Intel Demos Chip To Compute With Encrypted Data
Intel unveiled its Heracles processor at ISSCC, claiming up to a 5,000‑fold speed boost for fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) workloads compared with a top‑of‑the‑line Xeon server. The chip is fabricated on Intel’s 3‑nanometer FinFET process and occupies a die roughly twenty times larger than earlier research prototypes, paired with two 24‑GB high‑bandwidth memory modules in a liquid‑cooled package. In a live demo, a private voter‑query that took 15 ms on a Xeon was completed in 14 µs on Heracles, translating to a reduction from 17 days to 23 minutes for 100 million ballot checks. Intel positions Heracles as the first scalable, production‑ready FHE accelerator, putting it ahead of emerging startups.
Malaysia: Boosting Domestic Semiconductor Design, IP
Malaysia is intensifying its push to develop domestic integrated‑circuit (IC) design capabilities, aiming to shift from a manufacturing‑centric model to one that owns semiconductor intellectual property. The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry has identified local design firms as key...
Oracle's Larry Ellison Downplays Software Apocalypse Fears: 'We Think the SaaSpocalypse Applies to Others, but Not to Us'
Oracle’s leadership used its earnings call to dismiss the so‑called SaaSpocalypse, arguing that AI‑driven disruption will spare the company. Larry Ellison said Oracle’s AI‑enabled coding tools let it build end‑to‑end, agent‑based solutions for sectors like healthcare and finance. CEO Mike...
Viasat Wins $14 Million Contract to Provide In-Flight Satcom for Navy Executive Aircraft
Viasat has been awarded a $14 million contract to provide in‑flight satellite communications for the U.S. Navy’s C‑37 executive transport aircraft. The two‑year sole‑source agreement, issued by the Space Systems Command Commercial Space Office, will equip the Gulfstream‑based jets with Viasat’s...
Astronauts and Space Leaders to Appear at the 2026 International Space Development Conference
The National Space Society will host the 44th International Space Development Conference (ISDC) in McLean, Virginia, from June 4‑7, 2026. The agenda features high‑profile NASA astronauts and industry leaders, including former shuttle commander Michael López‑Alegria, planetary scientist Lindy Elkins‑Tanton of the...
How the Spiraling Iran Conflict Could Affect Data Centers and Electricity Costs
Escalating conflict between the US, Israel and Iran has shut down traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, pushing crude oil prices above $110 per barrel and raising concerns about global energy volatility. The disruption is also tightening natural‑gas markets as...
How Mental Health Professionals Can Earn CE Credits Hassle Free
Continuing education (CE) credits are mandatory for mental‑health clinicians to keep their licenses active, and they also serve as a vehicle for staying current with evidence‑based practices. The article outlines how CE requirements vary by state but typically demand 20‑40...
37,000 Fake AI Comments Mysteriously Oppose Washington State’s Effort To Tax The Rich
Washington State opened a public comment period for a proposed millionaire tax, only to see more than 37,000 AI‑generated submissions opposing the measure. The fake entries duplicated names dozens of times, often posted late at night, inflating the appearance of...
Why 2026 Will Be the Year of Governed Cybersecurity AI
The 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report shows a 9% drop to $4.44 million, driven largely by security AI and automation that slash detection times. Yet organizations that fully automate see breach costs up to $1.9 million lower than manual peers,...
Google’s Genie 3 Draws a Crowd at GDC
Google DeepMind unveiled its latest generative AI model, Genie 3, at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. The presentation, “The Future of Playable Worlds With Google DeepMind,” filled the Moscone West room to standing‑room‑only capacity, with more than 100 developers turned...
Apple Reveals MacBook Neo Battery Cycle Limit
Apple has updated its support documentation to confirm that the new MacBook Neo’s lithium‑ion battery is rated for a maximum of 1,000 charge cycles. The 36.5‑watt‑hour pack delivers up to 16 hours of video streaming or 11 hours of web browsing,...
Vereigen Media Focused on Modern Approach to Content Syndication
Vereigen Media has launched a new content‑syndication tool built around its proprietary Verified Content Engagement (VCE) methodology. The VCE model replaces passive lead capture with consent‑driven, first‑party data and human‑verified interaction signals, ensuring prospects truly engage with assets. The platform...
