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AMD Ryzen 10000 Olympic Ridge rumored with up to 24 core Zen 6 lineup

20 Feb 2026

AMD is reportedly preparing Ryzen 10000 Olympic Ridge desktop processors with single and dual CCD Zen 6 designs scaling from 6 to 24 cores on TSMC's N2 2 nm node. The platform is expected to extend the AM5 socket and significantly increase per CCD core counts and cache capacity.

hardware, processors, semiconductors

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GeForce RTX 5090 power connector melts despite reduced power limit

20 Feb 2026

A Gigabyte Aorus Master Ice RTX 5090 graphics card suffered a melted 12V-2×6 power connector despite a significant undervolt and power cap, adding weight to concerns that connector design and cable quality, not just high wattage, are driving failures.

components, gpus, hardware, nvidia

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Telecom survey shows artificial intelligence driving autonomous networks and revenues

20 Feb 2026

Telecommunications providers are rapidly scaling artificial intelligence across networks and operations, reporting strong revenue gains, rising budgets and a shift toward autonomous, artificial intelligence native infrastructure ahead of 6G.

artificial intelligence, network infrastructure, nvidia, telecommunications

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Operationalizing agentic artificial intelligence in retail software development

20 Feb 2026

A large US-based retailer is deploying agentic artificial intelligence across the software development lifecycle to validate requirements, generate and analyze test cases, and speed up issue resolution under strict governance.

artificial intelligence, enterprise technology, retail, software engineering

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Uncrewed narco submarines, virtuous chatbots, and climate justice

20 Feb 2026

Off-the-shelf technology is enabling uncrewed narco submarines, while researchers probe the moral behavior of large language models and legal experts advance the case for global climate justice.

artificial intelligence, climate change, cybercrime, ethics

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Microsoft outlines provenance blueprint to flag artificial intelligence content online

20 Feb 2026

Microsoft is proposing a technical blueprint for proving what is real online, combining provenance, watermarking, and fingerprinting standards to help platforms label manipulated and artificial intelligence generated content without adjudicating truth.

artificial intelligence, microsoft, misinformation, social media

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Google and Sea partner on artificial intelligence tools for shopping and gaming

20 Feb 2026

Google and Sea are forming a strategic partnership to build artificial intelligence powered tools for Shopee and Garena, targeting new shopping experiences and more efficient game development.

artificial intelligence, e-commerce, gaming, google

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Enterprise MCP gateway centralizes Artificial Intelligence tools, agents, and governance

20 Feb 2026

An open source MCP Gateway & Registry unifies access to Artificial Intelligence tools and agents with enterprise-grade identity, security scanning, federation, and observability, targeting both autonomous agents and coding assistants.

artificial intelligence tooling, identity and access management, infrastructure, security

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Ohio State launches artificial intelligence fluency initiative for undergraduates

20 Feb 2026

Ohio State University is embedding artificial intelligence across its undergraduate curriculum so that, beginning with the class of 2029, every student graduates fluent in both their discipline and the application of artificial intelligence within it.

artificial intelligence, curriculum, higher education, teaching and learning

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Anthropic Pentagon clash exposes fault lines in artificial intelligence governance

20 Feb 2026

A dispute over Anthropic’s Claude model and a reported Pentagon operation highlights how self imposed ethical guardrails can collide with national security priorities in the race to deploy military artificial intelligence.

artificial intelligence, governance, military technology, policy

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Space startup uses multi agent artificial intelligence to design orbital factory in under two years

20 Feb 2026

Acme Space is using a three agent artificial intelligence architecture to design its Hyperion balloon launched orbital factory far faster and with far fewer engineers than traditional aerospace programs. The system cross checks creative concepts, physics feasibility and manufacturability to cut development cycles from months to minutes while keeping humans in charge of final designs.

aerospace and defense, artificial intelligence, design

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Y Combinator backs 153 open source startups across software, infrastructure and artificial intelligence

20 Feb 2026

Y Combinator now lists 153 open source startups spanning developer tools, infrastructure, security, and artificial intelligence, highlighting how open source underpins many of its most ambitious bets.

artificial intelligence, developer tools, open source, y combinator