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  1. Hacker News · AI50

    NukeTorch: Four MacBook Pro M5 Max Macs Serve NVIDIA GR00T 2.45x Faster Than Fastest Published H100 Result

    Fenon AI's NukeTorch engine ran NVIDIA's GR00T N1.7 robot policy on four MacBook Pro M5 Max machines at 152.07 action chunks per second with 192 clients, 2.45x the fastest published H100 figure and 4.24x NVIDIA's own published number. For a single request the H100 still wins at 16.08 ms versus 44.34 ms, and the four Macs list at $19,996 against at least $25,000 for one H100 card. The one-Mac version is a free download, while the multi-machine build requires an evaluation license.

November 5Thursday
  1. Waymo Blog38

    How the Waymo Driver Handles Severe Winter Weather

    Waymo is readying its fleet for severe winter weather, including a historic El Niño season, by expanding the 6th-generation Waymo Driver's cold-weather capabilities. The system combines cameras, radar and lidar with built-in heaters and micro-wipers, measures real-time traction at each wheel, and uses snow tires, while vehicles act as mobile weather stations sharing road data across the fleet. Waymo says it will slow, limit or pause service when conditions exceed its Safety Framework boundaries, and is running closed-course testing and heavy-snowfall data collection in Alaska this season.

October 27Tuesday
  1. Apple Newsroom42

    Apple introduces the new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6

    Apple announced the new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6, featuring a 12-core CPU and 12-core GPU that deliver up to 30 percent faster graphics and up to 25 percent faster AI workloads than M5. The chip adds a Dual 16-core Neural Engine and GPU Neural Accelerators for on-device AI, with up to 24 hours of battery life, Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth 6. Pre-orders open October 28, with availability starting Friday, November 6.

October 16Friday
  1. Waymo Blog45

    Waymo Heads to Toronto, Aiming for First Riders in 2028

    Waymo is expanding its fully autonomous ride-hailing service to Toronto, its first Canadian market, with a goal of welcoming its first riders in 2028. Waymo vehicles will begin driving manually on Toronto streets in the coming days as part of a phased, safety-first validation process starting with high-definition mapping. The company is partnering with Toronto-based Element Fleet Management and plans to invest in hundreds of roles across fleet maintenance, validation driving and customer service.