Articles from tomshardware.com
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- Bots Have Now Passed Human Traffic Online Cloudflare Boss Laments Says Agentic Traffic Wasnt Expected To Eclipse Real People Until Next Year
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince reports AI agent traffic has surpassed human traffic online for the first time, far earlier than his 2027 prediction.
- OpenAI has effectively abandoned first-party Stargate data centers in favor of more flexible deals — company now prefers to lease compute and says Stargate is an umbrella term
OpenAI has abandoned building first-party Stargate data centers in favor of leasing compute from third parties like Oracle and Microsoft.
- Apple MacBook Neo review: a budget-priced game-changer
The MacBook Neo, starting at $599, delivers a premium aluminum chassis and bright display that rarely feels like a budget laptop but lacks keyboard backlighting and labeled ports.
- John Carmack muses using a long fiber line as an L2 cache for streaming AI data — programmer imagines fiber as alternative to DRAM
John Carmack proposes using a 200 km fiber optic loop as an L2 cache for AI inference, storing 32 GB in-flight with 32 TB/s bandwidth.
- GPU depreciation could be the next big crisis coming for AI hyperscalers — after spending billions on buildouts, next-gen upgrades may amplify cashflow quirks
Rapid GPU upgrade cycles threaten to make hyperscalers' hardware unprofitable, creating a financial crisis from accelerated depreciation and risky loans.