Microsoft detailed Clustered Geometry and a companion feature called Partitioned TLAS on its DirectX developer blog this week, describing the pair as the biggest change to DirectX Raytracing since the API arrived in 2018. Read Entire Article
Sam Altman says it’s “terrible” for RAM to sit inside PCs instead of data centers
In an interview on the YouTube channel Cheeky Pint, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman argued that it's more efficient to direct the world's tightening supply of memory to AI data centers than to local devices. The comments drew immediate backlash as hardware prices continue to climb. Read Entire Article
Intel stock plunges nearly 30%, its worst day in 52 years
Oddly enough, the quarter itself went well. Intel beat Wall Street's earnings estimates. Its data center revenue jumped nearly 80% from a year earlier to $7.3 billion, too. But its forecast for the last three months of the year landed well short: analysts had penciled in about $17 billion in......
This smart screwdriver uses a camera and AI to identify screws and set torque automatically
Hong Kong-based Arrowmax recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for what it calls the world's first AI-powered electric screwdriver, and funded it almost immediately. Starting at around $80, with shipments planned to begin in April 2027, the device aims to streamline the entire process of selecting a bit and driving a...
Lawyers for ex-FBI Director James Comey will ask a judge to block Justice Department prosecution
Former FBI Director James Comey's lawyers will ask a federal judge to block the Justice Department from pursuing its third criminal case against the outspoken critic of President Donald Trump and frequent target of the Republican’s outrage
UN investigator: Myanmar junta attacks civilians to terrorize them as arms buys fuel war
A U.N. rights investigator reports that Myanmar's military-backed government is attacking civilians to instill fear and force submission
Mississippi has 23 public colleges and universities. Can the state sustain them?
Rep. Trey Lamar has sparked a debate in Mississippi about whether the state needs 23 public colleges and universities
US approves proposed $2.1B sale of Patriot interceptors to Ukraine
The Trump administration has approved a proposed $2.1 billion sale of Patriot air defense interceptors for Ukraine
What’s fueling Indonesia’s worst wildfire season in a decade?
A government bus outfitted with oxygen tanks. Fire fighters collapsing to the ground in relief at the first sign of rain. Dozens of orangutans rescued. And hundreds of Indonesian students marching through the haze, some wearing gas masks, others carrying signs that read, “If we burn, you burn with us.”...
Strange, catastrophic landslides are kicking off across the far north
Nearly a decade ago, a helicopter pilot flying in Canada’s Northwest Territories noticed something peculiar: a landslide so immense, it had blocked a river and created a lake. But that damming power wasn’t what made this slide so strange. What he saw wasn’t just new to the landscape, it was...