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Sources detail Anthropic's compute deal spree: 3.5GW+ of expected capacity in 2026, diversifying beyond Nvidia's AI chips to Amazon, Google, and AMD, and more (New York Times)

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Sources detail Anthropic's compute deal spree: 3.5GW+ of expected capacity in 2026, diversifying beyond Nvidia's AI chips to Amazon, Google, and AMD, and more  —  Illustration by Mark Harris; Photographs by Thea Traff for The New York Times, AJ Mast for The New York Times, Manuel Orbegozo for The New York Times, Getty Images

Early humans needed more than access to water to settle ancient Arabian deserts

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Models of early population migrations assume people moved to places with easy access to water. But this assumption has left us with a fascinating mystery in ancient Arabia. Despite evidence that monsoon rains once filled lakes and supported grasslands in the vast sandy interior, evidence of early human occupation is concentrated almost entirely around the desert margins.