Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: Meta says it is investing $1.5B+ to set up a 1 GW data center in El Paso, Texas, and expects it come online in 2028 — Meta Platforms Inc. is building a new gigawatt-sized data center… Read More »Meta says it is investing $1.5B+ to set up a 1 GW data center in El Paso, Texas, and expects it come online in 2028 (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)
The Keyword: Google introduces Veo 3.1, with improved audio output and stronger prompt adherence, and rolls out new updates to its AI video editor Flow — We’re rolling out significant updates to Veo that give people even more creative control.… Read More »Google introduces Veo 3.1, with improved audio output and stronger prompt adherence, and rolls out new updates to its AI video editor Flow (The Keyword)
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: MIT spinoff Vertical Semiconductor, which aims to make vertical gallium nitride transistors for AI data centers, raised an $11M seed led by Playground Global — Vertical Semiconductor Inc. is hoping to crack the power delivery bottleneck… Read More »MIT spinoff Vertical Semiconductor, which aims to make vertical gallium nitride transistors for AI data centers, raised an $11M seed led by Playground Global (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Meta adds group chats to Threads, allowing users to add up to 50 people who follow their Threads account, rolling out globally, excluding the UK and Australia — Users can add up to 50 people… Read More »Meta adds group chats to Threads, allowing users to add up to 50 people who follow their Threads account, rolling out globally, excluding the UK and Australia (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: US cybersecurity company F5 discloses a cyberattack in August by suspected nation-state hackers that stole undisclosed BIG-IP vulnerabilities and source code — U.S. cybersecurity company F5 disclosed that it suffered a cyberattack in early August, where… Read More »US cybersecurity company F5 discloses a cyberattack in August by suspected nation-state hackers that stole undisclosed BIG-IP vulnerabilities and source code (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)
Bloomberg: AppLovin shut down Array last quarter, calling it “a test product” that wasn’t “economically viable”, after allegations it led to unwanted Android app installs — AppLovin Corp. said it has shut down a product linked to user and short-seller… Read More »AppLovin shut down Array last quarter, calling it “a test product” that wasn’t “economically viable”, after allegations it led to unwanted Android app installs (Bloomberg)
Pew Research Center: A survey of 28K+ adults in 25 countries on AI: 81% have heard a lot or a little, 34% are more concerned than excited, and 42% are equally concerned and excited — More are concerned than excited… Read More »A survey of 28K+ adults in 25 countries on AI: 81% have heard a lot or a little, 34% are more concerned than excited, and 42% are equally concerned and excited (Pew Research Center)
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: Apple to start selling Vision Pro-compatible PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers for $250 on November 11 and the $130 Logitech Muse digital pen on October 22 — Apple Vision Pro is officially being upgraded from the M2… Read More »Apple to start selling Vision Pro-compatible PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers for $250 on November 11 and the $130 Logitech Muse digital pen on October 22 (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
Apple: Apple debuts its M5 chip, with a 10-core GPU, a Neural Accelerator in each core, offering 4x+ the performance of M4, and a 10-core CPU with six efficiency cores — M5 delivers over 4x the peak GPU compute performance… Read More »Apple debuts its M5 chip, with a 10-core GPU, a Neural Accelerator in each core, offering 4x+ the performance of M4, and a 10-core CPU with six efficiency cores (Apple)
Bradley Olson / Wall Street Journal: Nvidia and AI coding startup Poolside plan a 500-acre data center on a Texas ranch powered by natural gas; sources: Poolside is raising $2B at a $14B valuation — CoreWeave and Poolside announce partnership… Read More »Nvidia and AI coding startup Poolside plan a 500-acre data center on a Texas ranch powered by natural gas; sources: Poolside is raising $2B at a $14B valuation (Bradley Olson/Wall Street Journal)