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RISC-V pioneer StarFive has announced the launch of an in-house processor core designed for high-performance computing workloads: the 昉·天枢-100, or Dubhe-100, built around the RVA23 specification with out-of-order vector execution for boosted performance. "Dubhe-100 is designed to meet the rapidly growing demand for computing power driven by emerging
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Because apparently even ransomware gangs can't trust the people they do business with A ransomware affiliate appears to have found a new way to squeeze victims for cash: pose as the good guy and undercut the criminals it was working with. Researchers at GuidePoint Security say an outfit
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Most organizations don't need convincing that AI has potential. What I'm seeing instead is businesses trying to work out how to turn that potential into something that delivers real value. Across the organizations we're working with, the conversation has shifted. Business leaders are increasingly
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* Windows 11 is getting per-app permissions for all desktop software * Previously this was limited to just apps from the Microsoft Store * Microsoft has also decided to drop an incoming interface addition called the drag tray, which had drawn complaints from some testers Windows 11 is finally giving you a full
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We all know they’re watching us. But we don’t know who they are, nor why nor how they are doing it. Nobody does anything without reason. So, organizations watch and track us for a purpose. That purpose is always for their benefit, not ours. But who are they?
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The White House has published a new National Security Science and Technology strategy. It names 15 critical technology areas the United States intends to lead. Artificial intelligence and autonomy is one of them, with 12 subfields listed underneath. Open-weight AI is not among them. Neither open weights nor open-source software
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TL;DR AI can recommend deals in seconds, but the governance gap between recommendation and decision is widening. DealHub AI argues that pricing logic, approval thresholds, and margin rules must be encoded once and enforced on every quote, whether built by a rep or an AI agent. Enterprise customer Digitate
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Two US senators have written to TikTok about an experiment that switched off a safety feature for roughly 15 million American users. Their letter runs to four pages and sets out 13 questions. It gives the company until 1 September to reply. The senators call the decision to run the
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Alibaba’s net profit fell 75% in the June quarter, to $1.54bn. The cause was not a weak business. It was the bill for building one. Capital spending reached $9.98bn in three months, up 75% on the same quarter last year, according to the results announcement. In the
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If your working day, like mine, means spending long hours staring at a monitor, you'll be interested in Gunnar's Riot glasses that combine tinted blue-light-filtering lenses with anti-reflective treatment designed to cut glare. Tick the 20% off coupon box on the page and you can grab
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Futurists and business leaders spend enormous amounts of time trying to improve the quality of their information. We study weak signals, emerging technologies, demographic shifts, economic trends, geopolitical risks, consumer behavior, and scientific breakthroughs. We build scenarios, hire experts, analyze data, and increasingly ask artificial intelligence to help us recognize
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Chinese quadcopter maker HoverAir (part of Zero Zero Robotics) might have managed to bypass the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) new restrictions on foreign-made drones, launching the HoverAir Versa as a DJI Pocket-like camera with optional wings and propellers. On the surface, the $450 device is packaged as a standalone, handheld
