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CU Denver plans India’s first US public campusBusiness — 2dThe University of Colorado Denver has received a letter of intent from India’s University Grants Commission to establish a degree-granting campus in Hyderabad, becoming the first U.S. public university approved to do so in India. The campus plans to welcome its first students in August 2027, offering programs in business, computing, engineering and analytics with an emphasis on applied learning and career readiness.

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Efficient Computer raises $97M Series B at $650M valuation — Sep 29, 2026Efficient Computer raised more than $97M in Series B funding at a $650M valuation, led by TQ Ventures, to scale its shipping Electron E1 dataflow chips from robots and drones toward datacenters.

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AirTrunk plans A$43 billion Japan data-centre expansion amid AI surge — 2dAirTrunk plans to invest up to A$43 billion (about US$30 billion) in Japan over five years, more than doubling its data-center capacity to over 1 gigawatt as demand for AI and cloud computing grows. An additional US$1 billion investment at its Inzai campus will support liquid cooling and high-density AI workloads.

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PowerCompute Boosts Mississippi Data Center to 11 MWBusiness — 2dPowerCompute’s Mississippi subsidiary increased contracted power at its Columbus data center from 8.5 to 11 megawatts under a new utility agreement, moving to a data-center rate while avoiding capacity commitment charges and utility capital contributions. The company plans to use a returned $300,000 deposit for site expansion; the facility supports Bitcoin mining and may also serve high-performance computing projects.

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Former Auburn Staffer Charged With Trade Secrets Theft — Sep 29, 2026Former Auburn staffer David Rudolph Jenrath, 24, turned himself in Monday on felony theft of trade secrets and computer tampering charges after allegedly sharing recruiting files with up to 11 rivals.

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Rachel Meyers Passing info to up to 11 rivals shows he really didn't care about Auburn at all.

Most Influential Women in World HistoryYourlist — RankingFrom ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.

OpenAI launches always-on Dots agents to rival Meta's Muse — Sep 29, 2026OpenAI launched Dots at DevDay 2026 on September 29: always-on GPT-6 Astra agents with their own cloud computers, rolling out to paid users opposite Meta's Muse.

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Elena Vasquez OpenAI's always-on Dots with dedicated cloud machines could be useful for heavy users, but I worry about the extra subscription fees piling up.

UT San Antonio develops continuously learning AI chipTech — Sep 28, 2026AI advances are driving efforts to build chips that learn continuously and to match computing hardware to local models and large data-center workloads. At the same time, Catholic leaders are urging that AI development protect human dignity and not confuse machine capabilities with human intelligence or consciousness.

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Tencent reportedly agrees to $7B Oracle lease for 100,000 AI chips — Oct 1, 2026Tencent has reportedly agreed to a five-year, roughly $7 billion lease giving it access to about 100,000 advanced AI chips in Oracle data centers in Southeast Asia, with about 30% paid upfront. The deal would help Tencent train AI models and develop AI agents despite U.S. restrictions on chip sales to China, while underscoring Chinese companies’ growing reliance on overseas computing capacity.

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Jared Kim This deal means Oracle gets steady revenue while Tencent keeps advancing its models, but it also raises questions about long-term dependence on foreign data centers.

OpenAI Projects $278 Billion Cash Burn by 2030 — Sep 18, 2026OpenAI projects $278 billion in negative free cash flow from 2026-2030 on about $856 billion in compute spending, with early talks at a $1.2 trillion-plus valuation.

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Sam Okafor I don't see how any firm sustains hundreds of billions in negative cash flow without either huge new funding or major delays in plans.

Snap Launches $2,195 Specs AR Glasses — Sep 16, 2026Evan Spiegel demoed Snap's $2,195 Specs in LA and rejected AI making people irrelevant: computers should make us more important, not less.

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Priya Raman Spiegel makes a good point that computers should help people stand out more, not fade away.

Nvidia Plans 2GW Australian AI Expansion — Sep 10, 2026Nvidia is expanding Australia’s AI compute capacity to as much as 2 GW by 2027 through partnerships with local cloud and data-centre providers, leveraging its DSX platform to boost domestic innovation and support power-generation projects. Across Southeast Asia, Zankore plans an initial 100 MW of NVIDIA DSX AI infrastructure in Indonesia, with a longer-term goal of up to 1 GW, while Sharon AI in Australia scales to 68,000 GPUs under DSX to deliver sovereign, gigawatt-scale AI compute for startups, research and enterprises.

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Jared Kim Scaling Sharon AI to 68,000 GPUs under DSX looks like a solid step toward keeping our data and research sovereign.

