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Iran threatens strike on Dimona, the heart of Israel’s long-ambiguous nuclear program

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Iran has warned it could strike Israel’s Dimona nuclear facility if the United States and...

6.3-million-year-old glass fragments confirm massive cosmic collision in Brazil

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Scientists have officially confirmed the discovery of Geraisites: Brazil’s first-ever field of tektites.  These glassy...

NotebookLM Now Creates Cinematic Video Overviews Out of Your Notes

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Google's NotebookLM AI-based tool can now turn your research and notes into fully animated "cinematic" videos – an advancement over its original video overview feature that was introduced last year.


Before now, video overviews were limited to generating slideshows of your research and writing, but the new Cinematic Video Overview feature uses Gemini 3, Nano Banana Pro, and Veo 3 models to generate animated visuals "to help you learn and engage with the topics you care about," says Google.

Google says Gemini acts as a creative director, making hundreds of structural and stylistic decisions to best tell the story with your sources. It det [...]

Analysis: Nintendo's software sales are under threat from soaring NAND prices; in December, the average game sales per console were 2.18, down from 3.88 in 2018 (Takashi Mochizuki/Bloomberg)

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Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg:

10 MWe steam turbine to boost next-gen sodium-cooled US nuclear reactor’s efficiency

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US-based Aalo Atomics has officially tapped energy technology giant Baker Hughes to provide the “power...

Google expands its AI-powered Canvas workspace to everyone in the US using AI Mode in Search, letting them get information, organize plans, draft docs, and more (Emma Roth/The Verge)

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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Google expands its AI-powered Canvas workspace to everyone in the US using AI Mode in Search, letting them get information, organize plans, draft docs, and more  —  Canvas in AI Mode now supports tasks related to creative writing and coding, too. … Google is bringing Canvas to everyone in the US using AI Mode in Search.

EV range could get a boost with sulfur-based cathode for solid-state batteries

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Researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) have turned...

China's Hang Seng Tech Index, which includes Chinese tech giants like Tencent and Alibaba, is down 28% since October 2025, shedding nearly $600B in market value (Bloomberg)

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Bloomberg:
China's Hang Seng Tech Index, which includes Chinese tech giants like Tencent and Alibaba, is down 28% since October 2025, shedding nearly $600B in market value  —  The ongoing selloff in China's megacap technology stocks shows little sign of easing, as investors fret over spiraling spending amid heated competition.

US tests 6,000-mile-range nuclear-capable missile with multiple reentry vehicles

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The U.S. Air Force carried out a major intercontinental ballistic missile test on March 3,...

MacBook Neo Compatible With New Studio Displays, But There's a Catch

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Apple's low-cost MacBook Neo is compatible with the company's new Studio Displays, but its output will be scaled to 4K resolution at 60Hz.


Apple confirmed the compatibility and output limitation with 9to5Mac.

With pricing starting at $1,599, the regular Studio Display runs at 5K with a maximum 60Hz refresh rate. Meanwhile, the all-new 5K Studio Display XDR is capable of up to 120Hz and pricing starts at $3,299.

Apple [...]

Video: US firm flies supersonic-capable drone prototype ahead of high-Mach tests

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A US aerospace startup has successfully flown the latest prototype of its high-speed remotely piloted...

JD.com reports Q4 revenue up 1.5% YoY to ~$51B and a ~$391M net loss, its first loss in nearly four years, on weak Chinese spending and a food delivery battle (Bloomberg)

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Bloomberg:
JD.com reports Q4 revenue up 1.5% YoY to ~$51B and a ~$391M net loss, its first loss in nearly four years, on weak Chinese spending and a food delivery battle  —  JD.com Inc. reported its first quarterly loss in nearly four years following a costly foray into food delivery …

Google's Epic settlement term sheet prohibits Tim Sweeney from criticizing Google's app policies until at least September 2032 and mandates he praise them (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

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Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Google's Epic settlement term sheet prohibits Tim Sweeney from criticizing Google's app policies until at least September 2032 and mandates he praise them  —  Google has finally muzzled Tim Sweeney. … Epic CEO Tim Sweeney might be one of the most outspoken people in the history of the world.

