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AMD Helios AI server racks with the AMD Helios name on the door, from AMD's press kit

Big Tech & Business · 4 min read

AMD's AI chip sales nearly double, and it expects a US$17 billion quarter as Helios racks ship

AMD earnings: Q3 sales rose 45% to a record US$13.4bn as data centre revenue nearly doubled, and AMD expects about US$17bn next quarter.

Video of the day

India's NVS-03 satellite clears the step where its sister NVS-02 failed

Official video, played from YouTube. Read our story

AI

Poster in black with the xAI name and the words 'Temporary turbines? Permits needed'

Judge lets the NAACP's clean-air case over xAI's Mississippi turbines go ahead

Three iPhones showing Apple Intelligence in Chinese: Genmoji, a Type to Siri box and Mail summaries

Apple Intelligence finally comes to China, with Alibaba's Qwen inside Siri

Google's Project Suncatcher satellite sends its first AI answer from orbit: a haiku

Big Tech & Business

Poster in Aramco blue with the Aramco name and the words 'Oil giant takes 49%'

Aramco now owns 49% of Saudi AI company HUMAIN. Why an oil giant is buying into AI data centres

Kioxia stock falls almost 16% after a record quarter and a flat outlook

Poster in ADT blue with the ADT name and the words '$10 a share, in cash'

ADT agrees to a US$15.3bn takeover by an AI-focused holding company. What changes for your home data?

Science & Breakthroughs

A steel pylon carrying high-voltage power grid lines against a cloudy sky

Power grids dip slightly at the start of every minute. Batteries checking themselves are the reason

Illustration of Earth inside purple radiation belts, a red ring marking the impenetrable barrier, and the Arase satellite

The May 2024 solar storm broke through Earth's 'impenetrable barrier' in space, a new study finds

Artist's impression of ESA's Hera spacecraft flying over the rocky, boulder-covered surface of the asteroid Dimorphos

One dot becomes two: ESA's Hera sees the asteroid pair NASA's DART hit

Phones & Gadgets

The 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro OLED models side by side, with a Dynamic Island at the top of each screen

Apple's first touchscreen Mac is an OLED MacBook Pro, and it starts at US$2,899

Apple's new 14-inch M6 MacBook Pro, half open, in front of a glowing M6 chip name

Apple's M6 MacBook Pro and iMac arrive at last year's prices, with older Macs in their sights

Close-up of the iPhone Duo's metal hinge, half folded, from Apple's launch images

iPhone Duo screen cracks: iFixit's teardown points to the hinge, but Apple hasn't explained why

Apps & Software

Binance hack: the FBI names North Korea's TraderTraitor as withdrawals start to return

Northflank hack: every stored secret may be exposed, as stolen AI keys spread across developer platforms

Binance hack: withdrawals paused as billions leave its hot wallets, and Binance says user funds are safe

Launches

GTA 6 leads Jason and Lucia escaping on a dirt bike as a police car and helicopter chase them through Vice City

GTA 6 launch trailer lands: Grand Theft Auto VI arrives 19 November on PS5 and Xbox, with no PC date

The new white Tesla Roadster with both doors open and a large rear wing, in a dark studio

Tesla's new Roadster flew in a Texas demo, but buyers still have no price or delivery date

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