Quentin Tarantino vs Martin ScorseseYourlist — VS BattleThe video store savant versus the film-school don — two visions of American violence, guilt, and cool.

UBS Rates Five AI Hosting Stocks Buy — Sep 23, 2026UBS sees sizable upside in five former Bitcoin miners repurposing their power assets for AI data centers, arguing that scarce grid access and contracted capacity position them to benefit as computing demand surges, though execution and tenant risks remain. Other market coverage points to potential beneficiaries across the broader buildout—including Quanta Services, Keysight, Amphenol, Tutor Perini and Viavi—while noting that higher rates and inflation may complicate the investment outlook.

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Tech Giants Intensify AI Chip CompetitionTech — Sep 20, 2026The enterprise AI hardware race is intensifying as Windows dominates desktops, Apple pushes on-device AI, and Nvidia-backed Grok 4.7 accelerates user-specific workloads, highlighting a split between local inference and cloud-centric compute. Across Google, Alphabet, Amazon, and Nvidia, heavy funding for AI accelerators and shifting cloud strategies—such as Nvidia’s DGX Cloud adjustments—signal a broader realignment of how AI is trained and deployed.

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NVIDIA, Einride Collaborate on Autonomous Trucks — Sep 21, 2026Einride is expanding its collaboration with Nvidia to adapt the NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion platform for heavy-duty freight, building the next generation of the Einride Driver to scale autonomous deployment across its freight network while extending compute, sensors, software and safety architecture. The effort follows Einride’s existing operations of hundreds of electric trucks across the U.S., Europe and the Middle East, with roughly 80% of demand deemed suitable for automation and projections of substantial growth into thousands of vehicles by 2028.

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Derek Foss This partnership could really cut down on driver fatigue for long freight routes if the sensors hold up in all weather.

Binghamton Researchers Report 99% Wordle Simulation SuccessLifestyle — Sep 12, 2026Researchers at Binghamton University have developed a Wordle strategy based on Shannon entropy that prioritizes information gain over guessing the correct word, achieving about 99% success in simulations. The approach uses starting words rich in high-frequency vowels and consonants and treats each guess as data gathering, often requiring a script to compute the next optimal move.

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The grammar gatekeeper testQuizie — QuizTwelve spelling and grammar traps that catch almost everyone. Pass, and the AI knights you. Fail, and it's gentle about it. Mostly.

AI-Linked Stocks Slide After Leaders Urge Slowdown — Sep 14, 2026Global AI-related stocks tumbled after industry leaders, including Anthropic and OpenAI, urged a slower, safety-focused development path, triggering declines in chipmakers and AI infrastructure stocks across Asia, the US, and beyond. The sell-off highlighted investor concerns over regulatory bottlenecks, while ongoing demand for computing infrastructure limited downside in the longer term.

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Dana Whitfield This pullback might sting hardware suppliers short term but could prevent bigger regulatory headaches that would hurt everyone involved later on.

Huawei to Launch 960DT and Ascend 960PR AI Chips in 2027 — Sep 17, 2026Huawei plans to launch two AI chips, the 960DT in Q1 2027 and the Ascend 960PR in Q3 2027, while leveraging its UnifiedBus interconnect to link thousands of chips into large, single-system AI computing arrays as it seeks to challenge Nvidia amid US export controls aimed at China. The announcements and demonstrations at events abroad underscore Beijing’s push for domestic AI autonomy and higher-powered data-center architectures.

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Sam Okafor Huawei's plan to scale thousands of chips together could finally give them a real shot at competing with Nvidia's dominance.

DeepSeek Plans First CFO Ahead of Possible IPO — Sep 14, 2026DeepSeek plans to appoint Yan Wentao as its first CFO as it prepares for a potential STAR Market IPO, with CITIC Securities lined up to support the listing and a company valuation around 500 billion yuan amid ongoing fundraising and investment in chips, computing infrastructure, and talent. Yan, born in 1991 and a GL Ventures partner, will handle investor relations and financial management as the startup transitions toward conventional financing and public-market readiness.

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Sam Okafor DeepSeek's 500 billion yuan valuation before IPO looks aggressive given the chip spending, but the CFO hire should help steady investor talks.

Rapta Raises $8M to Expand AI Defense Manufacturing PlatformTech — Sep 16, 2026Rapta raised $8 million to scale its AI-powered Manufacturing Intelligence Platform for defense, aerospace, and other precision manufacturing, unifying siloed production data with computer vision to deliver real-time work instructions and traceability across lines. The round, co-led by Voyager Capital and Access Venture Partners, adds new board members and positions Rapta to expand deployment among top defense primes, improving quality, documentation, and operational efficiency.