Amsterdam-based Silverflow, a cloud-native card payment processing service with a single API to card networks, raised a $40M Series B led by Picus Capital (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)

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Tamara Djurickovic / Tech.eu:
Amsterdam-based Silverflow, a cloud-native card payment processing service with a single API to card networks, raised a $40M Series B led by Picus Capital  —  Amsterdam-based Silverflow is expanding its cloud-native payment processing platform to support global growth, enhance product capabilities …

Mouse-sized robot to inspect 17-mile pipes of world’s most powerful particle collider

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Engineers from the UK Atomic Energy Authority robotics center, RACE (Remote Applications in Challenging Environments),...

Huawei dominated MWC as the largest exhibitor, illustrating the challenge facing the EU as it pushes to outlaw the Chinese supplier from European networks (Mathieu Pollet/Politico)

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Mathieu Pollet / Politico:
Huawei dominated MWC as the largest exhibitor, illustrating the challenge facing the EU as it pushes to outlaw the Chinese supplier from European networks  —  BARCELONA — Huawei is blacklisted in several European capitals over cybersecurity and alleged bribery concerns …

Apple Music Rolling Out Disclosure Tags for AI-Made Songs

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Apple Music is rolling out a new metadata system called Transparency Tags, which indicates when AI has been used in the creation of music hosted on the platform.


According to Music Business Worldwide, Apple sent a newsletter to industry partners on Wednesday to explain how it will roll out the new set of metadata.

The system covers four categories including artwork, track, composition (lyrics), and music video. Labels and distributors can begin applying the tags immediately. Apple describes the tags as optional for now, noting that if omitted, no AI is assumed.

Apple sai [...]

Steel-ball device dissipates vibration to limit earthquake impact on buildings

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The future of earthquake-proofing might just be a simple cylinder filled with steel balls. In...

A look at Munich's UnternehmerTUM, which tops the FT ranking of Europe's startup hubs for a third straight year and has supported 1,000+ companies since 2002 (Ivan Levingston/Financial Times)

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Ivan Levingston / Financial Times:
A look at Munich's UnternehmerTUM, which tops the FT ranking of Europe's startup hubs for a third straight year and has supported 1,000+ companies since 2002  —  Centre tops the FT's ranking of Europe's leading start-up hubs for the third time  —  A trip to Stanford University …

Grammarly is offering an AI-powered tool called "Expert Review" that simulates feedback from famous writers, dead and living, without their permission (Miles Klee/Wired)

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Miles Klee / Wired:
Grammarly is offering an AI-powered tool called “Expert Review” that simulates feedback from famous writers, dead and living, without their permission  —  The tool, offered by the recently-rebranded company Superhuman, gives feedback based on the work of famous dead and living writers—without their permission.

Staff memo: Alibaba says it is setting up a new task force to accelerate foundation AI model development, after the resignation of Qwen AI head Lin Junyang (Reuters)

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Reuters:
Staff memo: Alibaba says it is setting up a new task force to accelerate foundation AI model development, after the resignation of Qwen AI head Lin Junyang  —  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (9988.HK) said on Thursday it would set up a new task force to accelerate foundation model development …

In its latest quarterly report, Capcom says "PC sales account for approximately 50% of total unit sales, and we expect this ratio to continue increasing" (Shaun Prescott/PC Gamer)

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Shaun Prescott / PC Gamer:
In its latest quarterly report, Capcom says “PC sales account for approximately 50% of total unit sales, and we expect this ratio to continue increasing”  —  PC makes up “approximately” half of all sales while other platforms share the rest.

