UK smart meter replacement cost could reach £4 billion due to network upgrades

Many current smart meters rely on 2G and 3G connections, but 3G has largely been phased out already, and there’s an official deadline of 2033 for 2G to follow suit — the UK's networks are actually planning to start this…

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AI has made developers more powerful than ever. Why aren't they happy?

The overwhelming majority of developers are using AI tools to create code, but there are a lot of questions about the ramifications of doing so. How much should developers trust the code that AI produces? Where…

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Digital Fairness Act: EU moves to outlaw dark patterns and subscription traps

The proposal would repeal the EU’s 2005 Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and replace it with a directly applicable regulation, swapping 27 national rulebooks for one. Any trader targeting EU consumers falls in…

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New Indian mega library rocked by scandal over 'AI-generated books'

The controversy began after Tamil novelist Perumal Murugan raised concerns about books containing false information and questionable authorship at a newly opened library in Coimbatore city. The Madras High Court has…

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ByteDance reportedly plans a Muse-like AI agent within weeks

At that meeting, co-founder Zhang Yiming laid out a sober timeline. He believes ByteDance can compete with Anthropic and OpenAI at the cutting edge, the people told Bloomberg, but not before 2029 or 2030. The template is…

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Best OLED TVs of 2026: LG, Samsung, Sony, and More

Courtesy of Samsung The TV landscape has changed dramatically this past year. New art televisions now look like matte-finish paintings on the wall. RGB televisions use red, green, and blue lights for accurate color. But…

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Google gooses Python AI performance by... removing Python

Python is easy for data scientists to wield, but keeping its interpreter in the serving pipeline can add overhead and deployment headaches. The industry-backed OpenXLA Project provides tools for compiling machine…

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Windscribe's Black Friday VPN deal makes it less than half price — get this price-hike free, lifetime rate of $29 for safe streaming on your iPhone and unlimited other devices

With over 50% hacked off the usual price, Windscribe Pro is down to just $29 for the year. Normally, Windscribe Pro, the only paid version of Windscribe, is $69 for 12-months of full use, so that's a very significant $40…

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Cambridge Audio’s LR/M is finally available – and it’s got a new feature

The feature arrives as a free software update through Cambridge Audio’s StreamMagic platform , allowing owners to adjust their speakers’ sound to suit their room using nothing more than a smartphone or tablet. It’s a…

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LattePanda Mu Ultra review

What sets it apart is its numerous high-speed interfaces on a low-power budget. Reasons to buy + Powerful CPU with NPU + Low power consumption + Multiple high-speed interfaces Reasons to avoid - Noisy fan - No on-board…

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