Tag: Computing
FIL, GRT Rally Boosts CoinDesk Computing Index as Bitcoin Struggles
The index has gained over 11% in the past seven days, with FIL and GRT rallying over 40%, ignoring moderate weakness in the broader market. The index [...]
IBM says it will hit a quantum computing ‘inflection point’ by 2029
IBM announced the unveiling of its 1,121-qubit “Condor” quantum computing processor on Dec. 4th. This is the company’s largest by qubit count and, arg [...]
Oxford quantum computing spinout announces $100M funding round led by Japan’s SBI
Oxford University physics spinout Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) recently announced the launch of Toshiko, a 32-qubit quantum computing services platfo [...]
IBM brings ‘utility-scale’ quantum computing to Japan as China and Europe struggle to compete
IBM announced the completed installation of a 127-qubit quantum computing system at the University of Tokyo on Nov. 27. According to the company, this [...]
Jed McCaleb-backed nonprofit will provide easier access to AI computing capacity
Ripple co-founder Jed McCaleb’s nonprofit Navigation Fund is helping to tackle the AI chip shortage by offering leasable capacity large machine learni [...]
The Race to Avert Quantum Computing Threat With New Encryption Standards
Quantum technology could compromise our encryption systems. Can America replace them before it’s too late?
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MultiversX eyes Metaverse scalability as CEO sheds light on spatial computing
The Metaverse concept gained a lot of traction both from the crypto community and venture capital firms during the peak of the bull run. The likes of [...]
Chainlink Unveils ‘Data Streams’ to Reduce Latency, Expands Decentralized Computing
"With all these new updates, we are creating a standard for how all developers can connect heterogenous Web3 components with any existing system they [...]
UK to spend $130M on AI chips amid scramble to buy up computing power
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to spend $130 million (100 million pounds) to buy thousands of computer chips to power artificial intelligen [...]
Bitcoin Mining Computing Power May Drop as Much as 30% After Halving: Experts
Machine efficiency and low cost of power are key to surviving the bitcoin halving.
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US reportedly plans to restrict China’s access to cloud computing services
Officials in the United States are considering restricting China’s access to cloud computing services in an effort to safeguard the country’s advanced [...]
Hut8 relocates 6,400 rigs, sees growth in AI & high performance computing
North American mining firm Hut8 is seeing new demand for AI and high performance computing as it looks to re-energize some 6,400 rigs being moved from [...]
Bitcoin Miner Iris Energy Revives High-Performance Computing Strategy Amid Booming Interest in AI
Given recent developments, "the time may be right to expand into this sector," using either Iris Energy's existing sites or the ones under constructio [...]
Two Bitmain Mining Machines Account for More Than 60% of Computing Power on the Bitcoin Network
The Antminer S19j Pro accounts for 34.3% of the network hashrate and the S19 for 28.1%, and they have been the most used machines on the network since [...]
The SEC’s summer crackdown, Apple’s ‘spatial computing,’ and Mercado Bitcoin gears up
After a period of relative calm, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) kicked off its summer crypto crackdown by targeting two ma [...]