Anthropic wants Congress to set strict limits on when federal agencies can prevent advanced AI models from reaching users. A confidential draft law received from POLITICALLY would condition government intervention on specific catastrophic threats and require court approval for suspensions. The proposal would provide pioneering AI developers with a clearer legal framework while limiting the … Read more
WTF?! Nuengnara “23savage” Teeramahanon says he racked up 32 kills in a Dota 2 match while police watched to prove he was a professional player. The Xipto Esports carrier is keeping up the performance and convinced officials to release its team after a raid on its boot camp in Kuala Lumpur. The story has attracted … Read more
Blue Origin is expanding its operations in Florida to support a much faster launch schedule and is targeting multiple flights to New Glenn per week by the end of the decade. The plan includes a $330 million production expansion, additional launch pads and new facilities for payload processing and booster refurbishment. The company says it … Read more
What the FOSS: In recent years, Microsoft has transformed its “modest” anti-malware tool Defender into a comprehensive security solution for Windows computers and cloud environments. The Redmond-based company is now expanding Defender support to Linux desktops and servers. Microsoft believes that Linux systems also need an enterprise-focused security solution like Defender. Redmond’s anti-malware solution, notorious … Read more
Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5 has developed a quantum circuit design that uses 17 times fewer gates than a previous approach. The result could help engineers run sophisticated quantum algorithms with fewer computing resources. It also offers a new way to address one of the biggest technical challenges of quantum computing: balancing memory requirements and processing … Read more
70 For now, if you want to dabble in gaming, content creation, and AI workflows, it’s probably the best laptop you can buy that isn’t a MacBook Pro. More importantly, I expect this to be the start of a new era in Windows laptops that will become something truly special in the not-too-distant future. On … Read more
Engineers at an Ontario nuclear power plant have reached a major milestone in rebuilding a reactor core, completing a crucial phase nearly a month ahead of schedule. According to Bruce Power, its Block Reactor 4 reached the milestone 25 days faster than the previous block. The team assembled all 480 calandria tubes that form the … Read more
First look: Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update targets the small lags that make a PC feel slow, with changes to memory management and everyday tools like Startup, Search, and File Explorer. The company says Windows is now up to 20% more responsive when testing select tasks. The operating system can also keep up to 2GB … Read more
Orbiting 250 miles above the planet, NASA astronaut Anil Menon celebrated his 50th birthday in a way few ever could. He received a special delivery package. After a 51-hour orbital pursuit that began with a stunning predawn launch, SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station’s Harmony module on October 15. The … Read more
A hot potato: There’s been an unusual trend lately: despite increasing resistance to building data centers and AI in general, more people are using the technology than ever before. A company CEO highlighted this blatantly hypocritical behavior, suggesting that critics might not be so vocal if they had to choose between shutting down data centers … Read more