Technology

AI is evolving faster than most people, even those building it, could even fathom, and its impact on the workforce and the economy is, at this point, really anyone’s guess. Researchers from The Anthropic Institute are offering a few possibilities: They have built a nuanced framework looking at how AIContinue Reading

Gartner on Wednesday said that it expects 30% of the positions eliminated by AI-related layoffs to be refilled by 2029, suggesting that the initial terminations were ill-advised and excessive. “When business and IT executives look back on the early AI era, they will realize their greatest mistake was believing thatContinue Reading

KDE Frameworks 6.28.0 Released with Android Calendar Plugin, New Barcode Support, and KIO Improvements. KDE has released Frameworks 6.28.0, the latest monthly update to its set of over 80 libraries that form the foundation of Plasma and most KDE applications. This release brings several useful new features along with theContinue Reading

Broadcom has taken down the public download pages for the VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK). The pages for VDDK 8 and 9, along with the landing page, now return a generic error message. So far, there has been no formal announcement from Broadcom. The removal was carried out sometimeContinue Reading

Seeing all the hype surrounding AI in the Linux ecosystem, you might’ve asked yourself, What makes a Linux distro “AI-focused”? If you go looking for an answer, you will get all kinds of results depending on which project you look at. One wires an AI agent into first boot, rightContinue Reading

CUPERTINO, California (AP) — Apple on Wednesday unveiled its latest generation of iPhones, including a widely anticipated foldable version called Duo. The company’s new CEO, John Ternus, who took over from Tim Cook on Sept. 1, introduced the latest lineup at the company’s Cupertino, California headquarters. After cycling through otherContinue Reading

Apple’s new iPhones will cost more — but so will older models., Apple’s new iPhones will cost more — but so will older models., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading

EST-Floattech will supply its Octopus High Energy battery systems for a series of 15 new river cruise vessels, under a contract with Dutch system integrator Van Tiem Elektro. Each vessel will carry 650 kWh of battery capacity, putting the order at 9.7 MWh. EST-Floattech describes it as one of itsContinue Reading

Oxfordshire-based silicon anode developer Nexeon has closed a £100-million ($133-million) investment round, completed by a £52.6-million ($70-million) commitment from the UK’s National Wealth Fund. The Korea Development Bank and Honda Xcelerator Ventures, Honda’s open innovation investment program, also came in as new investors. The round follows the $170 million NexeonContinue Reading

A new version of BleachBit, an open-source system cleaning tool, is out. BleachBit 6.0.4 brings everything I mentioned in my spot on the BleachBit 6.0.4 beta release, including macOS support for the first time – albeit in an early state, and including a Cleaner for Safari and a choice ofContinue Reading