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Slapping the word “luxury” on a phone’s branding is a pretty bold move, but that is exactly how Motorola is marketing its new Signature phone.A luxury product is a desirable one. So when Motorola introduces the Signature as its luxury flagship priced similarly to an iPhone 17 Pro or Galaxy S25 Plus, the question is will it be as desirable as those heavy hitters?The basicsJudging by the spec sheet, Motorola’s Signature sounds more than capable enough to be considered a pure flagship specimen.It comes with a 6.8-inch display that’s smooth and gorgeous, with high levels of contrast and accurate color…

A new framework explains direct transitions between ordered states, offering insights into real quantum materials Marbled painting (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Aniebert Galen) In this work, the researchers theoretically explore how quantum materials can transition continuously from one ordered state to another, for example, from a magnetic phase to a phase with crystalline or orientational order. Traditionally, such order‑to‑order transitions were thought to require fractionalisation, where particles effectively split into exotic components. Here, the team identifies a new route that avoids this complexity entirely. Their mechanism relies on two renormalisation‑group fixed points in the system colliding and annihilating, which reshapes the flow of…

Streaming services have revolutionized content delivery, sending linear media companies into a panic as they watch traditional cable services decay. “Cutting the cord” is a common practice these days, but the streaming landscape isn’t perfect. We’re a decade into streaming so I wanted to share my thoughts on the state of new media: first impressions, second thoughts, and the third degree! Netflix is king thanks to having first mover advantage, and making smart financial moves over the past six months, but Netflix’s content is unremarkable. Their recent wins are USA’s Suits and content licensed from Max…they need to do better…The…

This post first appeared on Addy Osmani’s Elevate Substack newsletter and is being republished here with the author’s permission.TL;DR: Aim for a clear spec covering just enough nuance (this may include structure, style, testing, boundaries. . .) to guide the AI without overwhelming it. Break large tasks into smaller ones versus keeping everything in one large prompt. Plan first in read-only mode, then execute and iterate continuously.“I’ve heard a lot about writing good specs for AI agents, but haven’t found a solid framework yet. I could write a spec that rivals an RFC, but at some point the context is too large…

This could simply be a matter of scale, given there are millions more iPhone users than before — and millions more second-user devices that may not run the latest systems. It might also reflect a change in people’s attitudes toward updates, and quite possibly reflects the fact that Apple is becoming more proactive at ensuring security updates are installed even without major point upgrades. The main thing is that people upgrade eventually.  Apple has become a lot more iterative in its approach to updates; while it does ship compelling upgrades from time-to-time, it typically teases out big feature improvements along…

Events An impressive arrangement of local and state broadband leaders from the Lone Star State will take center stage at Connected America in Texas. By Brad Randall, Broadband Communities Deep in the heart of Texas this April a who’s who of Texas leaders in broadband will share their insights with attendees at Connected America, scheduled for April 14-15 at the Irving Convention Center. Lone Star leaders to set the pace at Connected America Along with the Bryan Clayton, the director of the Broadband Development Office in Texas, speakers from the City of Fort Worth, the Deep East Texas Council of Governments, the City…

In this article, you will learn what Model Context Protocol (MCP) is and how to build a simple, practical task-tracker MCP server in Python using FastMCP. Topics we will cover include: How MCP works, including hosts, clients, servers, and the three core primitives. How to implement MCP tools, resources, and prompts with FastMCP. How to run and test your MCP server using the FastMCP client. Let’s not waste any more time. Building a Simple MCP Server in PythonImage by Editor Introduction Have you ever tried connecting a language model to your own data or tools? If so, you know it…

This post is co-written with Moshiko Ben Abu, Software Engineer at CyberArk. CyberArk achieved up to 95% reduction in case resolution time using Amazon Bedrock and Apache Iceberg. This improvement addresses a challenge in technical support workflow: when a support engineer receives a new customer case, the biggest bottleneck is often not diagnosing the problem but preparing the data. Customer logs arrive in different formats from multiple vendors, and each new log format typically requires manual integration and correlation before an investigation can begin. For simple cases, this process can take hours. For more complex investigations, it can take days, slowing resolution…

European data rules shape how cloud services are built and deployed, pushing software providers to offer options that keep data and control inside the region. A new move by customer experience software firm Genesys shows how vendors are preparing for that shift, as more organisations weigh compliance risks when choosing where to run cloud workloads.Genesys plans to make its Genesys Cloud platform available on the upcoming AWS European Sovereign Cloud, a cloud environment designed to operate independently inside the European Union. The aim is to allow organisations to use cloud software while keeping infrastructure and data access in EU boundaries.…

For the past week, the massive “Internet of Things” (IoT) botnet known as Kimwolf has been disrupting The Invisible Internet Project (I2P), a decentralized, encrypted communications network designed to anonymize and secure online communications. I2P users started reporting disruptions in the network around the same time the Kimwolf botmasters began relying on it to evade takedown attempts against the botnet’s control servers. Kimwolf is a botnet that surfaced in late 2025 and quickly infected millions of systems, turning poorly secured IoT devices like TV streaming boxes, digital picture frames and routers into relays for malicious traffic and abnormally large distributed…