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ChatGPT Maker OpenAI Joins the Trillion-Dollar Club!
OpenAI, the team behind the famous AI chatbot ChatGPT, just reached an eye-popping milestone. In a brand-new fundraising round, investors handed the company an extra 11 billion dollars. That pushed OpenAI's total estimated price tag to a dizzying 1.25 trill…
3 min readSpy Games in the Chip Lab: The Secret Hunt for AI Secrets!
You might think secret agents only chase after mysterious briefcases or hidden maps. But in the world of high-tech computing, the most valuable treasure on Earth right now is a tiny piece of silicon called an AI microchip! Companies like Nvidia build super-…
3 min readUber Gears Up: 700 Robotaxis Hitting the Streets by Year's End
Uber, the company that made ordering a car from your phone completely normal, is preparing for a massive shift in how we travel. By the end of this year, the company plans to assemble a fleet of 700 autonomous vehicles—widely known as robotaxis—with plans t…
3 min readTouchdown! Robots Are Going to Football Film School
Imagine trying to track 22 athletes sprinting across a field in different directions, all while a brown leather ball flies through the air. For human coaches, studying game tapes takes countless late nights hitting the rewind button over and over. Now, the…
3 min readInstagram Brings Its Free 'Edits' Video Maker to Mac Desktops!
Have you ever tried editing a video on a tiny phone screen? Pinching, tapping, and trying to cut clips down to the exact millisecond can make your thumbs feel like they just ran a marathon!
3 min readPocket Brain to Cloud Brain: Qualcomm Moves into Data Centers!
You might not know the name Qualcomm, but there is a big chance their microchips power your family's smartphones right now! For years, Qualcomm grew fast by designing the miniature brains that connect handheld devices to cell towers and run mobile games.
3 min readWhat Else Could You Build with Nearly Half a Billion Dollars?
When people spend all day staring at screens and arguing online, it is easy to lose track of what really matters out in the physical world. Tech observers recently pointed out that pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into social media drama might not be…
3 min readSneaky Hackers Used Fake Job Interviews to Steal Crypto!
Getting invited to a job interview is usually super exciting! You polish your resume, practice your answers, and hope to impress the team. But crypto company Binance recently revealed that sneaky hackers turned this normal process into an elaborate trap to…
3 min readApple Smashes iPhone Sales Records With Fancy Gadgets!
Imagine selling a mountain of high-tech pocket computers-so many that you break your own world record! That is exactly what Apple just pulled off. In their latest money report, Apple revealed they earned over 57 billion dollars just from selling iPhones in…
3 min readIs Apple's Smart Screen Turning Into a Watchful Guard Dog?
Imagine having a tiny gadget on your counter that displays family photos, plays your morning tunes, and controls the lights. Now imagine flipping a switch, leaving the house, and letting that very same screen transform into a super-sleuth security guard!
3 min readWhy Giant AI Computer Warehouses Are Shaking Up Local Politics
Imagine a building the size of a football stadium packed ceiling-high with glowing computer servers, humming all day long. That is a data center! As artificial intelligence grows, companies need way more of these mega-computers to power chatbots, generate i…
3 min readSupercomputers and Smoky Air: A Giant AI Center Faces Court!
Imagine a giant warehouse packed with tens of thousands of supercomputers thinking at lightning speed. That is xAI's data center in Memphis, Tennessee. To train giant artificial intelligence models, these chips need astronomical amounts of electrical power.
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