Cisco Survey: Infrastructure Gaps Stall AI Adoption in Manufacturing
Cisco’s 2026 State of Industrial AI report, based on 350+ manufacturing leaders across 19 countries, reveals that infrastructure shortfalls are throttling AI rollout in factories. While 96% view reliable wireless connectivity as essential, 56% cite frequent outages that disrupt operations....
Warburg-Backed PDG to Raise $5 Billion in Debt for Data Centers
Singapore‑based Princeton Digital Group, backed by Warburg Pincus, announced plans to raise up to $5 billion in debt this year. The proceeds will finance a multi‑country AI data‑center build‑out in India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Japan. PDG already operates AI‑focused facilities in seven...
10 Hacks Every Laptop Gamer Should Know
The article outlines ten practical hacks that let laptop gamers extract desktop‑level performance from portable rigs. It stresses using the proprietary charger, maintaining airflow with a hard surface, and installing games on an SSD to cut load times. Additional tips...
Space RCO Adopts New Approach to Fielding Cloud-Based, Consolidated C2 System
The Space Rapid Capabilities Office has pivoted to an incremental strategy for migrating both new and legacy orbital‑warfare systems onto the cloud‑based Rapid Resilient Command and Control (R2C2) platform. The revised plan shortens delivery cycles to two weeks, enlists Space...
Cal AI, New Owner of MyFitnessPal, Hit by Alleged Breach of 3 Million Users
Cal AI, the new owner of MyFitnessPal, is accused of a data breach affecting more than 3 million users, according to a post on BreachForums. The alleged leak comprises 12 GB of personal information, including names, dates of birth, email addresses—many using...
Elon Musk Says X Money Set to Debut in April
Elon Musk announced that X Money, the financial services arm of the X platform, will enter early public access in April 2026. The rollout follows a multi‑year push to turn X into a super‑app, with a Visa Direct partnership enabling...
The Great Decoupling: How Professional Services Should Rethink Pricing in the Age of AI
Professional services firms are confronting AI‑driven efficiency that compresses delivery time, prompting a shift from hourly billing to outcome‑focused pricing. INSIGHT proposes a five‑level pricing maturity framework that guides firms from role‑based rate cards to fully value‑based models. The roadmap...
Huawei Outlines Practical Route to “Industrial Intelligence” At MWC 2026
At MWC Barcelona 2026, Huawei announced a shift from AI experimentation to large‑scale operational use in enterprises. It showcased 115 industrial intelligence demonstrations and introduced 22 new industry solutions across energy, manufacturing, finance, transport and retail. Central to the rollout...
INDOPACOM Was All in on Anthropic. Now It’s Working to Adjust
U.S. Indo‑Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) built its war‑gaming and command‑control workflows around Anthropic’s Claude model, only to lose access after a Trump‑issued ban on Anthropic tools for federal agencies. The ban sparked a lawsuit from Anthropic alleging illegal retaliation against the...
Stryker Medical President Jessica Mathieson’s Advice for Moving up in Medtech
Stryker Medical President Jessica Mathieson emphasized a simple career mantra: talk less, listen more, and seek mentors who can spark ideas. Drawing on 17 years at Stryker, she rose from account manager to president, highlighting the role of mentorship and...
3D Imaging Reveals Messy-Looking Supraparticles Can Be Nearly Perfect Crystals Inside
Researchers at Utrecht University have, for the first time, mapped the three‑dimensional structure of photonic supraparticles using super‑resolution confocal and STED microscopy combined with machine‑learning analysis. The study shows that particles appearing disordered on the surface often form nearly perfect...
Clarity as Strategy
Consulting and professional services firms often operate without clear, real‑time insight into project profitability, a gap highlighted by the Bluevine 2026 BOSS Report’s declining profit expectations. CuraeSoft’s new coAmplifi Pro platform centralizes project planning, time tracking, and billing to connect operational...
Walmart’s Video Game Clearance Sale Drops Popular Titles for Switch, PS5, and Xbox by up to 50%
Walmart is running a video game clearance sale featuring nearly 100 discounted titles for Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X and accessories. Flagship deals include Stellar Blade for $37 (down 47%), LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga for $24.84 (58% off),...
