The new Libgcrypt 1.12 cryptographic library leverages VAES and AVX-512 instructions to double AES performance on upcoming AMD Zen 5 processors. Meanwhile, the GCC 16 compiler is in development with support for the vintage Algol 68 language and early work for AMD Zen 6.
Cisco Systems has finalized a major 15-year virtual power purchase agreement with Polish developer R.Power. The deal will support four new solar projects set to come online in 2027, delivering 470GWh of clean electricity. This move is part of Cisco’s broader strategy to decarbonize its operations ac
Tesla is making a massive $2 billion investment in Elon Musk’s xAI and officially ending production of the Model S and Model X. The freed-up factory space will be used to build humanoid Optimus robots, with a target of 1 million units per year.
Elon Musk predicts a future of abundance where retirement savings are pointless. But Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says getting there will be a brutal “rite of passage” that could break society if we’re not careful. The experts say: keep saving, just in case.
The studio behind Vampire Survivors is working on a new spin-off called Vampire Crawlers. A free demo is coming in February for Steam and Xbox players.
Andrej Karpathy, the former Tesla AI director, says AI coding agents crossed a “threshold of coherence” around December 2025, fundamentally changing how he builds software. He now programs mostly in English, telling the LLM what to write, and worries his manual coding skills are atrophying.
The prize pool for the upcoming EU-Startups Summit Pitch Competition has ballooned to over €1 million. With over 1,600 applications expected, fifteen finalists will pitch live in Malta this May for a massive package of funding and resources.
The streaming service says AI tracks now make up 39% of daily uploads but are driven by manipulation. In response, it’s cutting off the money and commercializing its own solution.
Africa’s push for locally-built AI is hitting a wall of infrastructure problems. With less than 500MW of data center capacity for 1.4 billion people and unreliable power grids, the fundamentals need fixing before an AI boom can happen.
According to Inc, the most frequent request for help in 2025 was about handling data. The defining challenge is figuring out what to do with unstructured data, a problem that will define the 2026 job market.