Oslo-based Unleash, which develops tools that let enterprises manage risks in AI-accelerated software development, raised a $35M Series B led by One Peak (Paul Gillin/SiliconANGLE)

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Paul Gillin / SiliconANGLE:
Oslo-based Unleash, which develops tools that let enterprises manage risks in AI-accelerated software development, raised a $35M Series B led by One Peak  —  Unleash, the business name of Bricks Software AS, said today it has raised $35 million in a Series B funding to help enterprises manage …

A look at Lisbon's Unicorn Factory, a startup hub where 300 businesses joined in 2025, up from 250 in 2024; 17 unicorns moved to Lisbon since hub's 2022 launch (Michael Dempsey/Financial Times)

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Michael Dempsey / Financial Times:
A look at Lisbon's Unicorn Factory, a startup hub where 300 businesses joined in 2025, up from 250 in 2024; 17 unicorns moved to Lisbon since hub's 2022 launch  —  Hubs in Lisbon, Porto and Braga nurture new businesses as they look to expand  —  Carlos Moedas admits his career has taken an unexpected turn.

NATO officials say its main focus at its July 2026 summit will be on investments into drones and AI systems, rather than primarily conventional defense hardware (Bloomberg)

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Bloomberg:
NATO officials say its main focus at its July 2026 summit will be on investments into drones and AI systems, rather than primarily conventional defense hardware  —  NATO plans to push Europe's debate over security beyond spending increases at its July summit in Turkey to focus on how member states …

Many of Stockholm's thriving tech businesses consider relocating as they look to scale up, amid growing US interest in Swedish AI startups Lovable and Legora (Orlando Crowcroft/Financial Times)

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Orlando Crowcroft / Financial Times:
Many of Stockholm's thriving tech businesses consider relocating as they look to scale up, amid growing US interest in Swedish AI startups Lovable and Legora  —  Many of Stockholm's thriving tech businesses consider relocating as they look to scale up  —  Ask anyone in Stockholm to account …

US submarine sinks Iranian warship in first torpedo strike since World War II

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A U.S. Navy fast attack submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean on...

World’s first bamboo fiber drone reaches 62 mph during first test flight in China

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Chinese researchers last month successfully flew a fixed-wing drone with bamboo-based composite wings in Tianjin,...

ACIP To Discuss COVID ‘Vaccine Injuries’ Next Month, Despite That Not Being In Its Purview

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It was plainly obvious when RFK Jr. decided to fully remake ACIP, the CDC committee that advises the nation on immunization schedules and practices, that it was done so to place Kennedy sycophants that would enact his batshit theories on vaccinations. ACIP, now chockablock with anti-vaxxer, anti-science grift-gremlins, has been slowly chipping away at decades […]

macOS Will Alert You to MacBook Neo's USB-C Port Limitation

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The new MacBook Neo is equipped with two USB-C ports, but they are not the same. The left USB-C port supports USB 3 speeds of up to 10 Gb/s, while the right USB-C port closer to the trackpad is limited to USB 2 speeds of just 480 Mb/s. As a result, Apple says external display connectivity is supported on the left port only.


Given the ports are not labeled, this limitation could be an inconvenience. Fortunately, though, Daring Fireball's John Gruber said if you plug an external display into the incorrect port, macOS will alert you to use the other port.

Apple [...]

Apple Does Not Include a Charger With All New MacBooks in UK and EU

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None of the new MacBook Neo, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro models unveiled this week come with a charger in the UK and EU countries, such as Germany, France, Italy, and Spain. This change began with the base 14-inch MacBook Pro last year.


If you need a power adapter, you must purchase one separately during checkout or later.

In all other countries, Apple includes a charger in the box with these Macs, at no additional cost. In the U.S., for example, the MacBook Neo ships with Apple [...]

Apple's Biggest Week of 2026: Details on Every New Product Announced

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Across Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Apple unveiled seven new products, including low-cost iPhone and MacBook options, new displays, and refreshes for the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and iPad Air.


We've rounded up all of our coverage from this week in case you missed any of the product announcements or details.

