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For decades, the technology industry lived and breathed by the cadence of a few select “can’t-miss” events. We remember the peak of COMDEX, the frenzy of early Macworlds, and, most importantly for the silicon world, the Intel Developer Forum (IDF). But as we move deeper into the era of Agentic AI and sovereign high-performance computing, the center of gravity is shifting. AMD recently announced its flagship global AI event for this coming July. For those of us who track the strategic maneuvers of the semiconductor giants, the timing and tone of this announcement aren’t just marketing – they are a…
Asha Sharma was named Xbox CEO in February after leading Microsoft’s CoreAI group. (Microsoft Photo) Microsoft is pulling the plug on its AI-powered Copilot assistant for Xbox, winding down the feature on mobile and canceling its planned launch on consoles. The pullback, announced Tuesday by new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, comes barely a year after the company debuted the gaming chatbot as a centerpiece of its AI push into gaming, demonstrating the limits of Microsoft’s strategy of embedding AI across its product lineup. Microsoft first unveiled Copilot for Gaming at the Game Developers Conference in March 2025, pitching it as…
Google is finally giving Chrome users something that’s been oddly missing for years: a middle ground between “share everything” and “share nothing.” And honestly, it’s about time. What is approximate location sharing in Chrome? Google has introduced approximate location sharing in Chrome on Android, letting users choose between sharing their exact location or just a broader, less precise area like a neighborhood. Until now, most websites either got full access to the precise location or nothing at all. With this update, Chrome adds a new layer of control directly in the permission prompt, where users can pick between Precise and…
Alexa+ is now available for a bunch of Bose products, including some just-announced devices like the Lifestyle Ultra Speaker and Lifestyle Ultra Soundbar. This marks the first time the upgraded smart assistant has been officially integrated into something other than an Amazon-made device. The Lifestyle Ultra line doesn’t launch until May 15, but preorders are open right now. Otherwise, Alexa+ is currently available on Bose products like the Smart Ultra Soundbar, the Home Speaker and the Portable Smart Speaker, among others. For the uninitiated, Alexa+ is Amazon’s latest smart assistant and represents a fairly…
Ravie LakshmananMay 05, 2026Vulnerability / Server Security The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has released security updates to address several security vulnerabilities in the HTTP Server, including a severe vulnerability that could potentially lead to remote code execution (RCE). The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-23918 (CVSS score: 8.8), has been described as a case of “double free and possible RCE” in the HTTP/2 protocol handling. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.66 and has been addressed in version 2.4.67. Striga.ai co-founder Bartlomiej Dmitruk and ISEC.pl researcher Stanislaw Strzalkowski have been credited with discovering and reporting the vulnerability. When reached for comment, Dmitruk…
Three months after Pornhub blocked access to new users in the United Kingdom, the adult entertainment company says it will be allowing users there to view its content as long as they verify their age through an Apple device.Aylo, Pornhub’s parent company, made the announcement Tuesday, noting that the release of Apple’s iOS 26.4 is the “first ever device-based age verification solution for its users in the UK” which it claims will “better protect children everywhere.”As such, the company says UK users on iOS devices and iPads (not MacBooks, which use a different operating system) will be welcomed back into…
United Airlines passengers can now stream certain content from Peacock as a new in-flight channel. United said Friday that the NBCUniversal streaming service will be available starting on May 1 on seat-back screens on more than 800 planes. Passengers can also watch for free on personal devices using the United mobile app. Some Peacock originals will be available at launch, including The Traitors (Season 4) and All Her Fault. Other shows, including The Copenhagen Test and Ponies, are expected in June. A United Airlines representative told CNET the content will be refreshed regularly, with updated programming and title rotations continuing over time. Shows and…
IBM Corp. will use its Think 2026 conference today to outline a broad expansion of its enterprise artificial intelligence portfolio, positioning a new “AI operating model” as the next stage in its customers’ march toward translating early investments into measurable returns. The announcements span agent orchestration, real-time data integration, hybrid cloud operations and digital sovereignty, reflecting what executives described as a shift away from isolated AI deployments toward systemic integration across the enterprise. “The enterprises pulling ahead are not deploying more AI; they’re redesigning how their business operates,” IBM Chief Executive Arvind Krishna said during a media briefing. IBM is…
President Donald Trump’s White House is contemplating whether the US government should be allowed to screen the most powerful AI models before they become available to the public, a significant shift from his previously laissez-faire approach to the AI industry.In the most recent story about White House AI model vetting, the debate boils down to whether the government should intervene before frontier systems with coding or cyber capabilities get distributed to the public. That’s a not a subtle change. That is Washington asking whether the arms race to AI has evolved to the stage where ‘ship it and see what…
NIST SP 800-204D csrc.nist.govDevSecOps strategies for software supply chain security in CI/CD; build integrity, dependency controls, SBOM requirements, attestations, and secure infrastructure deployments throughout the pipelineFederal agencies and contractors; the most specific US government guidance available for CI/CD build and deploy securityNIST SSDF SP 800-218 csrc.nist.govSecure Software Development Framework covering the entire software development life cycle: source code protection, code repositories, third-party components, and the full development process from design through deploymentMandatory under Executive Order 14028 for software vendors supplying the US federal government; baseline for any organization that needs formal SDLC governanceSLSA slsa.devSupply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts; four-level maturity…