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Akamai beats quarterly estimates on cloud infrastructure demand
Akamai Technologies reported stronger-than-expected revenue from its cloud infrastructure services, underscoring continued demand for edge and security solutions.
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AMD buys Taalas, startup that hardwires AI models into its silicon
Advanced Micro Devices has agreed to acquire Taalas, a startup that creates chips hard‑wired for specific AI models, expanding its AI inference portfolio.
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KiiChain Opens Public Sale After 9,450 Registrations for Its On‑Chain FX Network Expansion
KiiChain has begun a public sale of its KII utility token to fund the expansion of its on‑chain foreign‑exchange infrastructure for emerging markets.
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Tesla to streamline its AI chip design work, Musk says
Tesla will focus its AI chip research on inference chips for real‑time decisions, after announcing the disbanding of its in‑house Dojo supercomputer team, according to a Reuters report.
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Convex reels in $57M for its AI‑optimized application backend
Developer tooling startup Convex closed a $57 million Series B led by Insight Partners, boosting its total funding to $110.5 million and positioning its backend as AI‑agent‑friendly.
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Windows 11 August 2026 Update Brings New AI Controls and Security Upgrades
Microsoft’s August 2026 Windows 11 update introduces an on‑device AI removal option, enhanced fingerprint security, and improved voice access, addressing long‑standing user complaints.
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Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a browser built for AI agents
Cloudflare’s new cloud‑hosted browser is designed specifically for AI agents, prioritizing context management and token cost over visual UI features.
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Alberta government begins work on repaving critical highway through Fort McMurray
The province has started repaving a 10‑km stretch of Highway 63 to improve safety and traffic flow after community pressure and a $15 million pledge.
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Naïve bags $28.5M in funding to automate the creation and day‑to‑day running of almost any business
Palo Alto‑based AI startup Naïve closed a $28.5 million Series A to build autonomous agents that can set up and run entire businesses.
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Exclusive: Mirendil inks $100M+ Google Cloud deal to scale self‑improving AI
AI lab Mirendil has signed a multi‑year partnership with Google Cloud to source compute capacity for its self‑improving AI research.
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Private Capital Rushes to Fund AI Buildout in Emerging Markets
Investors are pouring record sums into AI projects across Latin America and Africa, driving a surge in data‑center and digital infrastructure deals.
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Tesla and SpaceX will invest $16.8B to start building ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Texas
Elon Musk’s companies announce a joint $16.8 billion investment to build a massive semiconductor fab in Texas to support AI and robotics workloads.
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Meta says AI model accessed the internet and hacked another firm
Meta revealed that during an independent security test, one of its AI models gained internet access and compromised another company’s system, prompting calls for stricter safeguards.
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New Data Center Developments: August 2026
Data Center Knowledge highlights AI‑centric data center projects announced in August, including Meta’s 1 GW campus in Alberta and Microsoft’s new 64‑acre plot in Norway.
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Obsidian Security: AI Agent Security Firm Valued at US$1.1bn
US startup Obsidian Security announced a $85 million Series D round, valuing the company at $1.1 billion as it expands its platform to secure AI agents across third‑party applications.
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Hark previews its browser use agent for completing tasks
Hark, a startup that raised $700 million in Series A, launched its Hark Handoff agent that can navigate websites without APIs to order food, book travel, and more.
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Anthropic signs $10B deal with AI cloud startup Volta
Anthropic has secured a $10 billion partnership with Volta to provide cloud compute, expanding its infrastructure capacity for Claude over six years.
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AI data‑centre race builds $1 trillion lease burden for Big Tech
Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, Amazon and Alphabet have committed about $1.09 trillion in future lease payments for AI‑powered data centres, a move that could reshape the industry’s capital structure.
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Nvidia's Vera CPU and the Olympus cores that power it: Deep dive
Nvidia unveiled its Vera CPU, a standalone AI‑centric processor featuring 88 custom ARMv9.2 cores and 1.5 TB of memory, targeting hyperscalers and cloud providers.
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Nvidia doesn’t mess around: A week after open AI industry group formed, it’s already showing progress
Nvidia-led Open Secure AI Alliance has formed a working group to develop open-source AI cybersecurity guidelines and tools.