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Scientists at Monash University have created a tiny new circuit that can generate, direct, and read information carried by light, all within a single chip. The advance marks a significant milestone for a growing area of research known as “valleytronics,” which could help drive future breakthroughs in faster computing, lower energy consumption, and quantum technologies. Developed by researchers from the Monash School of Physics and Astronomy, the new device combines advanced nanotechnology with cutting-edge materials to solve a challenge that has limited the field for years. For the first time, the team has built a fully integrated chip capable of…

These act on a user’s behalf with their own governed Entra identity, Omar Shahine, corporate vice president at Microsoft, said in a blog post. “Autopilots stay active in the background, understand how work gets done across your apps and systems, and take action without needing to be prompted each time,” said Shahine, a Microsoft veteran who recently announced he is leading a new team to bring OpenClaw-based personal assistants to Microsoft 365 apps. Microsoft Scout connects to apps such as Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, and SharePoint, and accesses data from chat, email, calendar, and contacts. Accessed via Teams, it can also…

When I reach out to the self-proclaimed “open source baddie” CC for an interview, I’m pretty sure she’s emailing me back from a pink mermaid purse. “I’m just having so much fun,” she tells me about her seashell cyberdeck. “It’s a Tamagotchi. It’s also an e-reader. It’s networked to my vault and my servers, so it has access to all of my server data, which has all my PDFs, and books, and notes, and everything… It’s also connected to my local AI setup at home.” CC has no background in software engineering or computer science, but she’s gotten good enough…

1 Synergy said five neocloud companies are now among the world’s top 30 cloud providers by infrastructure services revenue In sum – what to know: Growth moderating – Synergy expects cloud growth rates to ease over time, although absolute revenue increases are expected to remain strong. AI demand – AI is driving growth across IaaS, PaaS, hosted private cloud and SaaS offerings. Neocloud impact – Emerging AI-focused cloud providers are increasing competition and expanding market capacity and choice. The global cloud infrastructure market has surpassed a half-trillion-dollar annual revenue run rate, but maintaining its current pace of growth will become…

NASA is developing a powerful new computer chip designed to dramatically increase the intelligence and performance of future spacecraft. Through a commercial partnership, the project is creating advanced processing technology capable of helping spacecraft operate more independently during missions far from Earth. NASA’s High Performance Spaceflight Computing project is focused on boosting the computing capabilities of spacecraft used in space exploration. Current missions rely on older processors because they are durable enough to survive the extreme conditions of space. While those chips are dependable, they lack the performance needed for more advanced missions. The agency says newer and far more…

We have talked a lot about data-driven businesess at Smart Data Collective over the years. Something that many organizations are realizing is that AI-driven workflows are changing how they evaluate data exposure, compliance concerns, and operational risks tied to large amounts of digital information.You can see why companies are investing heavily in AI systems as businesses collect larger amounts of customer, financial, and operational data every day. There are many firms now depending on AI-driven workflows to identify unusual activity, reduce human error, and monitor threats in real time. Something that concerns many executives is how quickly data risks can…

Enterprise AI is becoming an operational discipline problem Most enterprises already operate in fragmented environments where ERP platforms sit separately from analytics environments, manufacturing operates independently from finance, and supply chain data spans multiple systems. AI accelerates those existing issues because autonomous systems can amplify inconsistencies faster than human users. In my recent Forbes article, I noted that modernization efforts often begin to break down when organizations lose consistency in governance, ownership, and operational definitions as data moves across systems. A technically correct AI-generated answer can still become operationally wrong if finance, operations, manufacturing and supply chain teams all define…

Dutch police have arrested a 35-year-old man suspected of hacking into the computer systems of Amsterdam football giant Ajax, after the personal data of hundreds of thousands of supporters was put at risk.According to a Dutch police statement, the unnamed suspect was arrested on Tuesday in Buren, on suspicion of repeatedly gaining unauthorised access to Ajax’s IT systems.When news of a possible security breach at Ajax first broke earlier this year, the club was keen to play down its scale – acknowledging that an outsider had gained unauthorised access to data, including supporters’ email addresses, but suggesting that only a…

The polar crane lowers the reactor into place within the building. The world’s largest land-based crane1 has lifted the second reactor pressure vessel into place at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset, marking a major milestone in the construction of Britain’s first new nuclear power station in a generation.2, 3 The 500-tonne reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for Unit 2 was hoisted into the reactor building by the Sarens SGC-250 crane, dubbed “Big Carl”, before being handed over to the building’s internal polar crane for final positioning. The vessel was then lowered onto its support ring with a…

I recently released an iOS app that includes banner ads through Google AdMob, and an in-app purchase to remove those ads. I created 500 offer codes in App Store Connect to be able to give out to people to get the in-app purchase for free. And I of course tried using one myself. However, it didn’t work. At first, clicking on the offer code link failed to redeem anything. Eventually I was able to enter an offer code manually by going to App Store > My Photo > Redeem Code. But even after doing so, the ads weren’t actually removed…