Is ‘Attention’ the Essence of Intelligence?
A mathematical mechanism enables AI models to process language at scale, undergirding the current AI revolution. Our columnist asks: Why is attention the key? The post...
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Arc Raiders player-numbers rebound with the launch of Frozen Trail and the game’s 2.0 release, but they might be deceptively high
Arc Raiders has clearly managed to entice back lapsed players with its latest update, Frozen Trail, which upgrades the game to version 2.0. Many players see...
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Firefox 158 released with JPEG XL support
Firefox 158 is now available to download, providing out-of-the-box support for JPEG XL images. JPEG XL is said to have better compression than other image formats,...
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openEuler is Revamping the Development Experience of the Open Source Community With an AI Toolchain
AI now reviews code and fixes CVEs in the community's pipelines, DevStation moves to a 2-week update cycle, and openEuler is layering an agent-native OS on...
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Your Computer Memory is a Lie
When you first learn to program, memory seems pretty straightforward. You have a bunch of bytes, each with an address. If you want to read or...
Read moreInside AvisLoader: A Windows Malware Loader Built to Resist Disruption
A new Windows malware loader called AvisLoader uses encrypted peer-to-peer communications to make command-and-control infrastructure harder to disrupt. Varonis researchers explain how the malware uses ClickFix...
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Docling vs LlamaParse: How to Extract PDF Tables in Python
Learn how to extract tables from a PDF in Python with Docling and LlamaParse, and compare local parsing against a cloud API on speed and cost.
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They War-Gamed Dimming the Sun. It Went Even Worse Than You Think
Solar geoengineering could buy humanity time against climate change—or trigger a dangerous new arms race. A first-of-its-kind simulation offered a glimpse of what happens when geopolitics...
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Intel to phase out SGX after Xeon Diamond Rapids in favor of TDX
Intel set to discontinue SGX after Xeon 'Diamond Rapids' and focus on expanding TDX capabilities to meet emerging security requirements of cloud computing, enterprise workloads, and...
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No Man’s Sky is coming to the iPhone and iPad
The No Man's Sky universe is about to get a little bit smaller - but in a good way. Hello Games announced that its long-running sci-fi...
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Android is the best and worst thing about Googlebooks
My first week with the new Android-powered laptops has been about as rocky as anyone's, but I've slowly learned to like them, even if love still...
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Spotify More Than Doubled Monthly Code Changes as AI Accelerated Development
Spotify reports that AI-assisted development more than doubled monthly merged changes, prompting a review of quality and reliability controls across its engineering organization. The company describes...
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