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Can Intel return as a serious artificial intelligence compute competitor

27 Dec 2025

The article argues that Intel does not need to beat Nvidia in frontier model training to benefit from the artificial intelligence boom, but must execute well in CPUs, inference, enterprise deployments, and artificial intelligence PCs. It outlines where Intel can realistically compete against Nvidia and AMD by 2026-2027 if its manufacturing and product roadmaps stay on track.

artificial intelligence, cloud-computing, data-centers, semiconductors

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Microsoft brings hardware-accelerated BitLocker to boost Windows 11 performance

27 Dec 2025

Microsoft is rolling out a hardware-accelerated BitLocker implementation for Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025 that offloads encryption to on-chip accelerators, sharply cutting performance overhead compared to traditional software-based BitLocker.

encryption, microsoft, security, windows

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Artificial intelligence wrapped: 14 terms that defined 2025

26 Dec 2025

From superintelligence and vibe coding to world models and generative engine optimization, 2025 was saturated with new artificial intelligence jargon that reflected both technical shifts and cultural anxieties.

artificial intelligence, infrastructure, large language models, law and policy

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How Intel chief Lip-Bu Tan turned a Trump clash into a government lifeline

26 Dec 2025

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan transformed an early morning social media attack from President Trump into a pivotal Oval Office deal that secured a multibillion-dollar equity investment and reshaped the chipmaker’s future. The agreement has boosted Intel’s fortunes while raising new questions about industrial policy, conflicts of interest, and the company’s ability to regain its manufacturing edge in the age of artificial intelligence.

artificial intelligence, government policy, intel, semiconductors

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Chinese open source artificial intelligence models gain traction in United States despite tensions

26 Dec 2025

Chinese open source artificial intelligence models such as Alibaba’s Qwen and DeepSeek’s R1 are quietly attracting United States programmers and companies, even as Washington and Beijing clash over advanced technology. Cost, performance and openness are driving adoption, while concerns linger over politics, sanctions and trust.

artificial intelligence, china, geopolitics, open source

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OpenAI and Anthropic donate agent standards to new Agentic Artificial Intelligence Foundation

26 Dec 2025

OpenAI and Anthropic have donated their AGENTS.md and Model Context Protocol projects to the newly formed Agentic Artificial Intelligence Foundation, which is hosted as a directed fund under the Linux Foundation and launches with additional backing from Block and several major tech companies.

agent frameworks, anthropic, openai, standards

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Malicious expert models expose new security risk in mixture-of-experts language systems

26 Dec 2025

KAIST researchers have demonstrated that a single malicious expert model embedded in a mixture-of-experts large language model can sharply increase harmful outputs without noticeably degrading overall performance.

artificial intelligence security, computer security, large language models

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Intel Fab 52 outscales TSMC Arizona in advanced wafer production

26 Dec 2025

Intel Fab 52 in Arizona is producing more than 40,000 wafers per month on its 18A node, outpacing TSMC's current Arizona output on older process technologies. The facility highlights Intel's focus on advanced manufacturing for its own products while TSMC keeps its leading nodes primarily in Taiwan.

intel, manufacturing, semiconductors, tsmc

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Intel details packaging for 16 compute dies and 24 HBM5 modules

26 Dec 2025

Intel Foundry has outlined an advanced packaging approach that combines Foveros 3D and EMIB-T interconnect to scale silicon beyond conventional reticle limits, targeting configurations with 16 compute dies and 24 HBM5 memory modules in one package. The design is built around upcoming 18A and 14A process nodes and aims to support current and future high bandwidth memory standards.

advanced packaging, high performance computing, semiconductors

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Four bright spots in climate news in 2025

26 Dec 2025

Despite record emissions and worsening climate disasters in 2025, several developments in China’s energy transition, grid-scale batteries, Artificial Intelligence driven investment, and global warming projections offered genuine reasons for cautious optimism.

climate change, energy, policy, technology

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2025 cancer breakthroughs reshape treatment and detection

26 Dec 2025

Oncology in 2025 is being transformed by immunotherapy, advanced screening, large-scale clinical trials, and the rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence in medicine, which together are improving survival and quality of life for cancer patients.

artificial intelligence, cancer, health, medical research

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Geospatial breakthroughs set to reshape the next five years

25 Dec 2025

Industry board members highlight underappreciated geospatial advances, from mobile mapping and edge computing to cloud-native formats and evolving skill sets, as the real drivers of change for the next five years.

artificial intelligence, data infrastructure, edge computing, geospatial