Amazon CEO Says Chip Business 'On Fire' As AWS Steps Up Challenge To Nvidia
Amazon’s cloud unit reported a $15 billion annual AI revenue run rate and a custom‑chip business now exceeding $20 billion, double the Q4 figure. CEO Andy Jassy highlighted the rapid growth of its Trainium 3 accelerator, which promises better price‑performance than Nvidia GPUs. AWS plans to spend $200 billion on AI‑focused data centers in 2026, with much of the capex already under customer contracts. The news lifted Amazon stock above its 200‑day moving average, signaling market optimism.
Aggreko to Deliver ‘Australia’s Largest’ Off-Grid Renewable Hybrid Power Plant
Aggreko announced a landmark 15‑year power purchase agreement with Harmony Gold to supply the Eva copper project in northwest Queensland. The off‑grid hybrid plant will combine a 118 MW solar farm, a 250 MWh battery storage system and a 104 MVA thermal generator,...
Nvidia Rubin GPUs May Be Delayed, Slowing the Next Phase of AI Infrastructure
Nvidia’s next‑gen Rubin GPUs, slated for late‑2024 shipment, face supply delays due to HBM4 memory validation, CX9 interconnect rollout, and higher power and cooling demands. TrendForce now projects Rubin to represent only 22% of Nvidia’s 2026 shipments, down from an...
Postgres Can Be Your Data Lake (Pg_lake)
In this episode Marco introduces PgLake, an extension that lets PostgreSQL query and manage data lakes stored as Iceberg tables in object storage. By delegating analytical queries to DuckDB’s vectorized engine, PgLake can achieve up to 100× faster performance than...
ITM Power Wins £86.5m UK Backing for Sheffield Hydrogen Electrolyser Factory
ITM Power secured £86.5 million from the UK government and Great British Energy to expand its Sheffield electrolyser factory, targeting a 1 GW production capacity. The investment will add a new production line and create over 400 jobs, positioning the site as...
DESNZ Launches Pilot for Non-Pipeline Carbon Capture Transport
The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has launched the Non‑Pipeline Transport (NPT) Pathfinder, a pilot to test road, rail and ship CO₂ transport alongside existing pipelines. The initiative follows the December 2024 contracts for the Teesside carbon...
Fire Risk Sparks Power Bank Recall in SA
South Africa’s National Consumer Commission (NCC) has ordered a recall of ESR HaloLock Kickstand Wireless Power Banks (model 2G505B) after nine reports of lithium‑ion batteries overheating, catching fire and causing property damage. The devices, imported from China and sold through...
The Fix’s Take on Media Education: Inside the Simulation Game
The Fix has launched a simulation game that teaches media leadership through a gamified experience. The platform is embedded in its FixEd newsletter, delivering weekly challenges that mirror real‑world European media scenarios. Participants—journalists, editors and managers—navigate issues such as paywall...
Huawei's FreeBuds Pro 5 Convinced Me to Ditch the Bose QC Ultra Gen 2
Huawei’s FreeBuds Pro 5 earbuds challenge Bose’s QuietComfort Ultra Gen 2 by delivering superior fit, dual‑engine active noise cancellation, and a more affordable price point. Weighing just 5.5 g per bud and featuring an IP57 rating, they stay comfortable during workouts and long...
Innate Pharma Poised for Breakthrough with Astra Phase III
Innate Pharma $IPH. €110m market cap, decent net cash position (runway for another few Qs), and several key drug programs reaching critical milestones. The most significant is a Phase III trial (monalizumab in lung cancer) run with Astra $AZN, with...
ENISA Launches Public Consultation on Draft EUDI Wallet Certification Schemes
ENISA has opened a public consultation on a draft certification scheme for providers of the EU Digital Identity (EUDI) wallet, following a two‑year agreement to back the European Commission’s rollout. The core EU wallet regulation took effect in May 2024, and...
GridStor, Axpo Execute Energy Storage Revenue Swap Agreement for 440MWh Texas BESS
GridStor and Swiss utility Axpo have executed a revenue‑swap agreement for the 220 MW/440 MWh Hidden Lakes battery‑energy‑storage system in Galveston County, Texas. The swap converts volatile merchant market revenue into a fixed, guaranteed payment, allowing GridStor to de‑risk its investment while...
