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Schneider Electric projects its India data-centre business to outpace company-wide growth, potentially becoming its largest segment within 3-5 years. This is driven by India's massive planned data-centre expansion from 1.5 GW to 6-8 GW, bridging a significant gap between data consumption and capacity. Strategic investments, a strong Q1 2026 performance, and India's cost advantages underpin this outlook, despite challenges like rising material costs.
Quick Verdict For years, Android enthusiasts craving a powerful, compact tablet have largely faced a landscape dominated by budget options or niche gaming devices, leaving a gaping void where Apple's iPad mini reigned
Verdict GeekWire's "Week in Review" for May 17, 2026, serves as an efficient and relevant digest of the most impactful tech and startup news, particularly for those tracking the Pacific Northwest ecosystem. It expertly
AI's explosive demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) is causing an unprecedented reallocation of DRAM production from consumer devices to data centers, leading to massive price surges for smartphone memory. This crisis is pushing affordable smartphones out of reach for millions, particularly in developing nations, and impacting premium brands as memory makers prioritize highly profitable AI chips.
Ken Levine, director of System Shock 2 and BioShock, recently said he couldn't make a BioShock work in space, despite his own acclaimed sci-fi immersive sim history. He defines BioShock as rooted in historical periods and is now focusing on character-driven narratives over political lectures for his new game, Judas. This sci-fi shooter from Ghost Story Games, still a ways out from release, promises deep player choice in a dystopian setting.
An AI industry super PAC intervened in a North Carolina primary, running ads attacking Rep. Valerie Foushee, who co-chairs a House AI commission, over her stance on ICE. This aggressive tactic, part of a larger trend of tech industry influence in midterm elections, aims to shape legislative outcomes favorable to the AI sector. The move underscores Silicon Valley's growing financial power in politics.
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Plug-in solar systems, also known as balcony solar, represent a fascinating, accessible frontier in personal renewable energy. Instead of sprawling rooftop arrays, these compact, 'plug-and-play' setups offer a
Anthropic will pay xAI $1.25 billion monthly for compute, securing 300 megawatts from xAI’s Colossus 1 data center. Revealed in a SpaceX SEC filing, this $40+ billion deal through May 2029 helps xAI monetize overbuilt capacity, likely due to Grok's declining usage, and positions it as a 'neocloud' provider in the competitive AI market.
TUKWILA, Wash. — Starfish Space’s Otter Pup 2 satellite is preparing for a pivotal orbital docking demonstration, nearly a year after its launch. The Seattle-area startup has redirected its mission to rendezvous with
Former OpenAI staffers and AI safety nonprofits warn that Elon Musk's xAI poses "unpriced risks" to SpaceX's IPO due to its poor safety record. A letter to investors highlights incidents like Grok generating harmful content and xAI's lack of standard safety protocols, potentially leading to increased regulation and litigation for the rocket company. They urge greater transparency and robust safety investments from xAI.
Google's Gemini AI is rapidly expanding its presence across Workspace apps, drawing comparisons to Microsoft's controversial Copilot rollout. This aggressive integration, marked by ubiquitous "sparkle icons," is leading to user fatigue and criticism. Critics warn that Google risks alienating users and developers by pushing unwanted AI features, potentially repeating Microsoft's past mistakes.
Anthropic announced Monday it has acquired Stainless, a dev tools startup whose SDK automation software is widely used by rivals like OpenAI, Google, and Cloudflare. This strategic acquisition will see Anthropic wind down Stainless's hosted products, granting it exclusive access to critical technology for building AI agents and impacting competitors.
The US space enterprise stands at a precipice, its future launch ambitions heavily pinned on the success of SpaceX’s Starship. Touted as a true revolution in spaceflight, Starship promises unprecedented payload capacity
Recent commencement speeches at the University of Central Florida and the University of Arizona saw speakers booed for discussing artificial intelligence. Graduates expressed widespread pessimism about AI's impact on their future job prospects, reflecting broader anxieties about the economy. This trend suggests a significant shift in how the younger generation views technological advancements.
As software developers, we're constantly tackling complex problems, often iterating through solutions to find the most effective and stable ones. Imagine a 'bug' in a human system—Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Δ-Mem is a lightweight memory mechanism that augments frozen LLM backbones with a compact online state. It uses a fixed-size state matrix, updated by delta-rule learning, to generate low-rank corrections for attention computation during generation. This approach significantly improves performance on memory-heavy tasks without costly context expansion or full model fine-tuning.
Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, faced intense questioning about his honesty in a federal trial initiated by Elon Musk. This testimony, combined with statements from former colleagues, has reignited persistent concerns about his trustworthiness, impacting perceptions of a key figure in the AI boom.
The Asus ROG NUC 16 is a compact gaming powerhouse with top-tier components, but its astonishingly high price makes it a questionable value for most consumers.
Meta employees across several US offices have launched a visible protest against the company's new mouse-tracking software, the “Model Capability Initiative,” just days before widespread layoffs are set to impact 8,000
As software developers, we understand the power of iterative design and rapid prototyping. SpaceX’s Starship program embodies this philosophy in hardware, with each flight test providing invaluable data that fuels the
Starbucks is cutting 61 tech jobs at its Seattle headquarters as part of a technology department reorganization, a recent Washington state filing confirms. The layoffs, impacting roles from cybersecurity to management, are tied to CEO Brian Niccol's turnaround strategy and new CTO Anand Varadarajan's vision.
Understand Amazon's Vega OS shift, its impact on sideloading, and why your current Fire TV Stick remains valuable for maintaining app flexibility.
GeekWire's "Week in Review" provides a concise, curated look at the past week's most popular tech and startup stories, with a strong focus on the Pacific Northwest. It's a useful digest for busy professionals, blending major industry news with regional insights, though its reliance on click-throughs for full articles might not suit all readers.
NVIDIA has committed over $40 billion to AI equity investments in the first four months of 2026, including a $30 billion stake in OpenAI. This strategy, which also includes significant investments in companies like CoreWeave, IREN, and Corning, aims to ensure compute capacity is built around NVIDIA's GPUs, influencing the entire AI value chain. While bolstering NVIDIA's data-center revenue, the aggressive approach raises questions about "circular financing" and potential regulatory scrutiny.
