Why Each Octopus Arm Has a Mind of Its Own
Two-thirds of an octopus’s neurons are in its arms—each operating independently—including the one it uses to have sex.
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How Pinterest Secures AWS Infrastructure at Scale with a Centralized Terraform Pipeline
Pinterest has revealed the Resource Provisioner Pipeline (RPP), its own Terraform execution engine. It ensures least-privilege access and needs dual-control reviews. This is important for the...
Read moreApple Earnings, More on Amazon’s Earnings
Apple's earnings (and stock) are limited not by memory but rather chip shortages; then, more on Amazon's earnings and Andy Jassy's market analysis.
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Chinese farmer kills 25 acres of crops after following AI-generated weed and pest control advice — farmer trusted pesticide recipe after months of successful advice
A farmer in China followed an AI app's advice for his 25-acre farmland, resulting in the death of his entire crop of sesame seedlings. 67-year-old man...
Read moreOld SGI Drivers Being Removed In Linux 7.3 Over Security Concerns
On top of various other Linux drivers for old hardware being removed due to noise generated by AI/LLM coding agents, there are more examples coming with...
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You can now check if you've been selected for The Duskbloods network test – here's how
The Duskbloods, the next game from Elden Ring, Dark Souls, and Bloodborne creator FromSoftware, is hosting its first-ever public test later this month. The network test,...
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Presentation: Leveraging Adversary Emulation for GenAI Red Teaming
Kennedy Torkura discusses practical GenAI red teaming techniques to safeguard LLMs and knowledge bases against security threats like data poisoning and LLMjacking on AWS. He explains...
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Europe expands its Starlink rival to 348 satellites as IRIS² moves into implementation — €15.6 billion network will boost EU government capacity by 60%, with launches starting in 2029
Europe has finalized plans for its €15.6 billion IRIS² satellite network, expanding it to 348 satellites with first launches scheduled for 2029.
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Gothic 1 Remake devs hint at next game while announcing a photo mode, "Marvin mode" for cheaters, and some mysterious "alternative progression systems"
THQ Nordic's Gothic remake is getting a Photo Mode, some mysterious "alternative progression mechanics", an official mod kit, and something called Marvin Mode, development studio Alkimia...
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Blizzard is Microsoft's "top performing" studio, thanks largely to Diablo 4 and Overwatch
While the Xbox division reels as a result of wide-ranging restructuring, that will leave thousands of people without a job, and some studios drastically reduced in...
Read moreThese startups are chasing the next big thing in LLMs
MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a first look at the future. You can read the rest...
Read moreAI for science needs reasoning, not just data
Every few decades, someone announces that science has reached its end. In 1903, the revered physicist Albert Michelson wrote that the “facts of physical science have...
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