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The latest proposal for the upstream Linux kernel is introducing infrastructure for AI agent resources. Initially these agent resources would be for a skill so AI agents can automatically add a "Fixes: " tag on relevant patches for noting the first problematic Git commit automatically that a patch fixes...

There is yet another feature to get excited about for this quarter's Mesa 26.3 release. Months in the making, the Valve-contributed VK_AMD_anti_lag support for the Radeon RADV driver was merged today for benefiting AMD Linux gamers as a nice improvement over the former implementation...

Anthropic PBC today launched a program that brings its frontier models and onsite engineers to the security companies protecting power grids, water systems and other critical infrastructure. OSS Scanner, launched with it, offers open-source projects free periodic vulnerability scans from the company’s strongest models. Both fall under a new effort Anthropic calls the Anthropic Cyber […] The post Anthropic launches critical infrastructure program and free OSS Scanner for open source appeared firs

The FBI announced that it has seized seven web domains linked to hacking tools allegedly operated by a Chinese security firm called Integrity Technology Group and used by Beijing-backed cyber operatives to scan a South Carolina power company's network and other critical infrastructure systems for vulnerabilities. In a subsequent advisory, the FBI and other government agencies in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and Spain warned that Chinese government-linked attackers, enabled

Isomorphic Labs Ltd., an Alphabet Inc. spinoff working to accelerate drug discovery, is said to be raising a new funding round. The Bloomberg report that revealed the discussions today didn’t specify the size of the deal. The paper’s sources did, however, divulge that Isomorphic is eyeing a valuation of between $40 billion and $50 billion. […] The post Alphabet spinoff Isomorphic Labs reportedly raising funding at up to $50B valuation appeared first on SiliconANGLE.

Nvidia on Thursday scraped together some spare change to commit $1 billion — about 1/60th of its quarterly profits — to funding US scientific discovery over the next five years. The commitment, announced during an event in Washington, DC, aims to support the research and development of AI — or is it "super intelligence" now? — in fields including quantum computing, healthcare, and energy security. Nvidia's choice of technologies is not surprising as it has long aspired to fuse AI and high-perfor

The FBI has seized seven domains used by Chinese state-sponsored hackers known as Flax Typhoon to operate two hacking tools, MicroScan and FishHub, used in attacks that breached critical infrastructure and other organizations worldwide. [...]

Enterprises racing to put agents into production are learning that the AI improvement loop never really ends. Agents must be run, observed, evaluated and improved continuously. CoreWeave Inc. has been assembling a full-stack platform aimed at agentic AI. Its Forge offering is intended to give business units and machine learning teams a shared workflow, according […] The post CoreWeave Forge aims to speed up the AI improvement loop appeared first on SiliconANGLE.

Manus, the creator of the eponymous artificial intelligence agent, has raised more than $500 million in funding. The Chinese startup announced the round today. It said the private equity firm Boyu Capital led the investment with contributions from Tencent Holdings Ltd., one of China’s largest tech firms, and several others. Bloomberg reported last month that […] The post AI agent developer Manus raises $500M+ at reported $4B valuation appeared first on SiliconANGLE.

With an eye on entering the homegrown electric two-wheeler (E2W) market, Vietnamese EV maker VinFast has signed letters of intent (LoIs) with more than 50 dealers across India. The EV maker said that the agreements will pave the way for establishing 50+ e-motorcycle showrooms across 34 cities in 15 states and union territories (UTs). These showrooms will be set up across Delhi NCR, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, among others. In a statement, the EV gia

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said that Gemini will be "your new single, universal agent for work," a declaration as unassailable as Google's history of consistency, customer service, and long-term product support. Long-term here means a median lifespan of about 4.1 years and a mean lifespan of about 5.4 years across 308 discontinued products and services. That doesn't include enduring successes like Gmail and Search. Perhaps Gemini is destined for that level of longevity. In a blog post adapte

NASA and the Department of Energy have agreed to expand their collaboration on the space agency's nuclear ambitions, as administrator Jared Isaacman pushes ahead with a tight deadline to launch a fission-powered spacecraft to Mars. “We are entering the ‘Nuclear NASA-era,’” Isaacman said at a signing ceremony where he and Energy Secretary Chris Wright signed a joint memorandum of understanding. The MOU, the full text of which doesn’t appear to have been published, establishes a framework for coll

IDC Frontier, a major Japanese cloud and digital infrastructure company, disclosed that its IDCF Cloud service was targeted in a ransomware attack that caused an outage at a data center cluster serving the eastern part of the country. [...]

The full-stack AI cloud market is about more than access to graphics processing units: it also encompasses the tools needed to improve models and agents in production. Providers are seeking to distinguish themselves through the tooling, partners and expertise they combine with hardware. CoreWeave Inc. is connecting training, inference and evaluation through its newly announced […] The post CoreWeave makes the case for an open, full-stack AI cloud appeared first on SiliconANGLE.

With Richard out, Leo and Paul discuss the Microsoft 10.7 event for Windows, Surface, and RTX Spark, Googlebooks, AI and dev, XBOX and gaming, and a lot more. The post Windows Weekly 1004: Fat Washed appeared first on Thurrott.com.

A malware campaign dubbed 'Midnight Mimosa' has been discovered on low-cost Android smartphones that ship with malicious software embedded in their firmware, allowing attackers to silently install apps, perform ad fraud, and turn devices into residential proxies. [...]

Managing a self-hosted server today is a lot of fun. We can use Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby to stream our Blu-ray and DVD collections throughout the house and access them remotely. However, sometimes I miss the simpler days of traditional TV with a guide. With Retro TV projects, I can turn my Jellyfin library into my own TV network — similar to using Tunarr or Ersatz TV for Plex.

Closed software like Google's Workspace suite is popular. But it has hidden layers I want visibility into, especially as awareness of tracking and data collection increases.

I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that Valve's efforts are primarily why Linux gaming is even a thing these days (even if Valve only took the plunge because it really wanted to escape Windows 8). The Proton layer allows developers to continue making titles for Windows only, and for Linux gamers to play those titles with minimal to no problems. Now, a new update to the Steam Beta client makes running Windows games—and, by extension, apps—on Linux a lot easier.

Today, shared Microsoft 365 plans include 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage for every family member. Microsoft is about to shrink that allotment dramatically.