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Today β€” 21 June 2026Tech
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Foxconn Pegs NVIDIA Vera Rubin AI Datacenter at $47 Billion Per Gigawatt, as Power Bills Hit $1.3B Yearly

20 June 2026 at 20:45

A presenter on stage is holding a chip in front of large computer servers and a backdrop showing a microarchitecture diagram with '2X' and '1.6X' text.

NVIDIA's Vera Rubin is entering data centers soon, and the rise of Agentic AI also comes with a mammoth rise in costs. NVIDIA Vera Rubin AI Data Centers Will Be Expensive To Build & Will Consume Lots of Power, A Single GigaWatt Installation Could Cost Roughly $50 Billion The Vera Rubin era is upon us. The first systems are already being shipped to major cloud providers who are validating and testing them before bringing them up on scale. With the full volume production already going on, NVIDIA is eyeing an even bigger success than Blackwell. But as these systems are […]

Read full article at https://wccftech.com/foxconn-pegs-nvidia-vera-rubin-ai-datacenter-at-47-billion-per-gigawatt/

From PGP to Mythos: a brief history of export controls that didn’t stop anyone

20 June 2026 at 02:40
For the last 30 years, stopping the flow of cybersecurity-related software has proven to be ineffective. It's unclear why it would work now with Anthropic’s cybersecurity model Mythos.
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Is the US government’s Anthropic ban accidentally helping the brand?

19 June 2026 at 20:08
Just as last weekΒ was ending,Β the US governmentΒ forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers allegedly found a way to bypass Fable 5’s guardrails.Β  Cybersecurity researchers haveΒ since signed an open letterΒ callingΒ the move dangerous, and Anthropic itself noted the same jailbreaks exist in other models.Β SoΒ is […]

AMD and Intel arm x86 against the AI gap with ACE, baking matrix-multiply engines & low-precision formats straight into future CPUs

19 June 2026 at 16:05

An Intel and AMD branded processor displays 'x86' on its surface, surrounded by a circuit board.

ACE, the upcoming set of x86 Extensions defined by both AMD & Intel, has seen the latest spec release, focusing on AI acceleration. AMD & Intel Focus on AI Acceleration Through Next-Gen x86 Architectures That Are ACE Compliant Last year,Β Intel and AMD partnered to strengthen the x86 ecosystem through their "x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group" initiative. The plan was to offer a standardized set of features across architectures to make x86 accessible, scalable, and compatible with future requirements. Four key features were announced: FRED, AVX10, ChkTag, and ACE. Now, the latest ACE "AI Compute Extensions" specifications have been published by AMD […]

Read full article at https://wccftech.com/amd-intel-arm-x86-with-ace-matrix-multiply-engines-low-precision-ai-formats-future-cpus/

Dev Tries Creating GTA 6 Using AI, But Accidentally Builds Wrong City Amidst Chaotic Development And Unreal Engine 5.8 Challenges

19 June 2026 at 15:19

Promotional artwork for 'Grand Theft Auto VI' featuring various characters and scenes, including a helicopter, luxury car, speedboat, and motorbike, surrounding the central game logo.

The wait for GTA 6 has been long and hard, but it is finally coming to an end. With pre-orders opening next week ahead of the game's November 19 release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games are sure to ramp up marketing, and finally show more of a game set to be one of the most successful ever released. However, a solo developer has had enough, and has spent the past 12 or so days trying to build their own version of the game using AI, and the results are impressive and hilarious at […]

Read full article at https://wccftech.com/dev-building-gta-6-ai-wrong-city-unreal-engine-5-8/

β€˜Queer Eye’ life coach Karamo Brown launches KΔ“, a wellness app featuring his AI digital clone

18 June 2026 at 20:55
After spending a year and a half focusing on his own journey β€” from fitness and nutrition to meditation, sobriety, relationships, and personal growth β€” Brown wants to help others do the same.Β 

ASML CEO Warns Europe is β€˜Quite Behind’ in AI Race as US Buys 80% of Advanced Chips

