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Researchers set a real-time fiber record: 3.2 petabits per second over 10.3 kilometers
Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026
A joint initiative by Chinese researchers and engineers has set a new record for real-time fiber-optic communications. The team sent 3.2 petabits per second (Pbps) through a single optical fiber, topping the 2.5 Pbps mark the same group set earlier this year. The figure reflects bidirectional transmission, with traffic flowing...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
DoorDash reportedly in talks to acquire Instacart in $17 billion deal
Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026
Instacart was also recently tied to acquisition rumors with Uber, but sources say those talks are no longer active. It is unclear if Uber would try again if DoorDash comes up short.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Apple refreshes 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 chip and faster wireless
Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026
The M6 features two additional CPU and GPU cores compared to the previous M5. According to Apple, the GPU delivers up to 30% faster graphics performance and 25% faster on-device AI performance.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
The NBA is the third major US league to partner with both Kalshi and Polymarket
Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026
The NBA said the multi-year deals would help establish a data-sharing framework to root out insider betting and other forms of corruption that have rocked the league on multiple occasions. These incidents have resulted in suspensions and federal indictments involving several prominent players and coaches, including Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier,...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AI safety expert stops saving for retirement, he believes AI could wipe out humanity within a decade
Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026
Nate Soares, the president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), revealed his pessimistic choice to The Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson in a recent interview for the latter's The Most Interesting Thing in AI series.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Modders unlock hidden AI power on Nvidia RTX 20, 30, and 40 series GPUs, nearly doubling some benchmarks
Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026
The limit lives in the tensor cores. When they multiply FP16 or BF16 numbers and add up the results in higher-precision FP32, GeForce cards issue those instructions at half the rate of the FP16-accumulate mode. That FP32 mode is the one most training and plenty of inference actually rely on....Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Meta gets $3 billion from Nvidia, team up to make Muse AI faster and cheaper to run
Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026
When Meta announced its stock offering yesterday, it was reported that Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom had indicated interest in buying up to $5 billion worth of the company's shares collectively. The world's largest company by market cap has now confirmed its contribution.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees, a quarter of the company
Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026
Microsoft recently announced a new voluntary exit offer for employees at level 70 and below in certain countries. Sources told CNBC that this group includes about 60,000 workers, a substantial increase in scope compared with the buyout offers that began in April.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Intel's leaked 28-core Nova Lake CPU beats the Core Ultra 9 285K and Ryzen 9 9950X3D in single-thread testing
Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026
A VideoCardz reader found the entries through PerformanceTest 11.1's Manage Baselines feature. Listed as "Intel 0000," the processors appear in submissions dating back to September.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Sony's next PlayStation handheld may get exclusive access to AMD's mobile RDNA 5
Posted on Tuesday October 27, 2026
According to Digital Foundry, Sony might have some kind of exclusive access to the mobile variant of AMD's upcoming RDNA 5 architecture. The nature of that exclusivity remains unclear, however. Sony and AMD may have a formal deal, or Sony may simply be the only manufacturer able to justify a...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »