2026-07-02

Bosgame VTI-490 review: This mini PC packs in more power than expected and handled network editing like a workstation

The VTI-490's cyberpunk design hints at a gaming mini PC, but its performance is more like that of a creative workstation. [...]

2026-07-02

Amazon reveals it used more energy than New Zealand in 2025 as its carbon footprint rises 16%

AWS has more data centers than before, hence the rise in emissions, but supply chain emissions are still a major problem. [...]

2026-07-02

Alva Industries raises €16M to scale its ultra-compact electric motors

Alva Industries has raised €16 million to scale production of its ultra-compact electric motors, the Trondheim based deep-tech company announced on 2 July. The round is led by Nysnø Climate Investments, Sandwater and Emerald Technology Ventures, the latter investing on behalf of the Nabtesco Technology Ventures fund. Existing backers Statkraft Ventures and EnvisionTech also took part. […]< [...]

2026-07-02

UNICEF says children are adopting AI three times faster than adults

A 10-country analysis finds 20 million children already using AI tools, with governance struggling to keep pace with a generation growing up inside what UNICEF calls “a global experiment.” An estimated 20 million children across ten countries have already used artificial intelligence, and they are picking it up more than three times faster than the […]<br /> This story continues at The [...]

2026-07-02

Nvidia offers AI startups compute now, payment later

Instead of just selling chips, Nvidia is offering AI clouds a revenue-sharing and credit-support model built to get GPUs into the hands of companies that could not otherwise afford them. Nvidia is changing how it gets paid. The company announced on Wednesday a new arrangement in which AI cloud providers can access large volumes of its […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-07-02

Novo Nordisk’s owner backs an Italian fund to grow drug startups beyond Denmark

Novo Holdings, the investment company that controls Novo Nordisk and holds the wealth of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, is backing a fund aimed at Italian drug startups, according to Bloomberg. The move extends a pattern that has seen the Danish investor push capital into life sciences hubs well outside Copenhagen, including European deep-tech vehicles backed alongside the […]<br /> This s [...]

2026-07-02

Threads' ubiquitous Mr Beast spam is part of a massive crypto scam network

Fake Mr Beast "promotions" are ubiquitous on Threads - they're also part of massive crypto scam network. [...]

2026-07-02

Google’s AI buildout drove 37% increase in electricity use in 2025

Google tries balancing AI data center emissions with clean energy efforts. [...]

2026-07-02

Nvidia is bankrolling AI startups to loosen Big Tech's grip on its chip business

Nvidia is increasingly acting like a central bank for AI startups, actively shaping the compute market.<br /> The article Nvidia is bankrolling AI startups to loosen Big Tech's grip on its chip business appeared first on The Decoder. [...]