Microsoft debuts custom chips to boost data center security and power efficiency 

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More At the Ignite developer conference today, Microsoft unveiled two new chips designed for its data center infrastructure: the Azure Integrated HSM and the Azure Boost DPU.  Scheduled for release in the coming months, these custom-designed chips … Read more

Las Vegas Sheriff tells a16z partners what’s next on his wish list: AI for bodycams

Las Vegas police have received funding for tech like drones, license plate readers, and more from Andreessen Horowitz partner Ben Horowitz. Next on its wish list? Artificial intelligence to go through police footage. The city’s Sheriff Kevin McMahill said on a podcast with Horowitz and partner Marc Andreessen that he wants to use AI to … Read more

New Roadmap Sets the Stage for Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft by the 2030s

A consortium of companies just completed its initial foray into an 11-year project that could put the first nuclear-powered space tug into space. The project is called RocketRoll, and it paves the way for a futuristic mission concept that could drastically change the way humankind powers its spaceborne technologies. RocketRoll establishes a roadmap for advanced … Read more