AI & RoboticsNews

OpenAI, not yet public, raises $3B from retail investors in monster $122B fund raise

OpenAI has closed a deal to raise $122 billion at an $852 billion valuation, its largest funding round to date as the company is expected to hit the public markets this year. The round will add to OpenAI’s war chest as it spends enormous amounts of money on AI chips, data center buildouts, and hiring top talent. SoftBank co-led the round alongside Andreessen Horowitz, D.E. Shaw Ventures…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Meta’s natural gas binge could power South Dakota

Data centers have gotten so large that their power demands now rival entire U.S. states. Take Meta’s Hyperion AI data center, for example. When completed, the new AI data center will draw as much electricity as South Dakota. Last week, Meta announced it would fund…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

GM idles Factory Zero again, lays off 1,300 EV workers for a month

General Motors has shut down production at Factory Zero in Detroit for the second time in less than three months, temporarily laying off 1,300 workers. The plant won’t restart until mid-April. The idling, which began on March 16, marks the latest in a string of production cuts at the facility GM once positioned as the flagship of its electric vehicle future — a $2.2 billion showcase that has…
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DefenseNews

‘Infrastructure is the weapon’: Inside the race to build portable interceptor factories

KYIV, Ukraine — While interceptor drones have become one of the most sought-after commodities of the Iran war, Ukrainian officials and defense practitioners are cautioning allies to recognize that the pace of today’s battlefield requires them to buy into an entirely new system of production alongside the endpoint weapon. “Expertise is not a drone, but a skill, a strategy, a system where a…
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ComputersNews

Your Windows 11 PC is slower than it should be. Here’s what to check

Every operating system requires a minimum level of maintenance to ensure error-free and smooth operation. Knowing what is running on the PC or starting up automatically should be part of your regular checks. Unnecessary background processes slow down the system startup and hamper Windows’ overall performance. Many programs, and Windows 11 itself, leave traces of user activity on the PC. These…
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