagship performance at midrange pricing, as long as color is negotiable for you.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Spending on data center projects in the U.S. has exploded, surpassing offices for the first time at the end of last year. It’s a trend Matt Kunz saw early on when Meta built a computing hub outside Columbus, Ohio. Other tech companies soon swarmed into the area, drawn by its stable economy, university talent pipeline and ample power, water and...
The answers to today’s problems
Earlier today I posed four puzzles from the Hyde Park Math Zine, a maths fanzine from Austin, Texas. Here they are again with solutions.
1. Ring it
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In 2026, the “one-size-fits-all” approach to digital gambling is obsolete. AI algorithms now analyze vast datasets in real-time to create bespoke gaming lobbies for every individual. This means that when a player logs in, the interface dynamically rearranges itself based on past behavior, risk tolerance, and even the time of day. For instance, if a […]
Roy Mutooni has replaced Thato Motlanthe as MTN Group executive of investor relations, effective 1 April.
A Florida bill that would have regulated artificial intelligence, backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, failed to gain traction after President Trump made it clear he did not want states to rein in the technology.
South Africa’s finance leaders say decision speed, not reporting, now defines the CFO role.
A German court ruled that TCL misled consumers by marketing certain TVs as “QLED” when they “do not deliver the color reproduction expected from QLED TVs.” It has ordered the company to stop advertising or selling those models in Germany. TechRadar reports: The case was filed by Samsung, which claimed that TCL was running deceptive advertising, and more court cases on the same topic are coming...
An animated reboot of Firefly is in early development at 20th Television Animation with Nathan Fillion involved. The project has Joss Whedon’s blessing and will be run by writers Tara Butters and Marc Guggenheim, with early concept art already underway. According to the Hollywood Reporter, “The series would be set in the timeline between the original, 11-episode TV run in 2002 and the 2005...
MTN Group will spend up to R6-billion buying back and cancelling its own shares over the next three years.
Scientists in the US have uploaded a fruit fly to a computer simulation, while an Australian lab has taught neurons on a glass chip to play a 90s video game. How long before we are all living in a sci-fi movie?
It sounds like the opening of a sci-fi film, but US scientists recently uploaded a copy of the brain of a living fly into a simulation. In San Francisco, biotechnology company Eon...
Recording of humpback whale from 1949 could also provide new understanding of how the huge animals communicate
A haunting whale song discovered on decades-old audio equipment could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate, according to researchers who say it’s the oldest such recording known.
The song is that of a humpback whale, a marine giant beloved by whale watchers...
The Electoral Commission says it is planning to develop a virtual results operations centre and new public mobile application.
The glitch meant logged-in users could view and edit other companies’ details without their consent.
HyperLight Corporation (“HyperLight”) today announced a major milestone in low-power optical networking with the demonstration of a 1.6T-DR8 optical transceiver leveraging HyperLight’s TFLN Chiplet™ Platform.
“A new type of battery storage is about to be deployed on the Midwestern grid for the first time,” reports Electrek:Sodium-ion battery storage manufacturer Peak Energy and global energy company RWE Americas will pilot a passively cooled sodium-ion battery system in eastern Wisconsin on the Midcontinent Independent System Operator network — the first sodium-ion deployment on that grid. Peak...
South African start-up AirhostSwap lets Airbnb hosts swap their empty nights for stays at properties worldwide.
The new generative AI platform helps entrepreneurs and aspiring developers build and deploy full‑stack apps with Guided Mode.