Fortrea appointed Agnieszka Gallagher as general counsel to succeed Stillman Hanson, who departed after completing a planned transition period at the Durham, North Carolina, contract research organization. Chief executive Anshul Thakral stated that Gallagher brings extensive life sciences leadership experience and a proven ability to align legal strategy with business objectives while managing complex global operations.
Gallagher previously served as chief legal officer at Standard BioTools and held senior legal positions at OraSure Technology, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, ViiV Healthcare, GSK, Sandoz, Medtronic and Pfizer. She will oversee legal strategy, compliance operations and corporate governance while serving as corporate secretary...
Nvidia reported third-quarter revenue of $57 billion, representing a 62 percent annual increase, while projecting $65 billion for the fourth quarter as demand for artificial intelligence processors continues accelerating. Chief executive Jensen Huang stated that Blackwell graphics processing units are experiencing exceptional sales volumes, with cloud computing capacity completely reserved by customers.
The company generated $51.2 billion through data center operations, accounting for approximately 90 percent of total revenue, while net income reached $32 billion. Chief financial officer Colette Kress disclosed that Nvidia announced infrastructure projects encompassing 5 million graphics processing units during the quarter, with orders...
Elon Musk's xAI will become the initial customer for a Saudi Arabian data center housing 600,000 Nvidia graphics processing units, according to an announcement made by Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang at a bilateral investment forum held in Washington. The partnership involves Humain, a company controlled by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund that launched earlier this year as part of the kingdom's sovereign artificial intelligence initiative.
Advanced Micro Devices and Qualcomm also secured separate agreements to supply processors for Saudi computing facilities, with AMD committing Instinct MI450 chips that could consume one gigawatt of electricity and Qualcomm providing 200 megawatts of capacity through its AI200 and AI250 data...
Google introduced Scholar Labs, an experimental artificial intelligence search platform that evaluates academic publications without relying on citation metrics or journal impact factors that researchers traditionally use to assess study quality. The company spokesperson, Lisa Oguike, explained that conventional filtering methods often overlook important work in interdisciplinary fields or recently published articles, while the new system analyzes complete paper text to identify conceptual relationships relevant to user queries.
Scientists remain divided on whether algorithmic analysis can adequately replace established quality indicators, particularly as the research community confronts growing concerns about fabricated data and...
Yann LeCun is departing Meta to establish a startup focused on developing artificial intelligence systems capable of understanding physical environments and performing complex planning tasks. The 65-year-old scientist, who received the Turing Award for his contributions to deep learning alongside Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, founded the company's FAIR research division after joining in 2013.
Meta will maintain a partnership with the new venture despite internal tensions within its artificial intelligence operations. Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg recruited Alexandr Wang from Scale AI for $14.5 billion to serve as chief AI officer after the Llama 4 model release disappointed developers. Sources indicate LeCun had minimal...
Cavela secured $6.6 million in seed financing from XYZ Venture Capital and Susa Ventures to expand its artificial intelligence platform that helps businesses locate manufacturers outside China. The startup deploys autonomous software agents that contact suppliers across more than 40 nations to negotiate specifications and collect pricing information, with clients reporting average production cost reductions of 35 percent.
Founder Anthony Sardain stated that his system processes manufacturing documentation, including blueprints and photographs, through generative artificial intelligence, allowing companies to receive multiple vendor proposals within several days. Customers upload product requirements into the platform, which then...
Function Health secured $298 million through a Series B funding round that established a $2.5 billion company valuation, with Redpoint Ventures leading the investment alongside Andreessen Horowitz and various other backers. The healthcare technology firm operates 75 testing facilities across the United States and intends to expand this network to 200 locations, having analyzed over 50 million laboratory tests since 2023.
The company launched Medical Intelligence Lab, an artificial intelligence platform that physicians train to deliver personalized health recommendations by examining patient laboratory results, medical imaging, clinical notes, and wearable device information. Chief Executive Jonathan Swerdlin stated that the system...
GSC Game World has confirmed that the first downloadable content expansion for STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl will arrive within the next calendar year, according to Communications Director Zakhar Bocharov. The PlayStation 5 edition launches after completing its timed Microsoft exclusivity period, with the studio reporting over one million copies sold during the initial three-day window and several million additional players through Game Pass subscriptions.
Technical Director Ievgen Kulyk revealed performance specifications for the console versions, stating that standard PlayStation 5 hardware targets 2K resolution at 60 frames per second in performance mode or 4K at 30 frames per second in quality mode. The enhanced PlayStation 5 Pro...
Qualcomm has disclosed technical specifications for its Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme processor, revealing the chip can consume up to 100 watts when operating without constraints in laptop computers. The semiconductor manufacturer is allowing notebook producers to determine appropriate thermal limits based on their specific design requirements, including chassis dimensions, cooling capacity, weight targets, and acoustic performance. Smaller laptops with 14-inch screens may implement the standard Snapdragon X2 Elite variant with sustained power ratings between 20 and 40 watts.
Testing data shows the flagship processor drawing varying amounts of electricity depending on workload, ranging from approximately 8 watts during certain benchmarks...
