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Amazon data center in Bahrain struck and destroyed by Iranian cruise missiles, state media claims — attacks launched against AWS site in response to alleged US

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This isn’t the first time that the American tech giant’s data centers have been attacked in the area. In fact, Iran used drones and missiles to hit several AWS Middle East regional data centers just days after the U.S. b…

Nvidia details Rubin architectural optimizations for inference – improvements target better performance and efficiency from the GPU to the rack

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MoE expert weights can be distributed across GPUs in order to efficiently utilize limited per-GPU HBM capacity. Nvidia says that Rubin’s TMA has been improved to deal with the challenges of managing the growing numbers o…

Nvidia shows off DLSS 5 with three AI modes for different levels of detail — upscaler can switch between models in real-time

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DLSS 5 is building up to be a significant step for upscaling tech just when we thought AMD was finally catching up . However, many people may still worry about artistic intent, even if the new demos look a lot more polis…

Jensen Huang argues American companies should be allowed to use Chinese AI models — Nvidia CEO says backdoors connected to China are misconceptions

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One of the biggest concerns of U.S. leaders have is that these AI models might come with vulnerabilities that the Chinese government can use to attack American interests, but Huang said that this is an incorrect assumpti…

Kill switches for most powerful AI models proposed by Bipartisan bill — DHS could order throttling or full shutdown, with fines up to $20 million per day

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Covered developers would have to maintain the ability to stop inference, cut off user access, and fully shut a model down, and would have to report qualifying incidents to DHS within 15 days. Covered incidents include un…

OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol and unreleased AI models break out of testing environment in ‘unprecedented cybersecurity incident’ — rogue agents hacked HuggingFace’s pro

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For its part, OpenAI says it’s going to add controls to the bot “at the cost of research velocity,” and that the incident “points to the need to further strengthen our model’s alignment, cyber protections during evaluati…

Microsoft announces Xbox Backward Compatibility for PC — will let gamers play classic console games on PCs and handhelds

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Stephen is Tom’s Hardware’s News Editor with almost a decade of industry experience covering technology, having worked at TechRadar, iMore, and even Apple over the years. He has covered the world of consumer tech from ne…