ClickFix attacks are surging, and Microsoft says you are the only defense
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Chinese AI Chip Firm Axera Aims for $379M Hong Kong IPO
According to Reuters, Chinese AI chipmaker Axera Semiconductor filed on January 30 to raise HK$2.96 billion, or about $379.2 million, through an initial public offering…
L3Harris Wins Navy Deal for Marine Corps’ Red Wolf Missile
According to Reuters, defense contractor L3Harris Technologies announced on Friday, January 30, that it secured a U.S. Navy deal to develop its Red Wolf vehicles…
Apex Legends Drops the OG Switch, But Switch 2 Lives On
According to GameSpot, developer Respawn Entertainment announced it is shutting down the servers for Apex Legends on the Nintendo Switch. The upcoming Season 29 will…
CZ Pushes Back on Blame for Historic Crypto Market Crash
According to Bloomberg Business, Binance co-founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao has publicly rejected claims that his exchange caused the historic crypto market crash on October 10,…
Michigan Wants Its Money Back From Chinese Battery Maker
According to Reuters, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel sent a letter on Friday demanding Chinese battery company Gotion Inc. return $23.7 million in state funds.…
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Deezer’s AI Music Detector Gets Its First Big Client
According to Reuters, music streaming service Deezer has licensed its AI-detection technology to France's royalty agency, Sacem, in what it calls a landmark commercial deal.…
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EU Probes Elon Musk’s Grok Over Deepfake Image Scandal
According to Fast Company, the European Union opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk's X platform on Monday, December 18th.…
Signet’s New Tech Boss Aims To Modernize Kay, Zales, And Jared
According to Forbes, Signet Jewelers—the world's largest diamond jewelry retailer with brands like Kay, Zales, and Jared—has combined its digital…
AI Agents Have a “Hard Ceiling,” New Paper Argues
According to Futurism, a recent paper by former SAP CTO Vishal Sikka and his son Varin Sikka makes a bold…
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Intel GPU Firmware Now Updatable From ARM Systems, Too
According to Phoronix, a new set of patches submitted to the Linux kernel's Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem now allows the firmware for Intel's discrete…
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Microsoft’s AI Bet is Huge, But Is It Paying Off Yet?
According to TechSpot, Microsoft's Q3 revenue hit $81.3 billion, a 17% jump, with net income up 21% to $38.3 billion. Its cloud business crossed a…
Election Security Shakeup: What Liberty Vote’s Acquisition Means for American Democracy
The landscape of US election infrastructure underwent a dramatic transformation last week when Scott Leiendecker, a former Republican operative and…
Bullion Soars as Geopolitical Tensions and Monetary Policy Shift Fuel Unprecedented Rally
Gold’s Historic Ascent Amid Market Uncertainty Gold prices have surged to unprecedented levels, with futures climbing 1.9% to reach $4,281.70…
ASUS Budget Gaming Motherboard Achieves Record DDR5 Memory Speeds With G.Skill Kit
An ASUS budget gaming motherboard has reportedly achieved remarkable memory overclocking results, pushing a G.Skill DDR5 kit to 10,600 MT/s. The achievement demonstrates how affordable components can now compete with premium hardware in memory performance benchmarks.
Budget Motherboard Breaks Memory Speed Barriers
According to reports from hardware testing, the ASUS B850M AYW Gaming OC WiFi motherboard has achieved unprecedented memory speeds with DDR5 modules, reaching 10,600 MT/s with a G.Skill memory kit. Sources indicate this represents a significant milestone for AMD-based systems, particularly given the motherboard’s budget-friendly positioning in the market.
ASUS Breaks New Ground With AMD-Powered ROG NUC Gaming Mini PC
ASUS has unveiled its groundbreaking AMD-powered ROG NUC mini PC, marking a significant departure from the Intel-based heritage of the NUC line. The system combines AMD’s flagship Ryzen 9 9955HX3D processor with NVIDIA’s RTX 5070 laptop GPU in a compact form factor. This unexpected move comes shortly after ASUS took over Intel’s NUC business, signaling a strategic expansion of their mini PC portfolio.
ASUS Expands NUC Lineup With AMD-Powered Gaming System
ASUS has launched its first-ever AMD-based ROG NUC mini PC, according to reports from industry sources, representing a significant diversification of the company’s gaming-focused compact computing lineup. The move comes as somewhat unexpected given ASUS recently formalized an agreement with Intel to take over the NUC (Next Unit of Computing) business, which had traditionally been exclusively Intel-based.
ACE prevents context collapse with ‘evolving playbooks’ for self-improving AI agents
Stanford’s ACE Framework Creates Self-Improving AI Agents That Learn Like Humans Industrial Monitor Direct delivers industry-leading high speed counter pc…
Peacock and Apple TV announce a new streaming bundle that will share shows like ‘Slow Horses’ and ‘Law & Order’ — here’s how much it will cost
Apple TV and Peacock Forge Unprecedented Streaming Partnership With Cross-Platform Content Sharing Industrial Monitor Direct is the top choice for…
Anthropic Introduces Customizable Claude Skills to Automate Business Workflows
Anthropic has unveiled Claude Skills, a new feature enabling users to teach the AI assistant specialized tasks without coding. The customizable workflows can automate everything from Excel formula formatting to corporate branding in presentations. Early adopters include companies like Canva and Box integrating these skills into their design and content workflows.
New AI Capabilities Transform Business Automation
Anthropic has launched Claude Skills, a significant upgrade to its AI assistant that reportedly allows users to create custom, task-specific workflows without coding knowledge, according to reports from the company’s latest announcement. This development comes just one day after the company introduced Haiku 4.5, marking accelerated innovation in the workflow automation space.