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Elon Musk plans AI compute equal to 50 million H100 GPUs within just five years xAI’s training target equals 50 ExaFLOPS, but that doesn’t mean 50 million literal GPUs Achieving 50 ExaFLOPS with H100s would demand energy equal to 35 nuclear power stations Elon Musk has shared a bold new milestone for xAI, which is to deploy the equivalent of 50 million H100 class GPUs by 2030. Framed as a measure of AI training performance, the claim refers to compute capacity, not literal unit count. Still, even with ongoing advances in AI accelerator hardware, this goal implies extraordinary infrastructure commitments, especially in power and capital. A massive leap in compute scale, with fewer GPUs than it sounds In a post on X, Musk stated, "the xAI goal is 50 million in units of H100 equivalent AI compute (but much better power efficiency) online within 5 years." Each Nvidia H100 AI GPU can deliver around 1,000 TFLOPS in FP16 or BF16, common formats for AI training - and reac...

Eizo FlexScan FLT-S uses just 6 watts of power, making it far more efficient than most office monitors Certified as the world’s first Class A monitor under Europe’s updated energy standards Connects using just one cable through docking stations, keeping desks clear and clutter-free Eizo has announced the FlexScan FLT-S , a 23.8 inch full HD monitor that brings energy efficiency, portability, and a clean design into a single display. Though marketed as a business monitor , its combination of low power draw, simplified setup, and flexible use makes it a compelling alternative to many traditional desktop monitors. This device is currently available in Japan for 59,950 yen (approx. $406), and it is sold as a made to order product, which suggests that it targets professionals. Some reasons why this device can replace mainstream systems At just 6 watts during typical use, the FLT-S offers energy savings far beyond what most standard monitors can match. Eizo says this makes it the ...

Apple quarterly earnings reports are not usually fodder for consumer interest. It's a lot of sales numbers and explanations about why the falling dollar, rising yen, or China headwinds are impacting sales and earnings results. Without the benefit of product introductions, it can be a snoozefest, but this time should be different, and mostly because of Apple's not-so-great year. To recap, Apple had to delay the fully Apple Intelligence-upgraded Siri and admit that what they had still wasn't up to Apple's standards . The company appears to be falling behind in the critical AI race and has yet to offer a solid, competitive answer. It had to shuffle executives to try to get Siri and Apple Intelligence back on track. While we wait for a folding iPhone , Samsung just released what may be the industry's best flexible phone. The Vision Pro remains an expensive niche product that has not inspired vast numbers of consumer customers. The spectre of tariffs is putt...

Claimed iPhone 17 dummy units tip a punchy orange color for the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max The iPhone 17 Air is tipped to have a nice sand-colored option, alongside blue, back, and white options The standard iPhone 17 is expected to sport black, white, light blue, and pastel pink color options Dummy units of the rumored iPhone 17 range have given us a good idea of what colors to expect from Apple's next-generation phones, and if they come to fruition, could see the iPhone Pro lineup get a dose of punchy color. This comes from Apple-centric tipster Sony Dickson, who posted a selection of iPhone 17 dummy units in a mix of colors, which we're led to believe come from insider information. While the iPhone 17 features a fetching pink pastel-like hue, and the rumored iPhone 17 Air comes in a pleasant sand-ish color, the standout is an iPhone 17 Pro dummy unit in a bright orange hue. First look at iPhone 17 color dummies, The new orange really stands out this year — defin...

Researchers found a way to extract email addresses from Lovense user accounts A mitigation was released, but allegedly it's not working as intended The company claims it still needs months before plugging the leak Lovense, a sex tech company specializing in smart, remotely controlled adult toys, had a vulnerability in its systems which could allow threat actors to view people’s private email addresses . All they needed was that person’s username and apparently - these things are relatively easy to come by. Recently, security researchers under the alias BobDaHacker, Eva, Rebane, discovered that if they knew someone’s username (maybe they saw it on a forum or during a cam show), they could log into their own Lovense account (which doesn’t need to be anything special, a regular user account will suffice), and use a script to turn the username into a fake email (this step uses encryption and parts of Lovense’s system meant for internal use). That fake email gets added as a “fr...

A rogue prompt told Amazon’s AI to wipe disks and nuke AWS cloud profiles Hacker added malicious code through a pull request, exposing cracks in open source trust models AWS says customer data was safe, but the scare was real, and too close A recent breach involving Amazon’s AI coding assistant, Q, has raised fresh concerns about the security of large language model based tools. A hacker successfully added a potentially destructive prompt to the AI writer’s GitHub repository, instructing it to wipe a user’s system and delete cloud resources using bash and AWS CLI commands. Although the prompt was not functional in practice, its inclusion highlights serious gaps in oversight and the evolving risks associated with AI tool development. Amazon Q flaw The malicious input was reportedly introduced into version 1.84 of the Amazon Q Developer extension for Visual Studio Code on July 13. The code appeared to instruct the LLM to behave as a cleanup agent with the directive: "Y...

