Mexico is building a massive public supercomputer named after an Aztec goddess. The 314-petaflop machine will be seven times more powerful than anything currently in Latin America. It’s scheduled for completion in 2026 at a cost of $326 million.
Alibaba just dropped its Quark AI S1 AI glasses, packing serious hardware specs. But the real story isn’t the tech—it’s how they’re weaving Alibaba’s entire ecosystem into your daily life through voice and vision AI. This is ecosystem warfare moving into physical space.
Scientists have developed a method to study social media’s impact without needing platform approval. Using browser extensions and AI, they manipulated political content visibility and measured effects on polarization. This breakthrough comes as platforms increasingly restrict researcher access.
Notion’s subscription costs were adding up, especially with AI features moving to higher tiers. Logseq offered a free, local-first alternative that handles tasks, projects, and notes without monthly fees. The switch saved money but required rebuilding workflows.
Seagate is making dramatic progress with its HAMR hard drive technology, achieving 6.9TB per platter in recent lab tests. The company expects to reach 10TB per platter and eventually 15TB, potentially enabling multi-petabyte hard drives for AI data centers.
Goldman Sachs researchers are flagging concerning signals in the US labor market as layoff announcements surge to levels not seen outside recessions. The bank’s report shows state WARN notices at their highest since 2016, excluding the pandemic spike, with workers facing unusual difficulty securing
Major cybersecurity agencies are warning that commercial spyware can bypass encryption on popular messaging apps. Both CISA and the UK’s NCSC have released updated guidance for securing smartphones against these sophisticated threats.
Tenstorrent’s $11,999 Blackhole QuietBox packs four RISC-V accelerators delivering 3 petaFLOPS of FP8 performance. The liquid-cooled workstation serves as a development platform for scaling to larger systems, but its software stack remains immature for mainstream use.
Optus has experienced yet another network outage, this time affecting around 14,000 customers near Melbourne. The company blames vandals who cut fiber cables in the Mornington Peninsula area. This marks the latest in a series of outages that have plagued the Australian telco.
Activist investor Boaz Weinstein is demanding the removal of the entire board at Baillie Gifford’s Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust. His firm Saba Capital owns about 30% of shares and cites “unprecedented” value destruction at the tech-focused fund.
