Scientists prepare for most ambitious sky survey yet, predicting new insights into dark matter and dark energy

Simulated images of the cosmos from the DC2 simulated sky survey conducted by the Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC) from the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). DC2 simulated five years of image data as will be generated by the Rubin Observatory during LSST. Credit: LSST DESC On a mountain in northern Chile, scientists … Read more

Super Micro’s 44% drop this week wipes out the stock’s gains for the year

Charles Liang, CEO of Super Micro Computer Inc., during the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. The trade show runs through June 7. Annabelle Chih | Bloomberg | Getty Images Super Micro investors continued to rush the exits on Friday, pushing the stock up another 9% and taking this week’s selloff to … Read more

Saudi Arabia wants to use its oil billions to become an AI power player

Saudi Arabia’s $930 billion sovereign wealth fund made the move for the kingdom to become a major host of AI data centers at the kingdom’s annual FII summit. © 2016 Bloomberg Finance LP Saudi Arabia has over the past decade used its massive oil wealth to become an important backer of technology companies. Now at … Read more

Googlers press top executives for clarity on cost-cutting

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai during the Google I/O developer conference in Mountain View, California, on May 10, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alphabet Executives, dressed in Halloween costumes, faced questions from worried employees at a meeting on Wednesday, after comments on the company’s earnings call suggested more cost cuts were on … Read more

The Generative Economy is here: Are you ready?

Clueless agency employers work on their AI-powered computer model of influence Aitana, and a … [+] new rival in the influencer market. (Photo by PAU BARRENA/AFP) (Photo by PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images The era of the generative economy is dawning, signaling a radical departure from the traditional data retrieval economy. … Read more