Google has unveiled an AI co-scientist built on its Gemini 2.0 platform, aiming to accelerate scientific research by generating novel hypotheses and refining experiments. While the system shows promise, questions remain about its performance and broader applicability. The system aims to accelerate scientific discoveries by generating research hypotheses, drafting proposals, and refining experiments. “The AI…
As federal workers continue to be handed pink slips, IT workers are being caught up in the effort to downsize government agencies — and they’re likely ill-prepared for the job market they’ll face in the private sector. The Trump Administration, with guidance from Elon Musk’s unofficial “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), has started significant reductions…
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati has launched an AI startup, Thinking Machines Lab, escalating the fight for top talent and reshaping competition in the fast-evolving sector. About 30 researchers and engineers at Thinking Machines Lab previously worked at competitors including OpenAI, Meta, and Mistral, Reuters reported. Former OpenAI employees alone make up about two-thirds of…
The controversy surrounding used Seagate hard drives has significantly widened, with fraudsters now targeting the company’s IronWolf and IronWolf Pro NAS drives alongside the previously affected Exos server-grade HDDs. According to recent investigations, fraudsters have developed more sophisticated methods to manipulate used drives to make them appear new, making detection increasingly challenging for buyers.
For decades, Microsoft Office has been the business world’s dominant productivity software suite. If you use word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and email applications, particularly on Windows, those apps are very likely to be Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. In the 2010s, Microsoft began selling the Office suite under two models: the traditionally licensed, “perpetual”…
In a new study, researchers at Virginia Tech spelled out a variety of security hazards that could compromise mixed-reality systems. The researchers highlighted security threats involving the manipulation of virtual objects when users collaborated via mixed reality headsets. The work involved 20 participants from the school, with most having little or no experience with mixed-reality headsets. In…
width=”2193″ height=”1234″ sizes=”(max-width: 2193px) 100vw, 2193px”>With the second Trump administration, very different cultures are once again clashing in the transatlantic relationship. rawf8 – shutterstock.com The recently inaugurated US President Donald Trump has turned the trusting relationship between the United States and Europe on its head, according to the EU’s new Competition Commissioner, Teresa Ribera. Brussels…
Generative AI (genAI) projects will move from pilot phase to production for many companies this year, which means the workforce will be affected in ways never before imagined. One of those ways will involve onboarding AI agents as new digital employees. One of the focus areas for global staffing firm ManpowerGroup has been its proprietary…
Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI has introduced Grok 3, the latest version of its chatbot model, which Musk describes as the most advanced AI system yet. xAI claims Grok 3 outperforms rival AI models from Alphabet’s Google Gemini, DeepSeek’s V3, Anthropic’s Claude, and OpenAI’s GPT-4o in benchmarks for math, science, and coding. “About a month…
Apple has made a small but significant move by introducing its Apple TV app to Android. It might seem like a minor step, but it marks a major pivot in strategy as the company expands its services beyond its own ecosystem. Across the years, rumors and recruitment ads show it has been putting this plan together for some time. Outside the walled…