Category: Tech
All Tech articles — June 8, 2026
Google to pay SpaceX $920M monthly for xAI data center GPU capacity
Google will pay SpaceX $920 million a month for 32 months to rent roughly 110,000 GPUs inside xAI data centers, giving Google Cloud bridge capacity for Gemini Enterprise as SpaceX prepares its record IPO.
Microsoft Discovery Goes GA on Azure, Powering Majorana 2 Quantum Chip with Agentic AI
Microsoft Discovery’s agentic AI platform hits GA on Azure, directly enabling the Majorana 2 quantum chip’s 1,000× reliability leap and a 2029 quantum computer target.
Microsoft Discovery AI Platform Goes GA on Azure, Accelerating Quantum Chip Breakthrough
Microsoft's Discovery AI agent platform hits GA on Azure, while its agentic AI helped design the Majorana 2 quantum chip, cutting the path to scalable quantum computers to 2029.
Google Signs $920M/Month SpaceX AI Compute Deal for 110K GPUs
Google agreed to pay SpaceX $920M monthly for access to 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs from October 2026 through June 2029, with strict delivery deadlines and opt-out clauses tied to Gemini Enterprise demand.
Google to Pay SpaceX Nearly $1 Billion Monthly in Cloud Deal
Google will pay SpaceX almost $1 billion monthly for cloud computing services, marking a massive infrastructure partnership between the tech and space giants.
Small modular nuclear reactor reaches criticality in first U.S. test
Antares' small modular reactor reached criticality at Idaho National Lab, becoming the first new U.S. design to achieve self-sustaining nuclear reactions.
Chrome's HTML-in-canvas experiment may end the web's document era
Chrome's HTML-in-canvas experiment lets native web content live inside immersive 3D scenes without sacrificing accessibility, search, or DOM semantics, hinting at a post-document web.
Valve Acknowledges Steam P2P Latency Issues Affecting Israel and Middle East
Valve acknowledges Steam P2P networking issues forcing Israeli and Middle East players through high-latency SDR relays, making games unplayable despite 'Share IP' settings.
Computex 2026: AI Dominates Chipmakers' Roadmaps as Consumer Hardware Gets Pricier
Computex 2026 was dominated by AI yet again, with chipmakers prioritizing datacenter GPUs over consumers and Nvidia repackaging Blackwell silicon for $3,000 AI-powered notebooks.
Broker-visible vs client-local: rethinking parallelism in Kafka
Kafka share groups aren't primarily for parallelism—here's why client-local parallelism often beats broker-visible scaling.
Enterprise Teams Ditch Tableau for Cheaper, Modern Analytics Tools
Enterprise data teams are leaving Tableau in droves as high costs and slower innovation drive migration to modern analytics rivals.
Hacker reverse-engineers and 3D-prints Sennheiser's overpriced BA2015 battery pack
A hardware hacker reverse-engineers and 3D-prints a clone of Sennheiser's overpriced BA2015 microphone battery pack, revealing it contains little more than two NiMH cells and a $0.02 sensor.
How cloned horses came to dominate professional polo
Equine cloning has become a mature industry in polo, letting top players like Adolfo Cambiaso replicate champion horses—but ethical and biological challenges persist.
From 4chan to A24: How 'Liminal Spaces' Became the Internet's Defining Aesthetic
The 'liminal spaces' internet aesthetic—empty halls, abandoned malls, The Backrooms—has evolved from 4chan creepypasta into a defining cultural movement of the digital age.
Amazon Leo gets FCC reprieve on satellite deadline but loses spectrum priority
Amazon Leo wins a limited FCC waiver for its missed satellite milestone, but loses spectrum priority and must forfeit a surety bond.
Public Domain Image Archive Launches with 11,000+ Free Historical Images
A new online archive offers 11,082 public domain images for free browsing and reuse, with fresh works added weekly.
InfoQ Marks 20 Years of Tracking Software Adoption Trends
InfoQ marks its 20th anniversary with a retrospective on two decades of technology adoption trends and editorial bets on emerging software practices.
InfoQ Turns 20: Two Decades of Tracking Software Adoption
InfoQ marks its 20th anniversary, reflecting on two decades of tracking software technology adoption and serving senior developer communities worldwide.
InfoQ Marks 20 Years of Covering Software Architecture and Adoption Trends
InfoQ celebrates 20 years of peer-reviewed software content and reflects on how technology adoption curves have transformed since 2006.
UK’s £54M Global Talent visa scheme reels in just 18 researchers
Britain’s Global Talent visa has lured just 18 international researchers in its first year, despite £54 million to attract scientists unhappy with the US.