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Meta and BlackRock Form Joint Venture for $14 Billion Megawatt-Scale AI Data Center in El Paso Meta  and global investment giant BlackRock have announced a strategic partnership to construct and manage a massive new AI data center in El Paso, Texas , with an estimated initial construction cost of $14 billion . The partnership is structured as a joint venture, with BlackRock holding an 80% majority stake and Meta retaining a 20% equity interest . Under the arrangement, Meta handles the initial land acquisition and site transactions before leasing back the completed compute infrastructure from the joint venture. By leveraging BlackRock as the primary capital provider, Meta significantly reduces its direct capital expenditure burden while securing long-term operational capacity. Designed to deliver approximately 1 gigawatt (1GW) of power capacity , the megawatt-scale facility will operate with Meta as its sole primary tenant. Construction and infrastructure deployment are scheduled ...

Ubisoft Partners with Microsoft for "Xbox Console-to-PC Offer" Granting Free PC Game Copies to Xbox Players Ubisoft has announced a landmark partnership with Microsoft to introduce the Xbox Console-to-PC Offer , a cross-buy initiative that provides players who purchase eligible Ubisoft games on Xbox with a free copy of the corresponding PC version. The offer applies retroactively, meaning players who previously purchased eligible titles on Xbox can claim their PC digital copies directly through Ubisoft Connect . Furthermore, edition parity is fully preserved if a player owns the Deluxe Edition on Xbox, they will receive the equivalent Deluxe Edition on PC at no extra cost. However, Ubisoft clarified that the offer is strictly one-way: purchasing a game on PC does not grant a digital copy on Xbox. While Microsoft introduced a similar cross-buy ecosystem called Xbox Play Anywhere back in 2016, that program has largely remained restricted to first-party Xbox Game Studios titl...

AMD and Cerebras Partner on Disaggregated LLM Inference Architecture to Unlock Extreme Token Throughput AMD has announced a major strategic partnership with Cerebras to develop a co-optimized disaggregated inference solution designed to dramatically accelerate Large Language Model (LLM) serving and maximize token generation speeds. LLM inference execution naturally splits into two distinct computational phases: Prompt Processing (Prefill): Compute-heavy execution where high-throughput GPUs excel at processing large input context windows simultaneously. Token Generation (Decoding): Memory-bandwidth-bound execution where memory speed—rather than raw FLOPS dictates generation latency and token delivery rates. To address the decoding bottleneck, the joint solution leverages Cerebras’s Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE) technology, which integrates high-speed SRAM directly onto the silicon wafer. Despite higher manufacturing costs, this design delivers an extraordinary 21 Petabytes per second (...

Moonshot AI Releases Kimi K3 Open Weights Under Custom License with Instant Cloud Ecosystem Support Moonshot AI has officially released its highly anticipated Kimi K3 open-weight model, delivering on its previous roadmap promises. The model is distributed under the proprietary Kimi K3 License , which grants open access and modification rights while establishing clear commercial and attribution thresholds for enterprise scale. Under the license terms: MaaS Providers: Model-as-a-Service (MaaS) hosting platforms generating over $20 million in annual revenue must enter into a formal commercial agreement with Moonshot AI before offering Kimi K3 hosting services. Third-Party Applications: Developers and companies building downstream products on Kimi K3 can do so freely. However, services exceeding 100 million monthly active users (MAU) or $20 million in annual revenue are required to prominently display "Kimi K3" branding within their product interfaces. Architecturally, Kim...

CXMT Debuts on Shanghai Stock Exchange with 460% Surge, Becoming China’s Most Valuable Listed Company ChangXin Memory Technologies ( CXMT ) , China’s leading DRAM manufacturer, made a historic debut on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, closing its first trading day at 49 yuan per share a staggering 460% jump from its initial public offering (IPO) price of 8.66 yuan . The explosive market response propelled CXMT’s market capitalization to 3.3 trillion yuan (~$455 billion USD), instantly establishing it as the most valuable publicly traded company in China. Founded just ten years ago, CXMT specializes in mainstream memory solutions, including DDR5, LPDDR4, and LPDDR5 modules. Although the chipmaker has not yet commercialized high-bandwidth memory (HBM) modules used in high-end AI accelerators, the company has capitalized on the global memory pricing rally to deliver strong revenue growth and profitability. Initial market expectations suggested that CXMT would export memory chips globally ...

