Tokenization helps companies bring AI agents into production

Companies struggling to bring AI agents into production are finding that tokenization and other data protection methods are now determining how quickly these projects move forward. But sensitive data fed into models is difficult to retract—and security checks designed for a slower era delay deployments. The challenge is to stop locking data and keep it … Read more

Intel’s next budget laptop chip may have no performance cores at all

Rumor mill: Intel’s next processor for low-cost Windows laptops and mini PCs is starting to come into focus as a new leak hits. Hardware leaker Jaykihn has released base specifications for the chip, codenamed Moon Lake, which describe a processor with four low-power cores and zero-power cores. Intel’s current entry-level N-series chips also forego performance … Read more

The furthest man-made object in space is losing contact with Earth

NASA briefly lost contact with Voyager 1 in mid-October after the nearly 50-year-old spacecraft stopped transmitting a detectable radio signal during two planned communications attempts. The signal returned on October 20, but engineers are still investigating what caused the disruption. The incident comes just weeks before Voyager 1 is expected to become the first man-made … Read more

The Hidden Threat in the Anthropic Prospectus: Diseconomies of Scale

Potentially the largest IPO in history Anthropic PBC takes new paths. His brochure lists 88 risk factors, which alone cover 93 pages. From artificial intelligence posing an existential threat to humanity to the possibility of AI blackmailing people, the company lists a whole host of risks that should make any potential Anthropic investor wary. However, … Read more

Elon Musk’s SpaceXSI is offering to buy hundreds of homes near its data centers as long as the owners don’t sue

Winners and Losers: It appears that Elon Musk’s company, recently renamed SpaceXSI, has found a way to discourage residents from joining a class-action noise pollution lawsuit against its data centers: they buy out their homes on the condition that they don’t sue. Real estate agents have gone door-to-door on behalf of the tech giant in … Read more

Scientists have created a pattern of light that survives a broken quantum bond

Quantum computers could become far more powerful if scientists could connect them via networks so they could exchange information using light particles. However, there is a big catch. The quantum connections that make this possible are very sensitive. Even small disturbances can destroy the entanglement between photons and bring communication between quantum devices to a … Read more

Military air surveillance to receive reinforcements and reveal the position of aircraft

Military air surveillance in Romania is expected to become more efficient with Thales’ deployable primary and secondary radar systems. The Romanian Ministry of Defense has contracted Thales to supply four operational primary and secondary radar systems to support both civil and military air surveillance, approach and landing operations. The four deployable ground-controlled approach radar systems … Read more

This smart screwdriver uses a camera and AI to identify screws and automatically adjust torque

Short: AI and machine learning are still largely associated with software, digital media and personal computers, but one company wants to show how the technology can improve power tools. Arrowmax’s upcoming Arrowspace S1 electric screwdriver set combines an HD camera, smartphone app, toolbox LED lights and an in-house AI model to take the guesswork out … Read more

Extreme Networks wants the network to run AI, not just be powered by it

Last AI Summit in Amsterdam, Extreme Networks Inc. shared early Agent ONE Coworker results and previewed Exchange Zones that leverage free access points and switch machines as on-premises artificial intelligence infrastructure. Here’s what it means and what IT professionals should do about it. Most conversations about AI and networks went one way. AI comes into … Read more