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Key Takeaways A recent research study contends that the phrase “AI psychosis” is an oversimplification of the complex ways chatbots interact with mental health. The team highlights that AI platforms can unknowingly strengthen harmful thought patterns by offering endless approval and emotional support. The study proposes a new term, “existential drift,” to capture how a person’s perception of reality might slowly transform through AI conversations. As artificial intelligence chatbots evolve to be more empathetic, interactive, and customized, experts are raising alarms that these exact features might begin to alter certain users’ grip on reality.A new research paper, titled “Rethinking AI…

Two major banking trojan campaigns affecting users in Latin America and Europe are targeting Windows and Android devices, deploying the Grandoreiro and BTMOB malware families respectively. This comes from recent updates by WatchGuard and ESET, who have identified these two malware variants going after businesses in countries including Spain, Portugal, and Mexico, as well as mobile users in Brazil. According to Euler Neto, a researcher at WatchGuard, the Grandoreiro campaign “employs the DLL Side-Loading technique across four different software applications, focusing on banks located in Portugal.” Grandoreiro has been in operation since 2016 and continues to evolve as a banking…

If you’re running coding agents one after another instead of launching multiple sessions simultaneously, you’re missing a major advantage. One of the biggest strengths of coding agents is their ability to work on several tasks at once—something that wasn’t feasible in traditional software development. But when I fire off many parallel coding sessions, staying on top of everything becomes tricky. You need smart strategies to monitor all active sessions, quickly re-orient yourself when switching between them, and stay productive without losing context. This infographic summarizes the key points of the article. It covers strategies for efficiently managing multiple coding agents…

Terry Gerton Here’s a fun topic to kick off our conversation this morning: disasters. With hurricane season nearly upon us, I imagine you’re already gearing up to collaborate with FEMA on disaster relief efforts. Let’s dive into how contractors actually end up supporting FEMA when a disaster strikes. Stephanie Kostro After all the relentless rain we’ve been dealing with here in the National Capital Region, Terry, it really hits home that hurricane season is right around the corner — and honestly, we’re already in wildfire season too. We’ve seen plenty of wildfires recently, so between the torrential downpours and the…

NTT, Kubota Corporation, and NTT DOCOMO successfully carried out a joint trial (referred to as “the demonstration”) aimed at stabilizing communication and guaranteeing uninterrupted video feeds for remotely operated and monitored robotic farming equipment in hilly terrain. During the demonstration, they applied optimized control to video transmission — essential for operating robotic farm machinery — by integrating mobile and satellite networks alongside video control technology. The results showed that video clarity remained consistent even with variable network conditions, proving the solution’s effectiveness as a communication backbone for remote machinery oversight. NTT plans to showcase this innovation at the Tsukuba Forum…

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…