A major utility in Missouri has transformed its aging manual switchgear into an automated system that’s delivering impressive results. The project reduced outage duration by 70% and cut storm-related interruptions by 15-25%. Here’s how they did it in just nine months.
A Microsoft engineer ran the same Dhrystone benchmark on hardware spanning from 1976’s PDP-11 to Apple’s M2 Ultra. The results show exactly how far single-threaded performance has come while revealing surprising historical insights. This 1980s benchmark still runs unmodified on everything from Ninte
PNC Bank is partnering with fintech Extend to upgrade its commercial cards with virtual payment capabilities. The collaboration lets businesses issue temporary cards to employees and vendors while maintaining real-time controls. This addresses the growing demand from CFOs for streamlined payment wor
Microsoft has released Windows 11 Build 28000, marking the debut of version 26H1. This update contains no new features and instead focuses on supporting next-generation ARM processors like Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite and Nvidia’s upcoming N1X chips. The build is based on Microsoft’s new Bromine p
The UK chancellor is weighing dividend tax increases that could raise £1.5bn, but wealth managers warn this would hit small business owners hard. Many business owners take significant portions of their pay through dividends, making them vulnerable to tax changes. The move comes as the Treasury faces
AMD’s upcoming Zen 6 architecture will significantly expand AVX-512 support with new instruction sets including AVX512_FP16. This brings native FP16 support to client desktop platforms for the first time. The move could revolutionize AI experimentation on standard x86-64 systems.
The Ironclad OS project is creating a Unix-like, POSIX-compatible kernel in Ada and SPARK with plans for formal verification. It’s part of a longer tradition of Pascal-family language OS development than most people realize. The project started in 2022 and includes a complete OS called Gloire with M
Samsung’s locked into Qualcomm chips through 2030, and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 costs a staggering $240-280 per unit. That’s forcing painful cost-cutting measures like bigger selfie camera holes and thicker bezels on the Galaxy S26 Ultra.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is losing state and local partners who no longer trust the politically compromised organization. Arizona’s secretary of state reveals he deliberately avoided CISA during a recent Iranian-linked cyberattack, signaling a breakdown in national cybers
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected 11 quantum computing companies to advance to the second stage of its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative. These companies will now undergo thorough evaluation of their fault-tolerant quantum computing concepts. The program aims to determine if u
