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For the past two decades, cybersecurity has largely been a story about protecting humans from machines blocking malware, filtering phishing emails, companies mitigating DDoS attacks, and patching software vulnerabilities before attackers exploit them. The adversary was clear. The surface was known. The playbook, while imperfect, was at least legible, but
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Weather-monitoring company AcuRite is forcing device owners to use a new companion app on May 30, frustrating some long-time customers. AcuRite, which sells devices such as weather stations, indoor thermometers, and rain gauges, began emailing customers last month that they’d soon have to control their devices with the AcuRite
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Regional differences The researchers note that aerosols can also contribute to cloud formation, which also causes further losses. But the degree of that contribution is much harder to estimate, so the researchers focus on aerosols for much of the analysis. Some of those aerosols occur naturally, typically from dust kicked
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * Another day, another Linux bug. * There is a patch out now. * However, it's not available yet in most distros. Linux's latest kernel flaw doesn't have a fancy name; it&
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Jay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. ArXiv, a popular platform for preprint academic research, is taking a new step to attempt to reduce the volume of papers that include AI slop. If a
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* AI spent years learning how to imitate Molière’s theatrical voice * Versailles hosted a machine-assisted comedy inspired by 17th-century French theatre * Scholars rewrote AI-generated scenes thousands of times before public performances A group of scholars at the Sorbonne University haVE spent two and a half years teaching artificial intelligence to
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Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The Private AI That Remembers — Anuma is the all-in-one AI platform with private, portable memory.
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Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The Private AI That Remembers — Anuma is the all-in-one AI platform with private, portable memory.
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One of the most entertaining moments in VC this week was a piece of rage-bait marketing from General Catalyst. In a now-viral post on X that parodies the old Mac vs. PC commercials, the venture firm — better known as GC — posted a “VC vs GC” video on Wednesday. The VC
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Investors can’t seem to get enough of RJ Scaringe or his ideas. In less than a decade, the serial entrepreneur best known for his EV company Rivian, has raised more than $12.3 billion from venture capital firms, as well as strategic and institutional investors for his three — and
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Dive Brief The company’s beta release works directly from an enterprise’s agentic development architecture and focuses on developers. Published May 15, 2026 Dive Brief: * xAI is wading into coding agent territory with Grok Build, which it unveiled for software engineering and complex coding on Thursday. * Grok Build works
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Leaked regulatory images have revealed a compact Microsoft controller designed for Xbox Cloud Gaming. The photos are said to come from Brazil, where the controller appears in black and white variants with clear Xbox branding. The design is smaller and more rectangular than the standard Xbox Wireless Controller and features
