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Cerebras says its chips run a trillion-parameter AI model nearly 7 times faster than GPU clouds

Cerebras says its chips run a trillion-parameter AI model nearly 7 times faster than GPU clouds

Published by skeptic

Less than a week after completing the largest tech IPO of 2026, Cerebras Systems is making its most aggressive play yet to dominate the fast-growing AI inference market. On Monday, the Sunnyvale-based chipmaker announced that it is now running Kimi K2.6 — a trillion-parameter open-weight model developed by Beijing-based Moonshot AI — for enterprise customers at nearly 1,000 tokens per second, a speed no GPU-based provider has come close to matching. The result, independently verified by benchmarking firm Artificial Analysis, clocked in at 981 output tokens per second, making Cerebras 6.7 times faster than the next-fastest GPU-based cloud provider and 23 times faster than the median. For a standard agentic coding request involving 10,000 input tokens, Cerebras delivered the full response — including prompt processing, reasoning, and 500 output tokens — in 5.6 seconds, compared to 163.7 seconds on the official Kimi endpoint. That’s a 29-fold improvement in time to final answer. “We’re really wanting to be very clear and show that we can do the largest models,” James Wang, Cerebras’ director of product marketing, …

Waking Up At Night? Sleep Experts Explain How Many Times It's Normal To Be Awake

Waking Up At Night? Sleep Experts Explain How Many Times It's Normal To Be Awake

Published by Sam Flores

Johns Hopkins Medicine says we have mini wake-ups about 20 times a night, but don’t remember or observe the experience Did you know that getting up at night to pee has a name (nocturia)?  Not only that, but it turns out there are “normal” amounts of midnight number ones to expect by age, too. Younger people usually get up to urinate once a night, while those in their 90s may still be in the “usual” range if they make four trips in the wee hours.  But not all nocturnal disruptions are to do with the loo. According to a 2010 study, just under a third of us wake up in the middle of the night at least three times a week; while older research found 23% of us get up a minimum of once a night.  And according to experts at the Sleep Foundation, those numbers might be affected by age, as after 60, they say, our circadian rhythm changes.  What’s a normal amount of times to get up at night? As teens, our circadian …

Comedy hero | Radio Times

Comedy hero | Radio Times

Published by Daniella Wilson

Add After Life to your watchlist When Ricky Gervais appears on screen for our Zoom chat, it could be a scene straight out of Extras, his merciless comedy lampooning all that is self-important about Hollywood and its luminaries. Behind him, I count at least five Bafta Awards, two Golden Globes and, on a low shelf, almost as an afterthought, an Emmy. “Are those in case I had forgotten what you’ve done?” I ask. “Well, it’s my office…” he starts, before breaking into a trademark Gervais howl of laughter. “I could have faced the camera in another direction, I know.” If any homegrown entertainer deserves to have their trophies up front and centre, it’s Gervais. Since breaking into the public consciousness and changing the rhythm of British comedy for ever with his mockumentary series The Office in 2001, the Reading-born comedian, actor, writer and director has enjoyed a hit rate second to none. As well as executive producing the US version of the show, he and co-creator Stephen Merchant followed up with Extras and Life’s Too …

The new comedy gold | Radio Times

The new comedy gold | Radio Times

Published by Daniella Wilson

Democracy has prevailed – and its results, as always, make for interesting reading. In February, when RT asked our readers to vote for their favourite modern British comedy, we set out to dispel the negativity that can characterise conversations on the current state of the genre. To this end, we focused on shows that started from 2010 onwards, which, controversially, barred treasured 21st-century series such as The Office, Gavin & Stacey and Peep Show from being included in the longlist. Although the absence of these shows – among others – was undoubtedly felt by fans, our aim was to produce a result distinct from any other polls we’ve seen in the past. In the process, we sought to elevate the next generation of “all-time greats”. British comedy has been one of our proudest exports for decades, but we can only protect its premier status for future generations if we celebrate recent efforts as enthusiastically as the genre-defining classics. For decades, British comedy has been one of our proudest exports Once more our thanks go to …

Kentucky primaries 2026: Poll times, key races and what to watch | US Midterm Elections 2026 News

Kentucky primaries 2026: Poll times, key races and what to watch | US Midterm Elections 2026 News

Published by Sam Flores

US President Donald Trump’s effort to unseat Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has transformed Kentucky’s 4th District primary into one of the most closely watched and expensive races of the United States’ midterm election season. Massie, a conservative known for repeatedly breaking with his own party, provoked Trump’s anger after opposing US strikes on Iran and backing efforts to release files linked to convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Now, the seven-term congressman is facing a heavily funded challenge from Ed Gallrein, a former Navy SEAL endorsed by the president. Recommended Stories list of 1 itemend of list With more than $20m spent on the race ahead of Tuesday’s vote, the Kentucky primary is shaping up as a major test of Trump’s grip over the Republican Party, and whether Republican voters will side with the president or a legislator who has built his reputation on defying party leadership. Kentucky is also holding primaries for the open US Senate seat being vacated by longtime Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, who has served seven terms. On the Republican side, …

David Lammy Refuses 5 Times To Say If UK Should Rejoin EU As Labour Brexit Row Erupts

