A projected $100 billion in datacenter investment is flowing into Brazil by 2030, with the Latin American market set to double to $14 billion. But the continent’s AI future is being shaped by a brutal mismatch between demand and the physical infrastructure needed to support it, from transmission lin
According to a TechCrunch interview, SpaceX is working with major Wall Street banks for a potential 2026 public offering. This move is seen as a potential bellwether to reopen the stagnant IPO market, while secondary trading for shares in private giants like SpaceX is already booming.
OpenAI is reportedly accelerating plans for a late-2026 IPO, even as it burns billions and doesn’t expect profits until 2030. The move is a high-stakes test of market appetite for pure-play AI companies.
Google has launched an internal initiative called “Project EAT” to accelerate employee adoption of AI tools. The project, born in May 2025 within the AI2 infrastructure unit, aims to standardize AI use and boost productivity across the company. Leaders are pushing hard, warning that rivals are doing
Cloud storage firm Backblaze has started publishing network traffic reports, and the data from Q4 2025 is telling. It shows a significant spike in traffic to and from ‘neocloud’ AI compute providers, suggesting a fundamental shift in how data moves across the internet.
A massive new round of nearly 500 benchmarks on Linux 6.18 LTS shows AMD’s EPYC 9755 Turin processor with 128 cores delivering a decisive performance win over Intel’s competing Xeon 6980P Granite Rapids chip. The tests, run over the holidays, also monitored power consumption, highlighting efficiency
New consumer data reveals that OpenAI’s ChatGPT has a massive lead in early user adoption. This initial exposure is critical, as it often sets the reference point for how people think about and use AI going forward.
Apple CEO Tim Cook has clarified how the Gemini-powered Siri will work, calling it a “collaboration.” However, the company revealed no financial details or user numbers for Apple Intelligence.
Google has updated its support policy for the Pixel Tablet, giving it two more years of Android OS upgrades. This brings its total guaranteed support window to five years, aligning it with older Pixel phones.
XGS Energy, an enhanced geothermal firm backed by Meta, has secured a critical supply chain partnership with Vallourec. The deal is for tubulars needed to build a 150MW project in New Mexico, with construction set to start this year to power Meta’s data centers. This marks a significant step in usin
