Prysmian signs €5.5bn fibre deal with Molex to wire AI data centres
Prysmian signs €5.5bn fibre deal with Molex to wire AI data centres

Prysmian has signed a €5.5bn, 10-year agreement with Molex, the Koch Industries-owned connector and cable maker, to supply optical cable for use inside AI data centres. Unusually for a supply deal of this size, Molex is putting €550m on the table upfro…

An AI agent hacked Hugging Face. Another AI caught it.
An AI agent hacked Hugging Face. Another AI caught it.

The machines are now hacking each other. Hugging Face, the world’s largest hub for open AI models, says an autonomous AI agent broke into its production infrastructure. Its own AI defences spotted the intrusion and picked it apart. The company disclose…

A new AI model wants self-driving cars to think before they swerve

A Seoul National University team built an AI that scores self-driving cars’ safety choices in real time, and it just landed a rare CVPR highlight paper nod.

Ever wondered whether upping the sound quality of your PS5 might improve your gaming chops? If so, Topping’s cheap new DAC is worth an audition

Topping’s new DX1 II is an affordable DAC which is targeted specifically towards Switch or PS5 gamers —but even non-gamers should take note for this price

China delivers a one-two punch to America’s AI dominance 
China delivers a one-two punch to America’s AI dominance 

China’s leading AI companies are ramping up the pressure on Silicon Valley, as Moonshot and Alibaba unveiled models they claim can go toe-to-toe with the best from OpenAI and Anthropic at a fraction of the cost. The rapid-fire releases suggest America’s lead at the AI frontier is increasingly tight, just as the technology is becoming […]

An Ebike Company Was Sued for Misleading Info on Safety. It Points to a Big Problem

Several Chinese businesses associated with the ebike brand Aipas settled a lawsuit with Amazon and the safety certification company UL in July.

Why Rural Healthcare Must Move Beyond Hospitals

The hospital model was never designed for the realities of rural populations.​

Trump Media reportedly pitched traders a $100,000 feed of the president’s posts
Trump Media reportedly pitched traders a $100,000 feed of the president’s posts

Trump Media & Technology Group has reportedly been asking financial-trading firms for about $100,000 a month for the fastest possible feed of Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts, according to the Financial Times, a price tag that turns the president’…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s leather jacket sells for nearly $1 million at Sotheby’s auction
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s leather jacket sells for nearly $1 million at Sotheby’s auction

One of Jensen Huang’s black leather jackets, a 2023 Tom Ford example, sellsfor $960,000 at a New York auction.

Camera anxiety is changing how young adults party

Students say they can’t fully relax on a night out anymore, caught between camera-happy promoters and glasses that look nothing like a recording device.