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32,768 cores and 74 petaflops: AMD’s monster new rack for AI agents could be too much for traditional data centers

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AMD's proposed rack combines 32,768 CPU cores with 16 AI accelerators Traditional data centers may need new power and cooling infrastructure AMD divides agent workloads into personal, enterprise, and technical computing categories AMD is developing a rack-scale computing system for artificial intelligence agents, with configurations designed for personal, enterprise, and technical workloads. Dubbed Helion Agentic AI Rack, it supports up to 32,768 Zen 6 x86 CPU cores, 16 Instinct MI350P accelerators, and 74 petaflops of FP4 computing performance. The proposed platform also supports 102 Tbps of networking bandwidth and uses modular hardware designed for different agent computing requirements. A rack built around three kinds of AI agents AMD groups agent workloads into three categories: personal assistants, enterprise applications, and technical computing, each with different processing requirem...

Five of the web's biggest data-scraping brands now sit under one $3.6 billion umbrella, and AI agents are the reason why

Oxylabs, Decodo, Webshare, ScrapingBee, and Honeygain now formally sit under one Vilnius-based umbrella called Source Source claims AI agents drove a fourfold increase in demand for services across its organizations The brands, previously reviewed as rivals, including three of TechRadar's nine best-proxy picks, now officially share common oversight Oxylabs, Decodo, Webshare, ScrapingBee, and Honeygain have formally come together under a single name, Source, and the Lithuanian group behind them says AI agents are why it needed one. The Vilnius-based ecosystem claims demand across its companies has risen fourfold in a year as AI agents, next-generation search tools, and frontier AI products pull live data from the web. Its systems now process 1.5 million requests per second, and that it is expanding into web search APIs built specifically for AI agents. One umbrella with five different, competi...

EcoFlow's Prime Day sale lives on with $250 off the Delta 3 Ultra power station

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EcoFlow has been one of those portable power station brands that has scored consistently high marks in our tests. They're an easy recommendation based on our reviews, offering everything from small off-grid units to full emergency home backup power supplies. Now, Prime Day might be over, but EcoFlow is still offering great deals on its own site in an extended sale that runs until October 18. Of all the backup options currently discounted, the one worth checking out first is the EcoFlow Delta 3 Ultra , a 3072Wh power station built for powering large appliances. • Best for: Homeowners preparing for power outages, people who need backup electricity for essential equipment, and anyone looking for a high-capacity portable power station. • The deal: The EcoFlow Delta 3 Ultra Portable Power Station is $1,349 (was $1,599) at EcoFlow . See the full sale at EcoFlow Today's best EcoFlow portable...

How to watch The Celebrity Traitors 2026 – Stream episode for free 5 from anywhere

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The Celebrity Traitors is back with episode 5 tonight, and it can't come quick enough. 6 days is far too long to be left wondering whats happening to what's left of this year's cohort of Celebs in The Traitors' castle. When we left them, Rob, Romesh, Ross and Leigh-Anne were running to the crypts for a deadly game of hide and seek. In a moment of chivalry, which Romesh disagreed with steadfastly, but begrudgingly accepted in the end, the three men agreed to give Leigh-Anne a key which guarantees her safety. Episode 5 airs tonight, October 15 at 8pm BST, and you can watch The Celebrity Traitors online from anywhere with a VPN (75% off) and potentially for free. Next episode: Thurs, 15 Oct (Ep.5) Watch LIVE: BBC iPlayer 🌎 Use NordVPN to watch when abroad *SPOILERS* In case you missed the first four episodes, here's a quick rundown to get you up to date. The two original Trait...

As physical media makes a massive comeback, this Frankenstein 7-in-1 DVD and SSD hub drops to $45 at Amazon

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As physical media makes a comeback, we've been tracking some of our favorite external CD/DVD writers. And while most do exactly that, this external drive from Suidek does...well, I won't say everything, but it does a lot. Alongside playing and burning CDs and DVDs, as you'd expect, it also has six other ports - notably, an M.2 NVMe interface with 10Gbps transfer rates. There's also two USB-A 2.0 and a single USB-C port, and SD and microSD card slots. So, it goes well beyond a device to creating and playing traditional physical media. • Best for: Collectors, archivists and laptop owners who want a disc drive that also reads cards and SSDs. • The deal: The Suidek 7-in-1 external CD/DVD drive with M.2 NVMe slot is now $45 (was $50) at Amazon . Today's top CD/DVD writer deal External CD/DVD Drive: was $49.99 now $44.99 The drive reads CDs at 24x and DVDs at 8x and burns full-siz...

Data centers use as little as 60% of power consumed for actual AI work, Nvidia claims — failures and restarts 'consume' a whopping 10% of every watt used

Nvidia claims that for each gigawatt an AI data center uses, only 70% is used for AI work Inefficiencies include cooling and power distribution, failures, and restarts While a chip shortage was considered to be the main bottleneck to AI data center capacity, it is now a facility’s connection to the grid AI data centers are inefficient, says Nvidia, with various physical and systems issues contributing to power use beyond AI processing. This opinion, shared by data center builder Vertiv at its recent annual EMEA event, underpins future development steps, in which it plans to assemble sustainable facilities. Vertiv and Nvidia have been collaborating since early 2026 on co-designing the next generation of data centers, with Vertiv providing power and infrastructure management for Nvidia’s GPUs. With a maximum of 70% of electricity drawn from the grid used for AI processing, the remaining 30% represe...

The US exported the most drones over the past few years — but the second-biggest exporter might surprise you

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The US exported 7,592 military drones, narrowly ahead of Iran's 6,800 Iran overtook America in 2025 after US deliveries dropped to 402 Russia received 99% of Iran's exported drones, mostly Shahed-136 attack systems The United States exported the most military drones between 2022 and 2025, narrowly beating Iran, which ranked second worldwide during the period. Data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) records 7,592 American exports against 6,800 Iranian deliveries, while Germany ranked a distant third with 1,000 exports. Together, the US and Iran accounted for 86% of global exports, with Ukraine receiving 95% of American shipments while Russia got 99% of Iran’s deliveries, most of which were Shahed-136 one-way attack drones . Iran overtakes the US as exports shift Although Washington maintained the lead across most of the period, annual figures changed signific...