MacBook Neo

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Trump Officials Attended a Summit Of Election Deniers Who Want The President To Take Over The Midterms

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This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Several high-ranking federal election officials attended a summit last week at which prominent figures who worked to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election pressed the president to declare a national emergency to take over this year’s midterms. According to videos, photos and social media […]

Why enterprise software development needs air traffic control

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How platform orchestration solves the AI tool fragmentation crisis without sacrificing developer choice Imagine being a CIO today. Your developers

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20+ MacBook Neo Compromises: What You Give Up for Apple's Cheapest Mac

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The new MacBook Neo is Apple's most affordable Mac notebook, and at $599, it's priced the same as the iPhone 17e. For teachers and college students, it's even more affordable at $499.


To offer a Mac at such a low price, Apple had to make some compromises, and there are some features that the ‌MacBook Neo‌ is lacking compared to the next most expensive Mac notebook, the MacBook Air.

Processor

• A18 Pro Chip - Apple is using an A-series chip instead of an M-series chip in the Neo. It has the A18 Pro chip that Apple debuted in the

FTC Admits Age Verification Violates Children’s Privacy Law, Decides To Just Ignore That

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We’ve been pointing out the fundamental contradiction at the heart of mandatory age verification laws for years now. To verify someone’s age online, you have to collect personal data from them. If that someone turns out to be a child, congratulations: you’ve just collected personal data from a child without parental consent. Which is a […]

Apple's Two New Studio Display Models Feature Different A19 Chips

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Apple's press release and marketing materials for the new Studio Display and Studio Display XDR models do not mention which chips are inside the monitors, but MacRumors has confirmed this information in the latest Studio Display firmware.


The firmware reveals that the second-generation Studio Display is equipped with an A19 chip, while the Studio Display XDR has an A19 Pro chip, according to code reviewed by MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris. Rumors had mentioned either the A19 chip or the A19 Pro chip, and it turns out that the two chips are split a [...]

Google and Epic announce settlement to end app store antitrust case

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The era of the 30 percent app store cut has ended.

Apple Releases iOS 18.7.6 to Address Australia Emergency Call Issue

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Apple today released iOS 18.7.6 for older devices, addressing an issue that caused some older iPhones in Australia to be unable to connect to emergency services.


According to Apple's release notes, the update fixes an issue that was preventing the iPhone XS and ‌iPhone‌ XR from properly connecting to emergency networks in Australia.

• This update addresses a mobile network issue for ‌iPhone‌ XS models and ‌iPhone‌ XR when establishing a connection to emergency services in Australia.

AerynOS is a Linux distribution geared toward performance and bulletproof updates

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There are thousands upon thousands of Linux distributions, so when a new flavor comes into being, the first thing I

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MacBook Neo Pre-Orders at Best Buy Include Free $25 Gift Card

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Earlier today we began tracking the first pre-order offers on the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, and now the MacBook Neo has joined in at Best Buy. If you pre-order the new low-cost MacBook Neo at Best Buy, you'll get a free $25 Best Buy gift card after purchase.

Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Best Buy. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

In order to get the deal, you need to pre-order any MacBook Neo model at Best Buy with a valid e-mail address. The e-gift card will be sent out after you receive the MacBook Neo, or after you pick it up in a Best Buy store.
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OpenAI’s Codex is now on Windows

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OpenAI’s Codex agentic coding app is now available on Windows. To say Codex has been a hit for OpenAI would

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Codenotary Previews AI Platform to Autonomously Detect and Remediate IT Issues

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Apple Releases macOS Tahoe 26.3.1 With Support for Studio Display and Studio Display XDR

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Apple today released macOS Tahoe 26.3.1, a minor update to the ‌macOS Tahoe‌ operating system that came out last September. ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.3.1 comes three weeks after Apple launched macOS Tahoe 26.3.


Mac users can download the new software by opening up the System Settings app and navigating to the Software Update section.

