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"AI tokens are working capital," said Tarun Pant, Director of Customer Engineering, Google Cloud, while moderating a discussion on startup AI economics at Google Cloud Startup Summit 2026 in Bengaluru. The line, in a way, captured a problem that kept coming up often through the event. The air
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At OpenAI’s annual DevDay conference, the company pulled out all the stops to compete with its rivals — primarily Meta, whose Muse AI agent platform has seen early runaway success. CEO Sam Altman walked onstage to cheers and announced Dots, a “real-deal AI” agent powered by GPT-6 Astra, “inspired by
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On the global stage, too few organizations are implementing new technology to defend against new technology employed by attackers. PwC’s 2027 Global Digital Trust Insights report surveys just short of 4,000 businesses and tech leaders in more than 70 countries. It seeks to understand how industry is responding
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Samsung has entered the ever-growing open-ear clip-on audio trend with the Galaxy Buds On, although limited availability and its price tag may give pause to some. Resembling clip-on earrings, the Galaxy Buds On are designed to gently (but securely) hold onto your outer concha, leaving the ear canal unobstructed for
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Today I’m talking with Josh Dzieza, a longtime features writer here at The Verge, about Kevin O’Leary’s plans to build a massive data center in Utah. The idea was to build the world’s biggest data centers — a 40,000-acre AI campus with nine gigawatts of power,
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The HP OmniBook 3 is the fastest - and I think the best - laptop you can buy under $500 right now in the US. You can buy it direct from HP for as little as $449.99, a saving of 50% (or $450) off its SRP of $900. But
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Every new consumer technology category seems to go through a similar cycle. Companies race to expand what a product can do, packing devices with as many features, sensors, and capabilities as possible to stand out. Privacy questions often become more urgent only once those products are already in people’s
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Rob Juncker is chief product and technology officer at Mimecast. Is he a hacker? “Unequivocally yes,” he says. “And I think every security leader should be able to answer ‘yes’ to that question, for so many reasons.” He started early, when his parents brought home an Apple IIc. He was
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Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have created a new optical-neural processor that uses light to help identify deepfake videos quickly and accurately. Unlike conventional systems that typically examine videos one after another using digital hardware, the UCLA technology can analyze 15 or more video streams at
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AI is helping us find software vulnerabilities faster than ever. That’s great news for cybersecurity. But, there’s a consequence we don’t talk about nearly enough: More vulnerabilities discovered means more vulnerabilities to fix. More vulnerabilities to fix means more patches. And more patches mean more pressure on
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* Critics claim a competition-winning video was made using AI * They cite unusual movements in the cells shown in the footage * Contest organizer Nikon says it is investigating Last month, a video depicting airway cells in motion in a child’s body wowed the world and took home first prize in
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* New Microsoft report shows cyber activity is increasing around the globe * AI is reducing the timescale of attacks, but its also helping defenders detect intrusions * The UK faces the most state-sponsored cyber activity in Europe As AI becomes more widely available and lowers the barrier of entry into cybercrime, hackers
