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Diamonds, Crescents and Wildcats: Intel shows off its hardware for the next generation of agentic AI workloads
Intel shows three agentic AI architectures at Hot Chips 2026: the 256-core Diamond Rapids Xeon, the Crescent Island inference GPU, and the already-shipping Wildcat Lake client SoC Diamond Rapids matches AMD’s EPYC Venice on cores and bandwidth but arrives in 2027 with half the threads, while Wildcat Lake’s 17 TOPS…
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The US Navy wants its next drone-mounted torpedo to be able to glide silently through the air
This torpedo could glide through the air before quietly entering the ocean Silent Anvil must enter the water at angles between 45 and 90 degrees Its glide phase could extend submarine hunting far beyond torpedo range The US Navy is weighing two paths toward a new class of Silent Anvil…
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‘The best way to predict the future is to invent it’ — quote of the day by physicist Dennis Gabor on the nature of innovation
Dennis Gabor was a Hungarian-British physicist who’s widely credited with inventing holography, a photographic technique that can record and reconstruct three-dimensional images. This is an invention for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1971. But his legacy extends to his philosophy on the nature of innovation “Technological…
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Ukraine has built its own jet-powered drone interceptor — and it’ll easily fit in the back of a pickup truck
Ukraine has deployed a turbojet interceptor specifically designed to hunt Russian attack drones The compact aircraft can return home when an interception attempt fails Multiple warhead options allow the interceptor to tackle different aerial targets Ukraine’s defense ministry has confirmed a new turbojet-powered aircraft built to shoot down Russian attack…
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Russia says it will start selling its ‘suicide drone’ to foreign nations — but won’t name them
Russia is offering the Garpia-A1E to foreign military customers The drone can reportedly travel up to 1,000 kilometres Garpia-A1E carries over 50kg payload and endures for over six hours Moscow has begun marketing a long-range loitering munition built by a state defense manufacturer to foreign militaries. The weapon, known as…
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12 Mac mini alternatives for Windows I’d actually buy
I’ve hand-picked my 12 favorite Mac mini alternatives for Windows, from budget picks to high-end content creation stations. There’s no denying Apple‘s newly unveiled Mac mini with M6 chip is a seriously cool piece of hardware, but fixed memory and limited port selection mean it’s definitely not for everyone. If…
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