According to Apple's release notes for the update, it adds support for the new Studio Display and ‌Studio Display‌ XDR. Apple has also released a firmware update for the new displays.

The new monitors are available for pre-order and will [...]

Judge Says He’s Sick Of The Government’s Shit; Threatens To Make DHS, DOJ Testify Under Oath

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Of course, we’ll see what comes of this, but it’s starting to look like this administration won’t outlast this level of judicial scrutiny. It may have bullied its way past courts during Trump’s first year back in office, but now lines are being drawn. Whether or not those lines matter is an open question. But […]

New Studio Display and Studio Display XDR Will Have Day One Firmware Update

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Apple today released a new firmware update for the Studio Display and ‌Studio Display‌ XDR, two products that aren't set to launch until March 11.


The ‌Studio Display‌ Firmware 26.3 update is only for the new ‌Studio Display‌ options, and it is not available on the older model.

‌Studio Display‌ firmware can be updated by connecting the display to a Mac and going to System Settings > Software Update.

Pre-orders are available for the ‌Studio Display‌ and ‌Studio Display‌ XDR as of today. Prices start at $1,599.

Apple Releases Third macOS Tahoe 26.4 Public Beta

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Apple today provided public beta testers with the third release of an upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.4 update for testing purposes. The public beta comes a week after Apple seeded the second beta.


After signing up for beta testing on Apple's beta site, public beta testers can download the updates using the Software Update section in the settings app for each update.

‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4 includes several new features. The Compact tab layout has been reimplemented in Safari for those who missed having the option in earlier versions of ‌macOS Tahoe‌, and there is a new Charge Limit feature that lets Mac users select a maximum charge level that ranges fro [...]

Daily Deal: The Complete Raspberry Pi And Alexa A-Z Bundle

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Learn Raspberry Pi and start building Amazon Alexa projects with The Complete Raspberry Pi and Alexa A-Z Bundle. Catered for all levels, these project-based courses will get you up and running with the basics of Pi, before escalating to full projects. Before you know it, you’ll be building a gaming system to play old Nintendo, […]

MacBook Neo hands-on: Apple build quality at a substantially lower price

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The Neo won't be for everyone, but Apple has managed to preserve a premium feel.

Apple Releases iOS 26.3.1 and iPadOS 26.3.1 With Bug Fixes and Studio Display Support

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Apple today released iOS 26.3.1 and iPadOS 26.3.1, minor updates to the iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 operating systems. The software comes three weeks after Apple released iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3.


The new software can be downloaded on eligible iPhones and iPads over-the-air by going to Settings > General > Software Update.

According to Apple's release notes, the update adds support for the new Studio Display and ‌Studio Display‌ XDR, and it includes unspecified bug fixes.

Apple is also beta testing iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4, [...]

GSMA Open Gateway offers developers one API for 300+ mobile networks

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Developers care about protocols, standards, and specifications — a little. But it’s not what keeps them up at night. Your

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The AI Shift: Why RISC-V is poised to challenge Arm and x86

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The RISC-V standard has evolved and matured to the extent that performance drawbacks have largely disappeared compared with the long-tried

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Why traditional ITOps is failing to keep up with the unique nature of AI incidents

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If 2025 was the year of AI adoption, with 88% of organizations now using AI across at least one business

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pg_plan_advice: Plan Stability and User Planner Control for PostgreSQL?

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I'm proposing a very ambitious patch set for PostgreSQL 19. Only time will tell whether it ends up in the release, but I can't resist using this space to give you a short demonstration of what it can do. The patch set introduces three new contrib modules, currently called pg_plan_advice, pg_collect_advice, and pg_stash_advice.