Tesla signs $16.5 billion chip deal with Samsung for AI6 AI chip production New chip will power Tesla robots, self-driving cars, and cloud data centers Samsung’s Texas fab will manufacture the Tesla chips, which are described as a flexible platform Tesla has entered into a $16.5 billion agreement with Samsung to manufacture its upcoming AI6 chip, which will be used in wide range of AI-driven applications. The deal, which was disclosed in a South Korean regulatory filing and later confirmed by Elon Musk, will run from now until the end of 2033. As CNBC reports, Samsung initially declined to name the counterparty, citing a confidentiality request, but Musk later outed Tesla as the customer, stating Samsung’s upcoming Texas fabrication plant would focus on building Tesla’s AI6 hardware. Robots, vehicles and data centers Musk said Tesla would be involved in streamlining the manufacturing process and that he personally planned to oversee progress at the plant. The AI6 chip is is...

Meta revealed the ideal VR gaming session is 20 to 40 minutes Less than that and VR doesn't feel worthwhile Longer and hardware issues can have a negative impact Meta has released new research it has conducted into the perfect length of VR games, and based on my experience testing its Meta Quest 3 , Meta Quest 3S , and its older headsets, the results of the study ring true. This advice might not just mean we see alterations to the kinds of apps we get in VR, but also tweaks to Meta’s hardware itself. Its published findings point to design issues that many have with existing hardware, problems that leaks of Meta’s next headset release suggest have been resolved for its next device. More on that below, but first let’s begin with Meta’s research, and why 20-40 minutes is apparently the ideal length for a VR game session. (Image credit: Meta) As Meta succinctly explains in a short graphic (above), the “Golidilocks session length” is about 20-40 minutes based on its res...

A new study found AI chatbots often suggest significantly lower salaries to women and minorities The research showed that identity cues can trigger consistent biases in salary negotiation advice The results suggest LLMs are trained in a way that leads to persistent bias Negotiating your salary is a difficult experience no matter who you are, so naturally, people are sometimes turning to ChatGPT and other AI chatbots for advice about how to get the best deal possible. But, AI models may come with an unfortunate assumption about who deserves a higher salary. A new study found that AI chatbots routinely suggest lower salaries to women and some ethnic minorities and people who described themselves as refugees, even when the job, their qualifications, and the questions are identical. Scientists at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt conducted the study, discovering the unsettling results and the deeper flaw in AI they represent. In some ways, it's n...

Experts claim Amazon Q Developer Extension for VSC v1.84.0 had some dodgy code This has now been removed, with version 1.85.0 offering a clean fix Around 5.6% of VSC extensions have been compromised A hacker has planted data-wiping code into the Amazon Q Developer Extension for Visual Studio Code (VSC) – a free GenAI extension with nearly one million installs from the Microsoft VSC marketplace designed to help developers code, debug, document and configure projects. On July 13 2025, the malicious commit from 'lkmanka58' on GitHub included a prompt to delete system and cloud resources, with Amazon unknowingly publishing the compromised version (1.84.0) on July 17. With suspicious activity noted on July 23 and Amazon developers quickly springing into action, a clean version was released on July 24 without the malicious code, so users are being advised to update to 1.85.0 as a matter of urgency. Amazon missed some malicious code in its Q Developer Extension Despite the a...

The 2025 Labor Day sales event is nearly a month away, which is a reminder that summer is winding down and impressive deals are on the horizon. To help you find all the top offers in one place, I've created this guide to bring you all the best Labor Day sales and stand-out deals as they become available, plus everything else you need to know. Labor Day is a federal holiday that occurs on the first Monday of September. This year, Labor Day falls on Monday, September 1, with the long holiday weekend kicking off on Friday, August 29. Because Labor Day is the unofficial start to summer and the beginning of a new school year, you can find clearance prices on outdoor items and record-low prices on tech gadgets, like laptops, tablets, and headphones. Retailers like Home Depot and Lowe's will offer significant discounts on major appliances, as well as deals on mattresses, TVs, clothing, and more. Below, I've listed all the best sales and deals ahead of Labor Day, plus more i...

Hate to be a 'Debbie Downer' but all those prompts we're using to make action figures, Ghibli memes, and the countless less exciting life and business prompts we're stuffing into ChatGPT and other popular generative AI systems are coming at a cost, and one that may be landing on our doorsteps. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of AI as I think it's the first technology in a generation to have truly society-altering implications but, if you're like me, you've been reading for some time about the ultra-high energy costs associated with Large Language Models (LLMs), especially trianing them, which according to the IEEE , "involves thousands of graphics processing units (GPUs) running continuously for months." AI model training is resource-intensive. Compared to traditional programming, it's like the difference between playing checkers and interdimensional chess against all the galaxies in the Star Trek universe. The number of parameter...