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Risk of an unprecedented negative adjustment prompts plan to let UTC drift by as much as an hour The prospect of a negative leap second – combined with decades of irritation over leap seconds generally – looks set to inspire a bit of global procrastination among international timekeepers. Next month, the General
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Americans are vibe-coding trading algorithms and handing over their stock portfolios to AI agents. Welcome to the world of the robot retail investor. Prefer HTon Google Like many of Wall Street’s top money managers, Colin Edsman has a team helping him stay on top of his investments. There is
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running
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OpenAI this week shipped GPT-6 Astra, a model its president called a “generational leap,” with some executives suggesting — carefully, and with hedges attached — that it might be a first glimpse of artificial general intelligence. For the security community, the more consequential headline is buried a few paragraphs down: Astra is
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Nvidia’s new beta software pools spare compute from Windows, Mac, and Linux machines on a local network — a hint at where distributed, privacy-first AI inference may be headed for the enterprise. Nvidia has released a free, open-source beta tool called PAIR — short for Personal AI Router — that lets compatible
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In what company executives describe as a pivotal shift toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), OpenAI has officially launched its newest flagship AI model, GPT-6 Astra. Billed as the world’s most intelligent AI model to date, Astra marks a fundamental transition from conversational chatbots to autonomous agents capable of navigating
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Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly testing a dedicated framework on Android that allows users to connect third-party AI assistants and automated agents directly within the messaging app. According to details spotted in the latest WhatsApp beta for Android, the feature aims to expand the platform’s conversational AI capabilities
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Matrix has been conferred with the FIST Awards 2026 in the category – Product of the Year Access Control (Vehicle and Pedestrian) – organised by the Fire and Security Association of India (FSAI). The recognition was presented at the awards ceremony held at the Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai. For Matrix, the
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A great teacher leaves behind lessons that stay with us for life. Today, many of those lessons also live in presentations, digital notes, research material, recorded lectures, student projects and multimedia resources that educators create, carry and build upon every day. This Teachers’ Day, Kingston Technology, a world leader in
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running
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OpenAI this week shipped GPT-6 Astra, a model its president called a “generational leap,” with some executives suggesting — carefully, and with hedges attached — that it might be a first glimpse of artificial general intelligence. For the security community, the more consequential headline is buried a few paragraphs down: Astra is
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running
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Today’s Wordle answer is made for those of you who like to guess vowels first. But be careful — one is repeated. Read on for hints and the answer. Today’s Wordle hints Before we show you today’s Wordle answer, we’ll give you some hints. If you don’
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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle includes some very complex topics. I was entertained by the blue group, and frustrated (as per usual) by the purple one. Read on for hints and today’s Connections answers. Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the
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Editorial independence is core to our work. Some links may earn us a commission, without influencing our opinions. I put Inalsa’s 14L dual-basket air fryer through everyday cooking to see whether two independent baskets really make mealtimes easier. Prefer HTon Google Aishwarya is your go-to guide for turning your
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Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? I didn’t know the answer to 4-Across, but the other answers helped me fill it in. Read on for all the answers. Mini across clues and answers 1A clue: Like sashimi and steak tartare Answer: RAW 4A clue: Unit of energy
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Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle has an especially tricky purple category, where you need to look for hidden words, and then add a letter. If you’re struggling with the puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers. Yellow group hint: Not
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Today’s Strands puzzle includes some words that might be tough to unscramble. If you need hints and answers, read on. Hint for today’s Strands puzzle Today’s Strands theme is: I’ve seen better. If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Meh. Clue words to
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Cloudflare Connect 2026: The Agentic Conference — Stop preparing for agents. Start running
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PUBLIC SECTOR DoD controls on mobile ad identifiers haven't stopped military location data turning up for sale The US military's effort to prevent troops from being tracked by adversaries through purchased location data hasn't worked as well as anticipated, and lawmakers want to know
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I've used a million printers over my decades of being a computer nerd and a professional photographer. I used to print professional 11 x 14 matte images like they were going out of style on the ol' Canon Pixma Pro9000. Less so these days with e-ink frames
