BEWARE SOFTWARE BRAIN | The Verge

Today on Decoder, I want to lay out an idea that’s been banging around my head for weeks now as we’ve been reporting on AI and having conversations here on this show. I’ve been calling it software brain, and it’s a particular way of seeing the world that fits everything into algorithms, databases and loops…

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US farms have new steward for their safety nets: Palantir • The Register

Palantir has won a $300 million contract from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support the National Farm Security Action Plan (NFSAP) and modernize how USDA delivers services to America’s farmers. The agreement aims to boost farm security and support USDA’s Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC), which facilitates crop insurance, conservation programs, farm safety…

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AI now gobbling up power and management chips for servers • The Register

The chip shortage is spreading to power and management controller silicon, threatening server shipments as vendors prioritize capacity for higher-margin AI server products. Market watcher TrendForce has downgraded its server shipment grwoth forecast for the whole of 2026 from 20 percent to 13 percent due to extended lead times for multiple general server components. Say…

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NCSC’s first gadget blocks malware transfer over HDMI cables • The Register

GCHQ’s cyber arm has entered the hardware game with its first device designed to prevent cyberattacks on display devices. Called SilentGlass, the small gadget’s intellectual property is courtesy of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and the signals intelligence agency licensed it out to UK-based Goldilock Labs to make it commercially available to all…

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