Asus ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X launching October 16
Asus´s ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X will be available on October 16 with email notification signups on the official Xbox site. The Ally X is powered by the AMD Ryzen Artificial Intelligence Z2 Extreme APU with an integrated NPU for upscaling and performance features.
NVIDIA teases DLSS in Blender for smoother render previews
NVIDIA plans to integrate DLSS, an Artificial Intelligence-driven upscaling and denoising system, into Blender´s Cycles engine to speed and improve render previews. Hands-on demos at Siggraph showed a testing build of Blender 5.0 combining Eevee´s speed with Cycles´ realism, though artifacts remain on some transmissive materials.
OpenUSD and digital twins power industrial and physical Artificial Intelligence
Investments in industrial and physical Artificial Intelligence are accelerating demand for digital twins. NVIDIA is advancing OpenUSD, Omniverse libraries and Cosmos world foundation models to speed development and simulation at scale.
UK retailers have adopted Artificial Intelligence, but barriers remain
Research commissioned by monday.com and conducted by Censuswide found 99% of UK retailers use Artificial Intelligence in some form, with smaller retailers reporting benefits for pricing, marketing and supply chain visibility. The study also highlights persistent challenges around output quality, privacy and integration.
MindJourney enables Artificial Intelligence to explore simulated 3D worlds for spatial interpretation
MindJourney lets Artificial Intelligence agents imagine moving through virtual 3D environments to improve spatial reasoning from limited visual input. The framework pairs a world model with vision-language models to generate and evaluate new viewpoints without additional training.
Intel maintaining fair value estimate as foundry attracts outside support
Morningstar keeps its fair value estimate for Intel unchanged after SoftBank and a potential US government stake bolster the company’s foundry prospects, while highlighting questions about government involvement and proposed taxes on Artificial Intelligence GPU sales.
Treasury secretary indicates federal interest in Intel stake
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC the U.S. is considering converting federal CHIPS Act grants to Intel into an ownership stake and possibly increasing investment to stabilize domestic chip production. He framed that action alongside other measures, including taking revenue shares from Artificial Intelligence chip sales to China, as part of a broader security policy.
the genai paradox: superhuman models but mixed success with enterprise Artificial Intelligence
Frontier models are showing superhuman performance on targeted tasks, yet enterprise adoption is lagging because the bottleneck is integration and process rather than model quality. New studies on GPT-5 and voice agents highlight capability and clear routes to practical impact for Artificial Intelligence when workflows are redesigned.
This pure-play artificial intelligence stock is up 140% this year but trades at an unsustainable level, according to famed short-seller Andrew Left
Palantir has become a market favorite as investors rush into artificial intelligence plays, but famed short-seller Andrew Left warns the stock´s valuation may not be sustainable.
AAEON introduces UP Xtreme ARL Arrow Lake SBC with 97 TOPS artificial intelligence performance
AAEON´s UP brand has launched the UP Xtreme ARL, the first embedded board built on the Intel Core Ultra 200H Series ´Arrow Lake´ platform, offering up to 97 TOPS of Artificial Intelligence performance. The board is Intel ESQ qualified and targeted at industrial robotics and autonomous mobile robot applications.