Why 83% of organizations reportedly trust open source with their most sensitive assets

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Internal access management (IAM) is seeing compounded growth in demand and adoption as a key component in zero trust and

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Sources: Meta is creating a new applied AI engineering organization led by Maher Saba in its Reality Labs division to help bolster its superintelligence efforts (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

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Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta is creating a new applied AI engineering organization led by Maher Saba in its Reality Labs division to help bolster its superintelligence efforts  —  New teams will have ‘flat structure’ with up to 50:1 ratio of individual contributors to managers

More cores, more storage, more cash: Apple unveils MacBook Pro M5 Pro/Max lineup

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Apple has returned to its premium MacBook Pro lineup with a silicon upgrade that targets...

Microbes may hitchhike across the solar system via asteroid debris, study finds

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Microbes blasted off a planet by an asteroid strike may survive the journey to another...

X announces a policy change suspending users from Creator Revenue Sharing for 90 days if they post AI-generated videos of an armed conflict without disclosure (Andre Revilla/Engadget)

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Andre Revilla / Engadget:
X announces a policy change suspending users from Creator Revenue Sharing for 90 days if they post AI-generated videos of an armed conflict without disclosure  —  The new policy is the platform's first rule requiring any kind of AI content disclosure.  —  X

OpenAI’s GPT-5.3 Instant promises to dial down the cringe

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On the same day Google released Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, OpenAI also launched a faster version of its GPT-5.3 family on

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Google adds new Android features, including custom calling cards, real-time location sharing in Google Messages, and luggage tracking with partner airlines (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

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Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
Google adds new Android features, including custom calling cards, real-time location sharing in Google Messages, and luggage tracking with partner airlines  —  Google will let users of its Android mobile operating system set up custom calling cards and share their live location in messages …

Yahoo sold tech news site Engadget to Static Media in a deal that was signed in early February and is scheduled to close later in March (David Pierce/The Verge)

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David Pierce / The Verge:
Yahoo sold tech news site Engadget to Static Media in a deal that was signed in early February and is scheduled to close later in March  —  The consolidation of iconic internet publishing brands continues, as Static Media takes over another site. … Engadget, the long-running tech news website, has a new owner.

Minnesota Judge Shuts Down DHS’s Attempt To Expel Thousands Of Refugees

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The Trump administration is purposefully cruel. That much cannot be argued, not when it has deliberately sent deportees to foreign torture prisons, dumped them in war-torn countries with histories of human rights abuses, and stranded people its has been ordered to release far from home without their IDs, phones, or money. This regime loves to […]

Daily Deal: The 2026 Ultimate GenAI Masterclass Bundle

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Unlock the power of AI with lifetime access to 50 groundbreaking courses designed to help you master the most advanced AI tools of 2025 and beyond. Explore conversational AI, generative models, and cutting-edge technologies like ChatGPT, GPT APIs, and AI-driven applications with the 2026 Ultimate GenAI Masterclass Bundle. With hands-on projects and real-world applications, this […]

How we rebuilt the search architecture for high availability in GitHub Enterprise Server

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Here's how we the search experience better, faster, and more resilient for GHES customers.

The post How we rebuilt the search architecture for high availability in GitHub Enterprise Server appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Yahoo is selling Engadget to Static Media

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Engadget, the long-running tech news website, has a new owner. Yahoo sold the publication to Static Media in a deal that was signed in early February and is scheduled to close later this March. (Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.) The deal hasn't yet been publicly announced, but a source familiar with the publication says […]

M5 Pro and M5 Max are surprisingly big departures from older Apple Silicon

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Apple is using more chiplets and three types of CPU cores to make the M5 family.

