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Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark brings 1 petaflop AI compute to Windows on Arm

Microsoft and Nvidia have unveiled the Surface Laptop Ultra, a high-performance device powered by the new Arm-based RTX Spark chip. The laptop features up to 128GB unified memory, 1 petaflop of AI compute, and a 15-inch mini-LED display with 2,000-nit peak brightness. Designed for developers and creators, it marks Microsoft's renewed commitment to Windows on Arm after years of collaboration with Nvidia.

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NVIDIA and TSMC Deploy AI Across Taiwan's Manufacturing Ecosystem With 500+ Partners

NVIDIA partners with TSMC and over 500 Taiwan-based manufacturers to transform AI infrastructure production. The collaboration integrates accelerated computing, simulation, and physical AI across chipmaking and server assembly operations. Companies like Foxconn report 80% faster root-cause analysis and 15% productivity gains using NVIDIA's AI tools.

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Nvidia picks Unitree for humanoid robot platform as Chinese startup eyes academic research market

Nvidia has selected Chinese robotics maker Unitree for its first commercial humanoid robot system aimed at researchers worldwide. The Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot combines Unitree's 6-foot H2 Plus chassis with Nvidia's Jetson Thor hardware and Blackwell GPU, creating an integrated platform for advancing physical AI research at institutions from Stanford to ETH Zurich.

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NVIDIA RTX Spark reinvents Windows PCs with 1-petaflop superchip for personal AI agents

NVIDIA unveiled RTX Spark, a superchip delivering 1 petaflop of AI performance to Windows PCs built for personal AI agents. The NVIDIA and Microsoft collaboration introduces new security features and NVIDIA OpenShell runtime, enabling on-device agents to run privately on laptops with all-day battery life. Adobe is rearchitecting Photoshop and Premiere for 2x performance gains.

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NVIDIA Cosmos 3 Brings Vision Reasoning to Physical AI for Robots and Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA launched Cosmos 3, an open world foundation model that combines vision reasoning, multimodal generation, and action prediction to help robots and autonomous vehicles understand and respond to real-world scenarios. Built on a breakthrough mixture-of-transformers architecture, it tops leaderboards for physical AI benchmarks and reduces training cycles from months to days.

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NVIDIA unveils DSX platform as AI Factory infrastructure expands globally to meet compute demand

NVIDIA launched its DSX platform to provide infrastructure builders with a complete playbook for designing, deploying and operating AI factories. The announcement comes as the NVIDIA AI Cloud ecosystem expands worldwide, with partners like Firmus, CoreWeave and Lambda scaling capacity to meet surging demand from enterprises, startups and nations deploying agentic AI applications.

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OpenAI launches hiring spree for robotics division to build personal robots for everyone

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the company is actively hiring engineers for its robotics division, aiming to build AI-powered robots that help people in the physical world. Short-term focus targets robots to assist skilled workers in infrastructure development, while long-term vision includes personal robots for everyone. The robotics division emerged from OpenAI's world simulation research program led by DALL-E creator Aditya Ramesh.

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China formalizes tougher investment rules after blocking Meta's $2bn Manus acquisition

Beijing has codified a stricter framework for outbound-investment review, giving regulators expanded powers to block cross-border AI deals involving Chinese-origin technology, talent, or intellectual property. The new rules, effective July 1, formalize the approach used to unwind Meta's $2bn Manus acquisition in April and close the offshore-restructuring exit route many Chinese AI startups have relied on.

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Apple Smart Glasses Pushed to Late 2027 as Visual AI Features Face Development Challenges

Apple has delayed its highly anticipated AI glasses until late 2027, missing the early 2027 target. The holdup centers on advanced visual AI features that Apple refuses to ship without. Meanwhile, Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses continue gaining ground with a two-year head start and expanding lineup from $299 to $799.

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