Minecraft: Java Edition Raises Minimum System Requirements for the First Time in 17 Years In a landmark shift for PC gaming’s most iconic sandbox, Mojang Studios has officially updated the minimum and recommended system requirements for Minecraft : Java Edition  marking the game’s first requirement bump in 17 years. Mojang cited expanding world generation bounds, richer game mechanics, and an architectural shift toward modern graphics APIs like Vulkan 1.3 as the driving factors behind the update. The revised system requirements aim to establish clear performance baselines for modern hardware configurations: Minecraft: Java Edition Updated System Requirements Component Minimum Requirements (Target: 1080p @ 30 FPS / Fast Preset) Recommended Requirements (Target: 1080p @ 60 FPS / Fancy Preset) CPU Intel Core i3-10100, AMD Ryzen 3 3100, Qualcomm Snapdragon X, or Apple M1 Intel Core i5-12400F, AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, or Apple M2 Pro GPU Vulkan 1.3 compatible GPU with at least 2GB VRAM NVID...

Instagram Cracks Down on Public Prank Videos Filmed with Meta Smart Glasses Amid Privacy Backlash The growing adoption of smart glasses for public content creation is fueling fresh privacy and harassment concerns even within Meta’s own ecosystem. Instagram has begun removing videos filmed using Meta Smart Glasses that depict non-consensual harassment and disruptive behavior in public spaces. While Adam Mosseri , Head of Instagram, did not explicitly name Meta’s hardware line in his statement, he reinforced that public prank videos and covert boundary-pushing content violate community standards. Content featuring creators harassing pedestrians on the street or provoking retail employees falls directly under Instagram’s prohibited conduct policies, with repeat violations carrying potential account bans. Meta Smart Glasses include a built-in LED indicator light designed to signal when video recording is active. However, privacy advocates and social media users argue that the tiny LED is...

LG Faces Backlash Over Monitor Pop-Ups Promoting McAfee Bloatware; Microsoft Intervenes LG Electronics has sparked widespread user outrage across the tech community following reports that its desktop monitors both newly purchased models and legacy displays up to three years old have begun serving intrusive desktop pop-up notifications. The pop-ups prompt users to install the "LG Monitor App Installer," a software utility package that bundles official tools like LG Calibration Studio alongside third-party bloatware, specifically a 30-day free trial of McAfee Anti-Virus . Popular hardware review outlet Gamers Nexus investigated the behavior, demonstrating that the pop-ups appear automatically upon display connection regardless of panel age. Gamers Nexus sharply criticized LG's push notification tactics, labeling the software behavior as intentional adware/bloatware , and publicly announced the return of their newly purchased test monitor back to the retailer in protest....

Global PC Shipments Drop 4% in Q2 2026 to 65M Units as Rising Memory Costs Squeeze the Market Global PC shipments contracted 4% year-over-year to 65 million units in the second quarter of 2026, marking the market's first year-over-year decline since Q1 2025, according to a report from Counterpoint Research . The primary catalyst behind the market contraction stems from persistent cost pressures in component supply chains, specifically sharp price increases in RAM and storage modules. The top three market leaders   Lenovo (25.6%) , HP (20%) , and Dell (14.3%)  all experienced shipment declines compared to the same period last year. However, two vendors defied the broader market slump: Apple: Surged 13% year-over-year , propelled by strong consumer demand for the newly introduced MacBook Neo . ASUS: Grew 4% year-over-year , benefiting from an early, aggressive portfolio expansion of Arm-based AI PCs across multiple price tiers. Counterpoint noted that while memory price vo...

Meta AI Evolves into Proactive Assistant with Email, Calendar Integration, and Research Capabilities Meta has released a major functional update to its Meta AI assistant app, expanding its capabilities beyond standard conversational Q&A into proactive planning, context-aware reasoning, and automated organization. This update builds directly on the foundation of Meta’s recently launched Muse Spark 1.1 model. Through deep integration with users' personal email accounts and calendar apps, Meta AI can now analyze user context to offer automated daily briefings, long-term project planning (such as home renovations), and contextual recommendations. For instance, if an upcoming dinner event is detected on a user's calendar, Meta AI can proactively suggest local restaurant reservations. For long-term projects, it can cross-reference product pricing across Facebook Marketplace to help assemble budget estimates. Additionally, the update enhances Meta AI’s deep research capabiliti...

MLB Bans Real-Time AI Strategic Apps in Dugouts to Preserve Human Decision-Making Major League Baseball ( MLB ) has issued an official policy update prohibiting teams from using custom Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications on in-game tablets while sitting in the dugout. The ban specifically targets real-time AI tools designed to analyze live game flow and recommend mid-game tactical adjustments, pitching choices, and player positioning. Reports indicate that nearly one-third of all MLB franchises had developed and deployed custom AI decision-support tools during live games a practice that exceeds the designated operational boundaries established for dugout technology. Under MLB's clarified guidelines, teams remain fully permitted to pre-load historical statistics, pitch-tracking models, and opponent analytics onto approved dugout tablets. However, all data crunching and strategic modeling must be fully finalized prior to first pitch . The sudden regulatory crackdown follows ...