OpenAI says GPT-5.3 Instant's tone should feel less "cringe" than GPT-5.2 Instant and has a smoother, more to-the-point conversational style (Marcus Schuler/Implicator.ai)

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Marcus Schuler / Implicator.ai:
OpenAI says GPT-5.3 Instant's tone should feel less “cringe” than GPT-5.2 Instant and has a smoother, more to-the-point conversational style  —  OpenAI released GPT-5.3 Instant on Tuesday, updating ChatGPT's default model with reduced hallucination rates and what the company called a less …

JetStream Security, which offers an "AI Blueprints" tool that provides real-time mapping of AI agent activity, raised a $34M seed led by Redpoint (Beatrice Nolan/Fortune)

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Beatrice Nolan / Fortune:
JetStream Security, which offers an “AI Blueprints” tool that provides real-time mapping of AI agent activity, raised a $34M seed led by Redpoint  —  Last month, an agentic AI assistant called OpenClaw that promised to manage your calendar, check you in for flights, respond to emails, and organize your files went vir

New Apple Studio Display and Studio Display XDR Don't Work With Intel Macs

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If you still have a Mac with an Intel chip inside, you're not going to want to pick up one of the new Studio Display or Studio Display XDR models.


According to Apple's list of compatible Macs, neither model will work with an Intel-based Mac. Apple says that the Studio Display is compatible with a long list of Macs dating back to 2020, but they all have M-series chips inside.

• 16-inch MacBook Pro (2021 and later)


• 14-inch ‌MacBook Pro‌ (2021 and later)


• 13-inch ‌MacBook Pro‌ (M1, 2020 and later)


• 15-inch MacBook Air (2023 and later)


• 13-inch

Confluent adds A2A support, anomaly detection, and Queues for Kafka in major platform update

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Confluent recently unveiled support for the Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol, an open standard for inter-agent communication. The platform’s implementation of the

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These Macs Can't Run the Studio Display XDR at 120Hz

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The new Studio Display XDR features a mini-LED display with up to a 120Hz refresh rate, but you'll need a newer Mac to get support for the full 120Hz.


According to Apple, Macs that have an M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max, M1 Ultra, M2, or M3 will only support the Studio Display XDR at 60Hz. All other features remain available.

For the full 120Hz refresh rate, you'll need to have a Mac with one of the following chips:

• ‌M2‌ Pro, ‌M2‌ Max, ‌M2‌ Ultra


• M3 Pro, M3 Max, M3 Ultra


• M

Google launches Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, its fastest Gemini 3 model yet

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Two weeks after launching Gemini 3.1 Pro, its most capable AI model yet, Google on Tuesday launched Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite,

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Apple's New Studio Display Boxes Designed to Fit in Your Recycling Bin

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As part of its environmental efforts, Apple says its new Studio Display and Studio Display XDR boxes feature a collapsible design.


Apple says the boxes can be broken down into smaller pieces that fit in most recycling bins:

Studio Display has been engineered to reduce its environmental impact. The stand is made with 100 percent recycled aluminum. The standard glass display contains 80 percent recycled glass — an Apple first. And the 100 percent fiber-based box has been extensively redesigned for collapsibility, allowing it to be broken down into smaller pieces that will fit in most household recycling bins.

Third macOS Tahoe 26.4 Beta Now Available for Developers

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Apple today provided the third beta of an upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.4 update to developers for testing purposes, with the update coming a week after Apple seeded the second beta.


Developers can download the ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4 update by opening up the System Settings app, selecting the General category, and then choosing Software Update. Beta Updates will need to be enabled, and a free developer account is required.

‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4 adds a new Charge Limit feature so Mac users can select a maximum charge level that ranges from 80 to 100 percent. Apple also brought back the Compact tab layout in Safari for those who missed the option in earlier versions of ‌macOS Tahoe‌.

Apple silicon Macs who are running [...]

OpenAI releases GPT-5.3 Instant, which it says delivers more accurate answers and better-contextualized results when searching the web, for all ChatGPT users (OpenAI)

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OpenAI:
OpenAI releases GPT-5.3 Instant, which it says delivers more accurate answers and better-contextualized results when searching the web, for all ChatGPT users  —  Today, we're releasing an update to ChatGPT's most-used model that makes everyday conversations more consistently helpful and fluid.

