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Google Cloud announces major computing boost with Ironwood chip, new hypercomputer upgrades
Google Cloud has announced a new chip intended for AI inference, which it says is more powerful and better for AI requirements but also far more energy efficient. Ironwood, Google Cloud’s 7th generation tensor processing unit (TPU), offers five times more computing power than the firm’s previous-generation Trillium chips. Each Ironwood pod is capable of 42.5 exaflops of performance, which…
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reMarkable Announces Tariff-Induced Price Hike for E-ink Tablets
Digital notebook brand reMarkable will increase U.S. prices this May. “Increased costs,” presumably due to the revocation of de minimis tariff exemptions on May 2nd, are the reason for this price adjustment. Of all the e-reader brands sold in the United States, reMarkable might be the most interesting. Its tablets are primarily marketed as digital note-taking devices, but they’re surprisingly…
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Nintendo announces Switch 2 pre-order delay for Canada
During the April 2 Nintendo Direct, it was announced that the Nintendo Switch 2 would be available for preorder starting April 9, 2025, and launch on June 5. That same day, President Donald Trump announced his sweeping global reciprocal tariffs. Soon after those announcements, Nintendo revealed that it was delaying the April 9 pre-order date because of the tariffs. Nintendo…
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OpenAI announces five-fold increase in bug bounty reward
OpenAI has announced a slew of new cybersecurity initiatives, including a 500% increase to the maximum award for its bug bounty program. In a blog post confirming the move, the organization set out plans to expand its cybersecurity grant program. So far, the tech giant has given funding to 28 research projects looking at both offensive and defensive security measures,…
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Google Cloud announces UK data residency for agentic AI services
Google Cloud has announced new sovereign services in the UK, as well as new skills and cloud services support for UK AI startups and established British businesses. In a commitment to privacy-focused and restricted UK businesses, Google cloud will offer UK data residency for Google Agentspace, its platform for enterprise AI agents. This will allow organizations to use multimodal AI…
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iRobot announces eight new robot vacuums
After a tumultuous 2024, in which iRobot lost its founder and CEO, Colin Angle, Amazon abandoned its acquisition plans, and the company laid off a large portion of its staff, iRobot is back with a major shake-up of its robotic vacuum line. This week, the company that invented the robot vacuum over 20 years ago announced eight new models that…
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Apple Announces MacBook Air M4 With New Sky Blue Color Option
A day after the release of the new iPad Air and iPad, Apple has today announced the new MacBook Air powered by the M4 chipset. The new MacBook Air was highly anticipated, and Apple has made the announcement interesting by introducing a new Sky Blue color option. The new MacBook Air M4 comes with a new 12MP Center Stage camera…
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Google Announces Quantum-Safe Digital Signatures in Cloud KMS
Google announced on Thursday the development of quantum-safe digital signatures (FIPS 204/FIPS 205) in Google Cloud Key Management Service (Cloud KMS) for software-based keys. This is available in preview. The search giant also provided a high-level view into its post-quantum strategy for Google Cloud encryption products, including Cloud KMS and the Cloud Hardware Security Module (Cloud HSM). More Google news…
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US Announces AI Project to Provide $500 Billion for Infrastructure
A joint venture called The Stargate Project will contribute $500 billion over four years to generative AI infrastructure in the U.S., representatives of SoftBank, OpenAI, and Oracle announced in partnership with President Donald Trump on Jan. 21. The joint venture will support infrastructure, including data centers, contributing to what OpenAI calls a “computing system.” “This infrastructure will secure American leadership…
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Volvo announces pricing for delayed EX30 compact SUV
The compact Volvo EX30 is finally arriving in the US — and with it comes some more clarity about its price. When it was first announced in 2023, the EX30 was positioned as a smaller, more affordable electric vehicle in a market overflowing with expensive, luxury models. And it seemed poised to win over a lot of converts, with a…
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