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Microsoft may be working on a portable Xbox, similar to a Switch, worked by the Surface team

TechSpot

Sources have told the Xbox News Cast podcast that Microsoft plans to enter the next hardware cycle with a traditional console and a dockable handheld variant similar to the Nintendo Switch. Speaking on this week's episode, "MAGG" also supports previous rumors indicating the next generation of Xbox could launch in 2026.

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How to choose an AI-as-a-service provider

ComputerWorld IT Management

Gartner says more than 80% of enterprises will have used some form of generative AI APIs or applications by 2026. AI training requires specialized hardware that is very, very expensive compared to standard server equipment. And that hardware cannot be repurposed for other uses such as databases.

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First Mode wins $1.8M contract to build hardware for Psyche mission to asteroid

GeekWire

million subcontract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to build flight hardware for NASA’s Psyche spacecraft , which is due to conduct the first-ever up-close study of a metal-rich asteroid. The contract calls for the hardware to be delivered in early 2021. NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU Illustration).

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Zeno Power teams up with Westinghouse on radioisotopes for nuclear power system

GeekWire

“Working with Westinghouse, we will build the nuclear hardware for our RPSs to provide reliable power in the most critical domains of the 21st century — from the depths of the oceans to the surface of the moon,” Zeno co-founder and CEO Tyler Bernstein said today in a news release.

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Chip industry strains to meet AI-fueled demands — will smaller LLMs help?

Computerworld Vertical IT

Tech giants Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are all offering cloud-based genAI technologies or baking them into their business apps for users, with global spending on AI by companies expected to reach $301 billion by 2026, according to IDC.

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Quantum hardware startup Rigetti Computing to go public in $1.5B SPAC deal with ex-Zillow CEO

GeekWire

It estimates revenue to grow to $288 million by 2025, and $594 million by 2026. .” Rigetti reported revenue of $5.5 million for the year ended Jan. 31, 2021, and a net loss of $26.1 IonQ, a competitor to Rigetti, went public earlier this week via its own SPAC deal that valued the company at $2 billion.

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CIOs See A Need For Data In Their Factories

The Accidental Successful CIO

Companies can use data—produced by shop-floor scanners and other hardware tools—to more accurately measure and improve the performance of production-line machinery. CIOs will be more quickly adopting new software and hardware, with many rolling out new tech projects in a matter of months, rather than years.

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