Sources: Anduril is seeking to raise about $4B in a round co-led by Thrive Capital and a16z, which could nearly double the startup's valuation to ~$60B (Edward Ludlow/Bloomberg)

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Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg:
Sources: Anduril is seeking to raise about $4B in a round co-led by Thrive Capital and a16z, which could nearly double the startup's valuation to ~$60B  —  Josh Kushner's Thrive Capital and venture firm Andreessen Horowitz are coleading a fundraising round for Anduril Industries Inc …

You Can Now Subscribe to Apple TV Through the Roku Channel

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Roku has teamed up with Apple to offer the Apple TV subscription service on the Roku Channel, giving Roku users easy access to Apple's streaming service. The Roku Channel is available across all Roku devices, and it provides access to free content as well as premium subscriptions.


With the partnership, Apple could see subscriber growth, while Roku will be able to offer subscribers access to popular content like Formula 1, Major League Soccer, and Major League Baseball. ‌Apple TV‌ via the Roku Channel is still priced at $12.99 per month or  [...]

Ron Wyden Is Begging His Colleagues To Stop Trying To Hand Trump A Censorship Weapon

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We’ve been writing about Section 230 for a very long time. We’ve written about why it matters, why the people attacking it are wrong, and why most of the proposed “reforms” would make the internet dramatically worse for everyone except the already powerful. And for just about as long as we’ve been doing that, Senator […]

US scientists build first rewritable DNA hard drive for molecular data storage

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DNA data storage has recently entered a new phase of development, as scientists in the...

Intel unveils its Xeon 6+ Clearwater Forest CPUs, its first data center CPUs built on 18A, offering up to 288 Darkmont efficiency cores, set for a 2026 release (Anton Shilov/Tom's Hardware)

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Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware:
Intel unveils its Xeon 6+ Clearwater Forest CPUs, its first data center CPUs built on 18A, offering up to 288 Darkmont efficiency cores, set

Microsoft moves Build from Seattle back to San Francisco, scheduled for June 2-3, instead of May, and invites 2,500 developers, down from the usual ~3K to ~5K (Tom Warren/The Verge)

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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft moves Build from Seattle back to San Francisco, scheduled for June 2-3, instead of May, and invites 2,500 developers, down from the usual ~3K to ~5K  —  Microsoft Build will be a little smaller this year and more focused on developers. … Microsoft is moving its annual Build developer conference …

Google plans to move Chrome to a two-week release cycle, instead of the current four, starting with the Chrome 153 stable release on September 8 (Thomas Ricker/The Verge)

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Thomas Ricker / The Verge:
Google plans to move Chrome to a two-week release cycle, instead of the current four, starting with the Chrome 153 stable release on September 8  —  The browser is moving from a four-week release cycle to two in September. … Google is moving its Chrome browser to a two-week release cycle …

Ziff Davis agrees to sell its Connectivity division, including Ookla and Downdetector, to Accenture for $1.2B in cash, to focus on enthusiast websites like IGN (Kritika Lamba/Reuters)

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Kritika Lamba / Reuters:
Ziff Davis agrees to sell its Connectivity division, including Ookla and Downdetector, to Accenture for $1.2B in cash, to focus on enthusiast websites like IGN  —  Ziff Davis (ZD.O) has agreed to sell its Connectivity division, which houses Ookla's Speedtest app and Downdetector outage tracker …

iPhone 16e vs. iPhone 17e Buyer's Guide: All Upgrades Compared

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Apple's new low-cost iPhone comes a year after its predecessor, offering over a dozen small changes. Here's how the latest model compares.


When Apple introduced the ‌iPhone‌ 16e last year, it replaced the aging ‌iPhone‌ SE and became the new low-cost ‌iPhone‌. The 16e adopted a contemporary full-screen design, Face ID, a 48-megapixel rear camera, USB-C, and the A18 chip, positioning it far closer to Apple's flagship models than previous budget models.

Apple yesterday announced the iPhone 17e, fea [...]

Google’s Chrome browser moves to a two-week release cycle

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Google on Tuesday announced that its Chrome browser will move to a faster release cycle later this year, with a

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Leaked Apple Documents Detail MacBook Neo Features Ahead of Launch

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Accidentally leaked Apple documents that reveal the "Neo" name of the upcoming low-cost MacBook also reference some of the features that will be included.