DragonflyDB CEO: Most real-time AI infrastructure was built for a different era

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The business case for real-time AI is clear. Personalization drives engagement, real-time inference drives revenue, and context-rich machine learning is

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Downdetector and Speedtest sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion

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Downdetector and Speedtest - the free platforms that allow people on the web to quickly check internet speeds or see if an online platform may be down - will soon have a new owner. On Tuesday, the consulting and IT services provider Accenture announced that it has agreed to acquire the Ookla-owned platforms from Ziff […]

Hands-On With the New MacBook Neo

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Apple introduced an all-new affordable Mac today, the MacBook Neo. Members of the media were invited to try the new device and other Apple products at events in New York, Shanghai, and London, and MacRumors' videographer Dan Barbera was in attendance. Dan was able to see the ‌MacBook Neo‌ in person, as well as other devices like the new Studio Display XDR.

The Trump Administration Just Admitted Its War On Law Firms Was A Bluff. The Cowards Who Folded Already Paid The Price.

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We’ve said it over and over again on this site: when you stand up to the bully, the bully backs down. When you capitulate, you get nothing but a permanent stain and an invitation for more abuse. And here we are again. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Trump administration plans to abandon […]

MacBook Neo vs. MacBook Air Buyer's Guide: 40 Differences Compared

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The MacBook Neo is now Apple's entry-level MacBook, undercutting the MacBook Air by $500. To deliver such a dramatically lower price, the ‌MacBook Neo‌ has a significant number of tradeoffs. Here's everything that's different between the two devices.


Apple's introduction of the ‌MacBook Neo‌ expands the company's laptop lineup with a far more affordable entry point, sitting well below the ‌MacBook Air‌ in both price and capability. While the two machines share a similar size and lightweight design, they are aimed at very different types of users. The ‌MacBook Neo‌ focuses on delivering the essentials of the Mac experience at the lowest possible cost, [...]

Cloud repatriation is hard. Here’s how to build a self-service developer platform that works.

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As more organizations move workloads back on-premises, they find themselves caught in a conundrum: How do they close the gap

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Google Pixel 10a review: The sidegrade

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Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

MacBook Neo Can Only Drive One External Display at 4K 60Hz

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Apple's new low-cost MacBook Neo is equipped with the A18 Pro chip that Apple first used in the iPhone 16 Pro, and it's the first Mac that has an A-series chip.


Using an iPhone chip in a Mac comes with some downsides, like external display support. The ‌MacBook Neo‌ supports a single external display with a 4K resolution and 60Hz refresh rate.

The ‌MacBook Neo‌ will not work with the new Studio Display and ‌Studio Display‌ XDR that Apple announced yesterday because both of those are 5K displays, but it will work with affordable USB-C 4K display o [...]

Sonar Unfurls Framework for Managing DevOps Workflows in the Age of AI

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When AI Gets It Wrong: The Insecure Defaults Lurking in Your Code

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Apple Unveiled These Seven New Products This Week

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Apple this week unveiled seven products, including an iPhone 17e, an iPad Air with the M4 chip, updated MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models, a new Studio Display, a higher-end Studio Display XDR, and an all-new MacBook Neo that starts at just $599.


iPhone 17e features the same overall design as the iPhone 16e, but it gains Apple's A19 chip, MagSafe for magnetic wireless charging and magnetic accessories, Apple's second-generation C1X modem for faster 5G, and a doubled 256GB of base storage. In the U.S., the iPhone 17e starts at $599, just like the iPhone 16e did.

The new iPad Air's key upgrades include Apple's M4 chip, an increased 12GB of RAM, Apple's N1 chip with Wi-Fi 7 support, and the C1X modem in cellular models.

The MacBook Air received a faster M5 [...]

Skip The New Models and Get Up to $300 Off M4 MacBook Air on Amazon

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Apple today launched pre-orders for the new M5 MacBook Air, but if you're looking for a good discount you'll do better to shop previous generation models on Amazon. Right now you'll find up to $300 off select M4 MacBook Air devices, with the best deals on 15-inch models.

Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

Specifically, you can get the 256GB 15-inch M4 MacBook Air for $999.00 ($200 off), [...]

