Thompson fends of challenger to win Mississippi primary

According to Decision Desk HQ, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) is projected to win his primary race, fending off a long-shot challenge from 34-year-old antitrust attorney Evan Turnage. Thompson, a 78-year-old civil rights leader, has represented Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District for more than 30 years. He is expected to emerge victorious in the November general election…

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AI chipmaker Cerebras namedropped by Oracle, alongside Nvidia and AMD

As AI chipmaker Cerebras angles for an eventual IPO, the company appears to have landed a significant cloud-computing customer: Oracle. On a conference call with analysts on Tuesday following Oracle’s quarterly earnings, Clay Magouyrk, one of the software vendor’s two CEOs, indicated that his company’s infrastructure includes Cerebras chips, alongside graphics processing units (GPUs) from…

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