Phablets return? Getac’s 8-inch Windows 11 rugged tablet looks like a large smartphone, takes SIM cards, and can make VOIP calls

Getac ZX80W rugged tablets combine Windows 11 ARM performance, AI processing, and industrial durability for demanding field operations across sectors.
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‘Access to education across different cultures and languages needs to be improved’: IEEE award winner’s best work came from identifying issues, and fixing them

Karen Panetta’s uses technology to solve the world’s most pressing problems – more citizens need access to STEM education and AI training.
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‘We are livid and still trying to get all the details’: Google Cloud accused of suspending major customer without any warning, leading to major outage

Railway takes ownership of outage, but says “a temporary loss of service” was caused by Google Cloud “incorrectly placing our account in a suspended status.”
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8849 Tank Pad Ultra review: Possibly the best projector on a rugged tablet, but the price is what really caught my eye

The 8849 Tank Pad Ultra is a rugged tablet design with a powerful SoC, plenty of memory and storage, along with a DLP projector.
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‘The thought behind it was great, but the execution was proving difficult’: Starbucks abandons AI inventory tool after only nine months following multiple errors — coffee giant says it needs to ‘focus on consistency and execution at scale’

Starbucks has rolled back its failed AI inventory system, which failed to identify products in real-world environments, after just nine months.
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Quote of the day by Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang: “I appreciate that many of us grew up and enjoyed science fiction, but it’s not helpful” — on quantifying the existential risks posed by AI

With prominent scientists and technologists frequently warning of the risks of AI, Jensen Huang eases concerns by lamenting the influence of sci-fi
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Forget about nuclear reactors, Google may have found a sneaky way to get all the electricity it needs for its data centers by buying a little bit of power from thousands of US households

Google partners with Voltus to aggregate household energy devices into a virtual power plant supporting data center electricity demand growth
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‘We crossed that about 3 months ago’: A16z’s Marc Andreessen drops huge bombshell about AGI on Joe Rogan’s podcast

Marc Andreessen says the latest frontier models have realized AGI – tech leaders believe the boundaries are shifting.
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‘Chasing every model release is a fool’s errand and a fast track to AI fatigue inside your organisation’: GoodData.AI CTO says businesses should focus on automation use cases over every single new release

GoodData.AI CTO Peter Fedorocko says AI is an efficiency amplifier that won’t replace humans, but businesses must focus on real automation use cases.
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‘Not 300 but almost’: A lone Ukrainian robot held a key position against hordes of Russian attackers for a staggering 45 days

The unmanned ground vehicle (UGV)’s feat is one of many on a battlefield where both factions increasingly rely on robots and drones to handle some of their most dangerous tasks.
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