Amid a string of high-profile data breaches and cyber incidents linked to advanced, frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models, identity specialist Okta broke new ground at its Oktane 2026 conference in Las Vegas, becoming one of the first cyber companies to launch an explicitly defined AI kill switch as part of a series of enhancements to…
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Micron has warned that the RAM shortage will get much worse in 2027 and 2028Then coming to the end of the decade, robots are going to put more strain on memory supplySo-called ‘physical AI’ could need 200GB+ of DRAM and multiple terabytes of storage per unit, Micron predictsMicron just published its latest financial results, complete…
I often need to transcribe audio to turn interviews, voice notes etc into plain text. And I am naturally quite loath to spend money on things I can, in theory, do myself. So for a while I had thought about how I could do it without paying a monthly subscription for the privilege. The obvious…
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Gaming is transforming into a very expensive hobby. You’ve probably heard about all the console price hikes, but few have felt the sting quite like the PC gaming market. RAM prices are increasing, GPU costs are skyrocketing, and even Intel CPUs are becoming more expensive. Sometimes, you have to ask if the price is worthwhile,…
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Megaflopp/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For creative workflows like music and video production, the MacBook Pro M5 Pro is the benchmark most buyers turn to. But what about raw graphics power, gaming, and other GPU-demanding tasks like local AI models, designing 3D models and more? ASUS answers this…
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Those buying an RTX 5090 at Micro Center now have to fill out a declaration formThis includes having a government-issued photo ID scanned by the retailerSome approve of the policy as it’s an anti-scalping measure, but others view it as an annoyance or a pointless moveIf you’re buying an Nvidia RTX 5090, or a PC…
The majority of UK and US software development teams polled by independent research firm Coleman Parkes say artificial intelligence (AI) agents struggle to find issues in complex code. The poll of 300 software developers and engineering leads, published in the Overcoming the limitations of coding agents in complex software systems report from Undo, found that…
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The boss of SK Hynix believes that the RAM crisis is going to get much worseThe CEO said 2027 will be the ‘worst year’ in the RAM industry’s history, and that the crisis will likely roll on to 2030 and beyondAnalysis from the Bank of America also claims that SK Hynix’s expansion of memory production…
Over half the world’s population are targeted by payment scams each week as authorised payment fraud becomes a “fully fledged” global security threat, rather than a consumer protection issue, warns the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). In its latest report, defence and security think tank RUSI said the scam often known as authorised push payments…
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As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes embedded in critical infrastructure, government services and enterprise operations, the question of how to secure increasingly autonomous AI systems is becoming as important as how quickly they can be deployed. Nvidia is seeking to address that challenge through the newly launched Open Secure AI Alliance, an industry coalition that brings…
