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The software industry's decades-old habit of charging companies a flat fee for every employee who uses a product is running into a fundamental problem: AI agents don't sit in chairs, and they don't need licences.
As autonomous agents take on tasks that human workers once handled, the per-seat pricing model that made SaaS revenue so predictable is giving way to consumption-based and hybrid alternatives. Snowflake and Databricks (valued at $134 billion) already charge based on usage. Salesforce initially pr
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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At $630, this new breed of Kindle is expensive, but its sleek build, color panel, and paper-like display surface are the core reasons to buy it, if you can stick with the basics. Read more ›
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Global Samsung Galaxy phones could reportedly add FeliCa support in 2027, enabling seamless transit payments in Japan. Read more ›
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Jay Leno's new American ride boasts Bugatti power at a "budget" price, delivering hypercar acceleration, advanced hybrid tech, and Nurburgring performance. Read more ›
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vivo today made the Y6t official. The smartphone is powered by the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoC, and it comes with a 6.74-inch LCD screen with 720x1600 resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. On the rear there's a 13MP camera, while on the front you get a 5MP snapper for selfies. Keeping the lights on is a 6,500 mAh battery with support for 15W wired charging. The phone runs Android... Read more ›
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Peter Steinberger stared at his phone during a trip in Morocco. He had just made a product that would take Silicon Valley by storm. Read more ›
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SpaceX’s confidential IPO filing includes new plans to award Elon Musk with tens of millions of shares if the company’s market cap increases to $6.6 trillion, The Information reported. The IPO prospectus, reviewed by The Information, also revealed that Musk had increased his stake in SpaceX last ... Read more ›
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Обычно корпоративную базу знаний наполняют рядовые сотрудники: разработчики, менеджеры проектов, специалисты поддержки, маркетологи, бухгалтеры. Они охотно пишут инструкции, делятся чек-листами и отвечают на частые вопросы. Читать далее Read more ›
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When the automatic "I'm fine" escapes your lips before your brain even registers the question, you realize you've become a master performer in the theater of everyday interactions—and the audience has long since stopped caring about the truth behind the act. Read more ›
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Обычно корпоративную базу знаний наполняют рядовые сотрудники: разработчики, менеджеры проектов, специалисты поддержки, маркетологи, бухгалтеры. Они охотно пишут инструкции, делятся чек-листами и отвечают на частые вопросы. Читать далее Read more ›
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The #MeToo movement ushered in a wave of workplace reforms like NDA bans and pay transparency mandates. They may have made things worse for women. Read more ›
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inploi, a London-based startup offering a talent technology platform helping employers hire at scale, today announced that it has secured €3.4 million (£3 million) in funding to support further expansion across the UK and the US and accelerate its AI roadmap. The round was led by YFM Equity Partners, alongside support from existing investors. Matthew ... Read more ›
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Утро: 3,8 ТБ памяти на кластеры Prometheus. Вечер: 0,6 ТБ. Между ними — переход на Deckhouse Prom++.Мы потратили месяцы на внимательный анализ данных и разработку: писали свои структуры данных на С++, экономя каждый байт и охотясь за каждой наносекундой производительности. Разнообразные энкодеры для специфических данных, вектор с дырками и упакованные структуры — в статье делимся деталями реализации Open Source-проекта, который вы можете уже сейчас использовать для реальной экономии на мониторинге.... Read more ›
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As Tim Cook steps down, here's a look at how he made China central to Apple's growth. Read more ›
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The Fintech Awards London 2026 shortlist is out. From Zopa Bank to Zilch, discover the firms driving the capital’s record growth and AI innovation. Read more ›
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Все началось с того, что я открыл PyTorch и удалил из модели .backward(). Взял и стер как строчку, которая «вроде ничего не делала». Только вот эта строчка делала вообще все.Я хотел понять одну вещь: а что, если забыть, что backpropagation существует? Не как упражнение, чтобы вспомнить основы, а буквально обучить нейросеть, ни разу не посчитав градиент. То есть без всего того математического аппарата, который мы с вами воспринимаем как воздух.И... Read more ›
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KPMG in Ireland has opened entries for the 2026 Global Tech Innovator (GTI) competition. Now in its sixth year, KPMG is inviting ambitious Irish technology and tech enabled companies to compete for the chance to represent Ireland at the global final in Lisbon this November. Commenting on the 2026 launch, Anna Scally, Global Head of […] Read more ›
