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Asus unveils proart px13 with amd ryzen artificial intelligence max+ 395 processor

8 Jan 2026

Asus has introduced the 2026 proart px13, a 13.3-inch convertible laptop for creators built around the amd ryzen artificial intelligence max+ 395 processor. The system targets intensive artificial intelligence assisted content workflows with local large language model and video generation support.

artificial intelligence, asus, hardware, laptops

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MIT carbon concrete moves closer to structural energy storage

7 Jan 2026

MIT researchers have significantly boosted the energy storage capacity of their electron conducting carbon concrete, bringing structural batteries closer to practical use in buildings and infrastructure.

energy, materials science, sustainability

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Researchers decode battery acoustic signals to predict failures

7 Jan 2026

Mit engineers have developed a method to interpret the faint sounds lithium ion batteries emit as they operate, enabling passive monitoring of degradation and potential failures. The work links specific acoustic signatures to gas generation and material fractures that precede dangerous events.

energy storage, materials science, sensors

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MIT’s new energy and climate chief pushes systemic, collaborative innovation

7 Jan 2026

Evelyn Wang has returned to MIT to lead a new, Institute-wide push on energy and climate, arguing that only transformational, systems-level collaboration can meet rising energy demand, extreme weather, and funding headwinds. Her agenda links advanced technologies, community well-being, and targeted partnerships to move from isolated breakthroughs to scalable solutions.

climate change, energy policy, mit, research and innovation

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AMD outlines expansive artificial intelligence roadmap from data center to edge

7 Jan 2026

At CES 2026, AMD chair and CEO Dr Lisa Su used the opening keynote to showcase the company’s push toward yotta-scale computing and new artificial intelligence products spanning data centers, personal computers and embedded edge systems. Partners including OpenAI and AstraZeneca detailed how they are using AMD platforms for large-scale training, inference and scientific workloads.

amd, artificial intelligence, data center, edge computing

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AMD outlines yotta scale artificial intelligence roadmap at CES 2026

7 Jan 2026

At CES 2026, AMD used the opening keynote to position its hardware, software, and partnerships as the foundation for artificial intelligence across data centers, edge devices, and education while previewing its next generation accelerator roadmap.

amd, artificial intelligence hardware, data center, edge computing

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Nvidia Nemotron 3 open models target specialized artificial intelligence agents

7 Jan 2026

Nvidia’s Nemotron 3 family is a fully open stack of large language, vision, speech, retrieval, and safety models with open weights, data, and recipes aimed at building high‑throughput, reasoning‑focused artificial intelligence agents across edge, cloud, and data center deployments.

artificial intelligence infrastructure, developer tools, large language models, nvidia

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How artificial intelligence is reshaping regulatory compliance in finance

7 Jan 2026

Financial firms are using artificial intelligence to turn stringent communication monitoring rules into a more proactive, insight-driven approach to compliance and conduct risk. Purpose-built systems promise to cut false positives, accelerate investigations, and make oversight a source of competitive advantage.

artificial intelligence, capital markets, fintech, regulation and compliance

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Proposed changes to the EU artificial intelligence act and what they mean for non EU companies

7 Jan 2026

The European Commission has proposed targeted changes to the EU artificial intelligence act that extend compliance timelines, reduce some registration requirements, and expand flexibilities, with practical implications for non EU companies offering artificial intelligence services into the bloc.

artificial intelligence, compliance, european union, regulation

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Ofcom presses X over Grok artificial intelligence sexual image allegations

7 Jan 2026

UK regulator Ofcom has contacted X and Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI after reports that Grok can generate sexualised images of children and non-consensual explicit images of women, potentially breaching the Online Safety Act.

artificial intelligence, online safety, regulation, social media

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Results and prospects for artificial intelligence in business applications in 2026

7 Jan 2026

Enterprise leaders expect agentic, generative and classical artificial intelligence to converge in 2026, reshaping business applications while putting governance and security under greater scrutiny.

artificial intelligence, enterprise software, governance, security

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Nvidia and Intel showcase next wave of Artificial Intelligence chips at CES 2026

7 Jan 2026

Nvidia and Intel used CES 2026 to unveil new Artificial Intelligence chip platforms targeting data centers, autonomous vehicles, laptops, and handheld gaming, while analysts weighed in on how the launches could reshape the chip stock landscape.

artificial intelligence, intel, nvidia, semiconductors