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The big picture: Data center equipment has become a popular target for cargo thieves as the AI boom has spurred the construction of these facilities. As shipments of GPUs and other equipment continue to go missing, new reports suggest that thieves are becoming more ambitious and sophisticated as the heists become more lucrative. According to … 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
Atomicwork Inc., an information technology service management startup, today announced the launch of an Artificial Intelligence Coworker Marketplace, providing enterprise IT and security teams access to pre-trained, certified AI workers who can collaborate with employees. The company said these agent AI employees include verified roles and skills in cloud infrastructure, access management, security and device … Read more
The big picture: A consortium of investors including American private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and Saudi Arabia’s state-owned Public Investment Fund (PIF) have reportedly approached Unity Software with an offer to acquire the company in a deal valued at around $25 billion. It is believed that Unity is seriously considering the offer and has … Read more
Joe Barnard, a self-taught rocket enthusiast and YouTuber, posted a video on his YouTube channel in which he flew a rocket at supersonic speeds to nearly 30,000 feet before deploying a small camera capsule near the tip to capture the parachutes opening from outside the vehicle in slow motion. The rocket launch took place just … Read more
Looking ahead: Despite Nintendo’s aggressive efforts, PC users were often able to play games released for the original Switch through emulation just days after release. Generative AI coding could help recreate a similar situation with Switch 2 games, although things are still in early, experimental stages. The latest target is a remake of The Legend … Read more
Artificial intelligence infrastructure commitments are increasing faster than evidence that contracted capacity has sustainable economic value. I spent 13 years on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. One lesson stayed with me long after the trading jackets disappeared: a transaction could be executed, documented, and perfectly valid, while the assumptions that made it … Read more
Chinese battery giant CATL is reportedly exploring a new type of air-breathing battery, a so-called lithium-air battery, that could theoretically provide a range of over 1,243 miles (2,000 km) for electric vehicles (EVs). In addition, these so-called lithium-air batteries could deliver at least five times higher energy density than solid-state batteries. And all of this … Read more
Thanks, AI: The Raspberry Pi is a widely used platform for custom computing devices and other DIY projects. Unfortunately, the British company is making some of its most successful products more expensive. A Raspberry Pi 5 now costs significantly more than when the device was introduced. Earlier this week, Eben Upton, co-founder and CEO of … Read more
Researchers in Italy have developed a polymer membrane that allows fluoride ions to move through a battery electrolyte at room temperature, removing a major obstacle to the development of next-generation fluoride-ion batteries. The quasi-solid gel membrane developed by a team at Politecnico di Milano acts as a fluoride exchange membrane (FEM), transporting fluoride ions between … Read more