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OpenAI is launching a new initiaitve designed to provide subsidized access to its models to water systems, electricity providers, local governments and other critical services . Why it matters : Critical infrastructure organizations — which have long lacked the budget, manpower and time needed to shore up their cyber defenses — have been struggling to prepare for the anticipated wave of AI-enabled…
Having more than 150 non-human primates at a research center fall ill with diarrhea in a stomach-churning outbreak that flowed for over two years doesn't sound much like good fortune. But for some scientists, it kind of was, providing a heaping pile of valuable data on how they might finally defeat a foul foe. In a study published in the latest issue of Science Translational Medicine , scientist s…
<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/09/spotify-gisting-llm-performance/en/headerimage/spotify-app-size-growth-process-1788462838475.jpeg"/><p>Shopify's engineering introduced gisting, a novel technique for compressing long LLM prompts into a smaller set of learned "gist" tokens, improving throughput and reducing inference cost.</p> <i>By Sergio De Simone</i>
WeatherNext 3 is also supposed to be much better at predicting precipitation. WeatherNext 3 is also supposed to be much better at predicting precipitation.
A prominent US senator is asking the National Security Agency to provide guidance to the general public on best practices for using virtual private networks to secure their communications from spying by foreign adversaries. VPNs funnel all of a user’s Internet traffic through an encrypted connection to a remote server. The design provides strong assurances that no one between the user and the serv…
In this moment, where we're starting to wonder if we're controlling AI or if it's starting to control us, we're confronted with the emergence of a new and potentially wildly more powerful model in the form of OpenAI's Astra or GPT-6. On Tuesday, OpenAI cofounder and CEO Sam Altman announced that Astra's training is complete and that it's a "significant step forward." However, in that same X post,…
For years, fiber optic patch cords have been among the more standardized products in optical connectivity procurement. LC-LC, SC-LC, single-mode or multimode—once the basic specification was confirmed, buyers could compare suppliers largely on price, lead time and product quality. That model still works for many conventional telecom and enterprise network projects. But as data center networks move…
The state was the first to target VPN usage in the wake of age verification laws, but an ongoing court case has put things on ice. The state was the first to target VPN usage in the wake of age verification laws, but an ongoing court case has put things on ice.
The company is about to formally launch the gold two-seater, with no steering wheel or pedals -- a move that could change Tesla forever.
New Jersey yesterday asked the Supreme Court to rule on whether states can regulate sports betting on prediction markets such as Kalshi. “Companies like Kalshi claim to offer legal sports betting in all 50 states, but they refuse to follow the gambling laws of any state," New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said in a press release announcing the lawsuit. In April, the US Court of Appeal…
A fast-growing maker of nutrient-dense macaroni and cheese could soon be elbowing for more shelf space in grocery stores, thanks to its acquisition by a pasta powerhouse. The iconic Italian pasta maker Barilla Group announced Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Goodles , a relative newcomer to the pasta aisle, for an undisclosed amount. The deal will usher in a new era of growth for the Santa…
The high-profile startup's annual revenue run rate stands at over $100 million.
I got early access to GPT-6 Astra: when I say this model broke through tasks I couldn’t crack with 5.6 Sol or Fable, I mean it specifically: the ChatPRD product intelligence feature, building 3D games, the hardware hack, and a handful of one-shot coding projects I’d tried and failed on repeatedly. Listen or watch on YouTube , Spotify , or Apple Podcasts What you’ll learn: Why Astra’s computer use…
The grid has been straining under the weight of new AI data centers, and that has utilities courting fusion startups.
Rippling sells one bundle for HR, IT, and finance, and the pitch lands well until an HR team reads the invoice. The base platform carries a low sticker price, then payroll, benefits, device management, and app provisioning each arrive as separate modules with their own per-employee fees. For a people team that wants a strong […] This story continues at The Next Web
Even as they feel the squeeze from inflation, workers are saving more than ever. The average retirement account balance just hit a record high, according to a new report from Fidelity. The average IRA now sits at $144,523 and the average 401(k) holds $155,800—both totals up 10% from the first quarter of the year. The peak in retirement savings tracks with a winning streak for the stock market, whi…
Game and yap from across Epic's ecosystem. Game and yap from across Epic's ecosystem.
