Merck Taps Lenovo and Equinix for Liquid-Cooled HPC to Power Next-Gen Science and AI

Merck Taps Lenovo and Equinix for Liquid-Cooled HPC to Power Next-Gen Science and AI

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany is turning up the compute dial—hard. The science and technology giant has deployed a new high-performance computing (HPC) platform built on Lenovo ThinkSystem servers with advanced liquid cooling, hosted inside an Equinix AI-ready data center in Germany. For a company with deep stakes in life science, healthcare, and semiconductor materials, compute is no longer background infrastructure—it’s the fuel powering its next decade of scientific discovery.

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Akamai Launches Inference Cloud to Bring AI Decision-Making to the Edge

Akamai Launches Inference Cloud to Bring AI Decision-Making to the Edge

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) has officially launched Akamai Inference Cloud, a groundbreaking distributed AI platform designed to move AI inference from centralized data centers to the edge of the internet. The move positions Akamai as a key player in reshaping how generative and agentic AI systems operate in real-world, real-time environments.

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Cognizant’s AI Lab Unveils Evolution Strategies Breakthrough to Cut LLM Training Costs

Cognizant’s AI Lab Unveils Evolution Strategies Breakthrough to Cut LLM Training Costs

Cognizant’s AI Lab is shaking up how large language models (LLMs) are fine-tuned. The company announced a breakthrough technique that uses evolution strategies (ES)—a fundamentally different approach from traditional reinforcement learning (RL)—to train massive AI models more efficiently and at a fraction of the cost.

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Realbotix and 10Things Unveil Voice-Controlled Humanoid Robotics Demo at London’s Humanoid Summit

Realbotix and 10Things Unveil Voice-Controlled Humanoid Robotics Demo at London’s Humanoid Summit

Realbotix Corp., a leader in AI-powered humanoid robotics, has partnered with 10Things, an innovator in language-to-action AI, to present a groundbreaking joint demonstration at the Humanoid Summit in London on May 29–30. The demo features a Realbotix humanoid robot integrated with 10Things’ robotic arms, forming a responsive, voice-controlled system capable of executing real-time physical tasks such as operating a tablet, grasping objects, and handling tools — all through natural voice commands without the need for apps or manual controls.

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Sycomp Achieves 1.2 TB/s Data-to-GPU Performance on Google Cloud for AI and HPC Workloads

Sycomp Achieves 1.2 TB/s Data-to-GPU Performance on Google Cloud for AI and HPC Workloads

Sycomp A Technology Company, Inc. today announced a breakthrough in data-to-GPU performance, reaching 1.2 terabytes per second (TB/s) on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This milestone empowers AI scientific discovery and research by accelerating data-intensive and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads such as Generative AI, Agentic AI, Computer Vision, Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL), and Natural Language Processing (NLP).

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O’Reilly Partners with Microsoft to Pioneer Decentralized Conversational Search with NLWeb

O’Reilly Partners with Microsoft to Pioneer Decentralized Conversational Search with NLWeb

O’Reilly, the premier learning platform for technology professionals, announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to integrate Natural Language Web (NLWeb) technology into its websites. NLWeb offers decentralized, context- and intent-aware search capabilities, enabling users and AI systems to ask complex conversational questions and receive precise, relevant answers — all without relying on centralized AI chat or search engines.

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TransPerfect Legal Integrates Brainspace AI to Revolutionize Document Review with Reef Review

TransPerfect Legal Integrates Brainspace AI to Revolutionize Document Review with Reef Review

TransPerfect Legal, a global leader in legal technology and AI services, announced a powerful integration between its Reef Review document review platform and Brainspace, Reveal’s advanced data analytics and AI technology. This partnership equips legal teams to streamline document review workflows, enabling smarter, faster, and more data-driven decision-making.

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Thinkster Launches AI Coach: Voice-Interactive, Explainable Learning Engine

Thinkster Launches AI Coach: Voice-Interactive, Explainable Learning Engine

Thinkster, an innovator at the intersection of AI and education, today announced the launch of its AI Coach — a voice-interactive, multilingual learning engine built on a patented platform designed to prioritize learning outcomes, explainability, and scalability, steering clear of generative gimmicks.

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Oriole Networks Unveils PRISM: The World’s First Pure Photonic Network for Scalable AI Workloads

Oriole Networks Unveils PRISM: The World’s First Pure Photonic Network for Scalable AI Workloads

Oriole Networks, a London-based photonic systems start-up, has announced PRISM — the world’s first pure photonic switched network tailored for data centers, high-performance computing (HPC), and distributed deep learning (DDL) workloads. By tackling network bottlenecks that limit AI training and inference performance, PRISM promises to revolutionize how large-scale AI infrastructure operates with higher throughput, lower latency, and reduced power consumption.

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