Tens of officers have been fired, and some even arrested, for abuse of the Flock license plate reader system used by police departments throughout the US, according to a new report.
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MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of science and technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. Your brain lives in the dark space of your skull. Yet it knows when the wind lifts the hairs on your skin, when your heart is…
Sega is hiring up for the Sonic Team, just as the series is celebrating its 35th anniversary. Read more
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered government agencies to patch an actively exploited Ivanti Sentry flaw within three days, as mandated by the newly issued Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 26-04. [...]
Half the trouble of building an Nvidia NVL or AMD Helios competitor is just getting the networking out of the box
The French government revealed that a recent breach of its Tchap encrypted messaging platform affects the accounts of over 73,000 employees in the French public sector. [...]
When they get home, the residents of a small housing association on the outskirts of Hudiksvall, Sweden, plug in their electric vehicles to charge them or, intriguingly, power their homes.
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Scientists at RIKEN have proposed a new way to make quantum systems synchronize in only one direction—like a one-way street for sound particles known as phonons. The breakthrough combines two quantum effects to create a form of one-way quantum synchronization that remains surprisingly stable even when exposed to manufacturing flaws and environmental noise, two major obstacles that have long…
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Equal AI said that its AI-powered call assistant now has over a million monthly active users.
AI summary Equal AI has raised $30 million to develop an AI-powered call assistant that answers calls for users. The app is available on Android and targets the Indian market, with over a million monthly active users.
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During the WWDC26 keynote, Apple announced its third generation of Apple Foundation Models (AFM), comprising five models, some of which are local, some of which are cloud-based, and one of which lives in Google’s servers running on Nvidia chips. Here’s a breakdown of how that will work.
AI summary Apple announced its third generation of Apple Foundation Models (AFM) during WWDC26, comprising five models that are local, cloud-based, or running on Google’s servers with Nvidia chips (as reported by 9to5Mac). According to a Habr article, Apple previewed Foundation Models for developers at iOS 26's launch in 2025, and later in January 2026, Bloomberg reported a deal with Google for the next AFM generation to be based on Google Gemini technology.
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The photoacoustic effect has been known for more than 150 years: Gases exposed to light heat up. Pulsing the light generates periodic pressure fluctuations, or sound waves, with frequencies that can be uniquely assigned to individual gases. This photoacoustic effect forms the basis for a measurement method that is highly precise even at low gas concentrations. Despite its high sensitivity, the…
Strava improved on its hiking toolset today with new route-planning, navigation, and sharing tools, including a welcome addition to its Apple Watch app. Here are the details.
