As organizations scale their AI infrastructure to support trillion-parameter models, they face a difficult trade-off: reduced training time with lower cost or faster training time with a higher cost. When they checkpoint frequently to speed up recovery time and minimize lost training time, they incur in substantially higher storage cost. And when they checkpoint infrequently,…
Published September 9, 2025 With the beauty industry booming, now looks the right time for Beauty Tech Group to head for an IPO on the London Stock Exchange with a reported value of £350 million. The Cheshire-based group, launched by Laurence Newman and Andrew Showman over 15 years ago, is best known for its LED…
Then there’s Eric Chong, a 37-year-old who has a background in dentistry and previously cofounded a startup that simplifies medical billing for dentists. He was placed on the “machine” team. “I’m gonna be honest and say I’m extremely relieved to be on the machine team,” Chong says. At the hackathon, Chong was building software that…
An NHS Trust with a low ranking could still provide good care, the doctor and BBC medical expert says. Source link
Published September 9, 2025 In the 1970s, adidas and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar inked their partnership with one of basketball’s first signature sneakers “and in the process changed the sporting landscape forever”. Fast forward to today and it’s time for a refresh with the German sportswear giant collaborating with UK-based designer Grace Wales Bonner for an extra-special capsule…
Published September 9, 2025 Digital global fashion retailer ASOS has signed an agreement with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) union “to protect transport workers’ rights and enhance the safety, resilience and sustainability of its supply chains”. ASOS The “legally-binding” agreement “builds on ASOS’ long-standing leadership in embedding human rights across its business and supply…
Faarea Masud & Connie BowkerBBC News Mitchum Mitchum has apologised after customers were left with “burning armpits” A well-known deodorant brand has apologised and recalled some of its roll-on products after customers were reportedly left with itchy, burning armpits. Consumers of Mitchum’s 48-hour roll-on anti-perspirant and deodorant complained on social media of being left with…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has released an open source model that performs advanced reasoning as well as the best offerings from both the United States and China—one of the strongest signs so far that the nation’s big investments in artificial intelligence are starting to pay off. The new model, K2 Think, comes from researchers…
Security teams struggle with visibility into behaviors inside their running containers. Qualys is today announcing general availability of Container Runtime Security (CRS) to provide industry-leading visibility for running containers using an approach that is container-engine agnostic and layered into the container image. This provides runtime visibility and enforcement in containers through policy-based control of system…
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly central to technology, powering everything from facial recognition to language translation. But as AI models grow more complex, they consume vast amounts of electricity — posing challenges for energy efficiency and sustainability. A new chip developed by researchers at the University of Florida could help address this issue by…
