2026-05-26 08:33:40
Huawei introduced the Tau Scaling Law, a principle that can guide chip development as Moore's Law weakens.
Huawei said her team has spent the past six years applying it and has mass-produced 381 chips based on the approach.
The principle argues that the semiconductor industry should shift its focus from shrinking transistors to speeding up transmission speeds across devices, circuits, chips and computing systems. #processor
https://cybernews.com/ai-news/huawei-chip-queen-faster-chips-us-tech/
2026-05-25 08:43:49
As the #EU’s landmark Big Tech market power regulation DMA enters its third year and faces a mandatory European Commission review, a growing chorus of voices are raising concerns that the tool — pitched as a way to fast-track enforcement in quick-moving digital markets — is too slow and unwieldy. #bigtech
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-big-tech-law-meant-to-move-fast-it-hasnt/
2026-05-24 08:43:07
Microsoft previously shuttered an experimental seaborne #datacenter in 2024, but Panthalassa plans to deploy an experimental data center fleet in the northern Pacific Ocean sometime this year.
https://futurism.com/science-energy/peter-thiel-data-center-ocean
2026-05-22 09:20:37
The €5 billion EU fund should be considered a starting point, analysts said, with significantly higher levels of capital needed to put the European technology sector on par with the US — where deployed venture and growth capital annually runs into the hundreds of billions of dollars – and China – which benefits from state-backed investments. #EU
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4175860/eu-moves-forward-on-5-8b-scale-up-fund-to-keep-startups-from-leaving.html
2026-05-21 18:20:09
Sticker on an #EV charger cable:
“Caution! GPS alarm-protected cable.”
https://klaava.com/stealing-electric-vehicle-charging-cables-is-a-thing/
2026-05-20 08:59:58
Review of a #degoogled #Android:
--- Ultimately, iodéOS feels less like a “hardcore security OS” and more like a privacy-focused Android for regular people, and for many users, that may be exactly the right balance.
https://cyberinsider.com/iodeos-review-privacy-focused-android-that-doesnt-get-in-your-way/
2026-05-19 18:43:00
The #EU Passenger Package proposal aims at allowing travelers to book a single ticket for a cross-border #train journey that may include multiple rail operators. .https://klaava.com/major-improvement-for-train-passengers-planned-in-europe-single-tickets-for-cross-border-travel/
2026-05-19 08:28:58
Mistral CEO Mensch has repeatedly touted sovereignty and #Europe's independence from American #AI companies as central to Mistral's open-source strategy, saying recently that governments increasingly want AI systems they can control independently of US tech giants. #bigtech #digitalsovereignity
https://www.businessinsider.com/mistral-ceo-warns-europe-2-years-avoid-us-ai-dependence-2026-5
2026-05-18 16:12:38
The key points of the European Commission proposal for simplifying Europe-wide travel booking and #train travel are the following. #EU #Europe #travel
https://klaava.com/major-improvement-for-train-passengers-planned-in-europe-single-tickets-for-cross-border-travel/
2026-05-17 08:31:22
Most datacenters and qualified cloud operators still rely heavily on Intel or AMD processors. And inside those processors sits a computer beneath the computer: management engines operating at Ring -3, below the operating system, outside the control of host security software, persistent even when the machine appears powered off. #digitalsovereignity
https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/05/16/europe-built-sovereign-clouds-to-escape-us-control-then-forgot-about-the-processors/5237735
2026-05-15 09:08:31
VR headset, voice transcript device, tablet or phone with keyboard?
https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-ditched-laptop-for-xr-headset-tablet-phone-what-i-learned/
2026-05-14 08:59:41
The findings reveal that #identity-related breaches are no longer outliers; they’re now a primary challenge for modern defense. #security
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/blog/sophos-state-of-identity-security-2026
2026-05-13 08:16:23
Early adopters want the latest tech, but the mass market will be more difficult to convince:
--- Should AI or smart glasses products from more companies end up selling as well as #Meta's version, researchers expect as many as 100 million people will buy a pair in the next few years. #privacy
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj37z8357e5o
2026-05-12 08:55:18
So #AI vibe-coding and agents are making IT professionals redundant?
--- Demand remains strongest for core technical roles. Job postings for systems engineers and architects have increased by 42.7% since January, while software developer and engineer postings have increased by 32.3%. Cybersecurity roles rose 23.2%.
https://www.networkworld.com/article/4169625/tech-job-postings-hit-three-year-high-as-ai-demand-fuels-hiring-rebound.html
2026-05-10 08:40:20
The emergence of nonconsensual #cloning of coworkers, bosses and ex-partners is a new challenge to our sense of right and wrong, and yet another way #AI is challenging us to step up and figure out how to respond.
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4168535/ai-clones-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly.html
2026-05-09 08:54:32
If i access the site on a #Linux phone like Jolla?
#Google has tied its next-generation reCAPTCHA system to Google Play Services on Android, meaning anyone running a de-Googled phone will automatically fail verification when the system decides to challenge them. #degoogled
https://reclaimthenet.org/google-broke-recaptcha-for-de-googled-android-users
2026-05-08 08:55:54
It takes surprisingly little to crack the average password hash. #security
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/07/60-of-md5-password-hashes-are-crackable-in-under-an-hour/5234954
2026-05-06 08:50:43
Misidentified as a shoplifter by face recognition #algorithm:
“It was scary but what was more scary was when I got home and started looking into Facewatch, I saw they share the information between loads of retailers.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/03/guilty-until-proven-innocent-shoppers-falsely-identified-by-facial-recognition-struggle-to-clear-their-name
2026-05-04 08:37:34
The bad news is that software now purports to glean insights into the depths and vagaries of human emotion using #AI, and it is coming to watch you. The industry term is #emotion AI or sometimes affective computing.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/05/worker-surveillance-emotion-ai/687029/
2026-05-03 08:39:58
The criminal cases underscore the growing use of #AI chatbots for personal advice and the lack of privacy protections for those conversations. While AI chatbots have rapidly become a go-to source for legal advice, medical diagnoses and therapy, those conversations are not legally protected. #privacy
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/02/us/chatgpt-ai-privacy-crime