12 Actionable B2B Content Marketing Ideas
The article outlines twelve actionable B2B content‑marketing ideas, starting with a reminder to define clear objectives and metrics before execution. It emphasizes foundational tactics such as optimizing meta titles and descriptions to improve click‑through rates, then expands into thought‑leadership assets...
OpenAI Hits Pause on Flagship UK Data Centre Scheme
OpenAI has placed its flagship $500 bn Stargate AI data‑centre project on hold in the United Kingdom. The scheme, slated for a Tyneside site in partnership with Nscale and Nvidia, would have installed roughly 8,000 Nvidia AI processors. OpenAI cited soaring...
Maximize Impact by Remixing Every Piece of Content
Too many folks think creation is a one-and-done event. They hit publish and move on. That’s a ridiculously flawed model. The real magic? It’s in the remix. Take that blog post, turn it into a thread. Take that thread, turn it into...
How California Fleets Are Tackling $7 Diesel With Electric Trucks
Diesel prices in California have surged past $7 per gallon, a 55% increase since early 2026, prompting carriers to confront soaring fuel surcharges that jumped 20% in just two weeks. In response, many fleets are accelerating purchases of battery‑electric trucks,...
Networked Information and Industrial Output: Evidence From Chile’s 1972 Truckers’ Strike
The NBER paper investigates Chile’s cybernetic coordination system, Cybersyn, during the October 1972 national truckers’ strike, which slashed aggregate industrial output by roughly 9 percent. By applying monthly data from twenty sectors to a calibrated CES‑Leontief model, the author constructs...
Build a $5,000 AM5 Gaming PC for Just $2,771 with This Newegg Combo Deal — 9800X3D and RTX 5070 Also...
Newegg is offering a bundled gaming PC build that normally retails for $5,019 now for $2,771, including an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU, Nvidia RTX 5070 GPU, 128 GB DDR5‑6000 RAM, a 4 TB NVMe SSD, MSI motherboard, Corsair case and an AIO cooler. The...
Keysight and Sateliot Win European Space Agency and GSMA Foundry Challenge for 6G Innovation
Keysight Technologies and Spanish satellite‑IoT firm Sateliot were named winners of the European Space Agency and GSMA Foundry Innovation Challenge at Mobile World Congress 2026. Their joint project, a blockchain‑enabled end‑to‑end anomaly detection platform for 5G non‑terrestrial networks, earned funding...
Integrating IonQ 256‑Qubit System to Boost Quantum Advantage
We're pushing forward with our effort to unlock broad quantum advantage by adding a frontier system to our testbed: @IonQ_Inc 's next-gen 256 qubit system, which is expected to have more nines of fidelity than you can shake a stick...
Fusion Enzyme ‘Boosts Polyester Textile Recycling’
UK researchers from the University of Portsmouth and the University of Manchester have engineered a new fusion enzyme that can break down polyethylene terephthalate (PET) even when reactors contain roughly 20% plastic by weight. The redesign targets polyester textile waste,...
Sub-Zero
Germany’s power market plunged into deep negative pricing on Monday as unusually strong wind and solar output covered roughly 80% of the nation’s electricity demand. Intraday prices fell to -€324 per megawatt‑hour (about $353) and imbalance fees dropped to -€4,632/MWh...
Data Centres Without the Compute
The IOWN (Innovative Optical and Wireless Network) initiative is redefining data‑centre architecture by replacing electrical interconnects with end‑to‑end photonic links. This shift dissolves the long‑standing locality assumption that compute, memory, and storage must reside together, enabling memory‑centric facilities where memory...
AI Fuels Next Cybersecurity Boom: 8 Stocks to Watch
From $244B to $699B: 8 Cybersecurity Stocks Positioned for the Next AI-Driven Security Cycle Growth holds at 12–14% CAGR, driven by expanding attack surfaces and rising digital complexity. Cybercrime is heading toward $10.5T annually, while AI accelerates both offense and defense....