The MacBook Neo will feature two USB-C ports, and it will also include a MagSafe port for charging purposes. Apple's latest Macs use a magnetic ‌MagSafe‌ cable, and in the case of the Neo, it will likely be color matched to the chassis. Rumors suggest the Neo will come in fun colors like pink, blue, and yellow.

Along with two USB-C ports and ‌MagSafe‌, the MacBook Neo will include Wi-Fi 7, which is the latest Wi-Fi specification. It does not appear to have Apple's N1 networking [...]

Google launches Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, which it says delivers "enhanced performance" at a fraction of the cost of larger models and outperforms 2.5 Flash (The Keyword)

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The Keyword:
Google launches Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, which it says delivers “enhanced performance” at a fraction of the cost of larger models and outperforms 2.5 Flash  —  Get best-in-class intelligence for your highest-volume workloads. … Today, we're introducing Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite …

OpenClaw rocks to GitHub’s most-starred status, but is it safe?

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OpenClaw is in the ascension. This open source autonomous AI agent has this year surpassed Linux on the GitHub all-time

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Apple Removes 512GB Storage Option From M5 MacBook Pro, Drops SSD Upgrade Prices

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With the debut of the M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro models, Apple tweaked the available configurations for the standard M5 ‌MacBook Pro‌.


The 14-inch M5 ‌MacBook Pro‌ used to start with 512GB of storage, but Apple has removed that option. All ‌MacBook Pro‌ models, including the entry-level M5 version, start with a 1TB SSD that can be upgraded to 4TB.

The starting price of the M5 ‌MacBook Pro‌ was $1,599, but now it starts at $1,699 because of the updated storage. While the starting price has gone up, the price for SSD upgrades has technically shifted down.

Upgrading to 1TB previously would have resulted in a machine that costs $1,799, but that same base configuration is now $1, [...]

X is testing a standalone X Chat iOS app with 1,000 users via Apple's TestFlight, a shift away from Elon Musk's plan to make X an "everything app" (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
X is testing a standalone X Chat iOS app with 1,000 users via Apple's TestFlight, a shift away from Elon Musk's plan to make X an “everything app”  —  Social network X is bringing its private messaging service, dubbed X Chat, to a standalone app.

Apple Discontinues Pro Display XDR and $999 Stand

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Apple today discontinued its Pro Display XDR, following the introduction of a new 27-inch Studio Display XDR monitor.


Introduced in December 2019 alongside a redesigned Mac Pro, the 32-inch Pro Display XDR was Apple's return to the premium external monitor market. The launch came three years after the company exited the category with the discontinuation of the Thunderbolt Display in 2016.

The Pro Display XDR drew particular scrutiny for its $999 Pro Stand, which was sold separately from the $4,999 display. Apple defended the price by emphasizing its precise engineering, height, tilt, and rotation adjustments, and support for both landscape and portrait orientations, but it was a focal point of criticism at launc [...]

The Hidden Price Tag: Uncovering Hidden Costs in Cloud Architectures with the AWS Well-Architected Framework

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In this post, we discuss how following the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF) and AWS Well-Architected Framework can help reduce these risks through proper implementation of AWS guidance and best practices while taking into consideration the practical challenges organizations face in implementing these best practices, including resource constraints, evaluating trade-offs and competing business priorities.

New MacBook Airs come with M5, double the storage, and higher starting prices

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New Airs leave more room underneath for the rumored low-cost MacBook.

Amazon Takes Up to $150 Off Apple's 14-Inch M5 MacBook Pro

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Amazon today has dropped the price of the 2025 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro to $1,449.00, down from $1,599.00. With the announcement of new MacBook Pro models this week, Apple no longer sells this 512GB model of the 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro.

Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

Apple instead has shifted the line to focus entirely on configurations [...]

iOS 26.3.1 and macOS 26.3.1 Are Coming Soon

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Apple today confirmed that iPadOS 26.3.1 and macOS 26.3.1 are on the way. The updates will likely be released at some point this week or next week.


iPadOS 26.3.1 and macOS 26.3.1 are mentioned on the tech specs page for the new Studio Display and Studio Display XDR, which launch on Wednesday, March 11.

