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Editor’s opinion: Modern gaming is quickly becoming a luxury market for a small number of wealthy customers. Hardware is no longer cheap and can be difficult to find, even if you have the means. And when the hardware is there and the requirements are met, the publishers are asking players to perform some never-before-seen download … Read more
Manufacturers rely on security infrastructure to protect data and maintain operations during disruptions. For companies with complex assets and decades of operational records, the ability to recover this data is an important part of business continuity. At Ascend Performance Materials LLC, data protection and cyber recovery are part of business interruption preparedness. As a recent … Read more
A team of US researchers has developed a novel metal alloy for nuclear fission reactors that can reportedly withstand stresses of up to 600 megapascals (MPa) at room temperature. The experimental alloy, called V555, was developed at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Scientists examined nearly 1,000 possible metal combinations to … Read more
Why it matters: Many commercially available drones today can track a cyclist on a trail, but most of them still rely on GPS to keep track of their position. This is a problem in a forest, where a dense canopy can make the signal quite unreliable. A laboratory at Purdue University has now introduced a … Read more
Neoclouds are said to be under pressure as companies like Gartner Inc. and Elon Musk both predict a bloodbath in the emerging cloud infrastructure segment in the not-too-distant future, but apparently no one has told General Compute Inc. about it. The cloud infrastructure startup announced today that it has just raised $100 million in a … Read more
The United States is preparing to provide up to $5 billion in federal loans to expand its existing fleet of nuclear power plants. The move comes as rising demand for artificial intelligence drives the search for 24/7 clean power. The US Department of Energy has announced a preliminary financing agreement with Constellation. Under the plan, … Read more
Crystal ball: Are you concerned about the increasing likelihood of an AI going rogue and killing us all? It’s a depressing thought, but an AI security expert sees the positive: His concern that the technology will lead to mass extinctions in the next decade has led him to stop saving for retirement. Nate Soares, president … Read more
Military systems take years to build, cost a lot and are difficult to replace once deployed. It is characterized by slow procurement cycles, strict restrictions and tough trade-offs between performance, cost and reliability. This category examines how modern militaries actually develop, acquire, and use technology and what this reveals about the conflicts they prepare for. … Read more
After OpenClaw caused a sensation – or triggered a tidal wave, depending on who you ask — In the artificial intelligence community, security became the top priority. Ahead of the upcoming KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA event, Red Hat LLC executives shared further insight into OpenShell, a secure, open agent runtime designed to keep OpenClaw deployments … Read more
The big picture: The NBA is the third major U.S. sports league, following Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League, to sign commercial partnerships with Kalshi and Polymarket, calling them its “Preferred Prediction Market Exchanges.” MLS also has an exclusive partnership with Polymarket through its commercial arm Soccer United Marketing. The NBA said the … Read more