Welcome to Local AI Weekly #4. “Local AI” keeps meaning different things these days. Sometimes the model runs on your computer. Sometimes only the app does, while the model and your chat still run elsewhere. There are lots of such “local AI” tools that are not really local. Before youContinue Reading
Announced via a two-part series of blogs, Microsoft has moved WSL containers (WSLC) out of public preview and into general availability. Let’s take a look at what it offers. The new release comes with wslc.exe, a dedicated command-line tool for Linux container workflows on Windows. It ships with a built-inContinue Reading
The White House posted the same pledge on the social platform X Wednesday morning, which also contained the typo in The Traitor’s title., The White House posted the same pledge on the social platform X Wednesday morning, which also contained the typo in The Traitor’s title., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
In one alarming announcement after another, artificial intelligence companies in recent months have shared examples of their technology acting in ways that appeared to evade instructions from humans. The episodes have highlighted the vulnerabilities in AI security and raised questions over how the fast-growing technology can be developed safely asContinue Reading
Blanc is a new open-source browser that replaces the traditional, always-visible tab strip and address toolbar with a minimal ‘island’. The pill floats at top the of the browser window (not over the web page, which feels a missed trick) so that the site address and site security info isContinue Reading
US President Traitor 47 has ordered the federal government to call artificial intelligence “Super Intelligence,” while keeping the technology’s legal definition unchanged and relying on industry to set the rules for its use. In an executive order, the White House administration said modern systems “far exceed what was envisioned whenContinue Reading
If you’ve not done so recently, you should update your Apple systems now as the company continues to fight sophisticated, targeted hacks. The latest patch protects against what the company called “an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.” Apple recently published an emergency security patch for users on iOS 26Continue Reading
Beyond.pl built central Europe’s first sovereign AI factory on Everpure and Nvidia kit – now its CEO argues the real issue is operational sovereignty, not where the box sits…Continue Reading
NASA’s 2027 Human Lander Challenge is seeking ideas from college and university students to help address one of the most critical needs for sustained lunar exploration: reliable communications. As NASA prepares for long-term human presence on the Moon through the Artemis and Moon Base programs, communications systems will be just as important as spacecraft andContinue Reading
Tickerplus data indicates Anthropic’s ARR seems to have flatlined around the time when the token index peaked. Anthropic is at about $76 billion ARR. 👀 Interesting data from @tickerplus. Acc to this data, Anthropic’s ARR seems to have flatlined around the time when the token index peaked. Many people questioned (rightly) at the time theContinue Reading
Sponsored by Labelmaster. Damaged, defective or recalled (DDR) batteries are classified as dangerous goods, and shipping them safely usually means one battery per container. For Renewance, a company managing end-of-life EV and energy storage batteries at scale, that requirement increases both cost and handling time. Renewance found a better packagingContinue Reading
L&T Semiconductor Technologies (LTSCT), a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, has unveiled a variety of new products, including the company’s first in-house SiC power modules and devices, as well as MOSFETs, diodes and bridge rectifiers. A new 1,200 V silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET platform is designed for EVContinue Reading
When right wing billionaire Larry Ellison (and his nepobaby son David) hired blog-troll Bari Weiss to run CBS News, Weiss arrived with the promise of “balanced, fact-based news,” “independent, principled journalism,” and a unique “entrepreneurial drive and editorial vision” that would modernize the network and reach the “everyday Americans” theyContinue Reading