Implementing Deep Q-Learning (DQN) From Scratch Using RLax JAX Haiku and Optax to Train a CartPole Reinforcement Learning Agent
The article walks through building a Deep Q‑Learning (DQN) agent from scratch using RLax together with JAX, Haiku, and Optax. It details the creation of a Q‑network, experience replay buffer, epsilon‑greedy policy, and training loop that computes TD errors with RLax’s Q‑learning primitive. The tutorial also shows evaluation, metric tracking, and visualizations of learning progress on the CartPole‑v1 environment. Finally, it highlights how RLax’s modular primitives enable easy extensions to more advanced reinforcement‑learning algorithms.
Thailand Post Trumpets EV Fleet as Fuel Costs Mount
Thailand Post, the state‑run logistics provider, is accelerating its shift to electric vehicles for last‑mile delivery as fuel prices surge amid the Middle East oil crisis. Oil now accounts for roughly 30% of the carrier’s operating costs, prompting a plan...
This Is Considered The Top Smart Watch Brand In Terms Of Customer Satisfaction
The American Customer Satisfaction Index’s first smartwatch survey ranked Samsung highest with an 83‑point score, followed by Apple at 80 and Fitbit at 72. Samsung’s lead comes despite Apple commanding roughly 49% of the North American market, while Samsung holds...
Meet GitAgent: The Docker for AI Agents that Is Finally Solving the Fragmentation Between LangChain, AutoGen, and Claude Code
GitAgent is an open‑source CLI that introduces a universal, Git‑backed format for AI agents, separating their definition from any specific orchestration framework. By storing agent metadata, personality, duties, skills, tools, rules, and memory as structured files in a repository, developers...
China Creates First National Standards for Humanoid Robots to Support Industry Scale-Up
China unveiled its first national standard system for humanoid robots, the Humanoid Robot and Embodied Intelligence Standard System (2026 Edition), at a Beijing technical committee meeting. The framework, built by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology with input from...
ATO to Upgrade Its IBM Mainframe Again in Quiet $104.8m Deal
The Australian Taxation Office has signed a $104.8 million AUD (~$69 million USD) amendment to its IBM mainframe modernization program, raising the total contract to $192.5 million AUD (~$127 million USD). The deal extends the program by three years to mid‑2031 and adds an...
The FBI Just Issued A Warning About A Hidden Threat In Your Home Wi-Fi Network
The FBI has issued a warning that home and small‑business Wi‑Fi networks are vulnerable to residential proxy attacks. In such attacks, criminals compromise a router or device, steal its IP address, and use it as a camouflage for illicit online...
Yarra Valley Water Betting on AI to Predict Asset Failures
Yarra Valley Water is piloting a generative‑AI system to predict failures across its water‑supply network, focusing on a subset of roughly 5,000 critical sensors out of millions. The proof‑of‑concept, led by cloud and DevOps chief Murali Manohar Shunmugaraja, could be...
Dexterity Says Its Physical AI World Model ‘Unlocks Full Potential on Nvidia Hardware’
Dexterity.ai announced that its production‑proven world model, Foresight, now runs on Nvidia L4 GPUs with a 17× speedup, cutting perception cycles from 1,508 ms to 90 ms. The redesign also increased sensor data utilization from 3 percent to 100 percent, delivering 32× more information...
Thales Alenia Space Previews Sovereign Constellations and LEO-PNT Milestones for SATShow 2026
Thales Alenia Space (TAS) unveiled its 2026 roadmap at SATShow, emphasizing high‑revisit Earth observation and Europe’s sovereign satellite constellations. The company confirmed its lead‑engineering role in the IRIS² program and highlighted the upcoming launch of the Celeste IOD‑2 CubeSat, a...
This 16-Year-Old Refused a $300,000 Offer to Drop Out of High School and Now Runs His Own AI Company
Sixteen‑year‑old Rudrojas Kunvar created Evion, an AI‑driven crop‑health platform that turns ordinary drone photos into actionable disease maps. The free tool lets small and midsize farms pinpoint water or fertilizer needs without costly multispectral equipment. After a venture capitalist offered...
I Stopped Switching to ChatGPT Mid-Task the Day I Found This Android Overlay App
The piece spotlights Arc AI Assistant, an Android overlay that places a floating sidebar over any app, delivering on‑the‑fly summaries, contextual replies, and smart data extraction. Its Context‑Aware Suggestions and Chat‑With‑Your‑Screen features let users draft professional messages or decode complex...
