Mahesh Lakhani

Samsung Electronics and Broadcom have signed a landmark $200 billion semiconductor partnership, combining custom AI chip design with advanced manufacturing to challenge TSMC's foundry dominance.

Anthropic’s new guide explains how developers can encode project-specific rules as skills in Claude Code, creating automated verification loops that catch and fix errors without human intervention.

Anthropic's new Opus 5 model offers frontier AI capabilities at half the price of Fable 5, targeting everyday tasks with enhanced safety and efficiency.

Pakistan inaugurates Sky47, its first AI-ready Tier III/IV data center, marking a step toward digital sovereignty with an 8.5MW initial capacity and plans for national rollout.

Anthropic's Claude voice mode now supports its most capable Opus and Sonnet models, enabling complex spoken conversations and app integration, though the top-tier Fable 5 remains excluded.

Anthropic has expanded Claude's Voice Mode to its Opus and Sonnet models, while also enabling the assistant to interact with Gmail and Slack for hands-free productivity.

Intel's stock jumped 6% after strong forecasts showed AI demand is driving its long-awaited recovery, with data center CPU orders surging and foundry ambitions gaining ground.

CXMT’s ejection of Huawei-linked engineers from its cleanrooms exposes a power shift in China’s semiconductor industry, where memory makers now dictate terms amid an AI boom.

AMD is set to launch its Helios server rack and Venice CPU in San Francisco, backed by a massive Anthropic deal and a multiyear OpenAI pact, as it challenges Nvidia’s AI dominance.

A sharp divergence in European semiconductor stocks reveals how AI photonics demand is reshaping the sector, with Soitec surging while STMicro and Besi stumble on cyclical headwinds and elevated expectations.

Sony announces the FX5, a compact cinema camera with a 16.6MP full-frame sensor, open-gate 3:2 recording, internal 16-bit RAW, and AI-powered autofocus, starting at $4,900.

The Guardian invites UK residents living near AI data centres to share their experiences and concerns. This initiative aims to document local impacts like noise, pollution, and the heat island effect, informing the broader debate on data centre expansion.

Global air conditioning is on track to add 1,400 TWh of electricity demand by 2035, dwarfing the 700 TWh expected from AI data centers. Unlike AI's 24/7 power needs, cooling peaks align with cheap solar, offering a cleaner path for developing nations.

Pope Leo XIV’s collection Maps of Hope has been certified as human-authored by Proudly Human, an Australian AI detection company. The move follows the Pope’s stark warning that AI could dominate humanity.

British semiconductor wafer maker IQE has upgraded its annual sales growth projection, buoyed by robust demand for its compound semiconductor products used in AI infrastructure and data centres. The upgrade reflects the expanding AI supply chain beyond GPU makers.

South Korea's plan to build a $540 billion semiconductor hub in the southwest faces fierce local opposition over power and water demands. Residents reject new reactors and dam expansions, echoing delays at Yongin clusters. The government aims for 2030, but infrastructure bottlenecks and public consent remain unresolved.

AWS rolled out a one-click Lambda prompt that gives coding agents instant serverless skills, plus OpenAI's GPT-5.6 family on Bedrock. Self-managed Lambda code storage and same-day S3 transitions also landed, but a billing glitch raised concerns.

Enterprise AI prompts expand into massive token workloads, creating a hidden KV cache storage tax that bottlenecks inference. High-capacity SSDs are critical to avoid slowdowns and scale AI effectively.

French automotive supplier Valeo partners with defense tech firm Harmattan AI to manufacture electric drone motors in France. The motors eliminate heavy rare earths, reducing supply chain risks and advancing sovereign defense capabilities.

Google is developing a new server chip, 'Frozen v2,' that embeds its Gemini AI model directly into hardware to tackle a severe computing capacity crunch. The move promises faster, more efficient AI serving but raises concerns about flexibility as models rapidly evolve.

Samsung SDS launched Korea’s first deep learning cloud service on a domestic chip, aiming to slash inference costs and bolster data sovereignty. The move signals a global shift toward alternative AI silicon.

DeepSeek and Claude AI predicts France will beat England in the World Cup third-place match, with Kylian Mbappé scoring first. The AI cites France's attack and England's emotional fatigue. Both models think slightly differently when analyze the possible outcome with DeepSeek considers important criteria.

Meta Platforms is reportedly in advanced talks to lease $10 billion worth of computing power to AI firm Anthropic, signaling a major shift in how frontier AI models access critical infrastructure. The deal could redefine cloud competition and give Anthropic independence from investor-controlled clouds.

Google renames NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook, uniting its AI tools under one brand. The move brings cloud-based computing to Pro subscribers, enabling advanced research workflows without local hardware.

Spotify rolls out an AI conversational assistant in beta for Premium users in the US, Ireland, and Sweden. The feature enables voice and text control for music, podcasts, and audiobooks, offering personalized recommendations and insights.

Microsoft and 3M have partnered to deploy EBO optical technology in Azure data centers, promising faster, more resilient AI infrastructure. 3M will also use Microsoft AI to transform its enterprise operations.

Apple has released the iOS 27 public beta, giving users their first taste of Siri AI. The revamped assistant is limited to three iPhone models and faces regional restrictions, but early testers praise its deep integration and new capabilities.

OpenAI is entering the hardware market with a movable smart speaker that uses cameras and GPT-Live to act as a proactive AI companion. The device, expected by 2027, faces legal challenges from Apple and aims to redefine home AI assistants.

Anthropic introduces India-specific pricing for its Claude AI assistant, aiming to capture the price-sensitive developer market. The move signals a shift in the AI industry toward affordability and regional customization.

Chinese gaming giant miHoYo has released BSide: Olivia Lin, a free AI companion app on Steam Early Access. Blending music creation, letter-based chat, and desktop wallpaper features, the app marks a bold pivot from games to AI companionship, but early user feedback highlights gaps between expectations and reality.