An Entrepreneur op-ed argues that electricity, not chip supply, is becoming the binding constraint on AI growth, citing IEA projections that global data-center power use could nearly double from 485 to 950 terawatt-hours by 2030, with AI-specific demand tripling. It notes that by 2027 a single advanced server rack could draw as much peak power as 65 households, and that grid constraints could delay roughly 20% of planned data-center projects.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-24
Cryptographer Nadia Heninger and colleagues have published research describing a novel technique that forges valid RSA digital signatures without first factoring the private key, a method previously assumed to be the only path to breaking RSA. The approach cuts the computational resources needed by orders of magnitude compared to earlier attacks, though it still requires far more computing power than most attackers could muster.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-24
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) combines software-defined networking, threat prevention, access control and application security into a single cloud-delivered platform managed through one interface. It relies on globally distributed Points of Presence to enforce security and networking close to users, and typically begins deployment with SD-WAN, which intelligently routes traffic across MPLS, broadband, LTE and 5G links before organizations layer zero-trust security on top.
darkreading.com
· 2026-09-23
Amazon Web Services is giving select customers early access to a video-generation AI model built by The Biological Computing Company, which derives its algorithms from patterns observed in rat brain cells. The startup records how biological neural tissue processes visual information and then designs software that mimics those processes, aiming to make existing generative video models more efficient. Both companies expect a broader rollout to AWS enterprise customers to follow this limited preview.
wired.com
· 2026-09-22
A developer has built ZX Desk, a full graphical desktop environment for the 1982 ZX Spectrum 48K, written entirely in Z80 assembly. It supports overlapping resizable windows with z-ordering, pull-down menus, a file manager, notepad, calendar, clock and settings panel, all running within the machine's 48K memory and real-time frame budget, on actual hardware rather than an emulator.
github.com
· 2026-09-19
Researchers at Maynooth University in Ireland built a molecular computer called a Scaffolded DNA Computer, using DNA origami to fold long and short DNA strands into a computing grid. Instead of transistors and electricity, the system relies on DNA base pairs binding and unbinding as they settle into their most stable configuration, which represents the solved answer to a preprogrammed calculation. The team ran 10 different programs on the device, including operations involving 100-bit computations, marking it as one of the most complex molecular computers built so far.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-19
Bend is a newly introduced programming language that compiles to native code, runs on multiple CPU cores or GPUs without manual threading, and includes a built-in proof checker similar to Lean and Rocq. Developers can write rules in a LAWS.bend file, and Bend will refuse to accept any AI-generated code change that violates those rules, checking each change in about a second. Its creators demonstrate this by showing an AI agent attempt to break a game's win condition, which Bend blocks until the AI produces a compliant fix.
bend-lang.com
· 2026-09-17
A newly released white paper examines how single-phase direct liquid cooling addresses escalating thermal loads in AI and high-performance computing systems, where individual chips now exceed 1,000 watts and racks can dissipate over 100 kilowatts. It compares this approach against two-phase and immersion cooling methods, and outlines how liquid cooling works at both chip and system levels.
content.knowledgehub.wiley.com
· 2026-09-16
Researchers describe a molecular computation approach that proceeds through energetically downhill reactions rather than requiring external energy input to drive each step. This design allows chemical systems to perform computational operations while consuming less energy than conventional molecular computing schemes.
nature.com
· 2026-09-16
A research team describes the methodology used to design DNA scaffold and compute domain sequences for a molecular computing system, using scaffolds of varying length (120, 288 and 624 bases) derived partly from biologically sourced M13 DNA. They applied a thermodynamic sequence design approach with strict energy constraints to ensure reliable binding while minimizing unwanted cross-reactions between strands.
nature.com
· 2026-09-16
Executives from Nord Quantique and QuSecure discussed how quantum computing is moving from theoretical research toward real-world application, with heavy investment from governments and companies. They highlighted potential across drug discovery, materials science, finance and logistics, alongside the parallel risk quantum poses to current encryption standards.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-15
Amazon Web Services announced it cannot restore cloud infrastructure in Bahrain and part of the UAE, more than six months after drone strikes tied to the Iran war damaged the sites. AWS said the destruction exceeded what its systems were built to endure, permanently losing data and resources hosted exclusively there, while it continues trying to recover two other affected UAE zones.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-15
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