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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21-km (13-mile) course. The … Continue reading China Pits Humanoid Robots Against Humans In Half-Marathon
What would it take for Apple to enable vibe-coded applications? Citizen developers, I’m here to manage your expectations. Continue reading Apple’s bold idea for no-code apps built with Siri – hype or hope?
Here’s today’s example of how an entity may claim that they had no reason to believe patient data had been compromised, only to find that it had been. In February, Whitman Hospital & Medical Clinics (“WHMC”) in California discovered the… Continue reading Don’t be so quick to claim there’s no reason to believe there’s compromise of patient info: Saturday edition
Voice of Nigeria reports: The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has announced a collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to establish a robust data protection framework within the healthcare sector. This was revealed… Continue reading NDPC, Health Ministry Partner to Boost Data Protection in Healthcare
Plus: Apple will employ user data to improve Apple Intelligence, Comcast has a 5-year price lock, and a new laser skin-care tool arrives in the US. Continue reading Beats Cables, Skullcandy ANC Headphones, and a Severance Keyboard—Your Gear News of the Week
Will a 486 run Crysis? No, of course not. Will it run a large language model (LLM)? Given the huge buildout of compute power to do just that, many people …read more Continue reading Will it Run Llama 2? Now DOS Can
LG introduces several upgrades to its 2025 gram Pro 2-in-1, including a new chipset and a higher-resolution OLED touchscreen. Continue reading I tested LG’s new ultrathin 2-in-1, and it handles creative workloads like a dream
HP’s first-generation EliteBook X is a 14-inch powerhouse designed for performance in the office, but it has some distinct considerations. Continue reading One of the most powerful work laptops I’ve tested this year is not a ThinkPad or MacBook
About one sixth of global cropland is contaminated by toxic heavy metals, researchers have estimated, with as many as 1.4 billion people living in high-risk areas worldwide. From a report: Approximately 14 to 17% of cropland globally — roughly 242m he… Continue reading About 15% of World’s Cropland Polluted With Toxic Metals, Say Researchers
ASUS has disclosed a critical security flaw impacting routers with AiCloud enabled that could permit remote attackers to perform unauthorized execution of functions on susceptible devices.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-2492, has a CVSS score o… Continue reading ASUS Confirms Critical Flaw in AiCloud Routers; Users Urged to Update Firmware