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Elon Musk's xAI Targets 10 Gigawatts in Massive Data Center Push

Elon Musk has unveiled a staggering infrastructure roadmap for xAI, aiming to multiply data center capacity seven-fold to hit 10 gigawatts of compute by 2027.

Garvince Oyamo•6 min read

Sunday, July 19, 2026

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Google Opens Ironwood TPUs to Rival Clouds in Major AI Shift

Google is ending its walled-garden hardware approach by offering its high-memory Ironwood TPUs to third-party cloud platforms.

Oscar Chemonges5 min

Friday, July 17, 2026

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Google and Idris Elba's $1M African AI Fund Excludes 49 Nations

A new $1M partnership between Google and Idris Elba will provide Gemini access to 100,000 African creators, but the exclusion of 49 countries is sparking a fierce ecosystem debate.

Garvince Oyamo5 min

Thursday, July 16, 2026

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Nvidia’s 113°F Liquid Cooling Breakthrough Sets a New Data Center Standard

Nvidia's new data center architecture accepts coolant at 113°F, slashing energy costs, lowering cost-per-token, and reshaping how AI mega-clusters operate.

Peter Otieno5 min

Sunday, July 12, 2026

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How the WebShop Benchmark Proves AI Agents Are Ready for Retail

Recent benchmark results reveal a turning point for e-commerce, as AI agents demonstrate unprecedented ability to navigate complex retail stores autonomously.

Garvince Oyamo6 min

Thursday, July 9, 2026

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Microsoft Prompt Shields: Inside the AI Cybersecurity Boom

With the rollout of Azure Prompt Shields, Microsoft is tackling the most critical vulnerability in generative AI: natural language cyberattacks.

Oscar Chemonges6 min

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Using Apple Intelligence: How macOS Just Replaced My AI Stack

We spent 30 days testing Apple Intelligence on macOS Sequoia to see how system-wide native AI features are making third-party productivity wrappers obsolete.

Henry Murangiri7 min

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

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How Majorana 2 Could Transform the Future of Quantum Computing

Microsoft's Majorana 2 chip could mark a major breakthrough in quantum computing. By leveraging topological qubits designed for greater stability and lower error rates, the technology aims to overcome some of the biggest challenges facing today's quantum systems. This article explores how Majorana 2 works, why topological quantum computing matters, and what Microsoft's latest advances could mean for the future of AI, scientific research, cybersecurity, and large-scale computing.

Henry Murangiri7 min

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Futuristic cloud computing infrastructure representing the integration of Claude models on Gemini Enterprise.

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Anthropic's Claude models | Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

A concise analysis of Anthropic's Claude models | Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.

Garvince Oyamo5 min

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