AI Amplifies Bad GTM Inputs Without Senior Oversight
Here’s what’s happening inside B2B SaaS companies right now: Teams are getting leaner. Expectations are getting higher. And AI is filling the gap. Your SDRs have AI writing outbound. Your junior marketer has AI generating newsletters and social. Your CRO...
Gitex Africa 2026: Sandisk Brings Optimus SSD Product Brand and New Portable SSD Lineup to Africa
SanDisk unveiled its new Optimus SSD brand at Gitex Africa 2026 in Marrakech, consolidating its former WD_BLACK and WD_Blue internal drives under a single performance‑focused identity. The launch includes three Optimus tiers—product, GX, and GX PRO—targeting creators, gamers, and high‑end professionals....
FCC May Boost Starlink Power for Faster Broadband
D.C. Memo: @BrendanCarrFCC Planning to Allow @Starlink to Increase Power Levels, Yielding Much Faster Download Speeds: 'By discarding last century’s satellite regulations, we could see billions of dollars in benefits for the [U.S] economy and broadband speeds many times faster...
From Token Prediction to Concept Reasoning: AI’s New Cognitive Layer
LLMs predict tokens. LCMs reason in concepts. That’s the shift. Language-agnostic meaning → better abstraction, longer context, less repetition. If it works, this isn’t an upgrade. It’s a new cognitive layer for AI. https://t.co/kVE7AI5vtg
You Don't Want a Dirty Phone. How to Give Your iPhone or Android a Spring Clean
A recent study shows the average American checks their phone 47 times a day, leaving it dirtier than a toilet seat. CNET outlines a spring‑cleaning routine that starts with turning the device off, removing the case, and wiping with a...
Unitree Launches World's Cheapest Humanoid Robot Globally
Unitree to debut cheapest humanoid robot globally via Alibaba The international launch of the company’s cheapest humanoid robot next week is expected to cover North America, Europe, Japan and Singapore https://t.co/RHCUHGkTdh via @scmpnews
Honor's MouseBuds Pro: Mouse‑Earbud Hybrid Unveiled
Is it a mouse? Is it earbuds? Is it a plane? No, it's the Honor Choice MouseBuds Pro, which you can buy right now if you really, really want. https://t.co/YkFcNuDsqx
Japan IT Week 2026: Pegatron Showcases End-to-End AI Server Solutions and Strengthens Japan Presence
Pegatron Corp. showcased its full‑stack AI server solutions at Japan IT Week 2026, emphasizing a vertically integrated model that covers design, manufacturing, and after‑sales support. The exhibition highlighted rack‑scale platforms featuring NVIDIA HGX Blackwell and AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs, as well as...
Google Home Rolls Out Gemini Worldwide; User Reception Mixed
Google Home has started expanding Gemini globally, but some users have yet to get along with it. https://t.co/sMiGR6czb7
DJI Debuts Premium, High‑Performance Home Cleaning Drone
Welcome to the future with DJI’s first foray into the pantheon of home cleaning — expensive, but extremely capable. https://t.co/yiJzFJSRmy
Amid Rising Cyber and Physical Threats, Center for Cross-Sector Coordination Launches
The Center for Cross‑Sector Coordination (CXC) launched as an industry‑driven, not‑for‑profit hub that links owners and operators across all 16 U.S. critical infrastructure sectors. Its mission is to improve coordination, share security tools, training, and threat intelligence, and act as...
Kalshi Volume Jumps to $13B, Sports Share Falls To
Kalshi cofounders say that volume hit around $13 billion in March, up from $11 billion in February. Sports percentage was down to around 70%.
Individualistic, High‑income Societies Feel Smartphone Stress More
US and Western countries experience more severe negative effects from smartphone— life in highly individualistic, perfectionistic societies may amplify the psychological toll…anxiety disorders are more common in high-income countries. “It suggests something about the stress levels in these places —...
HighPoint Announces Rocket 1604L Compact PCIe Gen5 X16 Retimer AIC for AI and Industrial Edge
HighPoint Technologies unveiled the Rocket 1604L, a 4‑M.2 PCIe Gen5 x16 add‑in card powered by Astera Labs' Gen5 retimer. The compact 167 mm module delivers full 32 GT/s bandwidth with near‑zero latency, targeting AI edge and high‑velocity compute workloads. It integrates a Smart Firmware Layer...
