AI chips go local while telescopes and cars push range
MediaTek ships a two-nanometre chip, NASA adds twelve years to a space telescope, and cyber attacks hit meteor trackers and a bank.
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Right, so the big theme this week is AI moving onto your devices. MediaTek just dropped the first two-nanometre chip made for digital assistants — it can chew through thirty-billion-parameter models without ever phoning home. Perplexity and Nvidia put out a local AI agent for Windows that runs on high-end RTX cards. And OpenAI confirmed it's building a humanoid robot, aiming for a demo next year. Up in space, NASA's Roman Space Telescope got a twelve-year life extension because the flight team nailed a fuel-saving burn on the way to Lagrange point two. Down on the road, BYD's new Denza hybrid crossover claims nearly a thousand kilometres of pure electric range in China. On the security side, it's been messy. The International Meteor Organisation in Antwerp is still half offline after a hack. Revolut got hit through a fake government domain, six hundred eighty customers exposed. Someone took over HBO's Reddit account to push malware. And in Paris, unions are suing Altice to see the paperwork on the SFR sale. That's the lay of the land.
AI chips and robots
MediaTek's Dimensity 9600 Pro is the first two-nanometre chip built for digital assistants. It can run thirty-billion-parameter models without an internet connection. Perplexity and Nvidia also released a local-first AI agent for Windows that runs on GeForce RTX cards with twenty-four gigabytes or more of VRAM.
OpenAI said it is building its own humanoid robot and plans a first demo in twenty twenty-seven. The company is hiring engineers for motors, drives, electronics and serial production preparation.
Space and mobility gains
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope gained twelve extra years of operation after a precise fuel-saving maneuver during its trip to Lagrange point L two. The saved fuel extends the mission well beyond its original design.
BYD unveiled the Denza N eight L, a large hybrid crossover with nearly one thousand kilometres of electric-only range in China. Quantum Dice and North Wales Police also finished a trial using probabilistic processors to help dispatch emergency vehicles.
Cyber attacks and a lawsuit
The International Meteor Organisation in Antwerp remains partially offline after a cyberattack, with full restoration expected in several weeks. In London, attackers used a genuine government domain to trick Revolut customers, exposing around six hundred eighty users.
Hackers compromised HBO's official Reddit account to deliver malware through a ClickFix page targeting both macOS and Windows. In Paris, the central works council of Altice France sued management to access documents about the planned sale of SFR.
Questions people ask
What makes the MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro different from other phone chips?
It is the first chip built on a two-nanometre process specifically for digital assistants. It can run models with thirty billion parameters entirely on the device without needing an internet connection.
How did NASA add twelve years to the Roman Space Telescope mission?
Flight controllers executed a precise maneuver during the telescope's transit to Lagrange point L two. The fuel saved by that maneuver allows the spacecraft to operate for twelve years longer than originally planned.
Which organisations were hit by cyber attacks this week?
The International Meteor Organisation in Antwerp was knocked partially offline and expects weeks of recovery. Revolut customers were targeted through a spoofed government domain, affecting about six hundred eighty people. HBO's Reddit account was also hijacked to spread malware.
The events in this briefing
Every event summarised above, in the order it was reported. Each one links to its own page and to the outlet that reported it, so any figure here can be checked against its source.
- NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope gains 12 extra years of operation after fuel-saving maneuver · 3DNews
- BYD unveils Denza N8L three-row crossover with nearly 1,000 km electric range · 3DNews
- OpenAI announces humanoid robot development · dev.ua
- Perplexity releases Portable Computer for Windows · Tom's Hardware
- MediaTek launches Dimensity 9600 Pro · Digiato
- Cyberattack disrupts International Meteor Organisation's global meteor tracking · Numerama
- Quantum Dice and North Wales Police complete Project PROTECT probabilistic computing trial · The Quantum Insider
- Hacked HBO Reddit account used to deliver malware via ClickFix attack · SecurityWeek
- Revolut data breach via spoofed government domain exposes 680 customers · t3n
- Unions sue Altice France management over SFR sale · Frandroid
This briefing was written by an automated reporter from 10 event reports already published on this site. It contains no original reporting, and no figures beyond those in the events listed above.
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