Reflection AI, a US startup vying to develop open models, has signed a $1 billion computing deal with European AI infrastructure company Nebius. Nebius, formerly the international arm of Russian tech giant Yandex, will provide Reflection with access to Nvidia’s latest chips. The deal comes just weeks after the startup signed a similar agreement to
South Korea’s SK Hynix has been on a rollercoaster ride recently, but little has actually changed in its position at the center of the AI boom. On Wednesday, the memory giant’s Seoul-listed shares rose as much as 13% after its Nasdaq-listed American Depositary Receipts rose 27% overnight. The rally followed a sharp sell-off earlier this
The Iranian government abused well-known vulnerabilities in global telecommunications infrastructure to locate US military personnel in the run-up to the Iran war, as well as in the early days of the conflict, according to the Financial Times. The Iranian government leveraged Signaling System 7, or SS7, a set of protocols for 2G and 3G networks
Christopher Nolan may be at the top of his game, but he still gets nervous every time one of his movies is about to be released. Appearing Tuesday on “The Daily Show,” hosted by Jon Stewart, the “Oppenheimer” director said releasing a movie is always daunting because he puts so much of himself into each
New York became the first state to halt data center construction after Governor Kathy Hochul today signed an executive order temporarily prohibiting the state from approving new permits for large projects. Hochul’s order applies to data centers of 50 megawatts or more, which could affect more than a dozen projects. The state Department of Environmental
IBM shares fell more than 25% at the market close on Tuesday after the company said it had misinterpreted the boom in AI spending. On Tuesday, eight days before the company’s scheduled earnings conference call, CEO Arvind Krishna released a letter to shareholders detailing a quarterly “performance shortfall,” including lower-than-expected revenue. “While we anticipated some
