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Blind test shows gamers choose Nvidia DLSS 4.5 over native and AMD FSR 4

18 Feb 2026

A large blind test by ComputerBase found gamers consistently preferred Nvidia DLSS 4.5 image quality over native resolution rendering and AMD FSR 4 across multiple titles.

amd, artificial intelligence, nvidia, pc gaming

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India expands artificial intelligence infrastructure and sovereign models with NVIDIA partnerships

18 Feb 2026

India is deepening its collaboration with NVIDIA to build national artificial intelligence infrastructure, multilingual sovereign models and research programs that align with the IndiaAI Mission.

artificial intelligence, infrastructure, nvidia, sovereign ai

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Luxury car transport fraud and artificial intelligence antibiotic discovery

18 Feb 2026

Organized criminal groups are increasingly stealing high-end cars by infiltrating vehicle transport systems, while researchers are turning to artificial intelligence to uncover new antibiotics to combat rising antimicrobial resistance.

artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cybercrime, public health

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Xero adds artificial intelligence document capture ahead of UK digital tax rules

18 Feb 2026

Xero is rolling out artificial intelligence powered data capture and extraction for UK customers ahead of HMRC’s Making Tax Digital for Income Tax mandate, automating receipt and document processing at no extra cost. The upgrade is designed to cut manual data entry, improve accuracy and help small businesses comply with new digital record keeping requirements.

artificial intelligence, regulation, small business, xero

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Nvidia signs multiyear deal to supply Meta with millions of artificial intelligence chips

18 Feb 2026

Nvidia has agreed a multiyear deal to provide Meta Platforms with millions of current and next-generation artificial intelligence chips, including its own Arm-based central processors. The agreement underscores Meta’s continued reliance on Nvidia hardware even as it develops in-house chips and explores alternatives from Google.

artificial intelligence, data center hardware, meta, nvidia

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Bank of England roundtables expose hurdles to responsible artificial intelligence deployment

18 Feb 2026

United Kingdom banks and insurers told the Bank of England that cautious risk functions, fragmented global rules and data constraints are slowing responsible artificial intelligence adoption, even as existing supervisory frameworks are seen as largely sufficient for now.

artificial intelligence, banking technology, central banks, regulation

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Antitrust enforcement shifts reshape technology and artificial intelligence dealmaking in 2025

18 Feb 2026

Regulators in the US, UK, and EU recalibrated antitrust tools for digital and artificial intelligence markets in 2025, tightening platform and labour oversight while taking a more pragmatic line on many vertical and innovation-driven deals.

antitrust, artificial intelligence, digital markets, regulation

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Large language models reshape radiology reporting and workflows in Latin America

18 Feb 2026

Large language models are simplifying radiology reports and supporting clinical workflows across Latin America, while providers and regulators work to balance accuracy, trust, and safety. Eden’s deployment at scale illustrates both the operational benefits and the regulatory and cultural hurdles of Artificial Intelligence integration in healthcare.

artificial intelligence, healthcare, latin america, radiology

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Amazon Science publications portal highlights expanding Artificial Intelligence research output

18 Feb 2026

Amazon’s Science publications hub showcases 4,114 research outputs across disciplines, with especially heavy activity in conversational Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, and computer vision. New 2026 papers emphasize efficient agents, retrieval without vectors, and practical applications of large language models in domains from robotics to e commerce.

conversational ai, information retrieval, machine learning, robotics

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Federal Reserve governor outlines artificial intelligence risks and opportunities for labor and the economy

18 Feb 2026

Federal Reserve governor Michael Barr expects generative artificial intelligence to eventually deliver major productivity gains but warns of potentially painful labor disruptions and complex monetary policy implications along the way.

artificial intelligence, federal reserve, labor economics, macroeconomics

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Intel outlines Xe Next and Jaguar Shores data center GPU roadmap

18 Feb 2026

Intel is expanding its data center graphics portfolio with a new Xe Next IP generation and the Jaguar Shores GPU, targeting both inference and high performance Artificial Intelligence training workloads.

artificial intelligence, data center, gpus, intel

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German court halts direct PC sales by Asus and Acer over Nokia patent dispute

18 Feb 2026

A Munich court has ordered Asus and Acer to stop selling PCs directly in Germany after finding they infringed Nokia video codec patents and failed to act as willing licensees under FRAND rules.

legal, patents, pc hardware