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  # Introduction  It all began on a Tuesday that spiraled out of control. I had three client briefs to condense, a pile of research tabs I kept meaning to revisit, several emails requiring careful responses, and a half-finished technical document that had been sitting open in a browser tab for nearly four days. By the time I finally looked up from constantly jumping between tasks, it was already past 7 PM, and I had accomplished almost nothing of real value. That night, rather than shutting my laptop and accepting defeat, I began rethinking the problem. My issue wasn’t a…

You have full access to this article via your institution. The city of Leiden in the Netherlands is gaining a reputation for hosting meetings on integrity in science.Credit: GettyJust over ten years ago, following a 2014 conference at Leiden University in the Netherlands, scholars released the Leiden Manifesto in Nature. The manifesto advocated for careful handling of research metrics and laid out ten guiding principles to promote thoroughness and equity in how research is assessed1. Together with the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), these Leiden guidelines have seen worldwide adoption.How AI is reshaping discovery in maths and physicsThose…

This is Part 2 in the technical article series about Bitcoin covenants by Cointelegraph Research. To read the previous article click here. OP_CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY (OP_CTV) was introduced by Jeremy Rubin in BIP 119. It sets spending rules using a straightforward template format that can specify the outputs, version, and locktime of the following transaction. The opcode accepts a commitment hash as input and mandates that any transaction running the opcode contains only outputs aligned with this commitment.When executed, OP_CTV requires this 32-byte commitment hash to be on top of the stack. The opcode then generates a new StandardTemplateHash from the current spending…

A fresh data breach nicknamed “FortiBleed” has surfaced, revealing what looks to be a massive stash of Fortinet and FortiGate VPN login details tied to 73,932 firewall addresses across organizations around the globe. The leaked data was initially spotted by security analyst Bob Diachenko, who reported coming across a server hosting what appeared to be legitimate Fortinet VPN credentials — complete with usernames, email addresses, and unencrypted passwords. Based on screenshots and details Diachenko provided, the database includes records for Chevron, Samsung, Foxconn, Comcast, AT&T, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Sinopec, State Grid, and numerous additional organizations. “Massive Fortinet/FortiGate bruteforce/active exploitation campaign uncovered…

We’re excited to introduce Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base — a powerful new feature that lets developers create enterprise-level generative AI applications using their own data in just a few minutes. For organizations developing agentic AI solutions, having secure, dependable, and current access to company-wide data is essential for delivering precise, speedy, and reliable results. Managed Knowledge Base removes the hassle of setting up and maintaining retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, so developers can concentrate on achieving business goals instead of dealing with infrastructure. When building knowledge bases for their agents, developers currently encounter three major obstacles: Linking to enterprise data…

HMD Secure, Qualcomm Technologies, and STREAMWIDE have introduced a new direct device-to-device communication system built on 3GPP NR Sidelink technology. This solution is specifically designed to maintain connectivity for first responders and critical infrastructure teams when traditional mobile networks fail or are unavailable. The partnership, set to debut publicly at Critical Communications World in Helsinki, brings together ruggedized mobile hardware, a mission-critical application layer, and chipset-level support for direct device communication. The system enables voice calls, messaging, and data transfer in off-grid situations where network coverage is poor, overloaded, or entirely absent. The demonstration centers on NR Sidelink, a 5G…

Here is a paraphrased version of the article in HTML format, maintaining the original structure and images while rewording the text for improved clarity and readability: Many industries rely on manufacturing methods like sanding, polishing, blasting, grinding, coating, and painting. These tasks are physically demanding for workers and come with notable health and safety concerns (refer to the image above). There is growing interest in employing robots to handle these demanding jobs. When dealing with large components, the robotic arm must be moved around to cover the entire surface effectively. Frequently, people wonder if humanoid robots are suitable for manufacturing…

Kerry Wan/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysiOS 27 introduced several new features, but Android already offers many of them.Apple’s AI enhancements will seem familiar to Android users.There are a few new features I wish Android would adopt.I’ve been a dedicated Android user for over 15 years. In fact, you could even call me a fanboy, as I’m always ready to highlight the many reasons why it’s the superior mobile operating system. Every year when Apple unveils a new version of iOS, I’m the one saying, “Android did it first.”Now, following the announcement of iOS…

MiniMax released MSA (MiniMax Sparse Attention), a sparse attention method built directly on Grouped Query Attention (GQA). It targets one bottleneck: the quadratic cost of softmax attention at long context. The MiniMax research team tested it inside a 109B-parameter Mixture-of-Experts model trained with native multimodal data. They also open-sourced an inference kernel and shipped a production model, MiniMax-M3. What is MSA (MiniMax Sparse Attention) MSA (MiniMax Sparse Attention) factors attention into two stages: an Index Branch and a Main Branch. The Index Branch decides which key-value blocks each query should read. The Main Branch then runs exact softmax attention over…

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is pushing for new rules that would make data centre companies shoulder more of the financial burden tied to their rapid expansion. The move comes as state leaders face growing public concern over surging electricity and water demands, along with local backlash linked to the AI boom.In a letter sent to state regulators on Tuesday, Abbott outlined a series of proposals for lawmakers to consider during the 2027 legislative session. These include requiring new data centres to bring their own power generation onto the grid, cover all interconnection and infrastructure expenses, adopt closed-loop water cooling systems,…