Why Your Next Archive Should Be Cold
Disk‑based archival solution ALTO, powered by MAID‑III cold‑storage and helium‑sealed drives, is now outperforming LTO‑9/10 tape in real‑world reliability. In an 8,000‑disk deployment ALTO logged only eight failures over six years, yielding an annualized failure rate of roughly 0.016%, about...
5 Docker Containers for Small Business
The article outlines a Docker‑based “business‑in‑a‑box” stack for small firms, starting with Portainer for container management, PostgreSQL for relational storage, Airbyte for ELT, Metabase for BI, and n8n for workflow automation. Deploying these open‑source containers on a single VM gives...
PayPal Embeds Payment Links Into Canva Designs
PayPal has integrated its Payment Links service directly into Canva’s design platform, allowing creators to embed checkout buttons or QR codes within digital and printed assets. The feature lets users generate PayPal‑hosted payment pages, customize product details, and accept funds...
Open Compute Project Foundation Launches Collaboration Acceleration Fund to Advance Open Hardware Innovation
The Open Compute Project (OCP) Foundation has unveiled a Collaboration Acceleration Fund, a non‑equity grant program aimed at fast‑tracking open‑hardware projects that require multi‑stakeholder coordination. The fund will match 25 % to 50 % of approved project costs and provide technical and...
When Surgeons Say ‘Wow’: A Game Changer for Orthopaedic Surgery
The SWASH+ NHS consortium has rolled out Sectra’s 3‑D orthopaedic planning software across five trusts, letting surgeons virtually reconstruct fractures before entering the operating theatre. The tool slashes multidisciplinary team (MDT) preparation time by up to 50% and accelerates pre‑operative...
Shilo, Rechat, Lofty Add AI Tools; Associations Bolster Agent Safety
Shilo, Lofty and Rechat each rolled out new AI‑powered tools that automate coaching, lead nurturing and conversation capture for real‑estate agents, all offered at no extra charge to existing customers. Shilo’s Signals builds DISC‑style profiles from over three million calls,...
5 Years Of ATT: What We’ve Learned, And What The Future Of iOS Performance Looks Like
Apple's AppTrackingTransparency (ATT) rollout in 2021 saw roughly 80% of iOS users block IDFA tracking, forcing marketers onto the aggregated SKAdNetwork (SKAN) and later Apple’s AdAttributionKit (AAK). The industry split between short‑term probabilistic workarounds and early SKAN‑centric optimization, with the...
Planet-Friendly Logistics
In February the U.S. government repealed the EPA’s 2009 Endangerment Finding, stripping the agency of authority to regulate greenhouse‑gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Despite this policy reversal, the logistics sector—particularly maritime shipping—continues to pursue decarbonization, with the International...
OpenClaw for Normies Is Here
In this episode of The Long Game, hosts Jake Sullivan and John Feiner discuss the surprising Iran cease‑fire announcement and its implications for U.S. policy, then shift to a deep dive with Marvin Von Hagen, CEO of Polk, about his...
New Survey Reveals Overwhelmingly Optimistic Results on the Use of AI in Construction
A CMiC‑Dodge survey of more than 6,000 construction firms found that 87% of contractors believe artificial intelligence will have a meaningful impact on the industry. Respondents expect AI to cut time on repetitive tasks (85%), improve decision‑making (over 70%) and...
Bankrupt Robot Manufacturer Agrointelli Sold in Parts
Agrointelli, the Danish maker of the Robotti field robot, was declared bankrupt on February 27, 2026 and failed to secure a full‑company buyer by the March 12 deadline. As a result, all staff were laid off and the trustee split the assets, selling...
Don’t Just Fight Fraud, Hunt It
The article warns that AI has transformed fraud into an industrialized, global enterprise that can create tens of thousands of synthetic identities in days. Traditional detection methods—such as tracking reused emails or devices—are rapidly losing relevance, with unique email patterns...
