Meta's Gaia2 pushes beyond tool accuracy and user preference to test real-world robustness

Meta released an agentic testing environment, Agents Research Environment, and a new benchmark called Gaia2 to measure ...
CoinDesk

Chainlink and Pyth Selected to Deliver U.S. Economic Data on Blockchain

The native token of the Chainlink network, LINK, surged more than 5% after the network announced a partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce to bring official government economic data onchain, ...
Center for American Progress

The Trump Administration Is Using Americans’ Sensitive Data To Build a Digital Watchtower

The Trump administration’s abusive efforts to repurpose millions of federal records and funnel them into a centralized government database represent a systemic shift toward a consolidation of ...
KWTX

Army using Fort Hood soldiers to test new FEED program

FORT HOOD, Texas (KWTX) - 200 men and women in uniform are taking part in a U.S. Army trial program called FEED. “The program allows the soldiers, the meal card holders, to utilize their meal ...
Albuquerque Journal

Data center boom puts New Mexico’s power grid — and climate goals — to the test

Global demand for data centers is ballooning as tech companies require storage and computing facilities at accelerating rates. Data centers house the computers that support streaming services, ...
KSDK

St. Charles will use data center to end city's reliance on polluted groundwater wells, officials say

ST CHARLES, Mo. — Hundreds of St. Charles residents piled into a warehouse Thursday night, creating a "sea of red" with signs and shirts depicting a circle and slash through the words "data center." ...
Stars and Stripes

Soldiers at Fort Hood test new program, use military ID to buy meals at on-post restaurants

FORT HOOD, Texas — The Army for the first time this week granted 200 soldiers the power to use their military ID card to buy food outside of the dining facility with their meal entitlements. For the ...
CNN

YouTube will start using AI to guess your age. If it’s wrong, you’ll have to prove it

YouTube will begin guessing users’ ages using artificial intelligence on Wednesday, as part of an effort to prevent kids from accessing inappropriate content online. It’s part of a broader push to ...
Phys.org

Signs of recent life on Mars could be detected using new simple test

A Ph.D. student and his supervisor have developed a simple way to test for active life on Mars and other planets using equipment already on the Mars Curiosity rover and planned for future use on the ...
Fast Company

Data centers use massive energy and water. Here’s how to build them better

In late July, the Trump administration released its long-awaited AI Action Plan, which includes steps to cut environmental requirements and streamline permitting policies to make it easier to build ...
Android Authority

I use a duress PIN to protect my data — here’s how it works and why everyone needs one

From two-factor authentication codes to conversations and photos, our phones contain a ton of sensitive data these days. We rely on PINs and biometrics for daily security, but I shudder to think what ...