Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes Warns AI Could Harm Workers—Even If It Doesn’t Entirely Replace Them
Facebook co‑founder Chris Hughes warned that AI will disrupt workers even if it doesn’t fully replace jobs. Speaking at a panel with economist Simon Johnson, Andrew Yang and AI researcher Rumman Chowdhury, Hughes emphasized the welfare of displaced workers and the enduring value of uniquely human traits such as empathy and judgment. He argued that AI‑driven layoffs at firms like Meta, Amazon and Block may be framed as “AI‑washing,” masking broader financial pressures. Analysts estimate AI could account for about 6 % of U.S. job losses, roughly 10 million roles, through 2030.
Intel Says Its Xeon 6 Chips Are Set to Coordinate Nvidia’s Giant AI Servers
Intel announced its Xeon 6 host processors will serve as the central orchestration layer in Nvidia’s upcoming DGX Rubin NVL8 AI servers. The Xeon 6 chips manage memory, security, and workload distribution, positioning CPUs as mission‑critical “mission control” alongside Nvidia GPUs. Intel is demonstrating...
I Refuse to Upgrade My PC This Year — Here's What I'm Doing Instead
Tanveer Singh, a PC‑building entrepreneur, is shelving his planned AM5 platform and RTX 50 GPU upgrade due to a prolonged DRAM shortage that has driven component prices to record highs. Instead, he will allocate roughly $550‑$650 each to three alternative gaming...
Online Feature Store for AI and Machine Learning with Apache Kafka and Flink
Wix.com has built a real‑time online feature store using Apache Kafka and Apache Flink to power personalized recommendations for its 200 million users. The architecture streams over 70 billion events per day through 50 000 Kafka topics, with FlinkSQL performing low‑latency transformations and...
UK Banks Wary as Contactless Payment Limits Are Lifted
The UK is scrapping the £100 ceiling on contactless card payments, theoretically allowing unlimited tap‑to‑pay transactions. However, many banks are signaling they will retain their own limits due to heightened fraud exposure. Contactless already dominates UK in‑store spending, with 94.6%...
Imaging Evaluations and PCI Planning: Heartflow Announces ‘Tremendous Progress’ for AI Portfolio
Heartflow announced that its AI‑enabled Plaque Analysis software will be highlighted in three ACC.26 presentations, showcasing data from a 15,000‑patient CCTA registry that predicts major adverse cardiovascular events. A separate DECIDE registry of nearly 3,800 patients demonstrated that AI‑guided care...
HIMSS26: The Risks and Rewards of Agentic Artificial Intelligence
At HIMSS26, healthcare leaders highlighted the promise of agentic artificial intelligence to automate routine tasks such as prior authorizations, scheduling, and patient outreach. They warned that the technology’s independent decision‑making can introduce workflow risks if left unchecked. Effective deployment hinges...
SupplyHouse Expands Ohio Fulfillment Center to Increase Capacity and Delivery Speed
SupplyHouse has opened a 527,000‑square‑foot fulfillment center in Canal Winchester, Ohio, more than doubling its previous space. The larger warehouse allows deeper inventory, expanded product assortment, and faster same‑day shipping for contractors and DIY customers across the Midwest and Plains....
Pakistan Upholds Legal Acceptance of Digital ID with Official Guidance
Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has issued official guidance confirming that its digital identity credentials, including the Pak ID, are legally equivalent to physical CNICs. Under the NADRA Digital Identity Regulations 2025, public authorities and service providers are...
Government IT Efficiency Starts With Rethinking Code, Infrastructure and the Edge
State and local governments can boost IT efficiency by overhauling three pillars: legacy code, infrastructure spending, and edge computing. Outdated, siloed applications inflate maintenance budgets, while open‑source and platform consolidation can slash costs and improve citizen services. Flexible cloud governance...
AI Is Causing a Power and Cooling Headache for Agencies
The latest NVIDIA AI processors are forcing federal agencies to confront unprecedented power and cooling requirements. Agencies must secure trusted partners or conduct assessments to size generators, UPS systems, and transfer switches, while private‑sector spenders are willing to invest over...
Gartner Marketing Symposium/Xpo London 2026
Gartner’s Marketing Symposium/Xpo will convene senior marketing leaders in London on May 11‑12, 2026. The two‑day event emphasizes AI, growth strategy, and customer experience across brand activation, CMO leadership, and demand generation. Attendees will participate in data‑driven sessions, workshops, and the exclusive...