On a related note, both the new Studio Display and the Studio Display XDR are compatible with Apple silicon Macs only, according to Apple. Even then, the Studio Display XDR is limited to 60Hz if [...]

Audible launches a cheaper, $8.99/month streaming tier in the US, vs. $14.95/month for its premium plan, to rival Spotify; the plan includes ad-free podcasts (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)

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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Audible launches a cheaper, $8.99/month streaming tier in the US, vs. $14.95/month for its premium plan, to rival Spotify; the plan includes ad-free podcasts  —  - New plan costs $8.99 in US versus $14.95 for premium offering  — Offering includes ad-free podcasts available on Wondery+ app

Developers are coding to a moving target, and nobody knows where AI lands next

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In Barcelona this week, a bit of tension is in the air for certain attendees at the annual Mobile World

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Apple Updates Studio Display With Thunderbolt 5 and More

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Alongside the all-new, higher-end Studio Display XDR, Apple has updated the regular version of the Studio Display with some new features.


Here is what is new for the lower-end Studio Display, according to Apple:

• Two Thunderbolt 5 ports (up to 120Gb/s), with one upstream port (provides 96W pass-through charging) and one downstream port for connecting accessories or daisy-chaining up to four additional Studio Displays


• The built-in 12-megapixel Center Stage camera now supports Desk View


• The six-speaker sound system's woofers deliver "30 percent deeper bass" compared to the previous S

Apple intros M5 Pro and Max MacBook Pros and its first new monitors in years

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New laptops come with more storage but also higher starting prices.

Related to your interests, Tuesday

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The Links

• Gartner Research Reveals CFOs’ Budget Plans Prioritize Growth Functions, Technology and AI in 2026 - More spending on tech, less on people.

• The Supreme Court doesn’t care if you want to copyright your AI-generated art - I think this means you can’t copyright stuff made by AI? In the US, at least. How about programming code? That’d be a big shift!

• What AX can do to deliver cohesion and uniformity to AI agents - 🤖: Agents amplify

Apple Accidentally Leaks 'MacBook Neo'

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Apple appears to have prematurely revealed the name of its rumored lower-cost MacBook model, which is expected to be announced this Wednesday.


A regulatory document for a "MacBook Neo" (Model A3404) has appeared on Apple's website. Unfortunately, there are no further details or images available yet.

While the PDF file does not contain the "MacBook Neo" name, it briefly appeared in a link on Apple's regulatory website for EU compliance purposes.

[...]

CERN tests microwire quantum sensors for particle colliders and dark matter detection

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Researchers in the US have revealed that an emerging class of quantum sensors, called superconducting...

Apple Debuts M5 Pro and M5 Max Chips

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Apple today unveiled the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, featuring a new Fusion Architecture and up to 40 next-generation GPU cores.


The chips are made using a new Apple-designed Fusion Architecture, which combines two dies into a single system on a chip (SoC). Both chips feature a new 18-core CPU architecture, including six high-performance cores that Apple now calls "super cores." They are joined by 12 all-new performance cores optimized for power efficiency. Together, they boost CPU performance by up to 30%.

The M5 Pro pairs a CPU with up to 18-cores with a next-generation GPU with up to 20 cores. With four additional CPU cores compared to the M4 Pro, the new CPU architecture s [...]

Apple Introduces All-New Studio Display XDR: 120Hz, Mini-LED, and More

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Apple today introduced an all-new Studio Display XDR monitor with a 27-inch screen, mini-LED backlighting, 5K resolution, peak brightness of 2,000 nits for HDR content, up to a 120Hz refresh rate, Thunderbolt 5, and more.


The new Studio Display XDR replaces Apple's former Pro Display XDR, which has been discontinued. Going forward, there are now two Studio Display models.

Here are the Studio Display XDR's key specs:

• 27-inch Retina XDR display with 5K resolution


• 120Hz refresh rate, with Adaptive Sync for a continuously variable

Apple Announces MacBook Air With M5 Chip and 512GB Base Storage

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Apple today announced refreshed MacBook Air models featuring the M5 chip and a higher base SSD capacity.


