Category Supercomputing

Microsoft Reworks Windows for Nvidia’s RTX Spark AI Laptops

Microsoft is optimizing Windows for RTX Spark with local AI setup, Arm app support, gaming fixes, and smarter memory management.

Disrupt 2026 Day 2 spotlights AI, robotics and venture deal-making at Moscone West, with 300+ startups and major industry speakers.

Laplace Intelligence is using physical AI red-teaming to stress-test robots and self-driving cars in simulation before deployment.

WindBorne wins an Air Force contract worth up to $49 million, boosting AI weather forecasting with data from its balloon fleet.

AI infrastructure is now the bottleneck. Disrupt 2026 will explore where power, data centers and cooling are creating new opportunities.

Microsoft opens preorders for the Surface RTX Spark, a $5,999 AI mini PC with 128GB memory and November shipping.

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 unveils a major stage lineup on AI, robotics, startups and venture capital in San Francisco this October.

Microsoft is using data center biomimicry to reduce local backlash, but residents and advocates say AI’s water, power and pollution costs remain.

Google launched its first orbital TPU test to gauge space AI computing, launch costs and whether orbital data centers can become viable.

Orbital AI startup Satlyt has raised $8M to run models on satellites, cut downlink costs and power shared compute in space.