NAB 2026: Boland Communications to Show New OLED Displays and Video Wall Applications
Boland Communications will showcase its latest OLED and QD‑OLED monitors at NAB 2026, highlighted by the new 55‑inch 4K55HDR7SNB super‑narrow bezel display designed for tiled video‑wall installations. The model delivers 12‑bit 4K resolution, 700 nits peak brightness, HDR support, and a range...
Fuse Raises $25M to Disrupt Aging Loan Origination Systems Used by US Credit Unions
Fuse announced a $25 million Series A round led by Footwork, Primary Venture Partners, NextView Ventures and Commerce Ventures to build an AI‑native loan‑origination system for U.S. credit unions. The platform promises to replace legacy LOS software that can take up to...
Emerging AI Laws in Asia Are Raising New Questions for ERP Systems
AI regulations are rapidly moving from voluntary guidance to binding rules across Asia, directly affecting how ERP systems incorporate artificial intelligence. Countries such as China, South Korea, and Vietnam have enacted laws covering AI‑generated content, high‑impact decision support, and governance...
Evri Embraces Artificial Intelligence with Amazon Web Services to Further Enhance Customer Experience
Evri Group is deploying Veri Snap AI, an Amazon Web Services‑powered generative AI solution, to automatically evaluate the 90 million delivery photos it captures each month. The technology, built on AWS Nova Lite via Bedrock, checks parcel placement and condition, flagging non‑compliant...
Checkmarx Unveils AppSec Platform for the Age of Agentic Development
Checkmarx introduced Checkmarx One, an application security platform designed for the era of AI‑driven, or “agentic,” development. The solution embeds autonomous AI agents that provide real‑time vulnerability triage, automated remediation, and governance of AI assets across the software supply chain....
This Tool Graded My Home Assistant Server and Told Me How to Make It Better
The Home Assistant Global Health Score (HAGHS) tool evaluates a Home Assistant installation and assigns a numeric health rating. In the author's test the initial score was 88, highlighting zombie entities and a neglected backup configuration. By whitelisting unused entities...
Hyper Photonix Showcases 1.6T SiP Optical Transceivers at OFC 2026
Hyper Photonix unveiled a 1.6 Tbps silicon‑photonic (SiP) optical transceiver line built on a 200 G per lane architecture at OFC 2026, targeting AI‑driven data‑center traffic. Live demos at booth 449 highlighted the module’s high bandwidth, power efficiency, signal integrity and thermal robustness. The...
Anthropic Launches B2B Marketplace for Enterprise AI Applications
Anthropic announced the Claude Marketplace, a B2B platform where enterprise customers can discover, purchase, and deploy third‑party applications built on its Claude family of large language models. The marketplace launched in limited preview with partners such as Snowflake, GitLab, Replit,...
This Week in SaaS - March 10 - 16, 2026
SaasRise launches an AI Coding Bootcamp on April 15, promising a five‑fold boost in development speed for R&D teams. The week saw massive capital inflows, highlighted by Legora’s $550 M Series D and multiple mid‑stage rounds for AI‑centric SaaS firms. Major M&A...
Vite Team Boasts 10-30x Faster Builds with Rust-Powered Rolldown
Vite 8.0 replaces esbuild and Rollup with Rust‑built Rolldown, delivering 10‑30× faster builds while keeping the familiar plugin API. Rolldown, built atop the Oxc Rust library, is still in release‑candidate status, with minification in alpha. The new version is already...
How to Help Tech Cross the Valley of Death
Leslie Beavers, former Deputy CIO of the Department of Defense, now leads LB Insights to guide firms through the “valley of death” that separates tech innovation from operational deployment. At the Pentagon she helped launch digital modernization programs such as...
Smartwatch Data Can Be Used to Assess Early Diabetes Risk
Researchers at Google used AI to analyze smartwatch data from 1,165 users, combining heart‑rate, sleep and activity metrics with routine lab results to detect insulin resistance. The model identified the condition with 76% accuracy using only clinical data, rising to...
AMD Zen 6 Medusa Point Engineering Sample With 10 Cores Appears
An AMD engineering sample identified as “100‑000001713” has appeared in the Geekbench database, hinting at the upcoming Zen 6 mobile processor family codenamed Medusa Point. The chip runs on a Plum‑MDS1 development board tied to AMD’s FP10 platform and sports a 10‑core...
