Author: Carter

Large language models are incredibly powerful, yet remain frustratingly opaque under the hood. When something goes wrong — a model suddenly switches languages, loops the same output repeatedly, or wrongly blocks a harmless request — developers have almost no visibility into what caused the issue at the computational level. Qwen-Scope was built precisely to solve this black-box problem. The Qwen Team has just published Qwen-Scope, an open-source collection of sparse autoencoders (SAEs) trained across the Qwen3 and Qwen3.5 model families. The release includes 14 sets of SAE weights spanning 7 model variants — five dense models (Qwen3-1.7B, Qwen3-8B, Qwen3.5-2B, Qwen3.5-9B,…

The market for managed security services is expected to surge from $38.31 billion in 2025 to $69.16 billion by 2030[1], with cybersecurity standing out as the sector growing at the quickest pace[2]. Despite this promising outlook, plenty of MSPs are leaving money on the table because their sales approach fails to connect hands-on technical know-how with what customers actually need from their business. This disconnect is precisely where most deals come to a standstill. MSPs tend to concentrate on technical frameworks and system vulnerabilities, yet their clients ultimately make decisions based on tangible business results: lowering risk, passing compliance audits,…

The Pentagon wants expanded authority for interagency cyber transfers and a shorter probationary period for cyber workers in excepted service roles. Anastasia Obis April 30, 2026 6:43 pm 3 min read The Pentagon is requesting new authorities from Congress for fiscal year 2027 to help recruit and keep cyber talent, as it continues to face ongoing shortages in its cyber workforce. In a legislative proposal shared with Congress earlier this month, the Department of Defense asked for the removal of obstacles that make it hard for employees to transfer between the Cyber Excepted Service (CES) and the competitive service. The…

Andriy Onufriyenko/ Moment via Getty ImagesFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysMeasuring productivity means setting KPIs that show value.Working harder with AI doesn’t always mean working better.Focus on strong partnerships that demonstrate clear benefits.Proving the value of AI is more challenging than it sounds. A CIO recently explained to me he’d proudly told his CEO that the organization’s Microsoft Copilot implementation had saved the average employee 30 minutes a day. The CEO’s response was curt: “So what? How are staff using that time to produce something valuable for the company?”The CIO admitted to being somewhat…

As the saying goes, a single picture communicates more than a thousand words. Still, only a handful of corporate chatbots are capable of reliably returning images that are directly tied to their source material. What’s the reason? The answer is: although this would be a major improvement over a purely text-based experience, it’s challenging to execute with consistent reliability. Still, there’s no shortage of situations where this capability would be incredibly valuable. From real estate prospects wanting to view properties to technicians seeking the latest machine specifications, users would much rather receive precise, relevant images and maintenance tables directly within…

Visa has included Polygon in its stablecoin settlement network, providing fintech issuers with an alternative method for settling card transactions outside of regular banking hours. Although card payments seem instant to consumers, issuers still rely on bank working hours, cut-off times, weekends, and holidays to receive settlements. This delay creates working capital challenges for fintechs, especially those managing payments programs or relying on sponsor bank frameworks with significant transaction volumes. By integrating Polygon, these fintechs can now process stablecoin settlements on a blockchain already widely used for high-volume US dollar transactions. Handling Capital Costs from Weekend Settlement Gaps Card systems…

In my first TDS article, I explained how to transform a real-world challenge into an integer linear program. A second piece addressed how to make that model resilient to uncertainty. Both built on the same principle: take an ambiguous practical problem, express it as a linear program, and let a solver handle the rest. Yet at some point, every modeler hits a wall where the LP feels artificially tidy. You feed it a demand figure, a travel time, a wind speed. The model takes those numbers, outputs a solution, and moves on. But the real world they represent—unpredictable, noisy, occasionally…

Today’s cybercriminals launch attacks with a scale, speed, and success rate typical of industrial enterprises. To fight back, defenders need to equip themselves with the same level of AI and automation. The roots of cybercrime’s industrialization trace back to the 1990s. As criminal operations adopted the structure, tactics, and objectives of legitimate industries, they evolved into a full-fledged business. Running a business profitably demands efficiency—more output with less input—and modern cybercrime accomplishes this through AI, automated systems, and the seamless exchange of data. FortiGuard conducted a comprehensive analysis of the threats dominating today’s cybercrime landscape, drawing on telemetry from millions…

Posted on April 30, 2026 by Jed Salazar, Field CTO, Edera CNCF projects highlighted in this post Not long ago, Anthropic revealed that its latest AI model, Mythos, independently identified and weaponized zero-day vulnerabilities across every major operating system and web browser — including a 27-year-old flaw that had evaded decades of human audits and millions of automated checks. The model needed no specialized guidance or human experts directing its efforts. If an AI model can autonomously chain together exploits to gain full kernel-level control of Linux, what does that say about an infrastructure paradigm in which thousands of workloads…

When a generator, tool, or machine part goes missing, the expense goes far beyond simply buying a new one. In industries that rely heavily on physical assets, lost or stolen equipment can stall projects and force companies to scramble for emergency rentals—making asset tracking an increasingly vital piece of equipment management.Samsara has published its 2026 State of Connected Operations Asset Theft & Loss Report, which takes a close look at how much equipment theft and loss actually cost large-scale physical operations.The study, called Quantifying the Hidden Cost of Asset Invisibility, draws on responses from more than 1,500 finance executives working…