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The new version of Xcode (26.3) introduces agentic coding capabilities with the integration of Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex. This aims to simplify and accelerate the development process for Apple developers.
ACE-Step 1.5, an open-source model for music generation, is now available. It promises to outperform Suno in quality, generating full songs in about 2 seconds on an A100 GPU and running locally on PCs with 4GB of VRAM. The code, weights, and training material are fully open.
A Linux benchmark revealed that the China-made Loongson 3B6000 12-core CPU performs significantly worse than AMD's Ryzen 5 9600X 6-core CPU. Low clock speeds appear to be a limiting factor for the Loongson CPU.
French startup MyC has secured €10 million for its software platform that digitises employee health management in complex industrial environments. The funding will be used to expand the product and sales team internationally.
Qwen3-Coder-Next is available, a new language model developed for programming applications. The model is accessible via Hugging Face and related discussion is active on Reddit. This release represents a significant update in the field of language models specialized for code.
Qwen3-Coder-Next, a language model developed for programming applications, has been released on Hugging Face. Its availability on the platform facilitates access and integration by developers. The model promises to improve efficiency in software development.
The integration of AI and robotics in real-world settings, such as manufacturing and logistics, is forcing a fundamental rethink of AI compute, data management, and systems design. Large-scale simulation is becoming tightly coupled with real-world operations.
Applications used to report sightings of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents have been targeted by hackers. Attackers sent threatening messages to users, claiming to have compromised their data and shared it with authorities. While there is no concrete evidence of this, the incident raises concerns about the security and privacy of users of these apps, which are already under scrutiny for their controversial nature.
SpaceX's acquisition of xAI raises questions about the real synergies and strategic motivations. Beyond the narrative of a $1.25 trillion mega-company, the operation seems to primarily address xAI's need to find a new home. The long-term implications for artificial intelligence, space infrastructure, and data sovereignty remain to be clarified.
Western Digital introduces new hard disk drives designed for higher performance and lower power consumption. The goal is to compete with QLC NAND-based solid-state storage solutions, improving efficiency and reducing the energy footprint of data centers.
Venture capital firm Peak XV is transitioning board roles and opening a U.S. office, while maintaining India as its largest market. The company continues to invest heavily in artificial intelligence, despite internal disagreements that led to partner exits.
OpenAI is focusing resources on ChatGPT development, at the expense of long-term research. This strategic shift, driven by increasing competition from Google and Anthropic, has led to the resignation of key figures such as Jerry Tworek, Andrea Vallone, and Tom Cunningham.
Intel and SoftBank subsidiary, Saimemory, are collaborating to develop Z-Angle Memory (ZAM), a vertical-stacked memory for AI data centers. ZAM promises 2 to 3x more capacity, greater bandwidth, and half the power consumption compared to current solutions.
London-based startup TaxNova has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding to automate R&D tax credit claims for tech companies. The platform leverages AI to streamline the claim process, connecting directly to the tools engineers use.
A photo booth company, Curator Live, has exposed a large cache of customers’ photos, often showing them in compromising situations. A security researcher flagged the issue, highlighting the privacy risks associated with data collection even at private events.
A security vulnerability in Moltbook led to the exposure of 1.5 million API keys. The flaw allowed direct database access through an exposed Supabase key, enabling the reading of private messages and content modification. The incident raises concerns about access management and data security in agent-based platforms.
The article analyzes how tools for verifying the authenticity of AI-generated content are failing to restore social trust. The use of AI to alter images and videos by government agencies and media raises questions about the effectiveness of current countermeasures and the need for new strategies.
An engineer linked a 1980s ZX Spectrum computer to the Kerbal Space Program simulator. The interface between the Spectrum's BASIC environment and the simulation environment is implemented via Python and serial communication, demonstrating an ingenious approach to using dated hardware.
Elon Musk aims to build space-based data centers by merging SpaceX and xAI. The goal is to achieve a compute capacity of 100 gigawatts, with ambitious plans to launch a million tons of satellites annually and a power of 1 TW.
Swedish VC Kinnevik has written down the value of its stake in Stegra, a green steel startup, by half. The write-down is due to higher anticipated costs for the construction of a plant for hydrogen-based steel production. The project has been delayed and is now expected to open in 2027.
The town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, has been selected as the UK's first "Tech Town". An initial investment of £500,000 will be used to integrate artificial intelligence into various aspects of local life, from businesses to public services, to assess the impact and potential of the technology.
