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Ex-WhatsApp executive sues Meta over alleged secur...
The former top security executive at WhatsApp filed Monday a US federal lawsuit alleging that parent company Meta systematically violated cybersecurity regulations and retaliated against him for reporting the failures.
Light-based chip can boost power efficiency of AI ...
A team at the University of Florida has developed a new kind of computer chip that uses light with electricity to perform one of the most power-intensive parts of artificial intelligence—image recognition and similar pattern-finding tasks. Using light dramatically...
Judge reviews $1.5B Anthropic settlement proposal ...
A federal judge has begun reviewing a landmark class-action settlement agreement between the artificial intelligence company Anthropic and book authors who say the company took pirated copies of their works to train its chatbot.
Safety, progress, and the need for Artemis 2.0
At an all-hands meeting on Friday September 5, Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy found himself on the defensive regarding former Administrator Jim Bridenstine’s recent comments about NASA’s failure to move quickly enough to “beat” China back to the Moon....
'Scoring' a good view: A new tool optimizes window...
The marketing material shows natural light flooding through floor-to-ceiling windows. But in real life, neighbors can easily see inside the apartment; the view outside includes a parking lot; and the oversized windows mean costlier energy bills.
Independent 20th Century to Relocate to Breuer in ...
“This is more than a new venue location, it’s a symbol of how we wish to imagine unforgettable exhibitions of the 20th Century for a well-informed audience and for a new generation of collectors,” said Independent’s founder Elizabeth Dee.
‘No One Knows All It Takes’ Invites Community Heal...
A core component of this Colossal-curated exhibition is community participation. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article ‘No...
The M365 Copilot Assitants, Zey Do Nothing
The UK Government tested out the effectiveness of Microsoft's AI powered M365 assistant, picking up 1,000 Copilot licenses to distribute to a selection of employees. The results are somewhat amusing, with…
Build and scale adoption of AI agents for educatio...
This post demonstrates how to quickly build sophisticated AI agents using Strands Agents, scale them reliably with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, and make them accessible through LibreChat’s familiar interface to drive immediate user adoption across your institution.
Skai uses Amazon Bedrock Agents to significantly i...
Skai (formerly Kenshoo) is an AI-driven omnichannel advertising and analytics platform designed for brands and agencies to plan, launch, optimize, and measure paid media across search, social, retail media marketplaces and other “walled-garden” channels from a single interface. In...
Computing’s Top 30: Nipun Jaswal
To keep his edge, international cybersecurity expert Nipun Jaswal does more than stay up on current security threats and trends; he literally keeps his hands in the game, regularly coding—in up to 10 different languages—and doing lab work including...
Electrode porosity control boosts lithium-air batt...
The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), in collaboration with Seikei University, has successfully enhanced the power output of lithium-air batteries, which are attracting attention as next-generation batteries. By developing a highly porous electrode made of carbon nanotubes, the...
2025 VMAs Ratings Highs Deserve Applause Applause ...
The 2025 VMAs reached more than 5.5 million viewers, its biggest audience since 2019.
The best external drives 2025: Top picks in portab...
External USB/Thunderbolt SSDs and/or hard drives (aka direct-attached storage, or DAS) are a super-convenient way to add storage capacity to your system as well as back it up. External drives are also extremely handy for transporting data between locations...
Early Windows 11 25H2 benchmarks confirm the updat...
Phoronix tests Windows 11 25H2 against 24H2, Ubuntu 25.10, and Ubuntu 24.0.3 LTS. But testing shows that 25H2 has no additional optimizations under the hood, matching 24H2 in performance.
AI adoption rate is declining among large companie...
Despite continuing hype around AI, and companies scrambling to keep up with manufacturing, a recent survey says that large companies have started to use AI less. The latest U.S. Census Bureau BTOS reveals that AI use among firms with...
'Re-entrant' mixing behavior in organic solar cell...
In a new study, an international team of researchers created phase diagrams for organic solar cells based on a composite of a polymeric semiconductor and a "small molecule acceptor" (SMA).
This amazing Logitech deal chucks in a free gear s...
Bag a Logitech G923 TrueForce racing wheel, DE9 gear shifter, and racing gloves for just $214 in this amazing racing sim deal