Arista Networks (ANET) Targets AI Networking Boom with Expanding Market Opportunity and Strong Growth Outlook
Arista Networks announced at the Morgan Stanley TMT conference that it is accelerating AI‑focused networking solutions, expanding its total addressable market from $60 billion to $105 billion. The company projects revenue to top $10 billion this year, up from $9 billion last year, driven...
Stagwell Taps AppLovin Corporation (APP) Mobile Advertising Platform
AppLovin Corporation announced a strategic partnership with Stagwell on March 10, integrating its AI‑driven mobile advertising platform, Axon, into Stagwell’s media services. Axon reaches more than 1 billion daily users across mobile apps and connected TVs, giving Stagwell clients access to a...
Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) Positioned for Robust Growth in 200T AI Era
Broadcom announced on March 12 an expanded AI‑infrastructure portfolio aimed at the emerging 200‑terabyte AI era. The rollout includes a 102.4‑terabit Ethernet switch, a 400 Gbit/s per lane optical DSP, 200 Gbit/s Ethernet retimers, and PCIe Gen6 switches built for gigawatt‑scale clusters. Over 30...
Do You Want to Build a Robot Snowman?
At Nvidia’s GTC keynote, CEO Jensen Huang unveiled an OpenClaw‑based open‑source initiative called NemoClaw and showcased a robot version of Disney’s Olaf to demonstrate the company’s robotics stack. The Olaf demo, presented as a potential Disney‑park attraction, ran into a...
J. Michael Bishop, Nobel Prize Winner for Cancer Research, Dies at 90
J. Michael Bishop, Nobel laureate who uncovered oncogenes, died at 90 from pneumonia. His 1989 Nobel Prize with Harold Varmus identified gene families that mutate into cancer‑causing oncogenes, fundamentally altering tumor biology. Bishop joined UCSF in 1968, later serving as...
Can India Afford to Quit Coal?
India remains heavily dependent on coal, which supplies roughly three‑quarters of its power, even as the economy expands at 7.5% annually and electricity demand surges. Solar capacity has exploded from 4 GW to 140 GW in a decade, putting the country on...
Cheapest SMM Panel for Instagram: Top 10 Platforms (2026)
Instagram growth demands more than organic content, prompting creators and agencies to seek low‑cost SMM panels that also deliver reliability and usability. A new 2026 guide evaluates ten platforms, highlighting NicesmmPanel, IGSmmPanel, and NicePanel as the top three that combine...
UK Households Are Finding Solar Garden Lights Fail Years Early – and One Tiny Hidden Part Is to Blame
UK homeowners are discovering that solar garden lights often stop working after just two to three years, far shorter than advertised. The primary culprit is the low‑cost rechargeable battery, which degrades quickly under the UK’s cool, cloudy climate and limited...
I Used to Swear by USB Hubs on My Laptop, but This Wall-Powered Alternative Makes It so Much Better
Tech reviewer Shaun Cichacki switched from a USB hub to a wall‑powered docking station for his gaming laptop, highlighting the benefits of power delivery, expanded ports, and multi‑monitor support. The Plugable Thunderbolt 5 dock supplies up to 8K video, Ethernet, and...
Nintendo Pre-Order Updates – March 22, 2026 – Monopoly: Star Wars Heroes Vs. Villains and More
Nintendo’s U.S. pre‑order slate for the upcoming Switch 2 and current Switch is now live, featuring a mix of new titles, special editions, and franchise revivals. Highlights include the Star Wars‑themed Monopoly: Heroes vs. Villains releasing June 11 and several Switch 2‑exclusive editions...
SpaceX Offers Details on Orbital Data Center Satellites
SpaceX disclosed technical details for an ambitious orbital data center constellation, targeting up to one million satellites powered by high‑end AI processors. The initiative, called Terafab, aims to produce one terawatt of chips annually—about 50 times current advanced‑chip output—and will...
1979 Was the Year Apple Dreamed of Multi-Colored Macs, but It Had to Wait Nearly 20 Years Before the Release...
Apple unveiled the $599 MacBook Neo, a low‑cost laptop aimed at budget‑conscious buyers and positioned against cheap Windows machines and Chromebooks. The Neo arrives in four vibrant hues—Silver, Blush, Citrus and Indigo—reinvigorating Apple’s long‑standing color‑first philosophy. The move echoes the 1998...
How Customer Experience Promises Threaten Manufacturer Growth
Manufacturers are losing large accounts not because of product flaws but due to a gap between the customer‑experience promise and the ability to deliver it consistently across sites. Inconsistent handoffs, siloed operations, and unclear terminology erode trust, leading to attrition...