Jonathan Nolan, producer of 'Fallout' and showrunner of 'Westworld,' believes AI can be a valuable tool for new filmmakers, but not for major Hollywood productions. Nolan highlights a moment of great excitement in the AI sector.
A new platform of AI agents sharing instructions via prompts could replicate the history of the Morris worm. A programming error could lead to uncontrolled spread, with potentially serious consequences for connected systems. The similarity to the 1988 worm raises concerns about the security of AI networks.
TechBBQ, Denmark’s largest startup organisation, has received a €2 million grant from the Danish Industry Foundation. The aim is to strengthen Denmark’s international visibility in technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship, consolidating the country's position as a leader in the sector.
Intel has launched the new Xeon 600 series processors for workstations, offering up to 86 cores. These processors support memory up to 8000 MT/s, 128 PCIe Gen5 lanes, and a TDP of 350W with overclocking support. They are positioned as an alternative with a better core/price ratio compared to AMD Threadripper 9000.
Ronnie Sheth, CEO of SENEN Group, emphasizes the importance of a solid data foundation for successful enterprise AI. Many companies jump into AI without proper data preparation, leading to disappointing results. SENEN Group helps companies fix data issues and build an effective AI strategy, starting with proper data management.
Generative AI is pushing demand across the industry. Data interconnects, such as Silicio Photonics, may well be the next big bottleneck that hyperscalers need to be paying attention to. Following copper, power, DRAM, and NAND, data movement speed becomes crucial.
OpenIndiana, the open-source project built atop Illumos that is continuing to maintain and advance the former OpenSolaris code, is working on modernizing the Image Packaging System (IPS) package management solution. As part of that, they are working to move from a C and Python codebase over to Rust.
The Notepad++ project disclosed a supply chain attack starting in June 2025, involving the hijacking of its update server. Chinese state-sponsored hackers are suspected.
Mozilla has introduced the ability to completely disable generative artificial intelligence features within the Firefox browser. This decision responds to the need to offer users greater control over the integration of AI and its presence in the browsing experience.
A LocalLLaMA user raises concerns about bot activity on the platform, including misleading comments and vote manipulation. The discussion focuses on the need for defense strategies to protect the community from these threats.
Greg Holmes from Apptio (IBM) emphasizes the importance of financial rigor for scaling intelligent automation. Successful pilot programs often fail in large-scale deployment due to initial financial models that ignore the real costs of production. Integrating FinOps with automation allows shifting from reactive to proactive cost management, assessing value from the start and monitoring marginal costs.
A new version of the NTFS driver for Linux is available, based on the original code and aimed at delivering superior performance and new features. The goal is to provide a more efficient alternative for those who rely on this Microsoft file system.
OpenClaw, an AI-powered personal assistant that users interact with via messaging apps, has prompted a wave of malware and is delivering some shocking bills. Its architecture raises serious concerns about user data and credential security.
The arrival of GLM-5, a new language model, has been announced. The confirmation came via a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Jietang. Further details on the model's capabilities and specifications are expected with the official release.
GLM has released an open-source Optical Character Recognition (OCR) model. The model, named GLM-OCR, is available on Hugging Face. It appears to be composed of a 0.9 billion parameter vision model and a 0.5 billion parameter language model, suggesting potentially fast inference.
A developer has built Qwen3-TTS Studio, an interface for voice cloning and automated podcast generation. The system supports 10 languages, runs voice synthesis locally, and can be integrated with local LLMs for script generation.
A researcher discovered a prompt injection payload on Moltbook designed to drain funds from cryptocurrency wallets. The payload, disguised as a technical guide, exploits vulnerabilities in AI agents that process social feeds. The attack highlights the importance of treating external data as untrusted and separating read and write functions.
FedEx is deploying AI-powered tools to improve delivery tracking and returns management for enterprise customers. The goal is to automate customer service tasks, increase visibility into shipments, and reduce friction in the return process, optimizing internal operational workflows.
Veremark, a London-based company specializing in background and credential verification, has raised $26 million in a Series B funding round. The investment will support further product development, AI capabilities, and global expansion. Veremark offers employee screening, whistleblowing platforms, and a blockchain-based digital career passport.
