Golf courses use 2.08 billion gallons of water per day. Data centres use 449 million. But data centre demand is growing fast and could overtake golf by 2028.
ZTE unveiled the NaviX Ultra at WAIC, calling it the world's first agentic AI phone. It runs ByteDance's Doubao. StepFun and Honor showed similar devices.
The Trump administration is dictating which companies can access new AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI, shifting power from tech giants to the government.
Xpeng's Land Aircraft Carrier is a six-wheeled EV with a detachable two-seat eVTOL in the back. It debuted in Munich with mass production planned this year.
Raidium launched its AI-native PACS viewer in the US at Moffitt Cancer Center. Its Curia model automates tumor measurements and cuts reader variability by 3x.
Alibaba's T-Head unit open-sourced SAIL, the software stack for its Zhenwu AI chips, at WAIC. It follows Huawei's CANN open-sourcing and targets CUDA migration.
After 65 bids from 45 collectors, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's signed Tom Ford jacket sold for $960,000. The pre-sale estimate was $40,000-$60,000. It retails for $10,000.
Macron and Merz signed a joint declaration to develop a "European sovereign digital backbone" for defence. France's Arcadia is named as the starting point.
Face AI updated its video face swap feature with improved facial tracking, expression mapping, and sub-minute processing. It targets TikTok and Reels creators.
The iPhone 17 starts at ¥142,800 in Japan, up from ¥129,800. Apple Watch and AirPods also rose up to 10%. This follows a separate global Mac/iPad price hike.
Pelé's 1959 "Gol da Rua Javari" was never captured on camera. Google DeepMind rebuilt it from 2,000 historical records, eyewitness interviews, and AI models.
Nebius secured $775M in debt backed by deployed GPU infrastructure and contracted cash flows. The facility matures in 2030 and is priced at SOFR + 2.50%.