New M5 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Get First Pre-Order Offers From Best Buy

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Apple just kicked off pre-orders for the new M5 MacBook Air and M5 Pro/M5 Max MacBook Pro, and Best Buy already has a few offers on these notebooks. You can get a $50 Best Buy gift card when pre-ordering the MacBook Air and a $100 gift card when pre-ordering the MacBook Pro.

Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Best Buy. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

In order to get these deals, you need to pre-order one of the newest MacBooks at Best Buy with a valid e-mail address. The e-gift card will be sent out after you receive the eligible MacBook Air or MacBook Pro, or after y [...]

Eclipse Foundation reports Open VSX hits 300 million monthly downloads

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The Eclipse Foundation this week announced that Open VSX, the open source extension registry for tools built on the VS

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Always-on detections: eliminating the WAF “log versus block” trade-off

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Cloudflare is introducing Attack Signature Detection and Full-Transaction Detection to provide continuous, high-fidelity security insights without the manual tuning of traditional WAFs. By correlating request payloads with server responses, we can now identify successful exploits and data exfiltration while minimizing false positives.

Aikido Security bets on AI to make software secure itself

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While traditional penetration testing relies on manual or point-in-time assessments, often delivered weeks after software has already shipped, software security

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The $599 MacBook Neo is Apple's long-awaited colorful, lower-cost MacBook

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Cute, colorful laptop takes the place of the old $599 M1 MacBook Air.

Unleash raises $35M, launches Impact Metrics to govern feature rollouts at AI speed

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Four years is a long time in technology. But in AI, it’s more like an eternity. When Unleash last raised

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Mind the gap: new tools for continuous enforcement from boot to login

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Cloudflare’s mandatory authentication and independent MFA protect organizations by ensuring continuous enforcement, from the moment a machine boots until sensitive resources are accessed.

Brendan Carr Can’t Explain Why ‘Equal Time’ Rule Doesn’t Apply To Right Wing Radio

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We’ve noted repeatedly how Trump FCC boss Brendan Carr has been abusing the FCC’s “equal opportunity” (or “equal time”) rule to try and threaten daytime and late night talk shows with government retribution if they refuse to enthusiastically coddle Republicans. Late night shows had historically been exempt from the dated rules, which required that any […]

Why the “bible” of data systems is getting a massive rewrite for 2026

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How Martin Kleppmann’s iconic book is evolving for AI and cloud-native architectures Since its release in 2017, Designing Data-Intensive Applications

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Chainguard Expands Repository to Add More Secure Open Source Libraries

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Art Degrees, Sun Microsystems, and How Kubernetes Scales Contributions, with Josh Berkus - Software Defined Interviews #121

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Our interview for this week is up, it’s with Josh Berkus:

Whitney and Coté discuss with Josh Berkus (Red Hat, Kubernetes contributor) how liberal and fine arts degrees (philosophy, photography, sculpture, pottery) apply to tech careers. Berkus details how early hardware experience influenced his database performance work, noting hardware’s renewed relevance with AI and multi-arch computing. The conversation covers Sun Microsystems’ 1990s internet role, internal politics, and its MySQL/Postgres strategy. They examine open source’s shift from end-user to vendor-driven models, foundations' roles, and contributor incentives. Berkus describes Kubernetes release processes, contributor-experience programs, and its resilience to low-quality AI contributions.

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Unlocking Observability by Design With Inferred Schemas

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Defeating the deepfake: stopping laptop farms and insider threats

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Cloudflare One is partnering with Nametag to combat laptop farms and AI-enhanced identity fraud by requiring identity verification during employee onboarding and via continuous authentication.

Moving from license plates to badges: the Gateway Authorization Proxy

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Cloudflare’s Gateway Authorization Proxy adds support for identity-aware policies for clientless devices, securing virtual desktops, and guest networks without a device client.

Stop reacting to breaches and start preventing them with User Risk Scoring

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Cloudflare One now incorporates dynamic User Risk Scores into Access policies to enable automated, adaptive security responses. This update allows teams to move beyond binary "allow/deny" rules by evaluating continuous behavior signals from both internal and third-party sources.

