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A new study found AI chatbots often suggest significantly lower salaries to women and minorities The research showed that identity cues can trigger consistent biases in salary negotiation advice The results suggest LLMs are trained in a way that leads to persistent bias Negotiating your salary is a difficult experience no matter who you are, so naturally, people are sometimes turning to ChatGPT and other AI chatbots for advice about how to get the best deal possible. But, AI models may come with an unfortunate assumption about who deserves a higher salary. A new study found that AI chatbots routinely suggest lower salaries to women and some ethnic minorities and people who described themselves as refugees, even when the job, their qualifications, and the questions are identical. Scientists at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt conducted the study, discovering the unsettling results and the deeper flaw in AI they represent. In some ways, it's n...

Experts claim Amazon Q Developer Extension for VSC v1.84.0 had some dodgy code This has now been removed, with version 1.85.0 offering a clean fix Around 5.6% of VSC extensions have been compromised A hacker has planted data-wiping code into the Amazon Q Developer Extension for Visual Studio Code (VSC) – a free GenAI extension with nearly one million installs from the Microsoft VSC marketplace designed to help developers code, debug, document and configure projects. On July 13 2025, the malicious commit from 'lkmanka58' on GitHub included a prompt to delete system and cloud resources, with Amazon unknowingly publishing the compromised version (1.84.0) on July 17. With suspicious activity noted on July 23 and Amazon developers quickly springing into action, a clean version was released on July 24 without the malicious code, so users are being advised to update to 1.85.0 as a matter of urgency. Amazon missed some malicious code in its Q Developer Extension Despite the a...

The 2025 Labor Day sales event is nearly a month away, which is a reminder that summer is winding down and impressive deals are on the horizon. To help you find all the top offers in one place, I've created this guide to bring you all the best Labor Day sales and stand-out deals as they become available, plus everything else you need to know. Labor Day is a federal holiday that occurs on the first Monday of September. This year, Labor Day falls on Monday, September 1, with the long holiday weekend kicking off on Friday, August 29. Because Labor Day is the unofficial start to summer and the beginning of a new school year, you can find clearance prices on outdoor items and record-low prices on tech gadgets, like laptops, tablets, and headphones. Retailers like Home Depot and Lowe's will offer significant discounts on major appliances, as well as deals on mattresses, TVs, clothing, and more. Below, I've listed all the best sales and deals ahead of Labor Day, plus more i...

Hate to be a 'Debbie Downer' but all those prompts we're using to make action figures, Ghibli memes, and the countless less exciting life and business prompts we're stuffing into ChatGPT and other popular generative AI systems are coming at a cost, and one that may be landing on our doorsteps. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of AI as I think it's the first technology in a generation to have truly society-altering implications but, if you're like me, you've been reading for some time about the ultra-high energy costs associated with Large Language Models (LLMs), especially trianing them, which according to the IEEE , "involves thousands of graphics processing units (GPUs) running continuously for months." AI model training is resource-intensive. Compared to traditional programming, it's like the difference between playing checkers and interdimensional chess against all the galaxies in the Star Trek universe. The number of parameter...

Samsung’s 61.44TB BM1743 , its highest-capacity SSD to date, typically sells for $7,500, but it's currently listed on ServerSupply for $5,950, but with available discounts the final price drops to $5,593. This brings the cost to under $0.09 per gigabyte, making it one of the best $/GB values in the ultra-high-capacity PCIe Gen5 category. The drive is a 2.5-inch U.2 model built for read-intensive workloads. It features a PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe interface, QLC V-NAND flash, and high sustained throughput. Add an adapter Read speeds top out at 14,200MBps, with write speeds reaching 2,100MBps. Random performance peaks at 850,000 IOPS for reads and 30,000 IOPS for writes. Latency is 150 microseconds for reads and 30 microseconds for writes. It’s rated for 0.26 drive writes per day and supports 29,153TB of total endurance. Features include TCG Opal 2.0 encryption, AES-XTS 256-bit hardware encryption, enhanced power-loss protection, and full end-to-end data path integrity. The SSD also i...

Lost yield from stochastics is costing chipmakers billions at advanced process nodes Current process control methods are not enough to solve high-volume stochastics failures New whitepaper outlines design and measurement solutions to close stochastics gap A new whitepaper has claimed the semiconductor industry is losing billions of dollars due to something few outside the field have heard of: stochastic variability. This form of random patterning variation is now considered the biggest hurdle to achieving high yields at the most advanced process nodes. The paper was contributed by Austin, Texas-based Fractilia, whose CTO, Chris Mack, noted, “Stochastic variability is contributing to multibillion-dollar delays in introducing advanced process technology into high volume manufacturing.” Affecting yield, performance and reliability Mack further explained current process control strategies have not been able to address these random effects. “Closing the stochastics gap requires c...

