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Courtesy of RR AuctionCoincidentally, that original partnership agreement between Jobs, Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, signed on April 1, 1976, is also up for bid this month at Christie’s. (Wayne got cold feet shortly after the signing and sold his 10 percent stake to the Steves for $800.) It’s among the “works of art, furniture and documents that changed American history” offered in a sale called “We the People: America at 250.” Christie’s estimates that the partnership document will sell in the range of $2 million to $4 million.Items relating to early Apple history, especially items that involve Jobs, have gone…
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) said on Tuesday at CES 2026 that it had installed the first magnet in its Sparc fusion reactor, the demonstration device that it hopes to turn on next year. The magnet is the first of 18 that, when the reactor is complete, will create a doughnut-like shape that will produce a powerful magnetic field to confine and compress superheated plasma. If all goes well, that plasma will release more energy than it takes to heat and compress it. After decades of promise and delay, fusion power appears to be just around the corner — CFS and…
The launch of PubMatic’s AgenticOS marks a change in how artificial intelligence is being operationalised in digital advertising, moving agentic AI from isolated experiments into a system-level capability embedded in programmatic infrastructure.For marketing leaders managing seven-figure budgets in media environments, the implications are practical not theoretical, implying faster decision cycles and a re-balance of human effort to strategy and differentiation.Programmatic advertising promises efficiency, but in practice accumulates operational complexity. Campaigns span formats, devices, data partnerships, and regulatory constraints, which make manual optimisation problematic. PubMatic is positioning AgenticOS as a response to such pressure, presenting it as an ‘operating system’ that…
When they decided to take on age verification in their latest season, Industry cocreators Konrad Kay and Mickey Down didn’t anticipate the issue would become such a political football.“It was in the ether of British politics, but it wasn’t front and center when we started writing the scripts or shooting it, and then it really flared up as a kind of front-page-of-BBC topic of conversation,” Kay says.Season 4 of HBO’s sexy and darkly funny financial drama, premiering Sunday, continues Industry’s expansion beyond the cutthroat world of investment banking into tech, porn, age verification, and politics. As the season begins, there’s…
Meta is pausing its plans to sell its Ray-Ban Display glasses outside the U.S. due to “unprecedented demand and limited supply,” the company said on Tuesday. Meta had originally planned to launch the glasses in France, Italy, Canada, and the U.K. in early 2026. “Since launching last fall, we’ve seen an overwhelming amount of interest, and as a result, product waitlists now extend well into 2026,” the company said. “Because of this unprecedented demand and limited inventory, we’ve decided to pause our planned international expansion.” Meta says it will continue focusing on fulfilling U.S. orders while it re-evaluates its approach…
Long-term satellite measurements show that Earth’s magnetic field is changing faster and more unevenly than expected, driven by dynamic processes deep within the planet’s core. Drawing on 11 years of magnetic field data collected by the European Space Agency’s Swarm satellite constellation, researchers have found that a weak zone in Earth’s magnetic field over the […]Earth,European Space Agency,Geophysics,Planetary Science,Satellites,Space Weather#Mysterious #Weak #Spot #Earths #Magnetic #Field #Grown #Size #Europe1767711941
As ministers push to loosen rules to speed up AI adoption, The Law Society argues that lawyers just need to know how current laws apply.The Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) recently launched a call for evidence on a proposed ‘AI Growth Lab’. This cross-economy sandbox is designed to accelerate the deployment of autonomous technologies by granting “time-limited regulatory exemptions” to firms. The government’s position is that many regulations are outdated, having been designed before autonomous software existed, often assuming that decisions are made by people rather than machines.Ministers believe that if the UK can move faster than its…
The new partnership automates crowdsourcing of user video. “Their system will get a ping and say, hey, there’s a fire within a mile of your property, you should know about it,” says John Mills, the CEO of Watch Duty. Users then get the option to share a live feed of the view from their front porch with the world.“Front-row seats—street-level view to what’s actually happening—is a crazy concept,” Mills says. “We’ve seen this before. People will release flooding imagery or fire imagery and stuff from Ring cameras and put it out on Twitter.”According to Siminoff, more than 10,000 Ring cameras…
