Maxsun has unveiled a unique mini ITX motherboard, the MS-PC Farm B860I, which features four DDR5 memory slots. This is a first for the mainstream consumer market, breaking the longstanding two-slot limit for the small form factor. The board also packs server-grade management and supports Intel’s up
Intel is powering WaitTime’s crowd intelligence platform with its edge AI tech. The system uses cameras and 5th Gen Xeon processors to analyze movement and density in real-time, aiming to improve safety and operations at large venues.
SK Hynix has become the first memory maker to certify its high-density 256GB DDR5 RDIMMs for Intel’s Xeon 6 server platform. The new modules, based on 32Gb DRAM chips, promise a 16% boost in AI inference speed and 18% better power efficiency. This is a key move to address the massive memory demands
Terminator Survivors is undergoing a massive overhaul. After internal testing, developer Nacon is pivoting from a co-op multiplayer shooter to a purely single-player experience, resulting in an indefinite delay from its planned 2025 release.
Google is launching a major internal initiative called “TorchTPU” to make its AI chips fully compatible with the PyTorch software framework. The move, developed with Meta’s help, is a direct attempt to erode Nvidia’s software moat and make Google’s TPUs a viable alternative for developers.
Hut 8 is leasing a massive data center campus in Louisiana to AI cloud firm Fluidstack in a deal valued at up to $17.7 billion. The partnership with Anthropic and Google-backed Fluidstack signals a major pivot for the former cryptominer into building AI infrastructure at a gigawatt scale.
A major internal software leak suggests Apple is developing a new iMac Pro with an M5 Max chip, its first all-in-one workstation since 2017. The leak also details a slew of other future products, including an M6 MacBook Pro and a foldable iPhone targeting late 2026.
Nvidia has acquired SchedMD, the company behind the open-source Slurm workload manager critical for AI and HPC clusters. The move is seen as a play to bolster its “AI factory” strategy, but it’s raising concerns based on Nvidia’s handling of a previous software buy, Bright Computing, in 2022.
System76 has launched its own Ubuntu-based Linux distribution called Pop!_OS. It features the custom COSMIC desktop environment and is designed to be a user-friendly, modern operating system. You can download it for free or buy it pre-installed on System76’s US-made hardware.
Google is officially merging ChromeOS and Android into a new, unified operating system. Execs confirmed a 2026 launch, with Qualcomm as a key hardware partner, aiming to bring Android to the PC market.