Analyst Warns Against Using Microsoft’s Copilot AI on Friday Afternoons
Microsoft’s Copilot AI has suffered several high‑profile mishaps, including hallucinated police reports, exposed passwords, and confidential email summaries. Gartner analyst Dennis Xu warned that companies should consider banning Copilot on Friday afternoons, when employee vigilance tends to wane. The advice...
I Had No Idea How Much Google Maps Was Tracking Me Until I Found These Settings
Google Maps continuously records users' whereabouts through its Timeline feature, logging minute‑by‑minute movements and search queries. The app also retains live‑location shares, background location access, and a detailed Maps history unless users manually disable or delete these data streams. The...
Square Enix Teaming with Google to Integrate Generative AI Companion Into Dragon Quest X Online
Square Enix announced a partnership with Google to embed Google’s Gemini generative‑AI model into its long‑running MMO Dragon Quest X Online. The AI will power a new in‑game companion, “Chatty Slimey,” capable of responding with generated text and voice, commenting on player...
Electric Propulsion Innovator Arc Raises $50M in New Funding
Arc, a Los Angeles‑based electric boat and powertrain firm, closed a $50 million Series C round led by investors such as a16z, Menlo Ventures, and Eclipse. The capital will be used to accelerate production of electric tugboat powertrains and to expand the...
Even the Most Advanced AI Models Fail More Often than You Think on Structured Outputs — Raising Doubts About the...
A University of Waterloo benchmark evaluated eleven large‑language models on 44 structured‑output tasks, revealing that AI coding assistants fail roughly one in four such tasks. Even top proprietary models like GPT‑4, Gemini, and Claude achieve only about 75 % accuracy, while...
I Stopped Using Google Authenticator for This 2FA App, and It’s Much Better
Bitwarden Authenticator, a free open‑source 2FA app, now offers stronger security than Google Authenticator by encrypting codes locally and supporting biometric locks. The author switched after a brief three‑minute migration, noting the process is straightforward via QR export. Bitwarden also...
Jeff Bezos’ Space Company Unveils Plans for Orbital Anti-Asteroid Defense Weapons
Blue Origin announced a Near‑Earth Object (NEO) Hunter mission concept in partnership with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, aiming to test multiple asteroid‑deflection techniques such as ion‑beam propulsion and direct kinetic impact. The plan leverages the in‑development Blue Ring spacecraft, which...
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Revised Recommendations for Celexa (Citalopram Hydrobromide) Related to a Potential Risk of Abnormal Heart Rhythms with...
The FDA issued a Drug Safety Communication clarifying that citalopram (Celexa) should not be prescribed above 40 mg daily because higher doses significantly prolong the QT interval and can trigger fatal Torsade de Pointes. The label now mandates a maximum of...
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Updated Information About the Risk of Blood Clots in Women Taking Birth Control Pills Containing Drospirenone
The FDA has updated labels for drospirenone‑containing oral contraceptives after reviewing epidemiologic studies that suggest a potentially higher risk of venous thromboembolism compared with other progestins. The new warnings note that some studies report up to a three‑fold increase in...
FDA Drug Safety Communication: New Warning and Contraindication for Blood Pressure Medicines Containing Aliskiren (Tekturna)
The FDA issued a drug safety communication on April 20, 2012, adding a contraindication for aliskiren‑containing antihypertensives when combined with ACE inhibitors or ARBs in patients with diabetes, and a warning for those with moderate to severe renal impairment. The...
Amazon Sees India as High-Growth Market, Expands Seller Incentives and Logistics Network: Report
Amazon is treating India as a long‑term growth market, expanding its zero‑referral‑fee program to cover roughly 125 million products. The company announced an additional $35 billion investment in India by 2030, on top of the $40 billion already spent. A new air...
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Updated Information on Drug Interactions Between Victrelis (Boceprevir) and Certain Boosted HIV Protease Inhibitor Drugs
The FDA issued an updated Drug Safety Communication warning that co‑administration of Victrelis (boceprevir) with ritonavir‑boosted HIV protease inhibitors—atazanavir, darunavir, or lopinavir/ritonavir—is not recommended for patients co‑infected with hepatitis C and HIV. The interaction lowers blood concentrations of both drugs,...
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Safety Review Update of Cancer Drug Revlimid (Lenalidomide) and Risk of Developing New Types of Malignancies
The FDA added a safety warning to Revlimid (lenalidomide) after clinical trials showed a markedly higher incidence of second primary malignancies in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients. Pooled data revealed a three‑fold increase (7.9% vs 2.8%) in cancers such as...
