Treasury Secretary says its 'unacceptable' that Chinese open source AI models may have been built on 'IP theft'
Treasury Secretary says it's 'unacceptable' that Chinese open source AI models may have been built on 'IP theft'
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The 2026 Value Electronics TV Shootout Results Are In—And It’s Great News For Samsung
Major U.S. electronics retailer Value Electronics has just completed its 2026 TV shootout event – and the results have sent shockwaves through the AV world.
The Value Electronics TV shootout has become a major date on the AV industry calendar since the first one took place in 2004, building its reputation on its format of assembling judging teams of industry experts and journalists to cast judgment on a collection of the year’s most acclaimed and high profile TVs, all running side by side in a direct head to head format. So the announcement that Samsung has finally managed in 2026 to overcome the dominance in recent shootout years of rival brands such as Sony, LG and Panasonic can be considered very big news.
Hugging Face Breach Signals A New Era Of AI-Powered Cyberattacks
Hugging Face CEO warns that attackers are already using AI agents after a cyber attack. getty
It appears that hackers are now using AI agents to launch attacks. On July 16, open-source model hosting provider Hugging Face released a blog post claiming its production infrastructure had been compromised by an autonomous AI agent.
'We've Been Going Full Speed Ahead for Over 11 years': Nintendo Explains Why It Hasn't Made Splatoon 4 — Yet
Nintendo's brand new Switch 2 exclusive Splatoon Raiders is receiving rave reviews — but where's Splatoon 4? Speaking in a behind-the-scenes interview, the series' developers have explained why they wanted to launch a co-operative spinoff first.
Hilo Core Blood Pressure Smart Wearable Band Launches In U.S. — Hands-On
Hilo Core smart band Hilo
Hilo, the health tech brand from Swiss company Aktiia, has launched Hilo Core in the U.S. as a category between traditional blood pressure monitors and consumer wellness wearables. I’ve been using Hilo for several years — here’s all you need to know.
Why Nvidia Built Its Vera CPU For The Agentic AI Era
Nvidia Rubin CPUs. Nvidia
Nvidia has expanded well beyond GPUs over the years, building an increasingly more diverse and comprehensive AI platform spanning networking, DPUs, high-speed interconnects, rack and pod-scale systems and software. With its upcoming Vera CPU, the company is adding another strategic product, a custom Arm-based server processor featuring its own custom “Olympus” microarchitecture, designed specifically for emerging agentic AI workloads.
RBA now twice as likely to hike interest rates as US-Iran war drives fuel prices higher
The likelihood of a Reserve Bank interest rate hike has doubled, according to market forecasts, as the escalating Middle East crisis once again drives fuel prices higher amid dwindling global oil reserves.
How to unlock unlimited geothermal energy, anywhere we want | New Scientist
A geothermal power station in Iceland’s Hengill region, one of the few countries with natural geothermal reservoirs that allows it to turn underground heat into power