Anthropic Reveals $30 Billion Run Rate, Plans To Use 3.5GW of New Google AI Chips

April 7th, 2026 06:00 PM

Anthropic says its annualized revenue run rate has surpassed $30 billion and disclosed plans to secure roughly 3.5 gigawatts of next-generation Google TPU compute starting in 2027. Broadcom will supply the key chips and networking gear for the effort, the company announced. The Register reports: News of the two deals emerged today in a Broadcom regulatory filing that opens with two items of news. One is a "Long Term Agreement for Broadcom to develop and supply custom Tensor Processing Units...

PlayStation hunting for "biggest fans" so it can scan their faces and put them in games, starting with Gran Turismo 7

April 7th, 2026 06:43 PM

If you've ever fancied getting your grinning mug scanned for an official appearance in one of PlayStation Studios' blockbuster titles, your dream its now one step closer to becoming reality: Sony has unveiled its new Playerbase initiative, designed as a way for its "biggest fans" to appear in-game. Read more

Intel gets on board with Musk's Terafab project

April 7th, 2026 06:22 PM

Intel has announced that it will help Elon Musk design and build his proposed Terafab in Austin, Texas, a joint venture between Musk's companies like SpaceX, Tesla and xAI to manufacture the chips necessary to power various AI projects. Musk announced Terafab in March 2026 with the plan of eventually creating a terawatt of computing power each year.While Tesla and SpaceX have experience manufacturing in the US, chip fabrication plants like the ones Intel runs are expensive and time-consuming...

ASUS Expands ProArt Ecosystem with High-Speed Router and Multi-Gig Switch

April 7th, 2026 04:56 PM

ASUS has announced two new additions to its ProArt lineup, the PRT-BE5000 router and PQG-U1080 switch, marking the company’s entry into creator-focused networking infrastructure.

WATCH: New images from Artemis II are 'just awesome': Former astronaut

April 7th, 2026 05:06 PM

Former NASA astronaut Terry Virts discusses the historic Artemis II mission and reflects on his time in space.

Russia Hacked Routers to Steal Microsoft Office Tokens

April 7th, 2026 05:02 PM

Hackers linked to Russia’s military intelligence units are using known flaws in older Internet routers to mass harvest authentication tokens from Microsoft Office users, security experts warned today. The spying campaign allowed state-backed Russian hackers to quietly siphon authentication tokens from users on more than 18,000 networks without deploying any malicious software or code. Microsoft said in a blog post today it identified more than 200 organizations and 5,000 consumer devices that...

Iran's UN ambassador takes swipe at Trump in final hours before Strait of Hormuz deadline

April 7th, 2026 06:28 PM

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations took a swipe at President Donald Trump on Tuesday hours before Trump’s deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, calling one of the president’s posts on Truth Social "deeply irresponsible" and "profoundly alarming." Trump has given the Iranian regime until 8 p.m. ET to reopen the Strait of Hormuz — a key waterway — or face strikes against its power plants and bridges.  In a post Tuesday morning, Trump said, "A whole civilization will die...

Here's When Game Informer Subscribers Will Get Their Early Access Soulframe Preludes Code

April 7th, 2026 04:10 PM

Soulframe, the fantasy MMO from Warframe developer Digital Extremes, is the latest game to grace the cover of Game Informer! The digital issue is now live, meaning you can pore through all 14 pages of our Soulframe cover story and dive into previews, reviews, and features about The Legend of Zelda's 40th Anniversary, the failures before the success of the Nintendo 3DS, and more... but only if you're a Game Informer subscriber. Now, while our amazing and beautiful magazines that we ship...