Can anyone look at the Nothing Headphone 1 for the first time without cracking a smile? It was the talk of TechRadar's Sydney office when I unboxed it for the first time and has practically everyone else I've shown cooed over. And that's because it wears its best aspects on the outside. The Nothing Headphone 1 is a breath of fresh air among otherwise well-tuned but very same-same headphones. I'm sure I'll have stirred some strong reactions with that statement, but hear me out, please. I might be focused on covering smartphones at TechRadar (having just gone hands-on with the Nothing Phone 3 ), but it's still pretty obvious in my opinion that the overwhelming majority of over-ear headphones feature neutral, uninspired aesthetics, incorporating ovular cups and typically single-tone colorways without much style to speak of. Touch buttons are common, as are limited color options. In protest, the Headphone 1’s cups are squared, with the exterior sporting an aesth...

Sandisk enlists top computing minds to shape flash-based memory alternative for AI HBF memory backed by RISC and GPU leaders promises high bandwidth and massive capacity Patterson and Koduri join Sandisk to guide flash memory expansion beyond HBM limits Sandisk has appointed two leading figures in computing to help shape the direction of its high-capacity memory tech for AI workloads. Professor David Patterson and Raja Koduri have joined Sandisk’s new Technical Advisory Board to provide strategic and technical input on High Bandwidth Flash (HBF), a flash-based alternative to High Bandwidth Memory (HBM). Patterson is credited for co-developing Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) and Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID), and will lead the advisory board. Koduri is known for his leadership in graphics architecture, having overseen GPU designs at AMD and Intel. Decades of experience Together, they bring decades of experience across computing, memory systems, and large...

Dell’s $250 laptop beats its own entry-level desktop and rivals more expensive models The cheapest Dell desktop lacks Windows, while next options start at $599.99 At under half the price, Dell's laptop offers full PC experience with modern specs Desktops used to be the default for affordable computing, offering more power, easier upgrades, and better value. Components can be swapped out, memory increased, and parts repaired when needed - which is much harder to do with laptops, which typically have elements like memory soldered in place. But if you’re in the market for a budget PC, then you might not want to be considering a desktop -case in point, Dell is now offering a 15-inch laptop for just $250. Far cheaper than a desktop The Dell 15 laptop is currently $130 cheaper than its usual $379.99 asking price. That’s nearly half the price of Dell’s least expensive desktop, the $439 OptiPlex 3000 Thin Client . It’s not just about cost either. The default laptop configuratio...

Bitdefender Security for Creators now monitors Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube for unauthorized account changes or mass deletions Over 184 million login credentials are exposed, many tied to creator social media accounts Financial losses from online scams have crossed $1 trillion, with creators becoming prime targets Influencers and digital creatives are increasingly targeted by phishing scams and account hijacking, and Bitdefender has revealed a new platform in order to address this threat. The company says it is expanding its reach into the online creator economy with new updates to its Security for Creators suite, now offering coverage for Facebook and Instagram. Bitdefender claims its new product offers creators a more focused and proactive form of protection, covering not only their content accounts but also their devices. Rising threats underline the need for creator-focused security Online scams and credential leaks are reportedly accelerating, with Bitdefender claim...

A Windows-to-Linux migration tool has been revealed It's still in development, but looks very promising, providing a seamless way of transitioning to Linux Only one distro is supported, but there's the possibility of multiple options in the future Those whose PC doesn't support Windows 11 - or people who just plain don't like Microsoft's newest OS, and don't want to leave Windows 10 for it - could, at some point down the line, have another option in terms of a way to switch to Linux instead. Neowin picked up on a project that's a Windows-to-Linux migration tool, enabling you to shift across all your files and settings - as well as installed apps - from Windows 10 over to Linux. Now, there are a few caveats for this concept, and I'll lead with the most notable, namely that this isn't a finished product yet. The software is still under development, in an "early" form, and all we can see of it now is a demo on YouTube. The tool, cal...

Hyundai Glovis is betting $6.5 billion on autonomous tech reshaping global shipping routes Avikus is no longer testing - its self-steering system is moving into commercial deployment AI autonomy on the open ocean is moving beyond research and into practical application South Korea’s Hyundai Glovis is taking a major step into uncharted waters with the launch of the world’s first artificial intelligence-based autonomous navigation systems for car carrier ships. Working in partnership with Avikus, the autonomous vessel technology arm of HD Hyundai, Glovis is set to retrofit seven of its large pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) with Level-2 Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship (MASS) platforms by mid-2026. If successful, this could mark a shift in maritime logistics, where fully integrated AI navigation remains largely theoretical. Technological leap or calculated risk? The AI-based system in question, developed by Avikus and branded as HiNAS, allows for partial remote control and r...