Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer and the oldest woman ever to go to space, died this past week. She was 87. She passed away on Wednesday, June 8th, at her apartment in an assisted living facility in Grapevine, a suburb of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. According to her caregiver, City Councilwoman Duff O’Dell, Funk…
For all the complaints I have about social media, with its ceaseless extrusion of trash into cultural and political spaces, I have to admit that when the algorithm gets something right, it really gets it right. And in my case one thing it has been getting very right in recent months is making sure that…
A Linux vulnerability that allows untrusted virtual machines to gain root access to host machines is one of two high-severity flaws to surface this week in the open source operating system. The vulnerability resides in KVM, which is, in essence, a virtual machine app included in the kernel of many Linux distributions. The vulnerability, tracked…
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The rise of Agentic AI is rapidly reshaping the enterprise, yet its deployment opens a complex new frontier for cyber threats. As organizations race to harness the power of enterprise agents, the “Data Estate” has become the new perimeter. CISOs today face a high-stakes trade-off: enabling developers to build at the speed of AI while…
Eurogamer, RPG Site, and VG247 veterans have launched Respec, a new independent media site. Announced today via a welcome post, the team is composed of editor in chief and co-founder Tom Orry, publisher and co-founder Alex Donaldson, editor Mikhail Madnani, contributor Rebecca Jones, and a host of freelance writers. “There is a suggested new wisdom…
IKS Health, a Dallas-based healthcare software company, completed its $557 million acquisition of TruBridge on Thursday. The deal, first announced in April, brings the Mobile, Alabama-based company — which sells EHR and revenue-cycle tools to hospitals — under IKS’ umbrella. The deal combines TruBridge’s medical record-keeping technology with IKS’ tools for handling hospital paperwork and…
Onchain investigator ZachXBT has linked an entity initially funded by the LAB (LAB) team to the token’s 97% price crash. The findings deepen scrutiny of LAB Trade, whose token has lost substantial value through the latest crash. The team rejects any project-level cause. LAB Community – an update on today’s market activityWhile today’s market activity…
Quantum computing and AI may one day work together NESPIX/Shutterstock Quantum computers might eventually be able to handle some AI applications that currently require huge amounts of conventional computing power. Such a development would be a major boost to machine learning and similar artificial intelligence algorithms. Quantum computers hold the promise of eventually being able…
The future of surgery just scrubbed in. In a groundbreaking medical first, robots designed to move and function like humans have performed surgery on a live patient, successfully completing two laparoscopic gallbladder removals. The breakthrough offers a peek at a future where these advanced machines could help bridge gaps in healthcare — easing surgeon shortages,…