Amazon’s augmenting its Ring smart doorbells with new features, including new fire alerts, an app store, and a new set of Ring Sensors. The company said the new Ring Sensors can detect motion, openings, glass breakage, and smoke, and can also monitor carbon monoxide levels, leaks, temperature changes, and air quality. They also let you control lighting and appliances that are connected to your smart home network. Amazon is also adding a new app store to the Ring app to allow users to use its cameras with third-party apps. The store is currently available in the U.S. only, and users…
Coral reefs act like timekeepers for nearby microbes, triggering daily cycles that reshape microscopic life in surrounding waters. These hidden rhythms reveal reefs as active ecosystem engineers—and potential early warning systems for reef health. A new study reveals that coral reefs do far more than shelter fish and colorful marine life. They also help organize […]Biology,Coral Reefs,Marine Biology,Microbiology,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem#Coral #Reefs #Quietly #Running #Ocean #Daily #Schedule1767708206
When my dog sniffs at certain spots on our morning walk, my daughter calls it “checking her pee-mails.” Yes, the animal kingdom has it right: Urine conveys a wealth of health information, and by analyzing it, you can access critical data about your body without having to wear a fitness tracker 24/7 or get stuck with needles.Over the past few months, I’ve been inundated by a steady stream of urine trackers, of which Vivoo’s smart toilet is the latest. The smart sensor debuted at CES 2026 and went on sale this week. It costs a relatively affordable $99 and clips…
The rapid acceleration of the universe’s expansion continues to challenge our understanding of fundamental physics. Why the universe is expanding faster and faster remains one of the most intriguing open questions in modern physics. Current theories cannot fully account for this behavior using the existing picture of the physical world, which combines Einstein’s general theory […]Space,Astronomy,Astrophysics,Cosmology,Dark Energy,General Relativity#Dark #Energy #Doesnt #Exist #Theory #Rewrite #Cosmic #Expansion1767704505
For many regions, winter feels like a time of dormancy. Trees are bare, mammals are hibernating, people are bed-rotting. While migratory birds do fly south for the winter, many seed- and insect-eating birds do not, and with leaves off the trees, the winter months are often the best time to watch them.As someone who tests smart bird feeders year-round for WIRED, I’m always interested in ways to ensure I’m attracting the largest and most interesting variety of birds to my yard, no matter the season.Further, if you received a smart bird feeder for Christmas and your neighborhood flocks haven’t discovered…
Modern software delivery depends on the reliability, integrity, and security of container images. As organisations migrate to microservices, automated CI/CD pipelines, and multi-cloud architectures, the container image becomes more than a packaging mechanism, it becomes a security boundary. A single vulnerability embedded in an image can replicate in clusters, environments, and deployments, creating widespread risk for applications that rely on speed and repeatability.Security-forward organisations are increasingly shifting from general-purpose base images to secure-by-design, minimal, or enterprise-maintained images that provide strong guarantees around trust, provenance, and vulnerability management. The industry has witnessed a significant increase in attacks targeting software supply chains,…
Well, yes, they can participate in Jordan Peterson discussion groups.But that’s not a very stable platform.But if society is not taking the voices of young men seriously and we are increasingly suppressing the voices and the success of women, I would argue…Yes.Whose voices do you think are being taken seriously?Exactly. Well, I think you’re probably better placed to answer that question than I am. But every time Elon Musk opens his mouth, people take that seriously. So I would say tech bro billionaires are taken seriously. Who else? I don’t know. Are we gonna count, quote, “influencers”? I think a…
AI chip shortage became the defining constraint for enterprise AI deployments in 2025, forcing CTOs to confront an uncomfortable reality: semiconductor geopolitics and supply chain physics matter more than software roadmaps or vendor commitments.What began as US export controls restricting advanced AI chips to China evolved into a broader infrastructure crisis affecting enterprises globally—not from policy alone, but from explosive demand colliding with manufacturing capacity that cannot scale at software speed. By year’s end, the dual pressures of geopolitical restrictions and component scarcity had fundamentally reshaped enterprise AI economics. The numbers tell a stark story. Average enterprise AI spending is forecasted…