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AMD split its 6th-generation EPYC 9006 into four product families, pushing the flagship EPYC 9996 to 256 cores. We examine the conditions behind the claimed 3.45x performance and the design differences versus NVIDIA Vera.
DRAM inflation has surfaced in GM's combined cost increases and in the price of BYD's driver-assistance option. Automakers and suppliers are expanding long-term supply contracts to prepare for shifts in both supply and price.
OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Health to US users 18 and older. While medical records can now be referenced in regular conversations, permissions, memory, and protections outside HIPAA become the new points to evaluate.
The new MCP spec, slated for publication on July 28, 2026, eliminates initialization and the protocol session. While it lightens cloud deployments, authorizing state handles and designing for old-new compatibility become challenges for implementers.
NVIDIA has reportedly raised procurement prices again for GeForce GPUs and VRAM, this time expanding the scope to include GDDR6 products. Model numbers and the size of the price increase remain unannounced, and it is unclear when the change might reach retail.
Amazon has cut jobs in part of its organization referred to as AGI. The company continues roughly $200 billion in capital expenditures while narrowing down model development priorities and reshuffling staff allocation.
Mitsubishi Electric and Sony Semiconductor Solutions are planning a joint venture that links in-sensor AI to factory automation decision-making and control. The companies aim to launch the business in October 2026, though product specifications and release dates remain unannounced.
To prepare for the loss of passkeys and other credentials, Google has introduced an account recovery feature that uses AI-powered selfie videos to verify identity. By requiring users to turn their heads side to side, the system is designed to detect deepfakes, and by eliminating the need for specialized sensors, it enables secure recovery across a wide range of devices.
Anthropic has added Opus and Sonnet to the paid tiers of Claude's voice mode. While it now extends to connected tool operations and Japanese, Free remains locked to Haiku, Fable is excluded, and voice retention conditions remain unclear.
Hitachi and Intel have been selected as prospective contractors for a NEDO project, moving forward to develop a 100-qubit-class silicon quantum computer using the 18A-based process and a qubit PDK. The plan calls for integrated development of manufacturing, packaging, and cloud operation.