The M5 chip in the ‌MacBook Air‌ features a 10-core CPU, with what Apple calls the world's fastest CPU cores. It offers configurations with up to 10 GPU cores with Neural Accelerators in each core, delivering up to 4x faster performance for AI tasks than the ‌MacBook Air‌ with the M4 chip.

The chip also has enhanced shader cores and a third-generation ray-tracing engine, along with faster unified memory with 153GB/s of bandwidth, which is a 28% improvement over the M4.

[...]

Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M5 Pro and M5 Max Chips With New Fusion Architecture

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Apple today announced new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models featuring M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, both built on a new Fusion Architecture that bonds two third-generation 3nm dies into a single chip using advanced packaging.



The Fusion Architecture is a first for Apple silicon, since previous chips used a single-die design. The two bonded dies house the CPU, GPU, Media Engine, Neural Engine, unified memory controller, and Thunderbolt 5 capabilities together.

Both chips feature an 18-core CPU, which is up from the 14-core and 16-core designs of the M4 Pro and M4 Max, respectively. The CPU now includes six "super cores" (Apple's new branding for its highest-perfo [...]

Introducing the 2026 Cloudflare Threat Report

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There has been a fundamental shift toward industrialized cyber threats, highlighted by a record 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack and sophisticated session token theft. Our new report examines how nation-states and criminal actors have moved beyond traditional exploits to "living off the XaaS" within legitimate enterprise logic.

Evolving Cloudflare’s Threat Intelligence Platform: actionable, scalable, and ETL-less

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Stop managing ETL pipelines and start threat hunting. Introducing new visualization, automation, and enrichment tools in the Cloudflare Threat Intelligence Platform to turn massive telemetry into instant security posture.

200,000 living human brain cells fused with silicon successfully play Doom game

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Australian biotech startup Cortical Labs claims have successfully programmed living human neurons to play the...

How AI-powered warfare in Iran shrinks the distance between data and destruction

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The joint U.S. and Israeli offensive on Iran has done more than escalate a volatile...

GOP “Antitrust Concerns” Magically Disappear Now That Larry Ellison Is Buying Warner Brothers

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You might have noticed that when Netflix was attempting to acquire Warner Brothers, Republicans were suddenly and uncharacteristically interested in media consolidation and antitrust reform. Republican AGs threatened investigation. The Trump DOJ launched a (fake) antitrust inquiry. Senator Mike Lee scheduled a hearing where he’d planned to press Netflix on the competitive impacts of the […]

Apple to Unveil More New Products Today

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Apple on Monday unveiled the iPhone 17e and an updated iPad Air, but it is not finished yet. Apple promised "a big week ahead," and it is expected to announce additional new products this Tuesday, March 3 and Wednesday, March 4.


The most likely possibilities for Tuesday include updated 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models with the M5 chip, and higher-end 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips. And for Wednesday's grand finale, Apple will likely unveil its rumored [...]

Tough, space-proof ‘water bears’ would fail in Martian soil, study finds

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Tardigrades, the microscopic “water bears” known for surviving space vacuum, extreme radiation, and freezing temperatures,...

Rolls-Royce completes major F130 engine tests to power US Air Force B-52J bomber

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Rolls-Royce has completed key tests on its F130 engine, which will eventually power the Boeing...

Scientists use 270-year-old physics effect to boost cathode in sodium-ion batteries

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A collaboration of researchers working across research institutes in India, Australia, and the UK has...

Italy starts building 1,600 ton U212 Near Future submarine for naval defense

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Italy has held the first keel-laying ceremony for new submarines aimed at modernizing its naval...

Meta gave React its own foundation. But it’s not letting go just yet.

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Open source has long been shaped by the tension between community ideals and commercial reality. This past week highlighted just

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With developer verification, Google's Apple envy threatens to dismantle Android's open legacy

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Questions remain as Google prepares to lock down Android app distribution in the name of security.

Eclipse Foundation Extends Scope and Reach of Open VSX Registry

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Context Engineering is the Key to Unlocking AI Agents in DevOps

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How Cloudy translates complex security into human action

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Cloudy is our LLM-powered explanation layer built directly into Cloudflare One. Its explanations, now part of Phishnet and API CASB, can improve user decisions and SOC efficiency.

