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By Alastair MacLeod, CEO, Ground Control Throughout the water industry, monitoring data is facing growing examination. Once gathered mainly to satisfy regulatory obligations, it is now being leveraged much more proactively—both in day-to-day operations and in public-facing contexts. Regulators are demanding higher levels of openness, and when incidents arise, the accuracy and completeness of monitoring records often come under intense review. This evolving expectation is revealing a long-standing weakness in many IoT implementations: the disconnect between data collected at the field level and data that can be consistently transmitted, validated, and acted upon. In remote water monitoring, unreliable connectivity frequently…

As AI-powered coding assistants become more powerful, a fundamental issue has become increasingly apparent: rapid output without clear direction. Engineers can produce functional code in mere minutes, yet often realize days afterward that it fails to align with what the system truly required. Spec-driven development (SDD) tackles this head-on — by positioning a well-defined specification as the authoritative blueprint and treating code as the derived artifact, not the starting point. This guide highlights the 9 AI tools developers are actively leveraging to adopt SDD workflows in 2026. AWS Kiro 🔗 kiro.dev | Docs | Models Kiro is an AI-native IDE…

BMNR shares fell 4% to $22.00 on May 7, dragged down alongside the broader crypto-treasury sector after chairman Tom Lee indicated BitMine could ease off its Ethereum buying pace. The stock is trading inside an ascending channel that looks constructive at first glance, but several flow and positioning indicators hint that a deeper pullback may be on the horizon. BMNR Stock Price Holds an Ascending Channel After a 59% Drop BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) closed at $22.00 on May 7, slipping 3.97%. Speaking at Consensus Miami, Chairman Tom Lee said the firm is likely to scale back its weekly Ethereum…

If your organization performs regular vulnerability scans and labels them as penetration testing, you’re in good company. A 2025 SANS Institute survey found that more than 60% of organizations confuse vulnerability scanning with penetration testing in their security reports. This distinction is far more critical than most security leaders appreciate, because the two activities address fundamentally different questions about your security posture. A vulnerability scanner checks whether your systems run software with known weaknesses. It compares signatures against databases, flags potential issues, then proceeds. At no stage does it try to exploit anything. It doesn’t confirm whether a vulnerability is…

# Introduction Ever typed a search query and gotten back results that matched your words but missed your point entirely? Or noticed a recommendation engine suggest something surprisingly relevant even though you never explicitly looked for it? The difference between “matching exact words” and “grasping what you actually mean” is what separates a basic search tool from a truly powerful one. Vector search bridges this gap by turning text into points within a high-dimensional space, where geometric closeness reflects semantic similarity. Two sentences can have zero words in common yet still sit right next to each other — because the…

The U.S. Postal Service is exploring the possibility of seeking additional financial support from Congress to prevent the largely self-funded agency from depleting its cash reserves early next year. Postmaster General David Steiner noted that while USPS has not formally proposed the idea to lawmakers, it remains a viable option for stabilizing the agency’s finances. He added that USPS will spend the next month finalizing its list of legislative requests before presenting them to Congress. During a March hearing before the House Oversight Committee, Steiner warned that USPS could run out of money by early 2027 if it continues meeting…

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.When shopping for a new laptop or desktop, you’ve likely come across options from Dell and Lenovo. These two brands lead the PC industry, offering everything from affordable models to high-end notebooks and workstations. That said, each company follows a distinct design philosophy.Also: Lenovo ThinkPad vs. Apple MacBook: Which is the better laptop for you?After extensive hands-on experience with both brands, I’ve noticed two very different approaches. Dell tends to focus on sleek aesthetics, targeting creative professionals and everyday users who appreciate refined looks. Lenovo, meanwhile, prioritizes functionality, offering more…

I’ll paraphrase the article while keeping the HTML structure intact. Here’s the rewritten version: # Introduction JSON works well for APIs, storage, and application logic. However, within large language model (LLM) pipelines, it often introduces significant token overhead that provides little benefit to the model: braces, quotes, commas, and duplicated field names on every row. TOON, which stands for Token-Oriented Object Notation, is a newer format created specifically to maintain the same JSON data model while consuming fewer tokens and providing models with clearer structural signals. The official TOON documentation characterizes it as a compact, lossless representation of JSON for…

On April 21 and 22, 2026, during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Admiral Samuel Paparo of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) spoke about Bitcoin’s potential role in strengthening the nation’s military cybersecurity. He described it as a “valuable computer science tool for power projection” and revealed that INDOPACOM is currently operating a Bitcoin node as part of its experimental work with the protocol. The admiral’s remarks came just days after the Islamic Republic of Iran demanded Bitcoin payments in exchange for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. His use of the phrase “power projection” closely mirrored the ideas of…

Security researchers have identified a new Brazilian banking trojan called TCLBANKER, which can target 59 banking, fintech, and cryptocurrency platforms. Elastic Security Labs is tracking this threat under the name REF3076. The malware is believed to be a significant upgrade of Maverick, a trojan that uses a worm named SORVEPOTEL to spread through WhatsApp Web to a victim’s contacts. Trend Micro links the Maverick campaign to a threat group they call Water Saci. The attack begins with a loader that has strong anti-analysis features. This loader deploys two built-in modules: a fully-featured banking trojan and a worm that spreads through…