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DARPA looking for battery that could power a laptop for months
Forget recharging or swapping out disposable AAs every day. What if you could power energy-hungry devices for months or even years at a time from a single, reasonably-sized battery? A Washington state-based fusion energy startup is helping to make that dream a reality for DARPA, which wants higher-power radioactive batteries for space. …
Call your existing automation ‘zero-token architecture’ to become an instant agentic AI wiz
As businesses drink the agentic AI Kool-Aid and go looking for productivity enhancements, IT professionals can deliver by rebranding their existing automations as “zero-token architecture,” according to Kelsey Hightower, a former Google distinguished engineer and a notable early promoter of Kubernetes.…
Nvidia's Rubin GPU is likely to be late thanks to memory shortage and technical challenges
Nvidia's next-gen Rubin GPUs may end up shipping later and in smaller volumes than anticipated due to supply chain challenges, TrendForce warned on Wednesday.…
RAF eyes cheap drone-killer as Typhoon jet tests laser-guided rockets
BAE Systems has successfully tested a laser-guided rocket system with a Typhoon fighter jet from Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) as a potential anti-drone weapon. It follows earlier trials in the US with the F-15E Strike Eagle.…
Minnesota State payroll problems grew after Workday launch, auditors say
A Workday-based HR platform rollout at Minnesota State universities and colleges likely left more than a thousand faculty and staff with payroll errors.…
Talk ain't cheap: DARPA offers grants for new AI-to-AI communication protocol
To supercharge agents' ability to make scientific discoveries, DARPA is looking to improve cross-bot collaboration by developing a "science of AI communication" that will help the models work together to come up with better ideas. …
Microsoft calls time on ASP.NET Core 2.3 on .NET Framework
Microsoft has set an end-of-support date of April 7, 2027, for ASP.NET Core 2.3, the only supported version on .NET Framework, even though .NET Framework (and the original ASP.NET) will continue to be supported.…
Supermicro launches probe after staff charged with China export violations
Supermicro has launched an independent investigation after three people associated with the company were charged with violating US export restrictions on China.…
Amazon rewards loyal Kindle devotees by closing the book on old e-readers
Amazon is rewarding long-time Kindle users by ditching support for aging devices, though it is trying to "minimize disruption" for existing customers by dangling a 20 percent discount for new models along with an eBook credit.…
Showing the Windows 10 desktop was the yeast they could do
Bork!Bork!Bork! You might say this bork was bread to fail, but at least it involves a version of Windows that most people actually like.…
Dutch healthcare software vendor goes dark after ransomware attack
A Dutch healthcare software vendor has been knocked offline following a ransomware attack, officials say.…
Investors are going nuclear to keep UK's AI datacenters fed
Investors are backing nuclear power as a solution to fuel the UK's datacenter buildout, according to researchers tracking investment activity.…
DXC lands Metropolitan Police outsourcing deal that could climb to £1B
The UK's largest police force has awarded DXC Technology a contract worth up to £1 billion to develop and run a host of business process outsourcing services – including building a new Oracle ERP system.…
NHS Scotland-linked domains caught serving pr0n and dodgy sports streams
Multiple domains belonging to Scottish healthcare providers have been hijacked and are now pushing links to adult content and illegal sports streams, according to a researcher.…
Virtual SG-41 project brings Nazi cipher machine to life in the browser
An enthusiast has built a digital 3D model of the SG-41 cipher machine, replete with wheels, levers, and stepping logic, accessible via a browser.…
UK's grand plan to fuel AI with public data faces uphill battle
The UK's hopes of fueling cutting-edge AI development and applications with a National Data Library (NDL) could be dashed unless it makes datasets easier to use.…
Microsoft hints at bit bunkers for war zones
Microsoft is reevaluating how it designs and builds datacenters in conflict-prone regions after Iran began targeting Middle Eastern bit barns in retaliation for US military operations.…
Japan relaxes privacy laws to make itself the ‘easiest country to develop AI’
Japan’s Minister for Digital Transformation Hisashi Matsumoto has declared the nation will become the easiest place in the world to develop AI apps, thanks to legal changes that mean organizations won’t need to secure consent to use some personal information.…
Anthropic: All your zero-days are belong to Mythos
For years, the infosec community’s biggest existential worry has been quantum computers blowing away all classical encryption and revealing the world’s secrets. Now they have a new Big Bad: an AI model that can generate zero-day vulnerabilities.…
Iran cyber actors disrupting US water, energy facilities, FBI warns
Iranian-affiliated actors have escalated intrusions targeting critical US water and energy facilities, in some cases disrupting operations, the FBI and American cyber defense agencies said on Tuesday.…