Russian military serviceman killed in St Petersburg car blast
This is the latest in a series of blasts targeting military personnel and others linked to Russia's war on Ukraine.
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Iran, Qatar hold Hormuz talks amid int’l hopes dialogue with US will resume
Officials review efforts being made to reduce war escalation and create 'appropriate conditions' for dialogue, Doha says
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies call for action to defend against rogue AI
Some of the world's largest tech companies and AI startups have come together to decry the current state of cybersecurity and to advertise a new solution that they say can ward off a new generation of cyber threats.
The iconic T-38 jets flown by astronauts just got a spiffy new look
"Everyone wants to take that aircraft up now..."
How California is preparing for Donald Trump’s midterm election scrutiny
Trump has accused the state of 'cheating'. But election officials say they are using outreach to combat misinformation.
How we saved 100 terabytes of memory by optimizing 1.1.1.1’s DNS cache
Five Rust-level memory optimizations to the DNS cache layout of Big Pineapple cut per-entry memory by 56%, freeing approximately 100 TB of memory across Cloudflare's fleet.
The stakes are high as Kevin Warsh is set to give his first major speech as Fed Chair
The stakes are high as Fed Chair Kevin Warsh prepares to give a speech on Friday at the annual gathering of economists and central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Google's Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash makes AI video generation cheaper and more flexible
Google's Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash video model now analyzes up to ten seconds of existing footage instead of just the last second for more consistent scene extensions. Scenes can be extended in 10-second increments up to 40 seconds. A new 360p draft mode runs up to 60 percent faster at a third of the cost. The article Google's Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash makes AI video generation cheaper and more flexible appeared first on The Decoder .
Time is running out for cyber security, warn top tech firms
The letter warns cyber-attacks which use AI will become more sophisticated in a matter of months.
Fashion startup Atorie raises $9.5M to bring consumers luxury goods without the markup
Shoppers can visit the Atorie website and buy handbags or clothes made from the same material — and coming from the same factory — that manufacturers use in high-end goods.
Managed PostgreSQL vs. self-hosted PostgreSQL: Key benefits and trade-offs
Compare managed PostgreSQL vs. self-hosted PostgreSQL across cost, control, security, resilience, scalability, and operational effort. The post Managed PostgreSQL vs. self-hosted PostgreSQL: Key benefits and trade-offs appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog .
Obituary: Ratko Mladic, war criminal convicted of Srebrenica genocide, dies
Ratko Mladic a Bosnian Serb war criminal, has died in prison aged 84.
Hoomanely’s building a smart feeding bowl and an AI platform to help owners spot when their pup is sick
Hoomanely has developed a smart bowl to measure and record dogs' feeding data, then tells owners if behaviors change.
RFK Jr. goes full anti-vaccine bananas over two measles deaths—one was a newborn
Kennedy and his allies have a history of downplaying vaccine-preventable deaths.
Ex-ICE agent charged over shooting is freed by Texas authorities
Christian Castro, accused of carrying out nonfatal shooting in Minnesota, walks free after extradition lapse.
Why Jim Cramer sees CrowdStrike as a buy despite its incredible comeback rally
Jim Cramer shares why there more momentum behind CrowdStrike's stellar performance this year
Close all open contributions authored by a blocked user
You can now automatically close all open issues, discussions, and pull requests authored by a user when you block them from your personal account or organization. To use this option,… The post Close all open contributions authored by a blocked user appeared first on The GitHub Blog .
Besieged Qusra residents fear permanent Israeli presence
Israeli forces have installed three new metal gates near Palestinian homes that are under siege in Qusra.
This duck will teach you reinforcement learning — and pick up your socks
You could have a mechanical duck waddling through your home before Christmas. Hugging Face‘s Pollen Robotics on Thursday opened pre-orders The post This duck will teach you reinforcement learning — and pick up your socks appeared first on The New Stack .
OpenAI’s rogue AI collective was smart enough to break out of sandboxes but dumb enough to fight a ghost
Around 1,200 isolated OpenAI agents organized themselves into a collective through an internal package registry during a safety test, broke into Hugging Face systems, and eventually attacked OpenAI's own infrastructure. Their multi-day deception effort targeted an automated evaluator that never existed. OpenAI calls the incident a "warning shot," and the investigation had to be carried out largely by one of the involved models itself because no alternative was available. The article OpenAI’s rogue AI collective was smart enough to break out of sandboxes but dumb enough to fight a ghost appeared first on The Decoder .
Speedo’s new smart goggles module can track all four swim strokes
Speedo is launching a removable smart module for its Vanquisher goggles that can analyze a swimmer's performance across all four swim strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. The new Speedo iQ system uses swim-specific sensors to analyze head movement in the water, time breaths, and track distance per stroke. Unlike other smart goggles, such as […]
Jensen Huang says Nvidia achieved AGI, again — not that it matters
On Nvidia's earnings call Wednesday, CEO Jensen Huang casually announced the company had "achieved AGI," one of the tech industry's ultimate goals some of its biggest players have spent years chasing. Almost immediately, Huang dismissed the coveted milestone as "senseless." He's right. For the supposed finish line of the AI race, there is no consensus […]
Zambian opposition leader in police custody: state media
Zambia's national broadcaster reports that Brian Mundubile, who wanted to challenge this month's presidential election results, and his running mate have surrendered to police and are being interviewed.
Russian serviceman dies in car blast in St. Petersburg
Russia has seen a series of assassinations against military personnel. Moscow has usually blamed Ukraine for the attacks, but Kyiv has not always claimed responsibility.