Photonic computing startup Lightmatter has raised $ 400 million to blow one of modern datacenters’ bottlenecks wide open. The company’s optical interconnect layer allows hundreds of GPUs to work synchronously, streamlining the costly and complex job of training and running AI models. The growth of AI and its correspondingly immense compute requirements have supercharged the […]
The iPhone 16 launches today without its most hyped feature: Apple Intelligence
The iPhone 16 officially goes on sale Friday. But for its earliest adopters, it arrives with a fundamental compromise baked into the deal. Put simply, this is not the iPhone 16 that they were promised. Apple CEO Tim Cook said it would be the “first iPhone built for Apple Intelligence.” But that “for” is key: […]
Caleb Williams has Chicago Bears fans hyped over this throw at OTAs
Chicago Bears No. 1 overall pick and quarterback Caleb Williams has gone through some early growing pains ahead of his first season, which is to be expected. However, that’s not a big deal as long as he keeps improving while showing flashes along the way, the latter of which he absolutely did during a practice at […]
Los Angeles Chargers fans will be hyped by one bold prediction, irate over another
The 2024 NFL season is still more than three months from kicking off, but prediction season is always in full effect and every member of the media likes to take their crack at some of them. Judy Battista, covering the league for NFL.com as a senior columnist, recently put out a list of 10 bold […]
Las Vegas Raiders late-round draft pick hyped up by NFL analyst
With their final selection in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Las Vegas Raiders went defense, picking Pittsburgh cornerback M.J. Devonshire in the seventh round at pick No. 229. Devonshire was the second cornerback the Raiders added in the draft, with the first being Mississippi State product Decamerion Richardson — but it’s Devonshire in particular who […]