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Hyper-personalized AI is transforming the workplace. Unlike standard automation , it works by learning from individual user behaviors, allowing businesses to tailor interactions on a much more human level. Not only does it help businesses to streamline their operations, it also drives efficiency while enhancing the user experience. For employees, AI can suggest ways to improve productivity , automate repetitive tasks and provide real-time insights based on their work habits. In contact centers, for example, it can escalate intuitively from an AI Agent to a call with a human if it's a nuanced or complex problem. While in retail, AI-powered assistants make personalized recommendations and offer timely discounts based on past interactions, purchasing history and market trends, which can result in impromptu purchases. It allows customers to feel like they are being listened to – and that their previous purchases are appreciated. And it is this increasingly natural and ‘human’ expe...

State-backed rivals have made open source 3D printing nearly impossible Chinese subsidies shift global competition in desktop 3D printer production Cheap Chinese patents create obstacles far beyond Europe’s market borders The open source movement in 3D printing once thrived on shared designs, community projects, and collaboration across borders. However, Josef Prusa, head of Prusa Research, has announced, “open hardware desktop 3D printing is dead.” The remark stands out because his company long championed open designs, sharing files and innovations with the wider community. Economic support and patent challenges Prusa built his early business in a small basement in Prague, packing frames into pizza boxes while relying on contributions from others who shared his philosophy. What has changed, he now argues, is not consumer demand but the imbalance created when the Chinese government labeled 3D printing a “strategic industry” in 2020. In his blog post , Prusa cites a study f...

Data centers in England use far less water than many expected TechUK survey shows nearly two-thirds of facilities consume modest water amounts Closed-loop cooling systems reduce dependence on traditional water-intensive methods The world's expanding network of data centers has often been linked with heavy environmental costs, especially when it comes to water. These facilities form the base for cloud services, LLM training, and the many AI tools now embedded across industries. However a new survey by techUK , conducted with the UK Environment Agency, has claimed data centers are “not intensive water users” as many people think. Very few sites with industry-level water usage The report found nearly two-thirds (64%) of commercial sites in England consume less than 10,000 cubic meters of water per year. This level of demand is described as lower than that of a “typical leisure center” and similar to the water requirements of a Premier League football club. Only 4% of fac...

Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, August 23 (game #538) . Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints. Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today page for the original viral word game. SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Strands today (game #539) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strand...

Looking for a different day? A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Saturday, August 23 (game #1307) . Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,100 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today – or scroll down further for the answers. Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles, while Marc's Wordle today column covers the original viral word game. S POILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. Quordle today (game #1308) - hint #1 - V...

Jetson T5000 claims 2070 TFLOPS performance through Blackwell GPU architecture Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit transforms a compact board into workstation-level computing T4000 is positioned as a lighter, cost-efficient alternative option Nvidia has expanded its Jetson lineup with the Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit, a compact platform that carries the new Jetson T5000 system-on-module. Marketed as a developer system, the dimensions and form factor place it firmly in the realm of a mini PC , although its design and purpose align more with edge AI deployment than home computing. Nvidia says the Jetson T5000 delivers “2070 TFLOPS (FP4, Sparse),” made possible by its 2560-core GPU based on the Blackwell architecture, with 96 fifth-generation Tensor Cores and Multi-Instance GPU features. Raw power behind the Jetson T5000 This system is paired with a 14-core Arm Neoverse-V3AE CPU and 128GB of LPDDR5X memory. Networking is handled by four 25GbE connections, with support for NVMe stora...

Geekom mini PC combines AMD Ryzen AI 9 processor with Radeon 890M graphics Ships with 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD, expandable to 128GB RAM and 8TB storage Wide port selection includes USB4, HDMI 2.1, and support for four 8K monitors Geekom has launched the A9 Max, a compact desktop usually priced at $1,199 but currently available for $999. The PC combines AMD’s latest Ryzen AI 9 HX370 processor with Radeon 890M graphics, 32GB of DDR5 memory, a 2TB PCIe Gen4 SSD, and support for up to four 8K monitors. The HX370, based on AMD’s Zen 5 architecture, is built on TSMC’s 4nm FinFET process and features 12 cores and 24 threads, a maximum boost clock of 5.1GHz, and 24MB of L3 cache, with a configurable TDP of up to 54W. Plenty of ports It integrates a dedicated AI engine capable of 80 TOPS, making the A9 Max well suited for on-device AI acceleration in workflows such as content creation and professional applications that benefit from local processing power. The Radeon 890M integrated GPU is b...