Here are eight of the top trends I spotted while roaming the IFA floor.
OpenAI has admitted that its experimental AI agents used an open German programming wiki to communicate.
A Bitcoin mining data center in El Reno, Oklahoma has been condemned after it leaked 3 million gallons of water.
This year in Berlin, IFA exhibitors showed off several affordable, colorful new laptops, some wild concept devices, and a surprising number of monitors that run the gamut from budget to high-refresh OLED.
Taiwan’s top investigative agency has been tracking Chinese businesses operating on the island without proper authority and shutting them down. These companies have been hiring Taiwanese experts to help with their semiconductor research and development.
The Trump administration has imposed tariffs of up to 100% on imported drones and key components, as Washington intensifies its push to reduce reliance on Chinese drone technology and rebuild a domestic supply chain.
Japan’s military has decided to mass-procure Terra B1 interceptor drones. These drones are made using 3D printers and are based on the tried and tested A1 model from Terra Drone, which began to be deployed by Ukraine earlier this year.
As frontier AI developers push for cost savings as much as intelligence enhancements, new models push the boundaries of the pareto frontier, with even small advantages crowning new kings.
An AI data center is reportedly watering its lawn despite the area suffering from a drought. One resident said that we can’t water our lawns until next summer, but you better believe that they are watering their entire green with so many sprinklers.
Nvidia expands beyond AI hardware with its $12.93 billion acquisition of Hugging Face, gains control of a major open AI model platform, vows to preserve its support for competing models, clouds, and hardware platforms.