An experiment with networked AI agents, called Moltbook, has reignited the debate on the future implications of distributed artificial intelligence. The initiative raises crucial questions about the interoperability, security, and ethics of AI agents operating in complex and interconnected environments.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is scheduled to attend upcoming summits hosted by Dassault Systèmes and Cisco. His presence underscores the growing importance of hardware acceleration and generative artificial intelligence across various industrial and technological sectors.
German startup enclaive has raised €4.1 million in seed funding for its multi-cloud confidential computing platform. The solution aims to protect data during processing, enabling companies to use cloud environments without compromising security, especially in sensitive sectors such as finance, healthcare, and AI.
UK-based startup Lateral has secured £2.5 million in seed funding to develop healthcare and financial products for the over 60s. The funding will be used to support the rollout of the Lateral Health Plan, which combines financial cover for private healthcare, care navigation, and stay-healthy benefits.
Shanghai is accelerating the development of its 'Oriental IC Port' and has added fourth-generation semiconductors to its technology roadmap. This move underscores the strategic importance the city places on the advanced integrated circuit industry.
Polaron, an AI-focused startup developing tools for materials science, has raised $8 million. The funding will support the development of an intelligence layer for materials research and development, automating the interpretation of microstructure and linking processing decisions to performance outcomes in the automotive, energy, and other industrial sectors.
UBEES, a company specializing in beekeeping applications for regenerative agriculture, has closed an €8 million Series A funding round. The financing will support the integration of pollination into agricultural practices and value chains, focusing on environmental data analysis and pollinator health monitoring through connected beehives.
London-based Refute, an AI-powered counter-disinformation company, has raised £5 million in seed funding. The company plans to use the new funding to further develop its technology and address the growing challenges posed by disinformation threats.
Apple has acquired Q.ai, signaling a further investment in the integration of hardware and artificial intelligence. This strategic move could lead to improvements in device performance and new AI-driven features, with a focus on optimizing the user experience.
Salesforce identifies three key trends in artificial intelligence that are reshaping the enterprise landscape. The article explores how these trends are shaping businesses and their future strategies, with a focus on the evolution towards agentic models.
A new hybrid system, MediGRAF, combines knowledge graphs and LLMs to query patient health data. The system integrates structured and unstructured data, achieving 100% accuracy in factual answers and a high level of quality in complex inferences, without safety violations.
A novel framework, PPoGA, enhances the ability of Large Language Models (LLMs) to answer complex questions based on Knowledge Graphs. Inspired by human cognitive control, PPoGA introduces self-correction mechanisms to overcome the limitations of initial reasoning plans, achieving superior performance in multi-hop KGQA benchmarks.
A new measurement framework addresses the challenge of analyzing complex systems that are difficult to reach directly. The method combines indirect data from multiple sources, interpretable machine learning models, and triangulation techniques to obtain meaningful insights even in the absence of complete or reliable data.
OGD4All is a framework based on Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance citizens' interaction with geospatial Open Government Data (OGD). The system combines semantic data retrieval, agentic reasoning for iterative code generation, and secure sandboxed execution, producing verifiable multimodal outputs. Evaluated on City-of-Zurich data, it achieves high accuracy and reliability.
A new study addresses the complete identification problem of ReLU neural networks, which exhibit nontrivial functional symmetries. The research translates ReLU networks into Lukasiewicz logic formulae, transforming them through algebraic rewrites governed by the logic axioms. This approach is reminiscent of Shannon's work on switching circuit design.
A new study compares FastAPI and NVIDIA Triton Inference Server for deploying machine learning models in healthcare, evaluating latency and throughput on Kubernetes. The analysis highlights the benefits of a hybrid approach to balance performance and data security.
The Industrial PC (IPC) market for edge applications is reaching maturity, driven by increasing demand in robotics and medical sectors. This evolution pushes manufacturers to develop increasingly specialized and high-performance solutions to meet the needs of these areas.
The AI competition in China is heating up with ByteDance and Alibaba announcing new flagship models. This move highlights the growing importance of the Chinese market in the development and deployment of advanced AI technologies.
According to DIGITIMES, lower tariffs on US car imports in Taiwan may not automatically translate into lower prices for consumers. Several factors, including shipping costs and manufacturers' pricing strategies, influence the final price.
Data centers are evolving to support the increasing workloads of artificial intelligence. New rack-level power architectures are emerging to better manage the energy demands of high-performance GPUs, optimizing efficiency and reducing operating costs.
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