18 June 2026 at 20:19

ASML CEO, Christophe Fouquet, believes that the demand from Elon Musk's Terafab project will be similar to fabrication plants capable of manufacturing millions of wafers per month. The executive spoke to Bloomberg, and his discussion ranged from data centers in space to the current stage of the semiconductor industry in the context of major demand from the AI buildout and Europe's position in the AI race. ASML CEO Says Europe Is Quite Behind In The AI Race The Terafab project was announced by Musk earlier this year as part of his efforts to procure chips for Tesla's edge computing and […]

Read full article at https://wccftech.com/asml-ceo-warns-europe-is-quite-behind-in-ai-race-as-us-buys-80-of-advanced-chips/

Scammers Now Selling Fake NVIDIA RTX Graphics Cards With Glued-Down Plastic GPUs & Scrap Memory

18 June 2026 at 19:25

An NVIDIA graphics card with the chip labeled 'AI102-300-A1' is shown placed on a blue surface.

More Fake GPUs are circulating online marketplaces, which use plastic chips to imitate NVIDIA RTX GPUs and scrap memory dies. You Need To Be Extra Cautious of Graphics Cards Being Sold Online As NVIDIA RTX Graphics Cards Have Been Spotted With Glued Plastic GPUs Over the years, we have seen several instances of fake graphics cards appearing online. Most of these graphics cards are sold through online marketplaces, & the region most affected by such products is the Asia Pacific. Previously, we have seen graphics cards with missing components and different GPUs, but this time, scammers have gone an extra […]

Read full article at https://wccftech.com/scammers-selling-fake-nvidia-rtx-graphics-cards-glued-plastic-gpus-scrap-memory/

GMKtec’s EVO-X3 Crams 128 GB Memory and AMD’s Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 Into a PS4-Sized Workstation to Take On NVIDIA’s DGX Spark

18 June 2026 at 17:25

GMKtec is finally lifting the curtains off its EVO-X3 Workstation PC, which houses the AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 and 128 GB memory.

GMKtec is finally lifting the curtains off its EVO-X3 Workstation PC, which houses the AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 and 128 GB memory. EVO-X3 Is Going To Be A Powerful Workstation PC For Local AI As GMKtec Crams 128 GB Memory & Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 In A PS4-Sized Chassis Last year, we tested the newly launched GMKtec EVO-X2 Mini PC. The system features the AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395, and is a strong competitor to the NVIDIA DGX Spark, featuring a much lower price point. The company is now launching a follow-up to this PC, the EVO-X3. The GMKtec […]

Read full article at https://wccftech.com/gmktec-evo-x3-128-gb-memory-amd-ryzen-ai-max-395-ps4-sized-workstation/

NEA’s Tiffany Luck says enterprises are still figuring out their AI ROI

18 June 2026 at 00:17
TokenmaxxingΒ wasΒ the hottest trend in Silicon Valley earlier this year, with CEOs encouraging employees to push AI usage as farΒ as it would go.Β Then the bill came due. UberΒ reportedly blewΒ through its annual AI budget in a few months, some companies cut Claude licenses for parts of their org, and Meta killed its internal leaderboard.Β  This tension between […]

Google bets on Gemini to reinvent the smart home speaker

17 June 2026 at 20:30
Google is betting generative AI can breathe new life into the smart speaker. The company's new $99.99 Google Home Speaker replaces the rigid commands of the Google Assistant era with more conversational Gemini interactions.

The smartphone era created an attention crisis β€” slow tech is fixing it

18 June 2026 at 21:16
β€œPeople just really want to take back control of their time, their lives, their attention... They’re down for whatever helps them do that.”

Google’s Mueller Says llms.txt Can’t Help LLMs Differentiate Sites

15 June 2026 at 20:28

Mueller argues LLM systems can't use llms.txt to differentiate between websites for discovery. He sees a narrow role once an agent is on a site.

The post Google’s Mueller Says llms.txt Can’t Help LLMs Differentiate Sites appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Beauty is in the cart of the shopper

14 June 2026 at 04:30
This week, we track how SEA’s beauty commerce players aren’t messing around and how layoffs have become a pretty regular feature of the tech world.

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