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Nina Raemont/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.Fitness trackers are experiencing a comeback, and Google is eager to join in. I recently had the opportunity to test the newest Fitbit Air.Priced at $100, this fitness band targets well-known options such as the Whoop as a budget-friendly alternative to high-end health monitors (whose yearly subscriptions begin at $200 and can go up to $360). While Whoop appeals to dedicated athletes, the Fitbit Air is aimed at everyday users, offering a more accessible price and no mandatory subscription. Also: I wore Google’s Fitbit Air to track my health for a week, and it’s a…

Key takeaways: Bitcoin faces mounting downward pressure as consistent net outflows from BTC-focused exchange-traded funds signal growing caution among institutional investors. The majority of leading altcoins continue to show weakness, pointing to bears currently dominating market direction. Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below the $75,000 threshold on Wednesday, hinting that bears are steadily gaining traction in the digital currency space. Institutional players appear to be offloading their holdings, with bitcoin ETFs posting cumulative net outflows of $1.88 billion since May 15, according to data from Farside Investors. Glassnode noted in an X post that ongoing net outflows from BTC ETFs on almost…

Artificial intelligence is “an unstoppable force” that is being weaponized in ways that fall just short of traditional warfare, Britain’s cyberspying chief warned Wednesday. Anne Keast-Butler, director of the GCHQ signals intelligence agency, cautioned that the nation and its allies find themselves “in a gray area between peace and war” as Russia steps up its “daily hybrid operations” against the West — even as Russian military casualties near 500,000 in Ukraine. She warned the West risks losing the cyber conflict with Russia and other hostile nations unless the general public, businesses, and government bodies treat cybersecurity with significantly more urgency.…

May 27, 2026 Posted by epower Featured CNCF Projects: If you’re managing GPU-powered tasks on Kubernetes—whether it’s vLLM, Triton, training pipelines, or the latest agentic inference systems—you’ve likely run into a common issue: the default autoscaling system mainly looks at CPU and memory, completely ignoring the GPU doing the heavy lifting. This leads to inefficient use of costly accelerators, slower inference times, and unnecessary power consumption, which is a major concern for organizations trying to responsibly scale LLMs and Agentic Operations. My goal was to make KEDA respond to the metrics that actually matter for GPU workloads: utilization, memory usage,…

Key Takeaways: Royal Ray and Impinj have introduced the Ourea Series RRUx1508M, an embedded RAIN RFID module measuring just 15 × 8 × 2.9 mm. It comes with native Gen2X support and is designed for devices where space and power are limited. This globally approved module helps manufacturers quickly build RFID functionality into wearables, smart gadgets, medical devices, drones, and other IoT products—without losing reading reliability. Royal Ray has unveiled what it describes as the tiniest embedded reader module on the market that supports Impinj Gen2X. The Ourea Series is set to make it easier than ever to bring RFID…

Orbbec provides various camera solutions designed for robotic perception, picking tasks, and navigation. Source: Orbbec At the trade show, the robot appears flawless. It smoothly moves toward a bin, spots the target object, reaches inside, and precisely places the item where it belongs. The audience nods approvingly. Investors jot down notes. Engineers cheer with pride. But once the robot arrives at its real-world destination, reality no longer mirrors the polished demonstration. This gap between demo performance and actual deployment remains one of robotics’ toughest ongoing hurdles. Machines that excel in controlled settings frequently falter when faced with changing lighting, shiny…

The foreign exchange market is rapidly shifting away from reliance on gut instinct and embracing a new era defined by speed, data-driven decisions, and pinpoint accuracy. When you incorporate automated systems into your daily trading routine, you can tackle market volatility with a degree of discipline that is often difficult to achieve through manual trading alone. Rather than letting emotional impulses dictate your moves, every trade entry and exit is governed by well-defined rules.Currency markets are notoriously fast-paced—often moving at a speed that outpaces human reaction times. Thanks to sophisticated digital tools, you can now analyze massive amounts of economic…

# Introduction Pandas stands out as one of the most widely used Python libraries for analyzing data. It provides straightforward tools for cleaning, restructuring, summarizing, and investigating structured data. Among its most powerful features is GroupBy, which enables you to tackle questions that involve organizing rows based on one or more categories. Consider a scenario where you’re handling sales records. You might need to determine total revenue per region, find the average order value for each product category, or count how many orders each sales representative processed. Rather than filtering each category individually by hand, GroupBy allows you to carry…

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Begin by setting clear password policies for your Active Directory (AD) accounts, and ensure these rules are applied uniformly across your entire organization. While lax policies expand your vulnerability window, overly complex requirements may tempt users to bypass them — for instance, by jotting passwords on paper, repeating them across various platforms, or simply adding a familiar “!” to their existing password. The key is striking the right balance between rigorous security standards and user convenience. Implement contemporary, robust password methods without overwhelming your support team with password-related inquiries or irritating those you intend to safeguard. Fortunately, an optimized strategy…