Huawei’s chairman officially thanks the US government ‘for enabling’ China’s ‘semiconductor industry chain to truly grow’

Huawei chairman links US sanctions to accelerated development of China’s semiconductor chain, citing forced internal innovation and industry collaboration growth
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World’s smallest space laser station is changing global connectivity by bypassing ‘vulnerabilities associated with terrestrial and subsea cables’

The world’s smallest deployable operational optical ground station is not faulted by the downfalls of terrestrial and subsea cables.
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Quote of the day by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei: “Humanity is about to be handed almost unimaginable power, and it is deeply unclear whether [we] possess the maturity to wield it” — warnings on the looming threat of beyond-human AI

The Anthropic chief has mused on the implications of achieving superpowerful AI within the next few years — and doesn’t think we’re capable of collectively handling it
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Chinese firm selling stealth ‘core technology by the kilogram’ to make drones almost invisible to radars — spray-on coating is almost affordable by F-117 standards, slashes reflected radar power by 50%

A Chinese firm has developed a spray-on coating capable of cutting reflected radar power by 50%

‘Significantly advance future Army capabilities’: US Army keen on quantum control research that promises to deliver a huge leap in future energy generation and computing

US Army-funded researchers are investigating quantum vibrations in ultrathin materials that could influence future computing, communications and energy technologies.
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AI is getting too much of the blame for graduate hiring prospects, and there could be a job perk that is actually behind it all

New York Federal Reserve Bank data shows that graduate unemployment started rising before AI was really a thing.

A PhD student has discovered new plant-inspired window glass that could ‘simultaneously store solar energy and darken’ a room when sunny to cool it down

University of Turku research developed porphyrin-based polymer films combining energy storage and color-changing functions for potential smart window applications.
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Microsoft is ditching password-based authentication tomorrow – Edge browser will switch to Windows Hello access

Edge’s password manager is getting an upgrade as it ditches decades-old solutions.

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‘A new category of agents’: Microsoft reveals Scout, its first “Autopilot”, which wants to change how you work for good

Microsoft unveils Autopilots, a new kind of AI agents, with Scout promising improved productivity and efficiency.

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OpenAI and Anthropic are battling to conquer the AI market in Finance and Legal

OpenAI and Anthropic are battling it out to win over new and converted customers from these two sectors.