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This series explores AI use cases: how AI can help you reach a solution or outcome. Remember that AI is probabilistic and can make mistakes, so anything it helps produce should be clearly labelled as AI-assisted and validated by a human It should also have a disclaimer similar to what most chatbots display beneath their output. I had a story on my writing list about how I use AI. I wanted an examp…
Part 1 of Engineering HaloLog: making high-performance telemetry claims reproducible and falsifiable. 23.9 ns/op is a dangerous number. It is precise enough to be repeated and incomplete enough to mislead. Without the work unit, output contract, clock semantics, sink, concurrency model, hardware, toolchain, and competing configurations, it is not yet an engineering result. It is only a number with…
Anker has announced a new eufyMake fabric printer It can print straight on to fabrics or on to film surfaces We're still waiting on pricing and an exact on-sale date The product announcements out of IFA 2026 continue apace, and we're very taken by the new eufyMake printer that was just unveiled by Anker. Described as a "personal fabric printer", it's capable of putting designs on a wide variety of…
If we're being honest, Amazon could have picked absolutely anybody to host the new season of The Grand Tour on Prime Video . From a random but established presenter who is trying something off-brand to a complete unknown fresh from a internship — you name it, they could have had the job. But for two of our three new faces, their casting in the new series feels incredibly predetermined. James Engel…
Tottenham Hotspur, a professional soccer team that’s part of the Premier League, has saved over 85 percent in licensing fees by replacing its stadium's VMware instance with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise’s (HPE’s) Morpheus VM Essentials (VME) virtualization software. Tottenham hasn’t disclosed which VMware products it used or how much it previously paid the Broadcom firm. The soccer organization confi…
This is especially noteworthy, as the cans cost just $150. This is especially noteworthy, as the cans cost just $150.
Every year, Hot Girl Summer arrives with the same promise that this will finally be the season when you meet someone. You’ll have a summer fling, fall in love on vacation, or somehow find your future boyfriend while drinking an Aperol spritz on a rooftop. Then Aug. starts winding down, you’re still single, and it can feel like you missed your chance. But there’s no need to panic,…
The upcoming fall season is the perfect excuse to buy a new pair of running shoes as the weather cools down and we can enjoy the outdoors again. Amazon's Labor Day sale surprisingly has excellent deals on top-rated running shoes from brands like Nike, Skechers, Hoka, Brooks, and more. • Shop Amazon's full Labor Day sale I've rounded up the best running shoe deals for women and men below, with savi…
TikTok backed out of a congressional committee's "public roundtable" set for this month over concerns it would be asked about child safety practices, the chair of the committee said . After negotiating "in good faith" to bring TikTok's chief security officer before the House Select Committee on China to answer questions about Chinese government access to Americans' data and the TikTok algorithm, C…
Abliteration.AI is making powerful AI models without guardrails easier to access, arguing that giving defenders the same tools as bad actors could ultimately improve cybersecurity.
OpenAI says its ChatGPT service is recovering from a limited outage this morning amid similar problems affecting SpaceX's Grok and Anthropic's Claude. It might not be a good time for a chat. "A routing error starting around 7:43 am PT on Thursday, September 3 made ChatGPT and Codex unavailable for some users across platforms," a company spokesperson told The Register. "As of about 8:17 am PT on Th…
Fruit flies aren't exactly famous for their brainpower; you've probably drowned more than one in a wine glass left too long on the patio table. And yet, working with roughly 140,000 neurons—a brain smaller than a poppy seed— Drosophila can sort through a huge range of smells in a fraction of a second, and then retain the memory of that scent for a long time. In this, they do much better than curre…
For its new Muse Spark model, intended for operating coding and other agents, Meta is offering an explicit discount averaging out to about 95% for users who "contribute" to the development of future models by sharing their prompts and model outputs.
Summer has put a serious financial squeeze on consumers. According to a new report, three main expenses drove up financial pressure this summer more than anything else—none of which were luxurious trips to the ocean. The August 2026 report comes from the consumer trends research platform Pymnts. According to the research, the majority of consumers will be paying off summer debts into the fall: 58%…
Anything but your console or PC can be an Xbox for 5-15 hours a month. Anything but your console or PC can be an Xbox for 5-15 hours a month.
Samsung’s Q990F is a full home audio system in a single box. | Image: The Verge Researching, buying, then finally assembling a sound system for your TV is daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. If you want one of the best kits you can get at a rare discount, Best Buy and Amazon are selling the Samsung Q990F Soundbar for $999.99. It normally retails between $1,300 and $1,600. This bundle includes a 4…
A lawsuit claims the policy was stricter on third-party developers than Apple itself. A lawsuit claims the policy was stricter on third-party developers than Apple itself.
The disgruntled security researcher known as Nightmare Eclipse (aka Chaotic Eclipse, Infinite Nightmare, and now also MSNightmare) is moving away from their singular Microsoft vendetta and on to other vendors. On Thursday, they dropped a new zero-day bug called FalconFlank that affects CrowdStrike’s Falcon endpoint security platform - albeit with a Windows link. According to the prolific zero-day…
Pangram hired an "attack dog" to shame alleged AI users on social media. But the campaign blurs two things that aren't the same: Pangram only somewhat reliably measures whether AI was used, while the shaming implies the person didn't think or work on their own. A high AI score hits a text built on hours of original research just as easily as one cranked out from a ten-second prompt. The article Pa…
OpenAI leaders think the company’s next generation model, which excels at computer use and coding, may mark a major milestone in AI development.
OpenAI claims that Astra represents "a new frontier on computer and browser use," and that it handles tasks with unmatched "speed, accuracy, and safety."