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Nvidia revenue tops $96 billion as memory commitments soar to $160 billion — CEO Jensen Huang says AI 'has reached its inflection point'
Nvidia's Q2 FY2027 revenue tops $96 billion as the company commits to buy up to $160 billion worth of memory, increasing its total commitments to $279 billion ahead of a major demand bump.
AI use among UK teachers doubles, but working hours still don't come down
F- for AI in test of reducing burden of teacher workload
ATF confirms “major incident” after recent Qilin breach claims
ATF, the regulatory agency that enforces federal laws governing firearms and explosives in the United States, has confirmed that one of its systems was compromised after breach claims made by the Qilin ransomware gang. [...]
You could own AI.slop, if applicant for new global top-level domains get their way
Resistance is futile: .borg is on the list, along with .itiswhatitis, .therapy, and.hype. If that’s scary, might a cup of .tea help?
Nvidia closes in on Hugging Face acquisition
Nvidia has reportedly agreed to buy Hugging Face, the popular open-source AI hub, for $12.9 billion in a move that would let Nvidia both protect its chip empire and jump back into the cloud business.
The UK Power Grid Has a Phantom Data Center Problem
The UK’s energy regulator is using a variety of tricks to keep speculative data center projects from plugging into the power grid. The country’s AI ambitions hang in the balance.
Nutanix built $20m AI cluster to reduce use of Copilot and Claude, expects ROI in a year
Also thinks Arm can give it a hand on the edge during RAMpocalypse
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Humanity has the debate about AI consciousness backwards
Article URL: https://economist.com/by-invitation/2026/08/20/humanity-has-the-debate-about-ai-consciousness-backwards Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49458875 Points: 18 # Comments: 34
Apple says these three things can speed up the new Spotlight indexing
Apple has published a new support document explaining how Spotlight indexing works across its devices, including three things it says can help the process finish more quickly. Here are the details.
Kusama Yayoi has died
https://archive.ph/axjMF https://yayoi-kusama.jp/en/news4518/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49458709 Points: 197 # Comments: 16
Kusama Yayoi Dies at 97
Article URL: https://news.jp/i/1465528042000662661 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49458709 Points: 107 # Comments: 8
Getting video models to learn better, faster
Article URL: https://www.linum.ai/field-notes/data-filtering-gen-video Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49458502 Points: 16 # Comments: 8
Laion Big Video Dataset
Article URL: https://projects.laion.ai/bvd/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49458478 Points: 36 # Comments: 6
CEO fired developers to make room for AI. Developers create open source AI CEO
Article URL: https://github.com/SenteLabsAI/OpenExecutive Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49458418 Points: 310 # Comments: 184
Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-agrees-buy-op... (paywalled) https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/24/hugging-face-reportedly-in... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49458161 Points: 673 # Comments: 279
How to See the Partial Lunar Eclipse and Blood Moon on August 27
The eclipse will obscure about 93 percent of the moon’s surface. Here are the peak times and tips for the best viewing experience.
The best displays to pair with your new Mac mini or Mac Studio
If you’ve just purchased a new Mac, like the recently released Mac mini or Mac Studio, you might be in the market for a new external display as well. Here are my recommendations, covering multiple product categories, price points, and more.