Ford Launches New AI to Grow Multibillion-Dollar Pro Commercial Business
Ford Motor announced the launch of Ford Pro AI, an artificial‑intelligence platform for its Pro commercial‑vehicle subscribers. The system will analyze more than one billion data points each day, covering vehicle health, driver behavior, route efficiency and fuel use. It targets...
Ford Is Giving Its Commercial Fleet Business an AI Makeover
Ford unveiled Ford Pro AI, a generative‑AI chatbot embedded in its Pro telematics platform, to turn fleet telemetry into actionable insights for its 840,000 paid subscribers. The model‑agnostic service runs on Google Cloud, operates in read‑only mode and still requires human oversight,...
New BeatBanker Android Malware Poses as Starlink App to Hijack Devices
BeatBanker is a new Android malware that masquerades as a Starlink app on counterfeit Google Play Store pages, tricking users into side‑loading the malicious APK. The payload blends a banking trojan, the BTMOB remote‑access trojan, and a Monero XMRig miner,...
Social Security Watchdog Investigating Claims that DOGE Engineer Copied Its Databases
The Social Security Administration’s inspector general is probing a whistleblower claim that a former DOGE software engineer copied the agency’s Numident and Master Death File databases, which contain personal data on over 500 million Americans. The engineer allegedly sought help moving...
MrBeast Is Gamifying Finances for Teens. Will This Help the Next Generation Become Homeowners Faster?
Beast Industries, the company behind YouTube star MrBeast, has acquired the teen‑focused finance app Step, turning it into a gamified platform that teaches credit building, savings and micro‑investing. The app leverages game mechanics—streaks, rewards and trivia—to make personal finance feel...
Salesforce Pushes ‘Agentic Enterprise’ Vision with Telecom AI Agents and New AI Work Metric
Salesforce unveiled new Agentforce capabilities, including Agentforce for Communications—a suite of pre‑built AI agents tailored for telecom sales and customer‑service workflows. It also introduced the Agentic Work Unit (AWU) metric, which counts each discrete AI‑driven task, reporting 2.4 billion AWUs to...
Fla. LE Agencies Awarded $500K in Federal Funding for Internet Crimes Task Force
South Florida law‑enforcement agencies received $535,000 in federal funding to bolster the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force covering 12 counties. The task force has seen a near‑1,000% increase in tips since 2017, resulting in more than 500 arrests...
Pragmatic AI: Solving Real Problems in a World of Hype
The article warns that AI is currently perched on the Gartner Hype Cycle’s Peak of Inflated Expectations, where lofty promises outpace real capabilities. It highlights how over‑hyped features—especially language‑specific nuances—often miss the mark, likening them to the short‑lived teardrop phones...
Space Force Surveying Industry on Collaboration With Canada on Allied Space Domain Awareness C2
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command has issued a solicitation for industry input, including Canadian firms, on a joint command‑and‑control (C2) system for allied space domain awareness (SDA). A letter of offer and acceptance with Canada’s Department of National...
5 IT Equipment Procurement Services That Fix Day-1 Onboarding
A Deloitte pulse check revealed that 56% of organisations view device‑provisioning delays as the leading productivity killer for new hires. Onboarding teams therefore need a reliable day‑one laptop solution. Onrec evaluated more than twenty vendors against four non‑negotiables and five...
A New Wave of Disrupters Takes on American Health Care
Silicon Valley’s newest wave of health‑tech startups is targeting America’s $5 trillion, fragmented medical system. Patients increasingly skip or delay care because of cost, with roughly one‑third reporting financial barriers. These disrupters are leveraging artificial intelligence to streamline diagnosis, pricing transparency,...
Recruit Like a Pro: Create Eye-Catching Videos to Attract Top Talent
Video recruiting is becoming a staple for talent acquisition, as short, mobile‑friendly clips capture candidate attention faster than text‑heavy job posts. Modern browsers and smartphone apps now let HR teams produce polished videos without costly equipment or specialist editors. The...
FDA Advisor Touts Approach Tailoring Regulation To Specific AI Use
The FDA’s artificial‑intelligence advisor announced a shift toward evaluating AI‑driven health technologies on a case‑by‑case basis, focusing on each tool’s specific function rather than applying a one‑size‑fits‑all rule set. This risk‑based approach will tailor regulatory requirements to the actual clinical...