Four-Step Guide for Turning a One-Time Cloud Migration Into a Platform for Sustained Value
Many enterprises treat cloud ERP migrations as one‑time projects, missing the continuous value the platforms can deliver. IBM Institute for Business Value research shows only 29% of firms meet their cost‑reduction goals, largely because they replicate on‑premises habits instead of...
Lofree Introduces 1970s Retro Mechanical Keyboard With Tri-Mode Wireless Support
Lofree unveiled its 1970s‑inspired mechanical keyboard, blending vintage typewriter aesthetics with contemporary tri‑mode wireless connectivity. The device features a matte chassis, circular keycaps, and optional olive or milkshake colors, while offering 2.4 GHz, Bluetooth 5.3, and wired USB connections with up to...
Creative Introduces Sound Blaster Audigy FX Pro PCIe Sound Card for PCs
Creative Technology has launched the Sound Blaster Audigy FX Pro, a PCIe sound card aimed at desktop users seeking better audio than integrated motherboard solutions. The card delivers high‑resolution playback up to 32‑bit/384 kHz, a 120 dB signal‑to‑noise ratio, and discrete 7.1‑channel surround sound,...
AI Boom Drives Global Server Market to Record $444 Billion in 2025
The global server market surged to $444.1 billion in 2025, an 80.4% jump from 2024, driven by massive AI infrastructure spending. Accelerated servers equipped with GPUs accounted for over half of revenue, with embedded‑GPU sales up 59.1% YoY. Non‑x86 platforms exploded...
MSI Raises Gaming Hardware Prices as NVIDIA GPU Supply Drops to 80 Percent
MSI is raising prices on parts of its gaming hardware lineup by 15‑30% after receiving only about 80% of the NVIDIA GPU allocation it needs. The price hikes also reflect broader shortages of DRAM and NAND flash that are inflating...
Snowflake, AWS & NVIDIA Blackwell Power Enterprise AI
Snowflake has teamed with Amazon Web Services and NVIDIA to embed Blackwell‑class RTX PRO GPUs into its AI Data Cloud via EC2 G7e instances. The integration delivers a single platform for the entire AI lifecycle—training, data loading, and both real‑time and...
Zenarmor Launches SASE Partner Program for MSPs and Channel Providers
Zenarmor has launched an industry‑first, architecture‑driven SASE Channel Partner Program targeting MSPs, MSSPs, ISPs and VARs. The program offers a structured framework, go‑to‑market positioning, enablement resources and tiered margins, enabling partners to deploy, manage and sell SASE without relying on...
JBL’s Best Wireless Headphones Are $170 Off at Walmart
JBL’s Tour One M3 headphones are now selling for $280 at Walmart, a 38% discount off the $450 MSRP. The Mocha‑color model bundles flagship‑level active noise cancellation, high‑fidelity sound, and a unique Smart Tx transmitter that can stream audio from wired...
Who’s Who in Tech: Equatic Is ‘Sinking’ in the Ocean
Equatic, a Santa Monica carbon‑removal startup, secured $11.6 million Series A funding to build a 100‑kiloton ocean‑based CO₂ capture plant that also produces green hydrogen. The technology electrolyzes seawater with renewable power, generating base that pulls carbon from the air while the...
Your Browser Has a Config Page Most People Never Open, with Settings to Make It Faster and Private
The article highlights hidden browser configuration pages—commonly known as Chrome flags—that let users boost performance and tighten privacy. It recommends enabling the #enable-parallel-downloading flag to allow simultaneous file downloads, especially on high‑speed connections. For security, the #enable‑standard‑device‑bound‑session‑credentials (DBSC) flag helps...
My Best iPhone Hack: Turn Off Your Camera Control Button for Good. Here's How
The iPhone 16 introduced a dedicated camera‑control button, intended as a shortcut for Apple’s new Visual Intelligence AI features. Many users, including CNET’s Katelyn Chedraoui, find the button overly sensitive, leading to accidental camera launches and battery drain. Apple provides an...
New Texas Cyber Command Looks to ‘Bind the State Together’
Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation creating Texas Cyber Command, which officially launched in September 2025 and is housed at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Led by Ret. Admiral TJ White, the command is legally required to build an...
