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Google unveils master plan for letting AI shop on your behalf

1 month 3 weeks ago
Mastercard, American Express, Coinbase, and PayPal sign up at launch

Google has given the go-ahead to a plan that lets AI agents make purchases on your behalf and, on Tuesday, released its Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) to make it happen. The system comes with touted safeguards that are intended to prevent thieves from draining bank accounts.…

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Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford Tells Borderlands 4 Critics To 'Code Your Own Engine,' Calls It a Game For 'Premium Gamers'

1 month 3 weeks ago
Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford has responded to Borderlands 4 performance complaints by calling the game "a premium game made for premium gamers." Pitchford claimed customer service reports for performance issues represent "less than one percent of one percent" of players and told critics to "code your own engine and show us how it's done, please." The game holds a Mixed rating on Steam despite reaching 300,000 concurrent players Sunday, a franchise record. Gearbox recommends DLSS and frame generation for 60+ fps at 1440p even on powerful hardware. Pitchford compared running the game on older hardware to driving "a monster truck with a leaf blower's motor."

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Nvidia Takes The Commanding Lead In Datacenter Ethernet Switching

1 month 3 weeks ago

Well, that didn’t take long. In April 2020, Nvidia completed its $6.9 billion acquisition of Mellanox Technologies for its InfiniBand and Ethernet switching, and a little more than five years and a GenAI boom later Nvidia has been crowned the leading revenue generator for Ethernet switching in the datacenter by IDC. …

Nvidia Takes The Commanding Lead In Datacenter Ethernet Switching was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

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