Author: Carter

## Article Object removal has become a staple of modern generative editing, but evaluating *how well* an object is removed has proven surprisingly difficult. Traditional image-quality metrics such as PSNR, SSIM, and LPIPS were originally designed for generic image restoration and often misrank edited outputs—sometimes rewarding blatant copy-paste or even rewarding degraded images that happen to be closer pixel-wise to the original. More recent benchmarks like ROSE, RORD, and DAVIS exposed weaknesses in existing *no-reference* and *full-reference* methods, where metrics either fail to degrade when blur is increased or falsely penalize legitimate hallucinations. Against this backdrop, the work “PROVE: Perceptual…

**New Article** **Understanding August’s Critical Patch Tuesday Updates: Windows Zero-Days and Server Flaws** By Swati Khandelwal August 11, 2026 Tags: Vulnerability, Windows Security — Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday release addressed a significant number of vulnerabilities, but this month’s updates are particularly noteworthy due to an actively exploited zero-day flaw in the Windows kernel. While the severity scores of several vulnerabilities are high, the real urgency lies in the fact that one exploit is already being used in the wild. Let’s break down the key takeaways from this month’s security updates. *** ### Key Vulnerabilities and Threats The most critical issue…

**Why Strategy Holds Billions in Cash While Accumulating Bitcoin: A Necessary Tradeoff** Strategy, a leading Bitcoin accumulation company, recently reported that its U.S. dollar reserve has grown to $4.65 billion, up from $3.75 billion just two weeks prior. Alongside this, the company has sold nearly 7,000 BTC since late June 2026. This raises a critical question: why would a company built around accumulating Bitcoin choose to hold billions in fiat currency? More importantly, should other Bitcoin-focused businesses follow suit? ### Strategy Holds Cash Because It’s in a Very Unique Position Strategy increasingly operates as an issuer of Digital Credit—preferred securities…

**The Future of Workplace Demographics: EEOC Faces Pressure to Continue Data Collection** A heated debate unfolded at a recent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) hearing as civil rights groups, researchers, and corporate representatives clashed over a proposal that could dismantle a cornerstone of workplace equity monitoring. For nearly six decades, a requirement has stood for tens of thousands of employers to submit annual workforce demographic reports to the EEOC. Now, that very foundation of civil rights enforcement is under scrutiny. At the heart of the issue is the EEO-1 Form, a mandatory annual report that breaks down gender and racial…

**The Rise of the Software Factory: How AI is Revolutionizing Development** Follow ZDNET: [Add us as a preferred source](https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=zdnet.com) on Google. Image: Andriy Onufriyenko/ Moment via Getty Images In the fast-evolving world of technology, the way we build and deploy software is undergoing a fundamental shift. Just as a car factory transforms individual components into a finished vehicle, a new paradigm is emerging in the software world: the “software factory.” This concept, once a buzzword from the late 2000s, is experiencing a powerful resurgence, driven by the capabilities of modern artificial intelligence. This article explores what a software factory is,…

**Novo Nordisk and AWS: A New Era in AI-Driven Drug Discovery** Pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has entered a transformative partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to revolutionize its drug discovery pipelines. The agreement, which designates AWS as the company’s preferred cloud provider and strategic AI partner, aims to deeply integrate artificial intelligence into the core of Novo Nordisk’s research and development processes. This move signals a major shift from using AI for internal tasks to embedding it within the fundamental scientific workflow of drug development. **A Partnership Forged in Innovation** At the heart of this collaboration is the establishment of…

**Polars vs. Pandas: Choosing the Right DataFrame Library for Your Data Work** If you have used Python for data analysis (or dealt with data in any form) for even a few weeks, you have almost certainly used **Pandas**, or at least heard of it. For more than ten years, Pandas has been the standard library for cleaning data, exploring datasets, and preparing said data for machine learning algorithms. Whether you did that in the context of a university course, a side project, or a full-time job, Pandas has become nearly synonymous with data analysis in Python. But in recent years,…

**The 370-Billion-Dollar Race: How Integrated Design Can Help Humanoid Manufacturers Succeed in a Rapidly Growing Market** **Image Caption:** *The future of humanoid robotics involves machines that are as adaptable and intelligent as they are powerful. (Image: Siemens sponsored feature for The Robot Report)* **Introduction: The Dawn of Adaptive Robotics** Imagine a manufacturing floor where robots don’t just repeat the same motion thousands of times but adapt to new tasks. They’re able to navigate cluttered spaces, manipulate unfamiliar objects and switch between tasks as fluidly as human workers. They can climb stairs, squeeze into tight assembly areas and collaborate seamlessly alongside…

# Making OpenTelemetry and Service Mesh Traces Work Together: A Practical Guide Modern cloud-native applications rely heavily on service meshes like Istio for traffic management, security, and observability. When combined with OpenTelemetry, you gain powerful distributed tracing capabilities—at least in theory. In practice, teams often encounter a common issue: traces break apart when mesh telemetry meets application telemetry. This article explains why this happens and how to fix it using the CNCF ecosystem. ## What Istio Already Gives You Istio provides immediate value with minimal application changes. Once sidecars are injected, you automatically receive: – Request volume between services -…

**Water Utilities Get a New Cybersecurity Shield: DEF CON Franklin and NRWA Launch the Water Watch Center** In a significant move to bolster national infrastructure resilience, DEF CON Franklin and the National Rural Water Association (NRWA) have announced the establishment of the **Water Watch Center**. This initiative, unveiled during the recent DEF CON conference in Las Vegas, is designed to deliver managed cybersecurity defence services directly to US water utilities, with a particular focus on protecting small and rural water systems. The announcement responds to growing concerns over widespread nation-state cyberattacks targeting critical water infrastructure. ### A Managed Security Model…