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Pennsylvania residents complain they are being 'bulldozed' over AI data center concerns
People are blaming the governor for welcoming data centers into the state.
Intel announces McLaren F1 partnership, will battle AMD-powered Mercedes
Intel has announced a multi-year strategic partnership with F1's legendary McLaren Racing team. AMD has been Mercedes-AMG's partner for six years.
70% of Americans oppose data centers near their homes, now less popular than nuclear power plants
People don't want data centers in their backyard.
Amazon employees admit to using AI unnecessarily to pump up internal usage scores
Amazon is the latest hyperscaler where employees have been caught inflating AI token consumption to hit internal usage targets.
Cloudflare cuts 20% of its jobs due to AI, and its stock takes a 19% spill
Cloudflare cuts 20% of its jobs due to AI, and its stock takes a 19% spill. The company announced it will be cutting 1,100 jobs and has increased its usage of AI sixfold over the past few months.
Nvidia’s ISP piracy defense backfires as judge refuses to dismiss copyright lawsuit over more than 197,000 pirated books
Nvidia said that its NeMo Megatron Framework has non-infringing uses and that it's not liable for any piracy that its users might do.
Samsung chip workers reject $340,000 one-time bonus, demand annual payouts like SK hynix's $900,000
Negotiations between the National Samsung Electronics Union, which represents workers in the company’s chipmaking division, and management have seemingly broken down over a single issue.
Intel swipes Qualcomm veteran of 25 years to lead client computing
Intel appoints Alex Katouzian to lead client computing and physical AI efforts and confirms Pushkar Ranade as CTO, signaling a deeper shift toward AI-driven and edge computing systems
