Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories

Researchers say they’ve discovered a supply-chain attack flooding repositories with malicious packages that contain invisible code, a technique that’s flummoxing traditional defenses designed to ...

Cracking the code: How a 'prediction machine' is resurrecting the Singapore Stone

Several years ago, my linguistic research team and I began developing a computational tool we call "Read-y Grammarian." Our ...
IEEE

An Optimized Viterbi Decoder Architecture Using the Precomputed Table Approach for Branch Metric Unit

Abstract: This paper features a power-efficient Viterbi decoder targeted for energy-efficient digital communication systems such as mobile and edge applications. An attempt has been made at a ...
Reuters

Jack Dorsey’s Block to cut nearly half its workforce in AI overhaul, shares surge

Block to cut over 4,000 jobs CEO says AI has changed how a company is run Stock surges 25% after market Analysts call cuts a "seminal moment" in AI era Feb 26 (Reuters) - Block (XYZ.N), opens new tab ...
CNBC

Block shares soar as much as 24% as company slashes workforce by nearly half

Block said Thursday it's laying off more than 4,000 employees, or about half of its head count. Shares of the payment company skyrocketed as much as 24% in extended trading. It was last seen up nearly ...
U.S. News & World Report

Jack Dorsey’s Block to Cut Nearly Half Its Workforce in AI Overhaul, Shares Surge

Feb 26 (Reuters) - Block on Thursday ⁠said ⁠it will cut over 4,000 jobs, nearly ⁠half its workforce, as part of an overhaul to embed artificial intelligence across its operations, sending shares of ...
IEEE

Efficient Hardware Implementation of Partial Response Equalization with Reduced-State Sequence Estimation Decoder and Blind Adaptation Using Delay Zero Forcing Algorithm for DCI

Abstract: With the growing demand for data center interconnect (DCI) capacity, partial response equalization (PRE), employing either a 1/(1+D) decoder or an maximum likelihood sequence estimation ...
Pew Research Center

How Teens Use and View AI

This study is Pew Research Center’s latest effort to explore the landscape of teens and technology today. It focuses on artificial intelligence – from how teens use chatbots to how they think about AI ...
Associated Press

Federal court rejects GOP-led Utah Legislature’s latest try to block House map that helps Democrats

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Flags fly at the Utah State Capitol, Jan. 18, 2026 ...
Reuters

US Defense Secretary Hegseth summons Anthropic CEO for tough talks over military use of Claude, Axios reports

Feb 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned artificial intelligence company Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei to the Pentagon on Tuesday for what is expected to be potentially tough ...
ZDNet

The right way to run an internet speed test (and how I use the results for better Wi-Fi)

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...
CNN

Britain blocking use of air bases Trump says would be needed for strikes on Iran, UK media reports

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has blocked a request from US President Donald Trump to allow US forces to use UK air bases during any preemptive attack on Iran, saying it could break ...