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Early AI aspirations to deploy advanced AI tools to modernize the enterprise are bumping up against real gaps in the supporting role of what is increasingly being called “context” and human expertise. In 2026, context deserves quote marks because it is so widely used in different ways to basically characterize
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I have a confession to make: I’m a former espresso perfectionist. For years, I kept notes on grinder settings for specific coffee roasts and origins, undoubtedly a holdover from my STEM studies. I was the first to say that my mill was just as — if not more — important than
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Atlassian today announced it is expanding its productivity tool Trello to support Model Context Protocol (MCP). AI assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Cursor can now create boards, organise cards, update checklists, and manage work directly in Trello. Users of both the free and paid versions of Trello can
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Researchers uncover patterns in how sleeping minds recombine memories, people, and places Your brain apparently spends the night remixing reality rather than simply replaying it, according to researchers armed with AI and more than 3,700 accounts of dreams and waking life. Researchers at Italy's IMT School for
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Elon Musk’s X has told Australia that its plan to tighten enforcement of a world-first ban on under-16s using social media would breach international law. The company has trained its objection on a bill that would let the country’s online-safety regulator demand documents from people who live nowhere
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Mark Zuckerberg has come out against one of Washington’s favourite ideas about artificial intelligence: that the way to beat China is to shut its models out. In an interview with the Financial Times published this week, Meta’s chief executive said banning advanced Chinese AI from use in the
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For the first time, a streaming service has overtaken the BBC as the place UK viewers say they turn to first. In Ofcom’s annual Media Nations report, published this week, Netflix was named first choice by 26% of viewers, just ahead of the BBC on 25% and ITV on
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With memory prices spiralling, you wouldn't give HP much chance of delivering a good value gaming laptop. But the Omen 16 Slim does an impressive job given market constraints. You get decent gaming performance, good build quality and excellent battery life. The connectivity could be better and it&
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IP intelligence and bot detection company Spur Intelligence announced it has received a $200 million investment from Insight Partners. Founded in 2017 and operating fully bootstrapped for nine years, Spur will use the fresh funding to accelerate and scale its operations. The US-based firm provides real-time intelligence to help organizations
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A server management feature designed to work when a computer’s operating system is unavailable is exposing password-derived authentication data on thousands of internet-facing systems, according to new research from Lava. Researchers identified 36,872 publicly accessible Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) interfaces using the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI). Of
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to place its private detention network beyond the reach of state inspectors, publishing draft contract terms that declare state and local laws “shall not apply” to the facilities, according to federal documents reviewed by WIRED. The new terms were published earlier this month,
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Most fraud strategies fail before a fraudster is ever detected, because they evaluate documents, rather than people. Consider the operational reality: a customer signs up for a fintech service. Their government-issued ID clears every document check. Their selfie matches. Their name passes the database lookup. Onboarding completes. What no one
