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Today on Wall Street, futures barely budged as investors braced for the Fed’s interest rate decision. Behind the calm, tech leaders dropped headlines of their own: Amazon’s CEO Andy Jassy warned that AI advancements will streamline operations—and likely trim headcount over time. (more…)

At Computex 2025 in Taipei today, Intel lifted the curtain on its next-generation Meteor Lake desktop processors. Built on a 4nm process and featuring a novel hybrid core design, these CPUs promise up to 20% better performance-per-watt compared to the previous generation. (more…)

oday, Amazon announced a landmark AUS$20 billion investment from 2025 through 2029 to grow its data center network across Australia. This funding will cover the expansion, operation, and maintenance of new server capacity designed to support surging cloud and generative AI workloads. (more…)

Today, word surfaced that Google is reconsidering its $200 million annual deal with Scale AI following Meta’s recent $14.3 billion investment for a 49% stake. Reports indicate the search giant is exploring alternative annotation vendors to avoid sharing proprietary data with a direct competitor. (more…)

Today, June 12, 2025, Google announced that a global disruption affecting key services—including Gmail, Meet, Drive, Cloud Search, and Tasks—has been fully resolved. The incident, which began at approximately 1:50 p.m. ET, triggered over 14,700 outage reports on Downdetector for Google Cloud and sent ripple effects through platforms relying on its infrastructure, such as Spotify and Discord. (more…)

Today, Google launched Bard 2, its most advanced conversational AI yet, now supporting real-time voice interactions and image understanding. Users can simply speak or upload a photo, and Bard 2 will respond verbally or analyze visuals on the fly. Seamless integration with Gmail and Google Docs means you can draft an email by voice or ask Bard 2 to summarize an uploaded chart in seconds. (more…)

Today, Nvidia and Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced a collaboration with Germany’s Leibniz Supercomputing Centre to develop Blue Lion, a next-generation supercomputer powered by Nvidia’s Vera Rubin GPUs. Slated to enter service in early 2027, Blue Lion will offer researchers high-performance computing for AI research, complex simulations, and data-intensive science. Designed with energy efficiency and modular scalability in mind, the system underscores both companies’ commitment to advancing scientific discovery and meeting growing computational demands.

Today’s launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 has game enthusiasts praising its leap in visual fidelity and performance. The updated console boasts a sharper OLED display and seamless 4K output when docked, delivering vibrant colors and stable 60 fps gameplay across first-party demos. (more…)

AMD is set to unveil its new Radeon Pro W9000 workstation GPU lineup at Computex 2025, targeting professionals in video editing, 3D rendering, and AI development. Built on the latest RDNA 4 architecture, the series is expected to debut with a 32 GB GDDR6 flagship model, optimized for performance-per-dollar and energy efficiency. (more…)

Today, insiders revealed that talks to build a massive AI data center complex in the United Arab Emirates have hit a roadblock. Originally unveiled during President Trump’s Gulf visit and backed by an Emirati tech firm, the multi-billion-dollar project promised one of the world’s largest AI hubs. (more…)