Big Tech eyes glacier-strewn Patagonia for building mega AI data centers — region offers 17,300 glaciers, coldness, and cheap energy, but fiber lines are scarce
 Big Tech eyes glacier-strewn Patagonia for building mega AI data centers — region offers 17,300 glaciers, coldness, and cheap energy, but fiber lines are scarce

Patagonia, a region of Argentina with 17,300 glaciers has the potential to turn into a data center hotspot.

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More than 10% chance AI ‘could kill all humans’ in the next 10 years, Anthropic safety researcher says — departing employee says AI companies are ‘gambling with our lives’
 More than 10% chance AI ‘could kill all humans’ in the next 10 years, Anthropic safety researcher says — departing employee says AI companies are ‘gambling with our lives’

Anthropic AI safety researcher has warned there’s a more than 10% chance AI could kill all humans.

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TSMC to start using High-NA EUV lithography in 2030 — A10 or A11 technology prime candidates for use
 TSMC to start using High-NA EUV lithography in 2030 — A10 or A11 technology prime candidates for use

TSMC discloses plans to use High-NA EUV lithography in 2030, 6×12-inch photomasks with new scanners in 2033.

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Benchmarking Qwen 3.8 27B on RTX 5090 and beyond — VRAM capacity alone can’t overcome severe software and inference engine bottlenecks
 Benchmarking Qwen 3.8 27B on RTX 5090 and beyond — VRAM capacity alone can’t overcome severe software and inference engine bottlenecks

Following the release of Qwen 3.8 27B, we put our trusty hardware to the test to see which hardware might be best suited for running this open-weight AI model.

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NEC has quietly quit quantum computing hardware development, report claims — company says it will continue to evaluate practical applications and industrialization of quantum technologies

NEC reportedly quits development of quantum computers, but plans to explore practical applications for such systems.

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Hackers drain $320 million in Bitcoin from Liquid Network, emptying roughly 95% of federation wallet — attackers claim they’re the ‘good guys’ and will return funds after the vulnerability is fixed

Hackers claiming to be white hats drained about $320 million in Bitcoin from Liquid Network’s federation wallet, promising to return the funds after the platform fixes the underlying bug

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Thailand asks data center operators to suspend 49 buildouts until legal framework is complete — new legislation is supposed to create ‘airtight’ requirements for large-scale data centers
 Thailand asks data center operators to suspend 49 buildouts until legal framework is complete — new legislation is supposed to create ‘airtight’ requirements for large-scale data centers

Thailand asks datacenter operators to suspend buildouts until legal framework is complete — new legislation is supposed to create “airtight” requirements for large-scale datacenters

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Belgian-Chinese semiconductor researcher arrested over alleged GaN trade-secret theft — prosecutors suspect BelGaN insiders transferred chip IP to China before the company collapsed
 Belgian-Chinese semiconductor researcher arrested over alleged GaN trade-secret theft — prosecutors suspect BelGaN insiders transferred chip IP to China before the company collapsed

Belgian authorities have arrested a former BelGaN researcher on suspicion of industrial espionage, alleging that proprietary gallium nitride semiconductor technology was transferred to a Chinese rival as the Belgian chipmaker headed toward bankruptcy.

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Intel surpasses one million High-NA EUV wafers processed, outpaces the rest of the industry combined — company also trailblazing giant 6×12 photomasks to speed production and lower costs
 Intel surpasses one million High-NA EUV wafers processed, outpaces the rest of the industry combined — company also trailblazing giant 6×12 photomasks to speed production and lower costs

Intel is leading the semiconductor industry with High-NA fleet and process-maturity milestone as it reaches 1 million wafers processed using High-NA tools, moves forward with 6×12 photomask effort.

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OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra model autonomously completes Portal in 24 hours — feat cost just $571 in tokens

An AI enthusiast has conducted an experiment where OpenAI’s new GPT-6 Astra played through the entirety of Valve’s Portal 3D puzzler game on its own.

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