From reactive to proactive: closing the phishing gap with LLMs

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Email security is a constant arms race. Like WWII engineers reinforcing only the planes that returned, survivorship bias hides real gaps. But LLMs can help us find the invisible weaknesses.

See risk, fix risk: introducing Remediation in Cloudflare CASB

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Cloudflare CASB Remediation lets security teams go beyond visibility to fix risky file sharing in Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace directly from Cloudflare One, all in just a few clicks.

The Return Of Measles Is Bad. A Polio Comeback Would Be So, So Much Worse

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We’ve talked a lot about the resurgence of measles in America over the past 14 or so months, and for good reason. It’s a horrible disease of historic significance. Equally historic was America achieving elimination status of the measles 26 years ago, only to see that almost certainly fall away thanks to the incompetence and […]

My (hypothetical) SRECon26 keynote (xpost)

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My (hypothetical) SRECon26 keynote One year ago, Fred Hebert and I delivered the closing keynote at SRECon25. Looking back on it now, I can hardly connect with how I felt then. Here’s what I’d say one year later. Crossposted from here.  Hey, it’s almost time for SRECon 2026! (I can’t go, but YOU really should!) Which […]

Anthropic Adds Free Memory Feature and Import Tool to Lure ChatGPT Users to Claude

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Anthropic is aiming to lure customers from ChatGPT and Gemini with a new memory import tool that's available to free users as of today. Conversations and memories from other AI providers can be imported into Claude, so new users will not need to start from scratch.


Users can import preferences and context from an AI service like ChatGPT using a prompt that Anthropic prepared for other chatbots. The prompt instructs the AI to prepare a list of memories and context from past conversations, with formatting that's easily digestible by Claude.

I'm moving to another service and need to export my data. List every memory you have stored about me, as well as any context you've learned about me from past conversations. Output everything in a single code block so I can eas

New Mexico Dems Pass An Affordable Broadband Law In 25 Days

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In late 2024, Trump Republicans killed a very popular program that provided low-income Americans $30 off of their monthly broadband bill. The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) was, unsurprisingly, very popular, with more than 23 million Americans benefiting at its peak. At the time, the GOP claimed they were simply looking to save money. The real reason the program was […]

Why the Next Wave of Infrastructure Automation Requires a Different Kind of Intelligence

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Claude’s free plan can now remember you

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There may be some things the folks at Anthropic sure want to forget sooner rather than later, but at least

The post Claude’s free plan can now remember you appeared first on The New Stack.

Inception says its diffusion LLM is 10x faster than Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini

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Last week, Inception launched Mercury 2, a large language model based on diffusion rather than the autoregressive approach used by

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Microsoft Executives Warn AI Could Limit the Developer Talent Pipeline

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RLC Pro is an enterprise Linux for the AI era

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CIQ, the company building the popular Rocky Linux distribution, has launched RLC Pro, a new commercially supported enterprise Linux distribution

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Finale & Friends (Friends)

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Adam and Jerod get into the news, Jerod officially retires from the pod (and Changelog), plus a bonus for our Changelog++ subs!

Apple Changes Trade-In Values for iPhones, Macs, and More

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Apple today updated its trade-in values for select iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch models. Trade-ins can be completed on Apple's website, or at an Apple Store.


The charts below provide an overview of Apple's current and previous trade-in values in the United States, according to the company's website. Some of the estimated values increased slightly, while others decreased slightly.

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OpenAI’s ‘Red Lines’ Are Written In The NSA’s Dictionary—Where Words Mean What The NSA Wants Them To Mean

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Within hours on Friday, the Pentagon blacklisted one AI company for refusing to drop its safety commitments on surveillance and autonomous weapons, then turned around and praised a competitor for signing a deal that supposedly preserved those exact same commitments. This confused some people. Why would the Pentagon seek to destroy one company over the […]

FFmpeg at Meta: Media Processing at Scale

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FFmpeg is truly a multi-tool for media processing. As an industry-standard tool it supports a wide variety of audio and video codecs and container formats. It can also orchestrate complex chains of filters for media editing and manipulation. For the people who use our apps, FFmpeg plays an important role in enabling new video experiences [...]

