Tech news today centers on where the AI boom is sending money and pressure. Capital keeps pouring into data centers and corporate strategy, even as a retailer’s misfire and a veteran engineer’s career pivot show the human costs and uncertainties surrounding fast-moving technology...
Tech news today centers on where the AI boom is sending money and pressure. Capital keeps pouring into data centers and corporate strategy, even as a retailer’s misfire and a veteran engineer’s career pivot show the human costs and uncertainties surrounding fast-moving technology.
Nvidia deepens its role in the AI infrastructure race by backing financing for OpenAI’s planned data center campus in Ohio. The support, structured as financing and payment guarantees worth up to $105 billion, ties the chipmaker even more closely to one of the industry’s biggest builders of generative AI systems.
Alibaba moves to sell its gaming unit for at least $1.5 billion as it redirects resources toward artificial intelligence. The deal would transfer its stake in Lingxi Games, the studio behind “Three Kingdoms: Strategy Edition,” and marks another large technology company reshaping its portfolio around AI investment.
Sainsbury’s suspends AI facial recognition at a London store after a shopper is wrongly identified as a suspected shoplifter and removed from the premises. The episode highlights the practical and reputational risks of automated surveillance tools when errors affect ordinary customers in public-facing settings.
A longtime Adobe engineer who spent 25 years at the company takes a job as a school bus driver after being laid off and searching more than a year for another tech role. His path underscores how difficult the labor market can be for experienced technology workers even after long careers at major firms.
Poco is set to launch the M8x 5G in India later this month, targeting the sub-₹20,000 segment. The handset expands the company’s M8 lineup, and early teasers point to a design and feature set aimed at price-sensitive buyers looking for 5G connectivity in the competitive budget smartphone market.
Top Tech stories
- Alibaba to sell gaming unit for at least $1.5 billion to fund AI push (8 sources)
- Nvidia backs up to $105 billion financing for OpenAI’s Ohio data center campus (8 sources)
- Sainsbury’s suspends AI facial recognition after shopper is wrongly removed from store (7 sources)
- Adobe engineer laid off after 25 years becomes school bus driver after a year searching for work (6 sources)
- Dalaroo expands WA copper-nickel soil anomaly at Watheroo prospect (4 sources)
- Hayden Panettiere shares final Instagram photo shortly before her death at 36 (4 sources)
- Godolphin rebrands as Orbit Resources to focus on NSW polymetallics (4 sources)
- Shubman Gill takes one-handed catch to dismiss Kamindu Mendis in India vs Sri Lanka Test (4 sources)
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