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Molten salt nuclear reactors slated to power Google datacenters in 2030
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, could be home to a molten salt reactor once again if Google-backed Kairos Power has its way.…
Facial recognition works better in the lab than on the street, researchers show
Facial recognition technology has been deployed publicly on the basis of benchmark tests that reflect performance in laboratory settings, but some academics are saying that real-world performance doesn't match up.…
Microsoft crams Copilot AI directly into Excel cells
Microsoft, in its ongoing effort to AI-ify every product it has, is now adding it right into the cells of Excel. Available on Monday to beta users of Microsoft 365 Copilot, a new COPILOT function allows you to task Redmond's AI with performing generative tasks right in, for example, C2 or B23.…
Physicist models new use for nuclear waste: Turning it into super-rare fusion fuel
Tritium is ridiculously rare, incredibly expensive, and central to most fusion energy reactor designs. If research out of Los Alamos National Lab proves to hold true, it might soon become easier to obtain.…
Pot calls kettle black as China dubs US 'surveillance empire' over chip tracking
Comment Chinese state media called the US an aspiring "surveillance empire" over its proposed use of asset tracking tags to crack down on black-market GPU shipments to the Middle Kingdom.…
GenAI FOMO has spurred businesses to light nearly $40 billion on fire
US companies have invested between $35 and $40 billion in Generative AI initiatives and, so far, have almost nothing to show for it.…
List or get off the pot: Auditors demand gov’t improve IT reporting or give it up
The US federal government first planned to standardize its categorization of IT costs, resources, and solutions back in 2017. Eight years later, the project has mostly stalled, say auditors, and now they're demanding that it either get priority or get the axe.…
AWS pricing for Kiro dev tool dubbed 'a wallet-wrecking tragedy'
AWS has introduced new pricing for Kiro, its AI-driven coding tool, but unlike the pricing originally announced, the latest plans are "a wallet-wrecking tragedy," according to many of its users.…