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Microsoft has invested hundreds of billions of dollars in artificial intelligence infrastructure, but a new investigation is raising questions about whether the company has been able to deploy enough AI computing capacity to match its ambitious plans. The problem may not be a shortage of chips — it could be the physical infrastructure needed to run them. By TheTechSpot Digital | August 17, 2026 Microsoft has spent years positioning itself at the center of the artificial intelligence revolution. Through its partnership with OpenAI, massive investments in data centers and the integration of AI throughout Windows, Microsoft 365 and Azure, the…
Apple is preparing one of the biggest transformations in Siri’s history. After years of criticism and delays, the company is rebuilding its virtual assistant around advanced artificial intelligence, with Google’s Gemini models playing a central role in the next generation of Apple Intelligence. By TheTechSpot Digital | August 17, 2026 For more than a decade, Siri has been one of the most recognizable features of the iPhone. It was introduced as a revolutionary voice assistant, promising to make smartphones more intelligent and more natural to use. But while competitors continued to develop increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems, Siri gradually developed…
Google is taking its artificial intelligence and smartphone ambitions into the world of football, announcing long-term partnerships with five of Europe’s biggest clubs. Arsenal, FC Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain will work with Google to introduce new AI-powered fan experiences built around Gemini and Pixel. By TheTechSpot Digital | August 17, 2026 Google is taking another major step in its strategy to make artificial intelligence part of everyday life — and this time, the company is bringing AI directly into the world of football. The technology giant has announced long-term partnerships with five of Europe’s most recognizable football…
NVIDIA is backing one of the largest artificial intelligence infrastructure projects ever announced, committing up to $105 billion in guarantees for a massive OpenAI data center campus in Ohio. The project highlights the enormous scale of computing power, energy and infrastructure now required to build the next generation of AI. By TheTechSpot Digital | August 17, 2026 The artificial intelligence race is entering a new phase, and this time the competition is not only about who can build the smartest AI model. It is also about who can secure enough chips, electricity, land and data center capacity to run those…
Creators have long had plenty of powerful laptops and monitors to choose from. Keyboards and mice? Not so much. ASUS is looking to change that with the expansion of its ProArt accessory lineup. Leading the announcement is the new ProArt Keyboard KD300, a compact low-profile keyboard that’s designed to work alongside the ProArt Mouse MD301, giving creators a matching desktop setup built specifically for productivity instead of gaming. A compact keyboard that doesn’t sacrifice functionality The ProArt Keyboard KD300 adopts a 65% layout, making it considerably smaller than a traditional full-size keyboard while still retaining the essential navigation keys most…
Christopher Nolan’s refusal to carry a smartphone is legendary in Hollywood, but his reasoning isn’t born out of a dramatic, Luddite hatred for modern technology. Instead, it is a deeply practical, highly calculated boundary designed to protect his most valuable creative resource: boredom. Christopher Nolan has spent his career embracing cutting-edge filmmaking technology while resisting one of the most common gadgets on the planet: the smartphone. The Oscar-winning director behind Oppenheimer, Inception, and the upcoming The Odyssey says his decision isn’t about rejecting technology altogether. It’s about protecting something he believes has become increasingly rare – time to think. In…
Meta allowed any public Instagram profile to be used as a reference for AI without users’ consent, but a backlash from Hollywood led to the feature being removed within days. Meta has pulled a feature from its new AI photo and video tools Muse after it drew backlash from big names in Hollywood, including CAA and SAG-AFTRA. The company announced Friday night that it was removing the feature that allowed users to create AI content by @mentioning another public user, essentially using their content as a basis. Meta has axed a controversial feature that allowed users to modify photos from…
Microsoft’s latest plans reportedly focus on making the PC and smartphone experience feel seamless. For years, Phone Link has felt like that one app everyone knows exists but rarely remembers to open. Microsoft apparently wants to change that. According to a report from Windows Central, the company is working on a major overhaul of how smartphones integrate with Windows 11, making phones feel like a native part of the operating system instead of something users access through a separate app. Phone Link is coming out of hiding One of the biggest changes reportedly involves the Phone Companion panel in the…
