Author: The Tech Guy

Hyperscalers and data center developers are in a pickle: They all want to add computing power tomorrow, but utilities frequently play hard to get, citing years-long waits for grid connections. “All the AI data centers are struggling to get connected,” Amit Narayan, founder and CEO of Gridcare, told TechCrunch. “They’re so desperate. They are looking for solutions, which may or may not happen. Certainly not in the five-year timelines they cite.” That has led many data centers to pursue what’s called “behind the meter” power sources — basically, they build their own power plants, a costly endeavor that hints at…

A newly identified botnet takes a ‘shotgun’ approach to compromising devices, packing over 50 exploits targeting routers, servers, cameras, and other network products, Trend Micro reports. Dubbed RondoDox, the botnet began activities in mid-2025 and was associated with the exploitation of CVE-2023-1389, a command injection flaw in the WAN interface of TP-Link Archer AX21 routers that was disclosed at the Pwn2Own Toronto hacking contest in 2022. In June, RondoDox was seen targeting CVE-2024-3721 and CVE-2024-12856, two high-severity weaknesses in TBK DVRs and Four-Faith routers, and then significantly expanding its target list. According to Trend Micro, the botnet is now targeting…

Despite their usefulness, large language models still have a reliability problem. A new study shows that a team of AIs working together can score up to 97 percent on US medical licensing exams, outperforming any single AI.While recent progress in large language models (LLMs) has led to systems capable of passing professional and academic tests, their performance remains inconsistent. They’re still prone to hallucinations—plausible sounding but incorrect statements—which has limited their use in high-stakes area like medicine and finance.Nonetheless, LLMs have scored impressive results on medical exams, suggesting the technology could be useful in this area if their inconsistencies can…

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OpenAI is launching a new way for developers to build applications inside of ChatGPT. Starting Monday, users in ChatGPT will be able to access interactive applications from companies like Booking.com, Expedia, Spotify, Figma, Coursera, Zillow, and Canva. OpenAI is also launching a preview of the Apps SDK, the developer-facing toolkit to build these apps. OpenAI made the announcement at its annual developer conference, DevDay 2025. “We want ChatGPT to be a great way for people to make progress, to be more productive, more inventive, to learn faster, to do whatever they’re trying to do in their lives better,” said CEO…

Kindles are one of the best single-use devices on the market. I hate to even say single-use, since I read so much more than Amazon’s e-books. But at their core, Kindle devices serve as a platform for distraction-free reading without straining your eyes, no matter the time of day or how much sunlight is beating down on the screen. E Ink really is worth the hype, I fear. What I love most about my Kindle is its simplicity. Yet within that simplicity, there’s no shortage of settings and accessibility options to make the reading experience my own. Amazon toes the…

Enterprises expanding AI deployments are hitting an invisible performance wall. The culprit? Static speculators that can't keep up with shifting workloads.Speculators are smaller AI models that work alongside large language models during inference. They draft multiple tokens ahead, which the main model then verifies in parallel. This technique (called speculative decoding) has become essential for enterprises trying to reduce inference costs and latency. Instead of generating tokens one at a time, the system can accept multiple tokens at once, dramatically improving throughput.Together AI today announced research and a new system called ATLAS (AdapTive-LeArning Speculator System) that aims to help enterprises…

SecurityWeek’s cybersecurity news roundup provides a concise compilation of noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar. We provide a valuable summary of stories that may not warrant an entire article, but are nonetheless important for a comprehensive understanding of the cybersecurity landscape. Each week, we curate and present a collection of noteworthy developments, ranging from the latest vulnerability discoveries and emerging attack techniques to significant policy changes and industry reports.  Here are this week’s stories: Gladinet vulnerability exploited in the wild A vulnerability affecting Gladinet’s CentreStack and Triofox products has been exploited in the wild, Huntress warns. CentreStack…

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images AI bots are everywhere now, filling everything from online stores to social media. But that sudden ubiquity could end up being a very bad thing, according to a new paper from Stanford University scientists who unleashed AI models into different environments — including social media — and found that when they were rewarded for success at tasks like boosting likes and other online engagement metrics, the bots increasingly engaged in unethical behavior like lying and spreading hateful messages or misinformation. “Competition-induced misaligned behaviors emerge even when models are explicitly instructed to…

Verdict Xiaomi’s latest premium mid-ranger brings the fight to proper flagships, featuring a premium design, a top-end screen, flagship performance and surprisingly capable cameras for its £649 price tag. Is it the perfect flagship replacement? No, but for most people, it’ll be close enough. Great camera performance Looks and feels like a top-end phone Flagship-level power Massive 6.82-inch AMOLED screen No LTPO screen tech Rarely hits the full 144Hz HyperOS is far from the stock Android experience Key Features Review Price: £649 Capable cameras The flagship-level 50MP main and 50MP periscope lenses are surprisingly capable for the price Flagship performance…