Real hard drives have handles – two handles. And no, that's not the BFG. Read Entire Article
Google introduces agentic AI browsing to Chrome with “Auto Browse”
The feature marks one of Google's most determined steps toward agentic AI, where software systems carry out tasks through context-aware reasoning and automated control of user interfaces. Auto Browse is now in preview for paid subscribers in the AI Pro and AI Ultra plans, it uses the company's latest Gemini......
Meta Reality Labs posts worst quarter ever: losses hit $6 billion, pushing total to $80 billion
Reality Labs' $6.02 billion operating loss was even worse than the $5.67 billion analysts had been expecting. The segment managed to record $955 million in sales, which was at least better than the $940.8 million that had been predicted. Read Entire Article
Windows 11 hits one billion users in less time than Windows 10
While adoption was initially gradual, Windows 11's momentum accelerated over the past year. Chief Executive Satya Nadella told investors the user base is up more than 45 percent year-over-year, attributing the growth to Windows 11's role in modernizing the PC ecosystem and strengthening OEM revenue. Read Entire Article
Jensen Huang says Nvidia’s Vera CPU will challenge Xeon and Epyc in the data center
This decision represents far more than a new product launch; it is the culmination of Nvidia's push to become a one-stop silicon provider for AI and high-performance computing. The company's strategy is clear: rather than relying on GPUs to accelerate other firms' CPUs, Nvidia now wants its own architecture to......
Nine out of ten DuckDuckGo users don’t want AI anywhere near their search
DuckDuckGo recently asked its community whether they actually wanted AI baked into their web browsing experience. The response was loud and clear: an overwhelming majority said no. Now, the company says it's going to honor that choice by offering two different versions of its search experience. Even so, power users......
ASML slashes 1,700 jobs even as demand for chipmaking machines hits record highs
CEO Christophe Fouquet framed the restructuring as an effort to make ASML more agile. Roughly four percent of the company's global workforce – about 1,700 positions – will be cut, primarily affecting managerial and support roles in the Netherlands, with smaller reductions in the US. Read Entire Article
Neural network detects 800+ rare cosmic phenomena in historical Hubble archives
A study demonstrates that AI can be harnessed for scientific discovery. The neural network in question, named AnomalyMatch, was used to detect hundreds of previously unknown anomalies in our local universe. Researchers first tested it on the historical Hubble dataset, but the AI is expected to reveal even more cosmic......
Crypto laundering surged to $82 billion last year and the numbers keep rising
The data represents a staggering leap from 2020, when illicit crypto laundering totaled just $10 billion globally. By contrast, last year's total reached $82 billion, driven largely by the rise of specialized Chinese-language "guarantee platforms" and related laundering services operating across Telegram, payment processors, and over-the-counter markets. Read Entire Article
After 70 years of false starts, fusion energy is finally gaining momentum
The machines at their center, called tokamaks, have evolved from experimental curiosities into instruments capable of sustaining confined plasma – matter so hot it mimics the interior of stars – for record periods of time. Read Entire Article