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Drawback: it’s radioactive

Forget recharging or swapping out disposable AAs every day. What if you could power energy-hungry devices for months or even years at a time from a single, reasonably-sized battery? A Washington state-based fusion energy startup is helping to make that dream a reality for DARPA, which wants higher-power radioactive batteries for space. …

Kubernetes luminary Kelsey Hightower thinks IT pros need to get smart about thriving in a world that’s trying to hide deep tech

As businesses drink the agentic AI Kool-Aid and go looking for productivity enhancements, IT professionals can deliver by rebranding their existing automations as “zero-token architecture,” according to Kelsey Hightower, a former Google distinguished engineer and a notable early promoter of Kubernetes.…

China-bound Hopper accelerators are also likely to ship in smaller volumes than previously forecast, industry watchers say

Nvidia's next-gen Rubin GPUs may end up shipping later and in smaller volumes than anticipated due to supply chain challenges, TrendForce warned on Wednesday.…

BAE says trials could offer cheaper way to counter uncrewed aerial threats

BAE Systems has successfully tested a laser-guided rocket system with a Typhoon fighter jet from Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) as a potential anti-drone weapon. It follows earlier trials in the US with the F-15E Strike Eagle.…

MATHBAC program wants better machine-to-machine chatter for scientific discovery

To supercharge agents' ability to make scientific discoveries, DARPA is looking to improve cross-bot collaboration by developing a "science of AI communication" that will help the models work together to come up with better ideas. …

Tangled tale nears end as Redmond classifies it as a tool, not a library

Microsoft has set an end-of-support date of April 7, 2027, for ASP.NET Core 2.3, the only supported version on .NET Framework, even though .NET Framework (and the original ASP.NET) will continue to be supported.…

To 'minimize disruption,' Bezoscorp offers a 20% discount on new hardware you didn't want

Updated  Amazon is rewarding long-time Kindle users by ditching support for aging devices, though it is trying to "minimize disruption" for existing customers by dangling a 20 percent discount for new models along with an eBook credit.…

Board-led inquiry follows indictment of two employees and a contractor over alleged diversion of Nvidia GPU servers

Supermicro has launched an independent investigation after three people associated with the company were charged with violating US export restrictions on China.…

Fresh and healthy, just like Windows 11 isn't

Bork!Bork!Bork!  You might say this bork was bread to fail, but at least it involves a version of Windows that most people actually like.…

ChipSoft's website remains down but emails are functioning

A Dutch healthcare software vendor has been knocked offline following a ransomware attack, officials say.…

Market watcher says money is pouring into British atomic and fusion startups amid massive energy demand

Investors are backing nuclear power as a solution to fuel the UK's datacenter buildout, according to researchers tracking investment activity.…

Supplier will support the current Oracle E-Business Suite and lead migration to a new Oracle Fusion SaaS platform

The UK's largest police force has awarded DXC Technology a contract worth up to £1 billion to develop and run a host of business process outsourcing services – including building a new Oracle ERP system.…

Two practice web addresses appear to have been compromised

Multiple domains belonging to Scottish healthcare providers have been hijacked and are now pushing links to adult content and illegal sports streams, according to a researcher.…

Martin Gillow's 3D recreation lets users explore would-be Enigma successor's mechanics and enciphering logic online

An enthusiast has built a digital 3D model of the SG-41 cipher machine, replete with wheels, levers, and stepping logic, accessible via a browser.…

Agents will look for info elsewhere unless official sources sharpen up

The UK's hopes of fueling cutting-edge AI development and applications with a National Data Library (NDL) could be dashed unless it makes datasets easier to use.…

'Proposal resurrects an existential threat to US leadership in space science and exploration'

First, the good news: the Artemis II crew has successfully swung around the far side of the Moon and surpassed Apollo 13's record for the farthest humans have traveled from Earth. Now the bad news: the White House is sharpening the budget blade once again.…

President Brad Smith tells an interviewer that Microsoft is reconsidering datacenter design in light of Iran war

Microsoft is reevaluating how it designs and builds datacenters in conflict-prone regions after Iran began targeting Middle Eastern bit barns in retaliation for US military operations.…

Opting out of personal data use won't be an option because Minister says that's a 'very big obstacle' to AI adoption

Japan’s Minister for Digital Transformation Hisashi Matsumoto has declared the nation will become the easiest place in the world to develop AI apps, thanks to legal changes that mean organizations won’t need to secure consent to use some personal information.…

Hasn't released it to the public, because it would break the internet - in a bad way

For years, the infosec community’s biggest existential worry has been quantum computers blowing away all classical encryption and revealing the world’s secrets. Now they have a new Big Bad: an AI model that can generate zero-day vulnerabilities.…

Your PLCs aren't internet-connected, right? Right?!

Iranian-affiliated actors have escalated intrusions targeting critical US water and energy facilities, in some cases disrupting operations, the FBI and American cyber defense agencies said on Tuesday.…