Author: Hunter

Why build an industry around a scale that cuts across established verticals? This question occurred to me on a long flight to Paris, to attend the opening ceremony of the 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ), at UNESCO headquarters last month. I was part of an IEEE delegation led by 2025 IEEE… Read more

At least a dozen probationary staffers at the Federal Trade Commission were terminated last week, The Verge has learned. The terminations took place across the agency, according to two sources familiar with the matter, one of whom said that included both the Bureau of Consumer Protection and Bureau of Competition. The sources did not definitively… Read more

A scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory estimated that their data processing time dropped from 1 week to five minutes.Read More Read more

Energy Department scientists joined a one-day ‘AI Jam Session’ to evaluate new models’ ability to solve ‘our nation’s most pressing scientific challenges.’ Read more

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 has touched down successfully, and marks a key milestone in NASA’s quest to have private companies deliver shipments of equipment to the lunar surface. Read more

Apple’s latest iOS 18.4 developer beta adds the Visual Intelligence feature, the company’s Google Lens-like tool, to the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, as reported by 9to5Mac. Apple had told Daring Fireball that the feature would be coming to those iPhones in a future software update, but didn’t say which. Barring any… Read more

The new DIY smart shades from SwitchBot can be made to measure in your own home. | Image: SwitchBot SwitchBot’s inexpensive, adjustable smart roller shades are finally here. First announced in September, the SwitchBot Roller Shades are now available at switch-bot.com, claiming to be the world’s first adjustable smart shades. This means you don’t need… Read more

With Apple’s revamped assistant delayed again, Google and OpenAI step in to upgrade your iPhone’s AI experience. Read more

As data-driven decision-making accelerates, businesses must look to prioritize data unification, AI readiness, and governance to stay competitive. However, fragmented or unstructured data infrastructures make it harder to harness data.   One of the key challenges for businesses is siloed data across multiple platforms, systems, and departments. Without a unified data strategy, organizations struggle to gather… Read more

The federal agency that produces weather forecasts and leads research on climate and the oceans has canceled leases for research centers and slashed its staff to “devastating” effect, current and former employees tell The Verge.  Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) laid off hundreds of probationary employees, who make up roughly 10… Read more