Standardized Reporting Templates Reduce Residents' On-Call Turnaround Times
A recent study in Emergency Radiology shows that standardized reporting templates significantly speed up on‑call radiology residents’ preliminary interpretations of after‑hours spinal MRIs. Average turnaround time fell from 54 to 47 minutes, and the incidence of delays exceeding 75 minutes...
Intel Did Something for Old Arc GPU Owners that Nvidia Has Refused to Do for RTX 30 Owners
Intel has extended its XeSS 3 AI upscaling suite, including Multi‑Frame Generation, to first‑generation Alchemist and Battlemage Arc GPUs as well as Core Ultra integrated graphics. The February 13 WHQL driver update brings these features to older hardware, a move Nvidia has avoided...
The Galaxy S26 Ultra Has Two New Features I Actually Want on Every Phone
Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra introduces two standout software features—Privacy Display and Horizontal Lock—while offering modest hardware upgrades. Privacy Display lets users obscure side‑angle screen visibility on demand, with per‑app or notification controls. Horizontal Lock provides gimbal‑like video stabilization, allowing seamless...
Renewable Fuels Summit Kicks Off with $80M Funding Boost
Australia's Renewable Fuels Summit opened with an $80 million government funding boost for industrial decarbonisation and the announcement of the country's first agricultural renewable gas plant. Analysts estimate the nation has enough feedstock to sustain a $10 billion‑a‑year renewable fuels sector, potentially...
Silicon Valley Is Buzzing About This New Idea: AI Compute As Compensation
Silicon Valley is adding AI inference compute as a fourth element of compensation, alongside salary, bonus and equity. Candidates now ask about dedicated GPU or token budgets for running models like Codex, reflecting growing scarcity of inference resources. Companies such...
IPhone 17e vs iPhone 17: Which Entry-Level Apple Phone Is Best for You?
TechRadar’s side‑by‑side review pits Apple’s new iPhone 17e against the flagship iPhone 17, focusing on price, performance, battery life, camera capabilities, and design. The iPhone 17e launches at a lower price point while retaining many of the premium model’s features,...
AirTag’s Best Feature Is Now on Apple Watch, Here’s How to Set It Up
Apple’s AirTag 2 upgrades the Precision Finding feature, extending its range by roughly 1.5 times and bringing the capability to the Apple Watch for the first time. The functionality works on Watch Series 9, Ultra 2 and later models running watchOS 26.2.1 or newer. Users must add...
Target Market Examples: How to Define Yours (B2B Focus)
The article clarifies that a B2B target market is a narrowly defined set of companies you can realistically win, not a broad category. It outlines four segmentation dimensions—firmographic, technographic, psychographic, and behavioral/intent—and provides seven concrete examples illustrating each layer. A...
How Ready Are Health Systems to Deploy AI Successfully?
Global health systems have reached roughly 65% of the key AI readiness indicators, according to HIMSS chief scientific research officer Anne Snowdon. Governance frameworks and workforce development programs have improved, yet substantial gaps remain in data infrastructure, interoperability, and change‑management...
As Military AI Divide Widens, Here’s One Path for Agentic Systems
The Aerospace Industries Association released a white paper positioning agentic AI as a powerful enabler for faster defense procurement and supply‑chain decisions. Tim White emphasizes that AI will not replace culture, processes, or workforce but can augment them when paired...
The Outsiders Adds Four Advanced Metrics for Power-Based Training
Apple’s fitness app The Outsiders has released version 1.6, adding four new power‑based metrics—Relative Intensity, Variability Index, Efficiency Factor, and Aerobic Decoupling—to its session summary for cyclists and runners. The metrics aim to quantify session demand, pacing consistency, power‑heart‑rate efficiency,...
Why Network as a Service Is Gaining Momentum in the Distributed Enterprise
Network as a Service (NaaS) is rapidly becoming a cornerstone for enterprises that operate across hybrid‑cloud, edge, and data‑center environments. Legacy networking gear, designed for static traffic, can’t keep pace with AI‑driven workloads that demand real‑time bandwidth and security. Providers...