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US Military Shoots Down CBP Drone, Which Certainly Instills Confidence In Its Offshore Murder Program

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Wow. Imagine if you could just make this shit up. The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a “seemingly threatening” drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border. It turned out the drone belonged to Customs and Border Protection, lawmakers said. It is to LOL. Not only did the military friendly fire a CBP […]

Daily Deal: Adobe Lightroom 1-Year Subscription

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Adobe Lightroom is a cloud-based photo editing and organizing tool designed for photographers of all levels. With an intuitive interface and advanced features, it allows you to create stunning images, manage your photo library, and work seamlessly across desktop, mobile, and web. Lightroom Classic provides robust tools for handling large volumes of images, offering precise […]

AI Bros Wanted Trump. Now They Learn What Happens When You Tell Him No.

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Last year, in Fascism For First Time Founders, I warned the tech industry what happens when you cozy up to authoritarians. As I wrote then: Innovation requires trust. Not just between individuals, but institutional trust. People need to believe that contracts will be enforced, that property rights will be protected, that the rules won’t change […]

ControlMonkey Extends IaC Automation Reach to Restore Network Services

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Investing in Infrastructure: Meta’s Renewed Commitment to jemalloc

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Meta recognizes the long-term benefits of jemalloc, a high-performance memory allocator, in its software infrastructure. We are renewing focus on jemalloc, aiming to reduce maintenance needs and modernize the codebase while continuing to evolve the allocator to adapt to the latest hardware and workloads. We are committed to continuing to develop jemalloc development with the [...]

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$599 M4 iPad Air is a lot like the old one, but with a substantial RAM boost

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Unexpected RAM upgrade is the highlight of an otherwise straightforward refresh.

Apple's new iPhone 17e has an A19 chip, MagSafe, and 256GB of storage for $599

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New just-the-basics phone replaces the year-old iPhone 16e at the same price.

DIY Stacks, Agent Memory, and the Great Migration - Related to your interests, Monday

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Links! Wastebook! Background changes afoot!

Related to your interests, Monday

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Related to your interests

• Why your DIY Kubernetes stack won’t survive the era of agentic AI
• How tech chiefs gauge ROI on AI - AI uses: better search, preparing leases, and this: “When the system senses that ice is running low, it fires off an order to AI agents

Postman Adds Ability to Invoke API Code From Within Git Workflows

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Kubernetes alone does not a platform make

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Even the platform engineers need to hide Kubernetes to get their job done:

Kubernetes adds another layer of complexity for platform engineering teams, introducing architectural complexities that require a deep understanding of containers, networking, storage, and cluster security protocols. While it has become the default runtime for modern applications, managing Kubernetes at scale alongside existing VM‑based workloads can overwhelm platform engineering teams. YAML sprawl, cluster life-cycle management, networking dependencies, and security controls consume time that should be spent improving the developer experience and can lead to costly human error.

As a result, many platform engineering teams find themselves serving as infrastructure integrators rather than product engineering teams. They spend cycles wiring systems together, maintaining custom automation, and resolving edge cases between environments. What’s needed is access to solutions that provide an automated infr

Cloudflare’s new Markdown support shows how the web is evolving for AI agents

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I’ve always liked Markdown for both clarity and brevity, and now more LLM agents will appreciate it, too. In response

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Google ADK Opens the Door to AI Agents That Work Inside Your DevOps Toolchain

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Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities

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AMD Ryzen AI 400 chips will bring newer CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs to AM5 desktops

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First wave of Ryzen AI desktop CPUs targets business PCs rather than DIYers.

Modernizing with agile SASE: a Cloudflare One blog takeover

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In 2026, agile SASE is the engine for modernization. Discover how Cloudflare One secures humans, devices, and AI agents on a single, programmable connectivity cloud.

Beyond the blank slate: how Cloudflare accelerates your Zero Trust journey

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Project Helix simplifies and accelerates the onboarding process for Cloudflare One. By using automation and Terraform templates, this tool allows customers to quickly deploy a comprehensive, best-practice configuration in minutes.