David Lammy Refuses 5 Times To Say If UK Should Rejoin EU As Labour Brexit Row Erupts

Published by Sam Flores

Pro-Europe campaigners near parliament. David Lammy has repeatedly refused to say whether the UK should rejoin the European Union as Labour’s Brexit civil war burst back into the open. The deputy prime minister refused five times to say whether the result of the 2016 referendum should be reversed when asked on Sky News. Meanwhile, a Labour MP said it was “absolutely brainless” for the party to even be discussing the issue because it would cost them even more support in working class areas that voted to Leave. Labour’s splits over Brexit reignited over the weekend when leadership hopeful Wes Streeting described it as “a catastrophic mistake” and said the UK should rejoin the EU. That piled pressure on his rival, Andy Burnham, who wants to be Labour’s candidate in the upcoming by-election in Makerfield, where the majority of people voted for Leave. Burnham, who told last year’s Labour conference that he wanted to see the UK back in the EU in his lifetime, wants to avoid discussing the issue during the campaign. Asked on Sky …

BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend 2026 schedule: Opening and stage times

BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend 2026 schedule: Opening and stage times

Published by Daniella Wilson

BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend is fast approaching, with an act for every kind of music lover. Across three stages and plenty of acts to choose from, there is a wide selection to keep fans occupied over the three-day event from artists performing new music to the biggest chart-toppers. This weekend (Friday 22 May to Sunday 24 May), the music extravaganza will take place in Herrington Country Park in Sunderland, with the annual event pulling out all the stops once more. Gates will open Friday at 2pm, and 11am on Saturday on Sunday – and each day will end at approximately 10pm. Trying to work out which acts might clash? Here’s where you can find your favourites across BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend. BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend 2026 schedule Friday 22 May 2026 Fatboy Slim. Mark Holloway/Redferns It’s quite the jam-packed day kicking off the weekend, with a headline performance from Fatboy Slim to conclude the excitement of the day. Main Stage 3pm – 4:10pm: Boo 4:10pm – 5:25pm: Charlie Hedges 5:25pm – 5:55pm: Clementine …

Tom Brady in Times Square: Inside Demna’s Audacious NYC Gucci Show

Tom Brady in Times Square: Inside Demna’s Audacious NYC Gucci Show

Published by Jenni Sidey

There has never been a luxury fashion show in the heart of Times Square, and there probably never will be one again. “It’s a fucking logistic nightmare,” said Demna on the eve of his first Gucci cruise show, which shut down a few blocks of Broadway on a balmy Saturday night where it felt like the entire city was outside. Which was kind of the point. The designer chose the location because it is “the most impossible thing.” As I noted in my report from the Dior cruise show last week in LA, one purpose of these mid-season extravaganzas is to wine and dine very important clients, so the “resort” experience tends to be seamless and smooth, with everything designed to reinforce an airtight fantasy narrative wrapped up in a vacation-like atmosphere. But where’s the fun in that? At around 8:20 p.m., a group of Condé Nast editors polished off the last handful of french fries at Sardi’s and trooped a few blocks uptown to the show entrance. We wound our way through a river …

Tom Brady, Mariah Carey, and Lindsay Lohan Walk Into Times Square: Inside Gucci’s New York Takeover

Tom Brady, Mariah Carey, and Lindsay Lohan Walk Into Times Square: Inside Gucci’s New York Takeover

Published by Sam Flores

The show itself was described as “a stylistic cross-section of New York City,” with models meant to evoke the kinds of people one would find on the street. Except that in this New York, it appeared, everyone is über-thin. To Demna’s credit, there was less cosplay here than there was in that Balenciaga show in Los Angeles. Instead, what emerged was the beginning of a fully-formed vision for Demna’s take on Gucci, outlined even more thoroughly at the after party, hosted at a Madison Avenue venue fashioned as the Gucci Mansion. There was the Gucci Gym in question, plus a Gucci hotel room with Gucci karaoke, a double-G pool table, and more delightfully hilarious Gucci-fied extravagancies. Lady Bunny sang her rendition of “New York, New York,” and guests devoured miniature burgers that were offered in tiny Gucci boxes. Demna understands better than most that luxury today is about participation and access rather than craftsmanship and a certain look. Alex Consani walks the Gucci cruise 2026 show ALESSANDRO GAROFALO Glamorous on the verge of vulgar, elegant …

Opera in Ragged Times | Larry Wolff

Opera in Ragged Times | Larry Wolff

Published by José Betancourt

During the first hundred days of Donald Trump’s second presidency, while he was devastating American society with mass deportations and shredding the global economic order with arbitrary tariffs, he also found the time to make himself chairman of the board of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.—the first time a president has ever assumed that position. Trump’s newly chosen board of directors probably have no legal authority over the name of the center, which was declared by Congress in 1964 to be a memorial to JFK. But on December 18, 2025, they voted anyway to rename the institution as The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts and added the new designation to the exterior of the building. The living president has thus claimed the Center as a memorial to himself.     On January 9, 2026, the Washington National Opera, which has been performing at the Center for decades, announced that it would be departing immediately. And yet it still managed to mount its …