AI spend will jump 49.5% in 2026, says Gartner
Instead of buying just a laptop, companies now buy a laptop with AI chips in it, while enterprise software now has AI embedded in it. And instead of doing a project about business strategy, they…
Meta’s Muse AI Assistant Rolled Out With a Serious Security Flaw
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has gone to great lengths to hype the security of its new AI assistant, Muse, claiming it is “built from the ground up for privacy and security.” A zero-day…
Review: M5 Ultra Mac Studio: Pure, unadulterated power
Headless, no hanging I know a lot of you will end up wanting to run some kind of headless setup using this Mac. You’ll have it working furiously as your domestic or business AI server,…
How to Use AI With Your Privacy Intact
If the tech industry sought to create a method of seducing users into sending their deepest, most sensitive secrets to a server in a faraway data center, it would be hard-pressed to create a better…
A New Tool Found Malware That’s Guided by an AI Hive Mind—No Humans in Sight
For years, cybersecurity practitioners have tracked different types of malware and detected potential infections using digital fingerprints to identify different hacking tools and follow their use over time. As attackers are increasingly incorporating agentic AI…
Computer Scientist Pushes a 1996 Algorithm Beyond Its Longstanding Limit
A multiscale sampling strategy pushes a classic network-distance guarantee into territory previous algorithms struggled to reach. Credit: Shutterstock A new algorithm solves a blind spot that has challenged computer scientists since 1996, improving distance estimates…
US and China Discuss Alerting Each Other to AI National Security Threats
Talks have begun between US and Chinese officials to propose a mechanism for the two countries to notify each other of artificial intelligence incidents which could threaten national security. The framework, called the US China…
Scientists Turn Plastic Waste Into Protein-Rich Cookies
This cookie is made using waste plant materials and plastic and could feed humans everywhere, from submarines to spaceships. Credit: SIU Carbondale Communications Specialized microbes convert inedible materials into protein-rich snacks. A cookie made partly…
Kill meetings (before meetings kill your company)
Meetings have been problematic for decades. They’re often used as a catch-all solution to unresolved problems. And a chronic lack of meeting discipline means that, for all the time spent getting people together, little is…
New Membrane Removes Nearly 100% of Ammonia From Wastewater in Minutes
Researchers engineered a porous ruthenium-lead oxide membrane that converts ammonia into nitrogen gas while reducing other wastewater pollutants. Credit: Shutterstock A new electrically powered filter can strip nearly all ammonia nitrogen from wastewater in just…