OPM Musical Artist Gets Copyright Notice For Performing His Own Song

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It’s a tale as old as time, assuming time began a decade or two ago. A music artist who just wants to make and perform their craft gets on the internet and performs the song he or she created, only to receive some version of a copyright notice or warning, confusing the hell out of […]

Fuck ICE Says West Virginia Court, Threatening Fines And Contempt Charges

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The administration has burnt the “presumption of regularity” to a crispness normally reserved for conquered bridges succumbing to heat death. It is now well known that the Trump administration will do whatever it wants to do, whether or not it’s supported by law. And when the courts push back, the administration responds with implicit “fuck […]

How WebAssembly plugins simplify Kubernetes extensibility

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The integration of WebAssembly (Wasm) into the Helm ecosystem streamlines the orchestration of WASI-compliant binaries across disparate environments, including OCI

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How to clone a drive to an image with Clonezilla

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There will come a time when you need to not only back up your data, but also create an image

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Rubio To World: Stop Doing The Exact Same Thing The US Just Did

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The State Department wants US diplomats to fight data localization around the world. The policy position is correct. It’s just that the messenger has spent the last few months systematically destroying every reason anyone might listen. Reuters has an exclusive report on a State Department cable ordering US diplomats to lobby against data sovereignty and […]

N. Korean Famous Chollima Hackers Use Malicious npm Packages to Steal Data

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Why 83% of organizations reportedly trust open source with their most sensitive assets

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Internal access management (IAM) is seeing compounded growth in demand and adoption as a key component in zero trust and

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OpenAI’s GPT-5.3 Instant promises to dial down the cringe

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On the same day Google released Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, OpenAI also launched a faster version of its GPT-5.3 family on

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How we rebuilt the search architecture for high availability in GitHub Enterprise Server

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Here's how we the search experience better, faster, and more resilient for GHES customers.

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Yahoo is selling Engadget to Static Media

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Engadget, the long-running tech news website, has a new owner. Yahoo sold the publication to Static Media in a deal that was signed in early February and is scheduled to close later this March. (Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.) The deal hasn't yet been publicly announced, but a source familiar with the publication says […]

M5 Pro and M5 Max are surprisingly big departures from older Apple Silicon

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Apple is using more chiplets and three types of CPU cores to make the M5 family.

Confluent adds A2A support, anomaly detection, and Queues for Kafka in major platform update

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Confluent recently unveiled support for the Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol, an open standard for inter-agent communication. The platform’s implementation of the

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Google launches Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, its fastest Gemini 3 model yet

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Two weeks after launching Gemini 3.1 Pro, its most capable AI model yet, Google on Tuesday launched Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite,

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Google’s Chrome browser moves to a two-week release cycle

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Google on Tuesday announced that its Chrome browser will move to a faster release cycle later this year, with a

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OpenClaw rocks to GitHub’s most-starred status, but is it safe?

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OpenClaw is in the ascension. This open source autonomous AI agent has this year surpassed Linux on the GitHub all-time

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The Hidden Price Tag: Uncovering Hidden Costs in Cloud Architectures with the AWS Well-Architected Framework

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In this post, we discuss how following the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF) and AWS Well-Architected Framework can help reduce these risks through proper implementation of AWS guidance and best practices while taking into consideration the practical challenges organizations face in implementing these best practices, including resource constraints, evaluating trade-offs and competing business priorities.

New MacBook Airs come with M5, double the storage, and higher starting prices

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New Airs leave more room underneath for the rumored low-cost MacBook.

Developers are coding to a moving target, and nobody knows where AI lands next

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In Barcelona this week, a bit of tension is in the air for certain attendees at the annual Mobile World

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Apple intros M5 Pro and Max MacBook Pros and its first new monitors in years

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New laptops come with more storage but also higher starting prices.