The Saga of Utah’s Rx Refill Bot: A Bold Bet on AI & Researchers Who Cried Foul
Utah became the first state to allow an AI system to autonomously handle routine prescription refills for patients with chronic conditions. The pilot, run with New York‑based startup Doctronic, seeks to reduce delays and improve medication adherence. A London‑based security firm,...
U.S. Army Buys 2,500 Reconnaissance Drones From Skydio
The U.S. Army awarded Skydio a contract exceeding $52 million for more than 2,500 X10D reconnaissance drones, the service’s largest single‑vendor small‑UAS purchase. The award, processed in under 72 hours through Atlantic Diving Supply, reflects a new rapid‑acquisition model for critical tech....
High Fire Volume Systems: An Alternative to Space-Based Interceptors
Payload Space’s latest analysis highlights high‑fire‑volume missile defense systems as a viable alternative to costly space‑based interceptors. The piece argues that ground‑based rapid‑launch batteries can engage multiple threats simultaneously, reducing reliance on orbital platforms. It cites recent test data showing...
FCA Deal Gives Palantir yet More Access to Inner Workings of Power in Britain
Palantir has landed a high‑profile contract with the UK Financial Conduct Authority, extending its AI‑driven data analytics into the heart of Britain’s financial services sector. The deal gives the Miami‑based firm access to terabytes of FCA data to enhance detection...
“We Wanted to Focus on Those Three Things… Not Always Done by Our Competitors when They Put Out Products” –...
Intel launched the Core Ultra 3 “Panther Lake” CPUs at CES 2026, debuting a new X‑prefix SKU line paired with Arc B390 graphics and retiring the traditional ‑P and ‑U suffixes. The lineup spans 4‑ to 16‑core configurations, promising up to 27 hours of video‑streaming battery...
Android Isn’t Killing Sideloading, and Google Found a Near-Perfect Compromise
Google unveiled a new sideloading flow that adds a 24‑hour delay and extra warnings for apps from unregistered developers. Users must confirm no guidance, reboot their device, wait the timer, and then acknowledge the risks before proceeding. Developers who enroll...
Stretch Your Tech Budget with This $200 MacBook Air
A Grade A/B refurbished Apple MacBook Air is on sale for $199.97, a steep discount from its $999 MSRP. The 13.3‑inch model features a 1.8 GHz Intel Core i5 processor, 128 GB SSD, and up to 12 hours of battery life, making it...
Xiaomi Launches Three MiMo AI Models to Power Agents, Robots, and Voice
Xiaomi’s MiMo team unveiled three new AI models—MiMo‑V2‑Pro, MiMo‑V2‑Omni, and MiMo‑V2‑TTS—aimed at powering agents, multimodal robotics, and expressive speech synthesis. The flagship MiMo‑V2‑Pro features a trillion‑parameter mixture‑of‑experts architecture with 42 billion active weights per request and a one‑million‑token context window, ranking...
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman Feels AI Won't Impact Entry Level Jobs for New Graduates — Here's Why
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman told the "Sourcery with Molly O'Shea" podcast that generative AI can lift software‑engineering output by 50‑100 percent, but it won’t shrink entry‑level headcount. He said the company’s current bottleneck is code review, not a shortage of...
FDA Drug Safety Communication: Cefepime and Risk of Seizure in Patients Not Receiving Dosage Adjustments for Kidney Impairment
The FDA issued a Drug Safety Communication reminding clinicians to adjust cefepime doses for patients with creatinine clearance ≤ 60 mL/min. Non‑convulsive status epilepticus has been linked to inappropriate dosing, with 59 reported cases since 1996, 58 of which involved renal dysfunction...
Over 1,200 New EV Charging Stalls Deployed By EVgo In 2025
EVgo announced it installed more than 1,200 new fast‑charging stalls in 2025, expanding its U.S. network to 5,100 stalls across 47 states. The company recorded a 366 GWh public‑network throughput, surpassed 1.6 million customer accounts, and generated $384 million in revenue, a 50%...
The '80s Car Feature That Would Fit Perfectly In The AI Hellscape Of Today
Chrysler’s 1983 Electronic Voice Alert (EVA) was an early in‑car voice system that announced door, seatbelt and fuel status with pre‑recorded messages. Today’s AI‑driven Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) echo that concept, delivering real‑time alerts that many drivers find intrusive....