Are we missing alien lighthouses?
Searching for extraterrestrial intelligence has so far primarily meant focusing on one particular type of signal—and that signal has normally been based on our own current cutting-edge technology. But what if that's the wrong way to look for signs of alien intelligence? What if a resource-conscious civilization decided it was too complicated to send femtosecond lasers in high-energy bursts across the universe? A new paper, available as a preprint on arXiv, from researchers Dániel Apai, Chia-Lung Lin and Kevin Wagner suggests that might actually be what happens and that we should start looking for long-duration pulsing interstellar beacons.
Council Post: How The Most Dangerous Identities In Your Enterprise Aren’t Human
Damon Fleury is the Chief Product Officer of SpyCloud, a leader in identity threat protection.
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Last year, attackers stole OAuth tokens from a vendor integration and used them to access the Salesforce environments of more than 700 companies. Once inside, they harvested additional credentials—including embedded API keys, AWS access keys and Snowflake tokens buried in support tickets, integrations and internal notes—allowing them to access multiple systems.
Carly Simon Reveals Parkinson’s Diagnosis: ‘I Have Not Stopped Living’
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“Some days I’m so tired I can’t get the day moving at all. On others, it gives me a little more room to move, think, work, and feel like myself”
Diego Luna to Be Feted at Sarajevo Film Festival as ‘Ashes’ Screens
Mexican actor, director and producer Diego Luna will be feted at the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival, which runs Aug. 14 to 21.
Luna will receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo in recognition of his “outstanding career and indelible contribution to cinema.”
Trio Of Well-Known Brit Actors Call For U.K. To Block Paramount Merger
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 12: Benedict Cumberbatch attends the press conference for 'Avengers: Infinity War' Seoul premiere on April 12, 2018 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
Zach Cregger admits 'I'm not going to be able to improve on Leon' which is why he's using original characters for the upcoming Resident Evil movie
I am actually really excited for Zach Cregger's upcoming Resident Evil film. I think this may be the best chance there is for getting an actually good adaptation, mostly thanks to the fact that Cregger seems like a super fan who actually understands what makes the games so charming. In other words: he knows ball.
Diego Luna to Receive Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award at Bosnian Film Festival
Mexican star Diego Luna will receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the Bosnian film festival this year, in recognition of his “indelible” contribution to cinema.
He’ll also be presenting his latest directorial feature, a movie called Ashes, which had its world premiere in Cannes earlier this year. Also accepting the Heart of Sarajevo at the 32nd installment of the festival are British actress and Sarajevo jury president Emily Watson, as well as Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi.
Building the enterprise environment for agentic AI
For the enterprise, the promise of agentic AI is much more than just a better chatbot. It is software agents that execute business tasks end-to-end across people, business workflows, data, and systems. The platform best-suited to run agents is built with proper CPU capacity, resilient data access, policy-aware tool use, observability, memory management, and the ability to predictably plan and scale agents.
Nvidia, SpaceX, Microsoft launch AI safety initiative as OpenAI cyberattack fallout continues
Nvidia and a host of tech giants on Monday launched a new artificial intelligence safety initiative focused on open models, as the fallout from a cyberattack committed by rogue OpenAI models continues.
Tech giants are getting caught in a compute conundrum
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The past 12 months have not been kind to Microsoft.
Once the most valuable company in the world, the Big Tech titan's share price has been sliding. Microsoft's stock dropped 19% in June, its worst month since the dot-com crash. Some of its top brands, like Microsoft 365, Copilot, and Xbox, are facing serious headwinds and questions about their future.