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PC prices rising, phones costlier as a result of AI boom
12+ hour, 11+ min ago (416+ words) If you bought a new personal computer or smartphone during the holidays, you made a smart move " anybody who held off can expect to pay more in 2026. And artificial intelligence is to blame. A new report from Boston-based market research…...
empowering AI acceleration: SuperPoD-Ready OS unveiled by openEuler - The Boston Globe
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (522+ words) Looking ahead, the community is setting its sights on the next stage of growth and innovation. By the end of 2025, openEuler will officially launch its next-generation OS designed for SuperPoDs, setting the foundation for the AI era and strengthening global…...
Five Black Friday streaming deals to help you save on Apple TV, HBO Max, Hulu, and more - The Boston Globe
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (246+ words) Savvy streamers know that Thanksgiving weekend is a great time of year to score big savings, as services tend to drop enticing Black Friday deals to bring in new (and returning) subscribers. Five Black Friday streaming deals to help you…...
Boston’s top cybersecurity companies are feeding a growing startup ecosystem - The Boston Globe
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1110+ words) Over a 15-year career in cybersecurity, Medfield native Pete Martin has jumped back and forth between some of Boston's largest and smallest firms. Now he's running his own cybersecurity startup, Realm.Security, providing a living model of how the region's…...
How a ‘cyber range’ is preparing cybersecurity students at Rhode Island College for real-world hacks - The Boston Globe
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (827+ words) PROVIDENCE " At Rhode Island College, cyberattacks don't have to come from some unknown third party with nefarious intentions. These days, they start right on the college campus itself. But these attacks pose no real danger to the public. They're contained…...
Former R.I. governor Raimondo is rethinking coding education push in AI era - The Boston Globe
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (320+ words) As governor of Rhode Island, Gina Raimondo made a relentless push to expand computer science in K-12 education, part of an effort to train more students to code. The Computer Science for All initiative was meant to be a response to…...
Scooter’s lithium-ion battery explodes in Ludlow home, displacing four people - The Boston Globe
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (297+ words) An electric scooter's lithium-ion battery exploded Tuesday inside a Ludlow home, sparking a fire that displaced four people and two dogs, officials said. The two-alarm fire erupted shortly before 4 p.m. at 56 Haviland Street, said the state Department of Fire Services in…...
Apple to unveil next iPhone amid Trump trade war that could result in higher prices - The Boston Globe
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (555+ words) Apple on Tuesday will unveil its next line-up of iPhones amid a global trade war that's added a potential price increase to the usual intrigue surrounding the annual evolution of the company's marquee product. The new iPhones will be the…...
At a Wilmington startup backed by Nvidia, 3-D printing gets a burst of speed - The Boston Globe
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (540+ words) There's nothing high-tech about a T-nut. It's an unimpressive steel rectangle with a threaded hole in the middle, and squared-off edges that slide into slots on a metal scaffold. But the way T-nuts are being made at Seurat Technologies in…...
Study says AI chatbots inconsistent in handling suicide-related queries - The Boston Globe
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (706+ words) A study of how three popular artificial intelligence chatbots respond to queries about suicide found that they generally avoid answering questions that pose the highest risk to the user, such as for specific how-to guidance. But they are inconsistent in…...