Author: Carter

Ever wondered whether F5 is a bargain or overpriced right now? You are not alone, as plenty of investors are keeping a close eye on where the company’s value stands. The stock has seen some interesting swings lately, climbing 2.5% over the past week, yet still sitting 21.5% lower than a month ago and down 6.9% so far this year. Recent headlines highlight ongoing innovation and product launches within the cloud and cybersecurity space. This has helped put F5 at the forefront of digital transformation conversations. Market sentiment has shifted with industry trends, especially as investors reevaluate companies poised to…

As the media focuses on the ambiguities and complexities of artificial intelligence, a far simpler — yet costly — and largely unnoticed software procurement problem continues to plague the federal government.  For well over a decade, outdated regulations have hampered the government’s ability to efficiently purchase cloud computing, potentially costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. Fortunately, Congress can enact a relatively easy fix that would clarify procurement difficulties, streamline the process, and unlock significant savings. The core issue stems from procurement and budgetary regulations that struggle to cope with the delivery model of modern cloud computing. The government’s inflexible…

Welcome to Slate Sunday, CryptoSlate’s weekly feature showcasing in-depth interviews, expert analysis, and thought-provoking op-eds that go beyond the headlines to explore the ideas and voices shaping the future of crypto.If you’ve been anywhere near tech Twitter this year, you’ve probably heard someone talk about “vibe coding.” Maybe you scrolled past the viral memes, caught Karim’s thread about it reshaping web3, or even noticed that Collins Dictionary anointed it as their Word of the Year. But strip away the hype, what is vibe coding actually making possible? And who are the people putting it to real work?To find out, I caught…

Artificial intelligence will bestow vast influence on a par with nuclear weapons to those countries who are able to lead the technology, giving them superiority in the 21st Century, one of Russia’s top AI executive told Reuters.

When infrastructure itself becomes the target In early 2024, a breach involving Snowflake, Inc. sent a quiet shockwave through boardrooms across industries. Attackers bypassed perimeter defenses entirely; no malware, no exploit kit, no zero-day. They simply walked through an identity gap: weak credentials and excessive permissions. The attackers pivoted laterally inside multiple customer environments (AT&T, Santander Bank, Ticketmaster, etc.) and exfiltrated large volumes of sensitive data. For many CISOs watching that breach unfold, the lesson was blunt: in the cloud, identity is the new infrastructure – and once it’s compromised, everything that depends on it is suddenly in play. Some…

How do you keep reinforcement learning for large reasoning models from stalling on a few very long, very slow rollouts while GPUs sit under used? a team of researchers from Moonshot AI and Tsinghua University introduce ‘Seer’, a new online context learning system that targets a specific systems bottleneck in reinforcement learning for large language models. In synchronous on policy setups, the rollout phase dominates the cost of each iteration. Seer restructures this phase and reports rollout throughput gains of 74 percent to 97 percent and tail latency reductions of 75 percent to 93 percent compared with a strong synchronous…

Grayscale identifies Chainlink as critical. It connects crypto to traditional finance, anchoring the next wave of blockchain expansion and tokenization.Grayscale has boldly stated that Chainlink will be at the center. This is applicable to the next big phase in the adoption of blockchain. They refer to the project as the “critical connective tissue.” This is a good link between crypto and traditional finance.Chainlink: Essential Infrastructure for Tokenization and DeFiIn a recent research report, the asset manager made an important argument. Chainlink’s expanding set of software tools is coming out. It is a critical infrastructure for tokenization. It also supports the…

By Phong Ngo  &nbspNovember 23, 2025 | 08:50 pm PT The robot sells for 9,998 yuan (US$1,380), just below the iPhone 17 Pro Max’s starting price of 9,999 yuan in China. A person holds Bumi, the 94cm humanoid robot. Photo courtesy of Noetix Robotics

NetScout Systems (NTCT) has captured attention following its recent uptick in demand across enterprise and service provider markets. The company landed a substantial cybersecurity contract and is rolling out fresh cloud-native products. This has sparked renewed investor interest. See our latest analysis for NetScout Systems. Following its latest contract win and product launches, NetScout’s 12.2% share price return over the past 90 days points to rising momentum. The 19.1% total shareholder return for the year shows long-term investors have benefited as confidence in its execution grows. If you’re interested in what other tech companies are making waves after pivotal moves,…

Since early chatbots were first conceived more than 50 years go, they have become increasingly sophisticated – in large part, thanks to the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. They also seem to be everywhere: on desktops, mobile apps and embedded into everyday programs, meaning you can interact with them at any time. Now, new research I coauthored with my colleagues at the Digital Media Research Centre shows what happens when you interact with these chatbots about dangerous conspiracy theories. Many won’t shut the conversation down. In fact, some will even encourage it. The research, which is available as a…