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Something shifted in early 2026. In the space of just a few months, HSBC named David Rice as its first Chief AI Officer, Lloyds appointed Sameer Gupta as Chief Data and AI Officer, and the UK government hired Kalbir Sohi to the newly created role of Chief AI Officer, the
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TeraBox AI bundles a presentation maker, essay writer, scanner, and research assistant into the free storage app I already use, and most of it works well for quick, low-stakes tasks. It won't replace a dedicated AI writing or design tool, since the strongest features sit behind a paid
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For decades, basketball training technology has relied on repetition and pre-set programming modes. The standard machine simulates a game by shooting balls at varying angles. Those shots are often not random but a reaction to the player's movements. As a result, the player ends up learning how to
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* HBO has released a mid-season trailer for House of the Dragon 3 * It teases the high fantasy show's next major battle in the Targaryen Civil War * A game-changing betrayal could happen soon, too The Dance of the Dragons is about to get even deadlier and more deceitful in
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Jesse McGraw isn’t a hacker; at least, not by his own definition. He accepts he was a hacker, and a blackhat hacker, and that he still retains the mindset of a hacker. But he is no longer a hacker, he says. Early days He realized he was a hacker
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Intel has announced its Starfire 18A node SoC built for orbital and deep-space applications. Designed explicitly for the U.S. government to satisfy stringent size, weight, power, and cost constraints, this heavy-duty processor merges commercial AI performance with ruggedized, space-grade durability. Space is notoriously hostile to traditional silicon, with threats
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* Darktrace reports cryptojacking via a compromised AI gateway (LiteLLM‑Proxy on AWS Bedrock), breached through exposed SSH and abused with XMRig mining * Attackers also showed suspicious IAM activity, hinting at possible cloud credential misuse, with connections traced to Vietnam * Experts warn AI gateways concentrate privileged access, urging strict port closures,
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The Los Angeles Police Department is reportedly ending its deal with Flock Safety, a surveillance company that helps law enforcement track vehicles using thousands of its license plate cameras placed across the United States. A senior LAPD official told news outlets, first reported by ABC7 and The Los Angeles Times,
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Waze, the Google-owned navigation app, is getting new AI-powered features and customization updates, including the ability to report road updates conversationally and get personalized navigation. Some of the new features are powered by Google’s Gemini AI assistant, which reflects the tech giant’s broader push to integrate Gemini across
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cleared SpaceX to fly Starship prototypes again, after the company identified the probable cause of the failure of the rocket system’s booster stage during a flight in May. SpaceX said over the weekend that the next flight of Starship could happen as soon
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Brave Leo is one of the more thoughtfully built AI assistants on the market, combining genuine privacy protections with a growing feature set that now includes agentic browsing and customizable keyboard shortcuts. It's a natural fit for existing Brave users, though the browser-only access limits its appeal for
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Intel is pouring $5.7 billion into its Leixlip campus in Ireland to expand operations for its next phase of manufacturing, part of which includes scaling capacity to deliver Xeon 6 and next-gen Xeon processors built on its Intel 3 node. More immediately, the big capital investment expands the site&
