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Shannon Portillo Thanks so much for having me. I really appreciate it. Terry Gerton You’re working to launch a new federal career track at ASU. We’ll dive into the specifics shortly, but first, I’d like to understand the motivation. What are you and your students in Arizona hearing about the federal workforce and federal service that continues to inspire them to pursue it? Shannon Portillo Let me take you back to when we first began developing this initiative. Planning started in the fall of 2024, prior to the last election. I was hearing from more students than ever before who…

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNETStay updated with ZDNET: Mark us as a preferred source on Google.Key points from ZDNETThe Nashville Zoo is opposing a planned data center in its vicinity.This dispute reflects broader national worries.Zoning regulations are adding complexity to an already tense situation.In Nashville, Tennessee, concern is growing over the well-being of clouded leopards.These elusive and endangered cats inhabit regions such as Nepal and Bangladesh. While conservationists are working to breed them in captivity to help secure their future, progress has been difficult—largely because the animals are highly sensitive to noise.In June, news emerged that a 69,220-square-foot data center…

If you’ve already followed the PySpark for Beginners: Mastering the Basics series, you’re familiar with Spark’s core principles: distributed data processing, DataFrames, and lazy evaluation. You’ve set up PySpark, launched a SparkSession, loaded a CSV file, and carried out basic DataFrame operations. A link to that introductory guide is provided at the bottom of this post. One important clarification from that earlier piece: while I frequently use the terms PySpark and Spark interchangeably, they’re not the same thing. Spark is the full distributed computing engine (originally written in Scala), and PySpark is simply the Python interface for interacting with it.…

This is the fifth installment in the Enterprise Document Intelligence series, which walks through the construction of an enterprise-grade RAG system built on four foundational components: parsing, question parsing, retrieval, and generation. Parsing is the first step, and this article is the second half of that topic. The earlier piece explained how a PDF is transformed into line_df, a structured table with one row for each line of text on a page. This article picks up from there, covering the complete set of tables a parser should produce, what information each one contains, and how they connect to one another…

In brief U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have lost $2.1B in June, on track to match May’s $2.4B in total outflows. Net assets dropped $33B from $109B to $77B over the past month, mirroring Bitcoin’s 27% decline. Analysts noted that the rate of ETF outflows is “waning rather than intensifying,” though they disagreed on what might reverse the trend. The crypto market sentiment continues to be bleak as spot Bitcoin ETFs persist in losing funds amid a tough macroeconomic and geopolitical environment.Bitcoin ETFs have pulled out $2.1 billion in June to date, keeping pace with May’s $2.4 billion in outflows, according…

Ravie LakshmananJun 11, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News It’s been one of those weeks. You expect the usual noise: recycled malware, sloppy attacks, another easy target getting hit. Instead, there’s a supply chain attack kit in a public repo, a $5,000-a-month RAT that clones browsers, and research showing AI agents can be tricked into leaking real credentials. The bigger problem is how polished this all looks now. Mule networks run like SaaS. Deepfake KYC bypass is sold as a feature. Endpoint tools can be quietly weakened using built-in OS settings, with no exploit needed. Here’s the full list of threats,…

Posted on June 11, 2026 by epower CNCF projects highlighted in this post Enabling verifiable execution chains and tamper-proof activity trails for automated processes and intelligent assistant software The world of cloud-powered computing has spent considerable time fortifying scattered networks of computers against errors and data loss. Desktop programs fix their own glitches. Online utilities hold onto missed data transfers. Automated procedures persist through system restarts and proceed from the last checkpoint. The idea of fault-tolerant operation supports long-term commercial workflows and is a cornerstone in the emerging landscape of cognitive automation frameworks. Yet as companies increasingly adopt automated assistants…

By Marc Kavinsky, Lead Editor at IoT Business News.Berg Insight projects that the number of tracking devices installed on rail freight wagons will rise from 875,000 units at the close of 2025 to nearly 1.4 million by 2030, underscoring both the momentum and the untapped potential in rail telematics adoption.Rail freight is among the most challenging transport sectors to digitize at scale. Wagons are durable assets that frequently cross borders and operate across multiple networks, often detached from the locomotives and operators that haul them. This makes real-time visibility far more difficult to achieve than in road transport, where the…

This week, the Cohere AI team launched its first coding model designed for developers, called ‘North Mini Code’. This open-weight model is built specifically for software engineers. It uses a mixture-of-experts (MoE) architecture with 30 billion total parameters, though only 3 billion are activated for each token. The launch centers on the concept of “sovereign” AI. The core idea is straightforward: operate powerful models according to your own requirements. Compact, efficient coding models enable teams to host them independently without needing massive GPU clusters. North Mini Code is designed to fill this exact need. North Mini Code North Mini Code…

  # Introduction  Launching a new business doesn’t require you to seek venture capital right away. A wide range of funding alternatives exist, and the ideal choice largely hinges on the nature of your venture, the progress you’ve made so far, and how much control you wish to retain. Certain funding methods are non-dilutive, meaning you won’t need to surrender any ownership stake. Others provide access to funding, guidance, and investor connections in return for a share of equity. The optimal funding path may also vary based on your startup’s focus. Are you developing a software company, a consumer product,…