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AMD Helios AI Racks Bring Epyc CPUs To Nvidia Compute Challenge

Data Center Knowledge reported that AMD moved Helios into production with MI455X GPUs, Epyc processors, Pensando networking and ROCm software, while vendor performance claims still lack third-party benchmark validation.

#AMD Helios #Epyc 9006 #Instinct MI455X

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Dubai Airports Adds Smart Gate Pre-Check Before Summer Peak

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Dubai Airports Adds Smart Gate Pre-Check Before Summer Peak

Economy Middle East reported that Dubai Airports launched a Smart Gates Eligibility Pre-Check at DXB, letting passengers confirm eligibility through Pocket Flights or terminal QR codes before passport control.

#Dubai Airports #DXB #Smart Gates

July 26, 2026Read More →

Hong Kong Indoor 5G Gap Shows Building-Level Network Divide

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Hong Kong Indoor 5G Gap Shows Building-Level Network Divide

A Speedtest Intelligence study says Hong Kong’s indoor 5G experience varies sharply by building, putting the focus on shared in-building systems rather than outdoor coverage alone.

#5G #Hong Kong #indoor coverage

July 26, 2026Read More →

CIRCIA Rule Faces September Deadline As Industry Seeks Narrower Filings

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CIRCIA Rule Faces September Deadline As Industry Seeks Narrower Filings

CISA is working toward a September target for the delayed CIRCIA rule as industry groups seek fewer covered entities, narrower incident triggers and leaner reporting requirements. The law sets 72-hour incident and 24-hour ransomware-payment reporting deadlines, while the proposed rule could cover more than 300,000 entities.

#cybersecurity

July 26, 2026Read More →

Ropedia Raises US$22 Million For Physical AI Data Layer

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Ropedia Raises US$22 Million For Physical AI Data Layer

Singapore-based Ropedia has raised US$22 million in pre-Series A funding, e27 reported, as robotics developers look for data that records motion, depth, audio and human interaction rather than only online text.

#Ropedia #physical AI #robotics data

July 26, 2026Read More →

Azure West US Outage Exposes Fiber-Maintenance Routing Risk

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Azure West US Outage Exposes Fiber-Maintenance Routing Risk

The Register reported that Microsoft’s West US Azure region was disrupted for almost five hours after routine fiber-related maintenance removed more routes than intended. Microsoft’s preliminary review said 27 services were affected before full recovery at 19:41 UTC on July 23.

#Microsoft Azure #Azure West US #cloud outage

July 26, 2026Read More →

Coinbase Adds x402 Payments For AI Agent Transactions

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Coinbase Adds x402 Payments For AI Agent Transactions

Coinbase Business users will be able to accept payments from AI agents through x402, while exchange users get live order views and developers get an SDK.

#Coinbase #x402 #AI agents

July 26, 2026Read More →

Microsoft Azure AI Deals Add Cobalt Chips And French Capacity

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Microsoft Azure AI Deals Add Cobalt Chips And French Capacity

Microsoft expanded Azure AI agreements with Databricks and Mistral, combining Cobalt processor adoption, Microsoft product integrations and Mistral-operated French data-centre capacity for customers with control and residency requirements.

#Microsoft Azure #Databricks #Mistral AI

July 26, 2026Read More →

AI Kill Switch Bill Would Give Homeland Security Emergency Model Control

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AI Kill Switch Bill Would Give Homeland Security Emergency Model Control

The proposed AI Kill Switch Act would give Homeland Security emergency authority to slow, limit or shut down covered frontier AI systems, while exempting red-team incidents such as the OpenAI sandbox escape that triggered the debate.

#AI regulation #AI safety #OpenAI

July 26, 2026Read More →

Japan Funds Noetra’s 140MW Physical AI Data Centre

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Japan Funds Noetra’s 140MW Physical AI Data Centre

Tech Wire Asia reported that Japan is funding Noetra to build domestic physical AI models around a 140MW FRONTia facility using Nvidia Rubin GPUs, while model access terms remain open.

#physical AI #Noetra #Nvidia Rubin

July 26, 2026Read More →

Etched Raises $300 Million As $1 Billion Pre-Orders Test Inference Rack Plan

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Etched Raises $300 Million As $1 Billion Pre-Orders Test Inference Rack Plan

EE Times reported that Etched raised $300 million at a $10 billion pre-money valuation and has $1 billion in pre-orders, but the AI chip startup has not made public performance figures for racks due to ship this summer.

#Etched #AI inference chips #TSMC N4P

July 26, 2026Read More →

Nvidia-SK AI Deal Carries $500 Billion Value With Few Build Details

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Nvidia-SK AI Deal Carries $500 Billion Value With Few Build Details

Tom's Hardware reported that Nvidia and SK Group signed letters of intent for a strategic relationship valued at more than $500 billion, anchored by SK Telecom's planned 2-gigawatt South Korea AI data centre and a long-term SK hynix memory supply agreement.

#Nvidia #SK Group #SK Telecom

July 26, 2026Read More →