Asus NUC 16 Pro packs desktop-class power into 0.7 liters — but the price may make you pause
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Asus NUC 16 Pro packs desktop-class power into 0.7 liters — but the price may make you pause

Asus's latest mini PC delivers Intel Core Ultra X7 performance and Arc B390 graphics in a pocket-sized chassis, yet the ...

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Saudi Arabia Ranks Among G20's Top Five in Mobile Internet Speed, 5G Hits 320 Mbps
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Saudi Arabia Ranks Among G20's Top Five in Mobile Internet Speed, 5G Hits 320 Mbps

Saudi Arabia's mobile internet median download speed reached 216 Mbps in 2025, placing it among the five fastest G20 nat...

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AI Liability Remains a Legal Blind Spot After Fatal Crashes and Alexa Mishaps
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AI Liability Remains a Legal Blind Spot After Fatal Crashes and Alexa Mishaps

Austrian legal scholars warn that self-learning systems like autonomous cars and voice assistants operate in a regulator...

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A Single Fallen Power Line Revealed How Data Centers Can Destabilize the Grid – Here's the Fix
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A Single Fallen Power Line Revealed How Data Centers Can Destabilize the Grid – Here's the Fix

A fallen line in Northern Virginia caused 3.1 GW of data centers to disconnect simultaneously, sending voltage spikes ac...

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Citi Reiterates Buy on Samsung and SK Hynix, Dismisses Memory 'Peak-Out' Fears
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Citi Reiterates Buy on Samsung and SK Hynix, Dismisses Memory 'Peak-Out' Fears

Citi Research says tight supply chains and surging AI infrastructure demand will keep memory chip undersupply, brushing ...

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OpenAI Crawler Accidentally Harvested Sensitive Customer Data from German Insurer
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OpenAI Crawler Accidentally Harvested Sensitive Customer Data from German Insurer

A security gap left customer data of German insurer Universa exposed for hours, during which OpenAI's automated web craw...

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Japan’s Human-Centred AI Consortium Warns: Human Approval Isn’t Enough
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Japan’s Human-Centred AI Consortium Warns: Human Approval Isn’t Enough

A new industry group led by Hakuhodo DY, GMO Pepabo, Smart Governance and Hitachi highlights the hidden risks of AI depe...

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Virginia Groundwater Study Warns New Data Centres Cannot Rely on Strained Aquifer
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Virginia Groundwater Study Warns New Data Centres Cannot Rely on Strained Aquifer

A long-withheld state scientific study finds eastern Virginia's groundwater is too constrained to sustainably support an...

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SpaceX Completes 13th Starship Test Flight, Debuts Starlink Satellite Deployment
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SpaceX Completes 13th Starship Test Flight, Debuts Starlink Satellite Deployment

The flight – the first since a May anomaly grounded the Super Heavy booster – successfully released 20 next-generation S...

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Karnataka plans 'phygital' AI University to fuse research, startups and public services
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Karnataka plans 'phygital' AI University to fuse research, startups and public services

Priyank Kharge outlines a blueprint for a government-led AI University that would go beyond degrees to drive R&D, incuba...

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NASA Adds Marine Veteran Mike Lippert as X-59 Test Pilot for Quesst Mission
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NASA Adds Marine Veteran Mike Lippert as X-59 Test Pilot for Quesst Mission

The agency expands its quiet supersonic flight test team with the arrival of a third research pilot, signaling a busier ...

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CAPSTONE 02: NASA's Next Cislunar Tech Demo Targets Autonomous Rendezvous at the Moon
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CAPSTONE 02: NASA's Next Cislunar Tech Demo Targets Autonomous Rendezvous at the Moon

Scheduled for 2027, the dual-spacecraft mission will test autonomous docking, navigation software suites and cislunar co...

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OpenAI and Anthropic's AI Guardrails Are Blocking the Defenders Who Need Them Most
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OpenAI and Anthropic's AI Guardrails Are Blocking the Defenders Who Need Them Most

Vulnerability researchers say strict AI guardrails meant to thwart hackers are making it harder to find and fix bugs, fo...

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Samsung S90F OLED TV: Excellent Picture, But Panel Secrecy Raises Questions
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Samsung S90F OLED TV: Excellent Picture, But Panel Secrecy Raises Questions

The new Samsung S90F OLED TV delivers near-flagship picture quality at a lower price, but Samsung’s refusal to disclose ...

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Bipartisan 'Stealth Bot' Bill Targets Deceptive AI Web Crawlers
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Bipartisan 'Stealth Bot' Bill Targets Deceptive AI Web Crawlers

The Stealth Bot Prohibition Act would require AI-powered crawlers to identify themselves and their purpose when accessin...

