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Agentic inference is reshaping the center of gravity in AI infrastructure. What began as a race to scale training has shifted into a phase defined by expanding context windows, memory‑augmented reasoning and the need to keep graphics processing units continuously fed with data. As enterprises push deeper into agentic systems, storage has moved into the critical path of AI performance. Agentic inference is exposing new bottlenecks, accelerating the adoption of design patterns and pushing organizations to rethink how intelligence is staged, retrieved and delivered to GPUs, according to Greg Matson (pictured), senior vice president and head of marketing and products at…
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously unreported Internet-of-Things (IoT) botnet framework dubbed TuxBot v3 Evolution that shows signs of being developed with assistance from a large language model (LLM), albeit with not so successful results. “While the AI complied with their request to generate botnet code, it included a safety disclaimer that the developer failed to remove before shipping,” Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 said. “Although the LLM clearly aided in constructing the botnet, several functions in the analyzed samples failed to work correctly.” The cybersecurity company said a manual code review would have resolved these errors and…
Your customers aren’t buying your software. They’re buying a result. Outcome-based pricing is the model that finally acknowledges that uncomfortable truth. Here’s the version of SaaS pricing nobody puts in the sales deck. Most models charge the customer regardless of what happens next. Seat-based pricing bills per user whether anyone logs in. Usage-based pricing bills per action whether those actions move any needle. Both models share the same quiet assumption: once the contract is signed, the vendor’s financial exposure is over. Customers figured this out. Slowly- and then all at once. Administrative renewal conversations are now interrogations. Procurement teams arrive…
The new flagship headphones blend Bose audio and big bass. James Trew for Engadget RATING : 7.8 / 10 Pros Solid ANC Well-balanced sound Unique bass experience Cons Dated design Heavy for prolonged use Skullcandy has spent years carving out its own niche in the headphone market. While brands like Sony, Bose and Sennheiser were fighting over which had the best sound quality and noise cancellation, Skullcandy leaned into its reputation on one thing above all else: bass. The Crusher line, with its signature haptic bass system, has always been unapologetically over…
Millions of people are now designing their own personalized artificial intelligence companions, yet most have little idea how those creations will actually behave. In a new paper, MIT Media Lab Assistant Professor Pat Pataranutaporn and his graduate student researchers Anthony Baez and Sheer Karny introduce “neural transparency,” a tool that lets everyday users glimpse inside an AI’s neural network before their chatbot ever says a word. The work is being presented this week at the ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces. In this interview, Pataranutaporn, who is the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation CD Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, explains what they…
Apple has introduced 36-month carrier financing for cellular iPads purchased directly from the Apple Store. The option is available through AT&T and Verizon to existing customers who add a new line of service. Until now, the main financing option offered directly by Apple was Apple Card Monthly Installments, which divides the cost of an iPad across 12 months. The new carrier plans stretch those payments across three years and cover the standard iPad, iPad mini, iPad Air, and iPad Pro. The higher prices are easier to swallow The new option arrives only weeks after Apple raised prices across its iPad…
As I filled my hand with Magic: The Gathering cards from the brand-new Marvel Super Heroes set, I saw the surreality of childhood hobbies layered over each other. I drew and played Spider-Man, who prevented my opponent’s Advanced Idea Mechanics goon from blocking as if they’d been webbed up. My foe and I slammed heroes, villains, minions and spells against each other, replicating a comic panel brawl between opposing super teams made of cardboard rectangles. At Summer Game Fest 2026, I got a chance to play the new Marvel Superheroes set, which launched on June 26. Better still, I got to…
If you think an artificial intelligence model running on thousands of cutting-edge computer chips is smart, allow me to introduce you to the concept of a 1-year-old.OK, so babies might not be able to write computer programs, solve advanced math problems, or debate philosophical ideas. But unlike today’s AI models, which consume an ocean’s worth of training data and as much energy as a small country, babies learn to make sense of the world with amazing efficiency. They identify new objects after seeing them once or twice, and they learn through fleeting observation and physical interaction.When it comes to improving…
Twenty-six anonymous Meta employees have sued the company in federal court in Oakland, California, alleging it used AI-powered software to disproportionately target workers with disabilities, medical leave histories, and pregnancies during mass layoffs. The employees are seeking to halt the next round of layoffs, scheduled to begin on Jul 22, while they pursue arbitration. The plaintiffs, from six states, including California, New York and Washington, DC, accused Meta of using tools such as Metamate and productivity metrics to rank employees when it cut thousands of jobs—about 10% of its workforce—earlier in 2026. The lawsuit, filed on July 13, said that…
Ravie LakshmananJul 15, 2026Vulnerability / Browser Security Mozilla has released updates to address two critical flaws in Firefox for which it warned that exploit code has been published. The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2026-15718, an invalid pointer in the JavaScript: WebAssembly component CVE-2026-15719, a site isolation in the DOM: Navigation component “We are aware that exploit code for this is public, however we are not aware of any attacks in the wild abusing this flaw,” Mozilla said in an advisory. Both vulnerabilities have been addressed in Firefox version 152.0.6. The release comes as Google shipped fixes for 15 security…