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Mamdani criticizes Google over schools that restrict AI
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani accuses Google of using its monopoly power to force AI into public schools. Google reportedly decided to block its search engine in schools that restrict its AI features.
Full story at Futurism ↗ - Artificial intelligence · Cloud & data centers · IT industry & companies
Anthropic buys gas generators for its data centers
Anthropic has struck a USD 3.4 billion deal for 1.7 gigawatts of gas-fired generators originally ordered by OnePWR Solutions. It shows leading AI companies increasingly securing their own power as data center demand grows.
Full story at Analytics Insight ↗ - Smartphones & apps · Chips & hardware
Honor unveils 700 series with a rear screen
Honor revealed the design of its HONOR 700 series in China. All three models, the 700, 700 Pro and 700S, have a second screen on the back, and pre-orders have opened.
Full story at Gizchina.com ↗ - Enterprise software · Software & updates
Outlook.com may be silently dropping emails
Outlook.com inboxes may have been silently missing emails since Nov 5. Even senders with valid settings are reportedly getting blocked.
Full story at Windows Latest ↗ - Artificial intelligence · Programming & dev tools · New AI models
Coding agents struggle on real-world tasks
Alibaba's new Co-Design Bench tests agents on real user requests that already tripped them up. Even the top performer, GPT-6 Astra, fully solves only 26.4 percent, while older benchmarks show above 99 percent.
Full story at The Decoder ↗ - Chips & hardware · IT industry & companies
AMD publishes third-quarter 2026 results
AMD has reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2026. The provided text gives no further details.
Full story at amd.com ↗ - Artificial intelligence · IT industry & companies
Workers using AI reportedly log longer days
A new analysis suggests workers forced to adopt AI tools become less efficient over time. The expected productivity returns have mostly failed to materialize so far.
Full story at Futurism ↗ - Artificial intelligence · New AI models · Programming & dev tools
Karpathy builds a curated video site with Claude
Andrej Karpathy used Claude's Opus 5.5 to filter 43 million Hacker News comments into 6,454 curated videos. He says the result beats YouTube's own recommendations.
Full story at The Decoder ↗ - Chips & hardware · Artificial intelligence
Nvidia pitches Vera CPU for AI agents
AI agents move between GPU reasoning and CPU execution during a task. NVIDIA says AI factories therefore need CPUs that serve many agents quickly within limited power.
Full story at NVIDIA ↗ - Chips & hardware · IT industry & companies
Oak Ridge, IBM and AMD start quantum error correction platform
The new co-design platform combines quantum and high-performance computing. It aligns with the Department of Energy's Quantum Genesis Mission, aiming for a scientifically relevant quantum computer by 2028.
Full story at ibm.com ↗
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