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Humanity now has zero active robots at Venus as Japan ends 15-year ‘Dawn’ mission

Fri, 2025-09-19 01:18
Thanks for the memories, Akatsuki

Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency has decided to abandon its Akatsuki Venus orbiter, after losing contact with the craft last year.…

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Microsoft boasts about humongous datacenter on abandoned Foxconn site in Wisconsin

Thu, 2025-09-18 23:20
In a state known for dairy, football, and broken tech dreams

Microsoft's CEO has claimed the operating system-slinger is building the "world's largest datacenter."…

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Intel and Nvidia sitting in a tree, NVLink-I-N-G

Thu, 2025-09-18 21:35
But still no hero customer for Chipzilla's Foundry biz

Nvidia is set to become one of Intel's largest shareholders after the GPU giant announced on Thursday it would invest $5 billion in the struggling chipmaker under a co-development agreement targeting PCs and datacenter infrastructure.…

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Google stuffs Chrome full of AI features whether you like it or not

Thu, 2025-09-18 20:44
Why browse the web yourself when an AI sidekick can spoon-feed it to you?

Now that it knows it won't be forced to sell its browser, Google is cramming AI into every vacant corner of Chrome it can find, whether you like it or not. …

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Google pushes emergency patch for Chrome 0-day - check your browser version now

Thu, 2025-09-18 18:17
Sixth such Chrome flaw this year spotted by the Chocolate Factory, already in play

Google pushed an emergency patch for a high-severity Chrome flaw, already under active exploitation. So it's time to make sure you're running the most recent version of the web browser.…

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Atlassian drops $1B on company that helps measure dev productivity

Thu, 2025-09-18 17:31
Aussie CEO promises AI everywhere, and clearer views of what your devs are up to

Atlassian has continued its AI spending spree with a $1 billion takeover of developer analysis biz DX, a move it promised would give devs "less friction and more flow."…

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AI can now design functional viruses - not the computer kind, either

Thu, 2025-09-18 17:02
Inject this synthetic phage into E. coli and it kills better than the real thing

A group of Stanford bioengineers claim that they've created synthetic bacteriophages using AI-generated designs that not only work in the real world, but are far more infectious than their naturally-occurring counterparts. …

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Crims bust through SonicWall to grab sensitive config data

Thu, 2025-09-18 16:15
Vendor pulls plug on cloud backup feature, urges admins to reset passwords and re-secure devices

SonicWall is telling some customers to reset passwords after attackers broke into its cloud backup service and accessed firewall configuration data.…

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The Notepad that knew too much: Humble text editor gets unnecessary AI infusion

Thu, 2025-09-18 15:39
Copilot+ PC users can run the AI models locally. Others may need a subscription.

Microsoft is continuing to shovel AI functionality into its Notepad application, with Windows Insiders the first test subjects.…

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