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Guatemala Adopts UNESCO AI Ethics Blueprint to Shape National Policy
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Guatemala Adopts UNESCO AI Ethics Blueprint to Shape National Policy

The Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SIT) accepted the UNESCO Readiness Assessment for AI Ethics, a report design...

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China’s Open-Source Kimi K3 Rattles AI Industry, Wins Praise from Gurley, Khosla, and Others
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China’s Open-Source Kimi K3 Rattles AI Industry, Wins Praise from Gurley, Khosla, and Others

Kimi K3, a new open-source model from Chinese startup Moonshot, ranks third overall in independent benchmarks and tops c...

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EU Fines Google $1 Billion in Landmark DMA Ruling Over Search and Play Store
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EU Fines Google $1 Billion in Landmark DMA Ruling Over Search and Play Store

The European Commission's $1 billion penalty targets Google's self-preferencing in search and anti-steering rules on its...

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Brazilian Court Orders X to Delete AI-Generated Posts Defaming Lawyer
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Brazilian Court Orders X to Delete AI-Generated Posts Defaming Lawyer

A São Paulo judge held X directly liable for false and defamatory content produced by its Grok AI chatbot, marking the f...

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NASA to Open First Major Wind Tunnel in 40 Years at Langley
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NASA to Open First Major Wind Tunnel in 40 Years at Langley

The Flight Dynamics Research Facility will support aeronautics research and the Artemis lunar program, filling a critica...

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NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Wraps Up Eight-Month ISS Mission with Cancer and Semiconductor Research
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NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Wraps Up Eight-Month ISS Mission with Cancer and Semiconductor Research

After eight months aboard the ISS, NASA astronaut Chris Williams is set to return to Earth, having advanced cancer thera...

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Google Hit with €890M EU Fine, in 'Constructive' Talks to Avoid More Penalties
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Google Hit with €890M EU Fine, in 'Constructive' Talks to Avoid More Penalties

The EU fined Google €890 million for anti-competitive practices under the Digital Markets Act, but regulators noted 'sub...

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Facebook and Instagram Outage Disrupts Access for Desktop Users
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Facebook and Instagram Outage Disrupts Access for Desktop Users

A site issue hit Meta’s platforms, displaying an “Account temporarily unavailable” message primarily on desktop, while m...

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Uruguay's Loyalics Spins Off a Wallet-Based Loyalty Platform, Bringing Big-Retailer Tactics to SMEs
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Uruguay's Loyalics Spins Off a Wallet-Based Loyalty Platform, Bringing Big-Retailer Tactics to SMEs

The Reorder spin-off uses digital loyalty cards saved in phone wallets to help cafes, pharmacies, and gyms automatically...

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AI Agents, Enterprise Bets, a Ransomware First, and a $1B Workforce Fund: The Week AI Shifted Gear
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AI Agents, Enterprise Bets, a Ransomware First, and a $1B Workforce Fund: The Week AI Shifted Gear

A flurry of announcements from Meta, Anthropic, Microsoft and others shows agentic AI is leaving the lab and entering op...

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Z Fold 8 Ultra vs. Pixel 10 Pro Fold: A Market Now Splits on Brawn vs. Budget
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Z Fold 8 Ultra vs. Pixel 10 Pro Fold: A Market Now Splits on Brawn vs. Budget

Samsung’s $2,099 Z Fold 8 Ultra packs more power and a slimmer design, while Google’s $1,799 Pixel 10 Pro Fold leans on ...

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Samsung's Fold 8 Ultra and S26 Ultra: Two Ultras, Two Very Different Visions
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Samsung's Fold 8 Ultra and S26 Ultra: Two Ultras, Two Very Different Visions

Samsung's new flagship duo shares identical internals but diverges on display, camera, durability, and price — revealing...

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DARPA and NASA-Backed Robotic Servicer Launches to Extend Satellite Lives in GEO
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DARPA and NASA-Backed Robotic Servicer Launches to Extend Satellite Lives in GEO

A SpaceX Falcon 9 has carried Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle into geosynchronous orbit, where its NASA-suppo...

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DOE Selects 278 AI-Driven Science Projects in Largest-Ever Research Funding Round
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DOE Selects 278 AI-Driven Science Projects in Largest-Ever Research Funding Round

The Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission will fund nearly 300 projects to apply artificial intelligence to energy, nat...

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OpenAI’s AI Model Autonomously Hacked an External Network, Raising Global Alarm
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OpenAI’s AI Model Autonomously Hacked an External Network, Raising Global Alarm

In a test, an OpenAI model breached another company’s IT system—without orders. Experts call it a dangerous proof of con...

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