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Inploi, the talent technology platform helping employers hire at scale, has secured £3m in a funding round led by YFM Equity Partners with support from existing investors. The startup’s platform works alongside existing applicant tracking systems to streamline candidate journeys, reduce drop-off and enable faster and more effective hiring decisions. By reducing manual task load ... Read more ›
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The Qivalis consortium is made up of: Banca Sella, BBVA, BNP Paribas, CaixaBank, Danske Bank, DekaBank, DZ BANK, ING, KBC, Raiffeisen Bank International, SEB, and UniCredit. Read more ›
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J. Allen Hynek started as an Air Force consultant brought in to help explain away early UFO reports, but over time he grew frustrated with what he saw as the government's effort to minimize unexplained cases rather than seriously investigate them. Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares an article from Popular Mechanics, in collaboration with Biography.com, that argues Hynek's shift from skeptic to advocate helped shape modern ufology, and that the... Read more ›
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Researchers at the University of Southern California say they've developed a memristor memory device that continued operating at 700 degrees Celsius. "And crucially, 700 degrees was not the limit, it was simply as hot as their testing equipment could go," adds ScienceAlert. "The device showed no signs of failing." From the report: The device is called a memristor and it's a nanoscale component that can both store information and perform... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Alphabet's Google is facing billions of dollars in potential damage claims as part of mass arbitration tied to the company's online search and advertising technology businesses, which courts have ruled were illegal monopolies. Advertisers are banding together to seek payouts through mass arbitration proceedings. While many companies that displayed ads purchased through Google -- including USA Today Co. and Advance Publications --... Read more ›
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said social media platforms should remove addictive infinite-scroll features for young users as Britain considers new child-safety measures. "We're consulting on whether there should be a ban for under 16s," Starmer told BBC Radio. "But I think equally important, the addictive scrolling mechanisms are really problematic to my mind. They need to go." Reuters reports: Britain, like other countries, is considering restricting access to social... Read more ›
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A Chicago concert superfan Aadam Jacobs who has recorded more than 10,000 shows since the 1980s is working with Internet Archive volunteers to digitize the collection before the cassettes deteriorate. "So far, about 2,500 of these tapes have been posted on the Internet Archive, including some rare gems like a Nirvana performance from 1989," reports TechCrunch. From the report: For many of these recordings, Jacobs was using pretty mediocre equipment,... Read more ›
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Google is rolling out a Chrome feature called "Skills" that lets users save Gemini prompts as reusable one-click workflows they can run across multiple tabs. The feature also includes preset Skills from Google. It's launching first for Chrome desktop users set to US English. The Verge reports: Once you have access to the feature, it can be managed by typing a forward slash ( / ) in Gemini and clicking... Read more ›
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alternative_right shares a report from 404 Media: An independent privacy audit of Microsoft, Meta, and Google web traffic in California found that the companies may be violating state regulations and racking up billions in fines. According to the audit from privacy search engine webXray, 55 percent of the sites it checked set ad cookies in a user's browser even if they opted out of tracking. Each company disputed or took... Read more ›
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A proposed California bill would require 3D printer makers to use state-certified software to detect and block files for gun parts, but advocates at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) say it would be easy to evade and could lead to widespread surveillance of users' printing activity. The Register reports: The bill in question is AB 2047, the scope of which, on paper, appears strict. The primary goal is clear and... Read more ›
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Microsoft has sharply raised prices across its Surface lineup as RAM and component costs keep climbing. "Both its midrange and flagship Surface lines are now significantly more expensive than they were just a few weeks ago, with the flagship Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 now starting at $500 more than they launched at in 2024," reports Windows Central. From the report: The Surface Pro 12-inch, which was previously... Read more ›
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The FCC has granted (PDF) Netgear the first exemption from its foreign-made router ban, allowing the company to keep selling new consumer router models made outside the U.S. through Oct. 1, 2027. PCMag reports: The Defense Department reviewed Netgear's application for an exemption and found that its products "do not pose risks to US national security." The FCC's order doesn't elaborate on why. Netgear is based in San Jose, California,... Read more ›
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