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Microsoft deployed its first batch of homegrown Maia 200 AI chips in one data center this week to handle AI inference tasks amid Nvidia supply shortages, with CEO Satya Nadella affirming continued purchases from Nvidia and AMD.
The company plans to roll out additional Maia 200 chips in the coming months. Microsoft describes the Maia 200 as an “AI inference powerhouse.” This design optimizes the...
LLMs are rapidly becoming default tooling across finance, from research workflows to internal engineering support. But the gap between “impressive demo” and “safe deployment” is still wide, especially in regulated trading environments where reliability, traceability, and controls matter as much as raw velocity.
We spoke with Ilya Navogitsyn, a Quantitative Developer working at the intersection of...
Critical marketing operations for thousands of businesses have come to a standstill today as Brevo is currently down. A major service-wide disruption has been confirmed by the platform’s engineering team, primarily manifesting as a total failure of the user authentication system and dashboard access.
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Brevo is down: What happened?
As of the latest update, Brevo‘s engineering team is...
Samsung Electronics reported a more than threefold increase in fourth-quarter operating profit on Thursday, surpassing analysts’ estimates due to a memory chip shortage fueled by strong artificial intelligence server demand.
The company’s shares rose 2.58 percent at the market open before declining 1.54 percent during morning trading. Executives during an earnings call stated that surging memory...
LinkedIn launched a feature enabling users to display proficiency levels in AI coding tools on their profiles, assessed by the tools’ companies rather than self-reported. The platform partners with Replit, Lovable, Descript, and Relay.app, while developing integrations with Microsoft-owned GitHub and Zapier.
LinkedIn has traditionally permitted users to add skills and certifications to their...
Gaming peripheral company Razer announced the beta release of Synapse Web, a browser-based version of its desktop Synapse software. The tool enables quick adjustments to devices during events like LAN parties or tournaments, where installing the full desktop application proves impractical.
Synapse Web launches with support limited to Razer Huntsman V3 Pro keyboards. Razer plans to expand...
Workers at Ubisoft’s Paris headquarters voted to strike from February 10 to 12, organized by the Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo and five other unions within the company, in response to recent cost-cutting measures including studio closures, game cancellations, proposed layoffs, and a return-to-office mandate.
The strike action targets management’s decisions amid ongoing restructuring...
Google has begun rolling out Gemini-powered tools to the Chrome browser starting today, including a sidebar for multitasking chats, an image generator, and previews of task automation, following its recent AI updates to Gmail.
The initial feature introduced is a sidebar accessible to all Gemini in Chrome users. This interface enables continuous conversations with Gemini across multiple open tabs...
Elon Musk plans a SpaceX initial public offering in June to coincide with his June 28 birthday and an early-June alignment of Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter, according to the Financial Times.
The Financial Times reports that Musk eyes this timing for the company’s blockbuster IPO. SpaceX aims to raise at least $50 billion through the offering at a $1.5 trillion valuation. The publication notes these...
Apple has mandated that Patreon transition all creators using legacy billing to its in-app purchase system for subscriptions by November 1, 2026, after previous policy adjustments. This affects 4% of creators and follows Apple’s 2024 announcement citing circumvention of App Store commissions.
In 2024, Apple issued a requirement for Patreon to shift every creator to subscription billing processed...