Clēnera Raises US$304 Million for 120MW Solar-Plus-Storage Project in Idaho
Clēnera, the U.S. arm of Enlight Renewable Energy, secured US$304 million to fund the 120 MW Crimson Orchard solar‑plus‑storage project in Idaho. The development pairs 120 MW of photovoltaic capacity with 400 MWh of battery storage and is under construction in Elmore County. Clēnera...
“Message Not Received” Covers Marketing to Advisors
Financial institutions are struggling to reach independent advisors, a group projected to shrink by 32% by 2035. At Exchange’s Industry conclave, IAA CMO David Buzo outlined five rules to modernize advisor marketing, emphasizing precise targeting, appropriate channels, and value‑first engagement....
AI & Big Data Expo North America 2026 Comes to San Jose as Demand for AI and Data-Driven Solutions Accelerates
The AI & Big Data Expo North America 2026 will convene May 18‑19 in San Jose, gathering enterprise AI leaders, data engineers, and solution providers. The two‑day program focuses on large‑scale AI systems, cloud‑native data architectures, responsible AI, and analytics that...
Who’s Who in Tech: Critical Loop Is Powering Solutions
Critical Loop, founded in 2023 by Bala Ramamurthy, Andrew Grinalds and Lydia Maher, creates mobile microgrids that can deliver megawatts of power within weeks. The company targets energy‑desert locations such as islands, remote military bases, and high‑demand industrial sites. Falling...
Fluke Transforms eMaint Into Purpose-Built AI Platform to Accelerate Smarter, Faster Maintenance Work
Fluke Corporation has released a beta version of AI‑enhanced features for its eMaint CMMS/EAM platform, embedding voice‑driven work‑order creation, instant data queries, and auto‑generated SOPs directly into the mobile app. The new capabilities transform OEM manuals into concise, multilingual guidance...
Cybertrol Engineering Celebrates 30 Years of Automation Excellence
Cybertrol Engineering marks three decades of industrial automation services, celebrating its 30th anniversary as a Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork™ Gold System Integrator. Founded in 1996, the Minnesota‑based firm now operates multi‑disciplinary teams serving food, chemical and life‑science manufacturers across North America....
AI Takes on Robotron: 2084, the Original Robot Uprising Simulator
Former Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer, known for Task Manager, is training an AI model to dominate the 1982 arcade classic Robotron 2084 after previously teaching a system to master Atari’s Tempest. The project challenges the AI with split‑joystick controls, endless enemy waves...
Former Microsoft Dev Trains AI to Survive the Arcade's Most Chaotic Stress Test
Former Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer is training an AI model to master the 1982 arcade shooter Robotron: 2084. After previously teaching AI to dominate Atari’s Tempest, Plummer uses Robotron’s dual‑joystick, high‑velocity gameplay as a stress test for real‑time decision‑making. He has...
Internet Goes Down in Congo in Time for the Election
Internet monitoring group NetBlocks reported a nation‑scale outage in the Republic of Congo coinciding with the presidential election, echoing a similar three‑day blackout in 2021. The shutdown occurred despite the telecom regulator ARPCE’s recent directives urging service continuity and resilience....
Space Tech Expo USA 2026 Moves to Anaheim: A New Era
Space Tech Expo USA announced its relocation to the Anaheim Convention Center for its 14th edition, scheduled for June 2‑4, 2026. The move to the West Coast’s largest venue aims to accommodate a larger footprint, with more than 350 exhibitors...
NAB 2026: Marshall Electronics Launches First 4K All-IP Weatherproof NDI Camera
Marshall Electronics unveiled its first all‑IP 4K POV camera, the CV574‑WP, at NAB 2026. The unit combines an IP67 weather‑proof rating with NDI|HX support, allowing ultra‑high‑definition video over standard Ethernet. Featuring an 8.46‑megapixel sensor, interchangeable M12 lens mount, and PoE power,...
Teens Allege Musk’s Grok Chatbot Made Sexual Images of Them as Minors
Teens allege that xAI’s Grok chatbot generated sexual images of them while they were minors, prompting a lawsuit filed by three plaintiffs, two of whom are underage. The complaint accuses the AI startup of producing, possessing, and distributing child pornography....
VIS-101 Shows Safety, Rapid Efficacy in Wet AMD
NovaBridge’s VIS‑101, a dual VEGF‑A and angiopoietin‑2 inhibitor, delivered rapid and durable efficacy in a phase 2a trial of 38 wet AMD patients in China. Participants receiving 3 mg or 6 mg doses achieved mean visual gains exceeding 10 ETDRS letters and central...