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A broad package of reforms designed to address long-standing problems in privatized military housing — problems that have exposed thousands of service members and their families to unsafe, even dangerous, living conditions — has been incorporated into the Senate Armed Services Committee’s fiscal 2027 defense policy bill. For military families who have spent years advocating for stronger protections, this marks a significant step forward. Central elements of the bipartisan Military Occupancy Living Defense Act, commonly known as the MOLD Act, which was introduced earlier this year, were included in the Senate’s draft of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act. The…

Strengths and Weaknesses Strengths Powerful, crystal-clear audioGemini-powered smart home experience with AI generationUser-friendly and straightforward operation. Weaknesses The mic setup fails to catch speech while the volume is highBigger price tag compared to other Nest Mini models. additional purchasing options Stay Updated with ZDNET: register as a favorite provider on Google.Google’s Google Home Speaker is the tech giant’s latest release for smart home audio and marks their first new speaker in six years. After spending roughly two days testing this device, I’ve gathered some initial observations. Plus: This single tablet swapped out both my iPad and my Kindle, plus you…

Summary An insider uncovered new text within Claude Code v2.1.190 indicating that Fable 5 access will be rolled into weekly subscription allowances instead of being offered as a standalone paid extra. The update log on public GitHub doesn’t mention these references, yet they’re embedded in the compiled software itself. This development emerges as Anthropic’s ties with the Trump administration seem to be warming up. Fable 5 could be making a comeback—and when it does, there’s a good chance it won’t cost you anything beyond your regular plan.A self-described leaker who posts under the handle “synthwavedd” on X revealed on Tuesday…

async def demo_memory(): explain( “DEMO 4 — Memory: persistent MEMORY.md across sessions”, “””Long-term memory persists between runs by being saved to MEMORY.md. During session 1 the agent stores a user preference; when a completely new session 2 starts (fresh engine, fresh transcript) that stored memory gets injected into the system prompt, so the agent already ‘knows’ the user.”””) mem_path = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), “oh_demo4_MEMORY.md”) memory = MemoryStore(mem_path) memory.reset() registry = build_registry() print(” ── Session 1 ──”) ctx1 = ToolContext(vfs=VirtualFS(), memory=memory, skills=SkillLibrary()) s1 = [ Use(“I’ll remember the user’s stated preferences.”, [(“remember”, {“note”: “User prefers metric units and concise answers.”})]), lambda m: Say(“Noted…

Google is introducing enhanced privacy controls for its Search services and Google Play platform, granting users greater authority over their stored activity history and tailored recommendations. In a message entitled “New privacy settings for Search services,” which was dispatched to users and reviewed by BleepingComputer, Google stated that it is “refining our settings to offer you even more command over saved history and personalized recommendations throughout Google Search services and Google Play.” Google clarified that Search services encompass “Search, Maps, Shopping, Hotels, Flights, Translate, and News,” and users will notice the update in their Google Account within the coming days.…

Dataset descriptionDataset overviewFor the binary lung cancer subtyping task, we utilized two public and one private digital pathology datasets of NSCLC stained with haematoxylin and eosin: (1) 941 whole-slide images (WSIs) from TCGA, including 467 LUAD and 474 LUSC cases, (2) 1,306 WSIs from CPTAC, including 644 LUAD and 662 LUSC cases, and (3) 3,123 WSIs from Queen Mary Hospital, including 2,645 LUAD and 478 LUSC cases. For brevity, we call these three datasets TCGA, CPTAC, and QMH-NSCLC, respectively. The QMH-NSCLC collection was approved by the Institutional Review Board of The University of Hong Kong/Hospital Authority Hong Kong West Cluster…

Cloudflare powers roughly one-fifth of the internet, but we don’t do it all by themselves. Developers building on their platform draw on a wide range of external tools and services alongside Cloudflare’s own offerings. To help tie everything together, Cloudflare exposes a robust API that developers use to build automations, CI/CD pipelines, and integrations that connect the different pieces of their infrastructure. Earlier this month, they introduced self-managed OAuth, a feature that simplifies how customers create and manage their own OAuth clients for delegated access to the Cloudflare API.Cloudflare is no stranger to OAuth. If you’ve used Wrangler or integrations…

Supermicro has broadened its lineup of edge AI systems, introducing Intel-based platforms engineered for low-latency inference, factory automation, and localized data processing across distributed settings.The new offerings feature Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors, Intel Core Series 2 processors, and Intel Arc Pro B-series GPUs. The portfolio spans small fanless enclosures, shallow-depth 1U rackmount servers, and a mini tower suited for office and edge installations.Supermicro targets these solutions at enterprises in retail, manufacturing, physical security, transportation, and logistics. The systems are purpose-built for edge settings that involve cameras, sensors, machinery, barcode scanners, and other connected devices.Edge systems growAccording to IDC,…

In this article, you’ll discover why a massive context window isn’t equivalent to agent memory, and how strategies like retrieval, compression, and summarization work together within an agent’s cognitive architecture. Here’s what we’ll explore: Why a context window acts like a stateless scratchpad rather than a persistent memory store. How retrieval-augmented generation, compression, and summarization each serve a unique function in curating what gets placed onto that scratchpad. How agents can achieve true memory persistence by operating as a database administrator instead of serving as the database. Introduction Context windows are a fundamental feature of modern AI models — especially…

Modern consensus mechanisms are built around two core guarantees: Consistency and Liveness. Consistency means that all participating nodes will ultimately converge on an identical set of transactions arranged in the same order, while liveness ensures that the system keeps making progress and accepting new transactions. What neither of these properties addresses is whether the resulting transaction sequence truly embodies fairness.In public blockchain networks, the sequence in which transactions are processed carries immediate economic weight. The execution order determines who reaps value and who bears the cost — especially when validators, block builders, or sequencers can leverage their privileged position during…