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AMD takes aim at Intel with new 96-core Threadripper 9000 series CPU
AMD has announced its latest Zen 5-based Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Series of CPUs at Computex today. The 9000 Series and 9000 WX-Series are built for the demanding workstation market, and the top Threadripper Pro 9995WX will ship with 96 cores and 192 threads. This flagship Threadripper chip is designed for professionals who are working on visual effects, simulations, and AI…
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HPE takes aim at VMware with latest VM Essentials play
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has extended its Morpheus Software and VM Essentials offering in a move that it claims can significantly reduce costs for businesses across their IT estate. The first of the updates from the company is the availability of HPE Morpheus VM Essentials on Private Cloud Business Edition. According to the company, this can significantly reduce VM license…
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Donald Trump takes aim at more water and energy efficiency standards
Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum Friday afternoon directing the Department of Energy to “consider using all lawful authority to rescind” or weaken regulations for water and energy efficiency for dishwashers and washing machines. The action also includes water use standards for showers, faucets, toilets, and urinals. It closes out a week of attacks on policies meant to save Americans…
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Lyft Silver Accounts Aim to Make Things Easier for Older Riders
Rideshare services are convenient, but accessing them can prove a challenge to less tech-savvy potential passengers, particularly older adults. But companies are introducing changes that make their services easier for these groups to access. Lyft Silver is a new account type that, like Women+ Connect (aimed at women and nonbinary passengers), makes it simpler and safer to hail a ride…
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Cisco takes aim at AI security at RSAC with ServiceNow partnership
Cisco and ServiceNow have kicked off RSAC Conference 2025 in San Francisco by announcing a new aspect of their seven-year collaboration. It brings together the former’s AI Defense product with the latter’s SecOps, with the companies claiming the integration will provide “more holistic AI risk management and governance”. Speaking ahead of the announcement, Cisco’s EVP and chief product officer Jeetu…
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Cisco’s AI agents for WebEx aim to improve customer service – Computerworld
The Webex AI Agent, slated to be available at the end of this month, should make customer service calls smoother by using AI alongside human agents. The goal is to reduce wait times and use intelligent ways to resolve issues. According to Cisco, the Agent will allow companies to tackle complex real-time customer service queries by handling more dynamic conversations.…
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At CES, PC makers aim for business, highlight AI-ready hardware
Enterprise computers are often the ugly ducklings of the PC world, viewed as dull, slow and less feature-rich than their consumer counterparts. But vendors at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show launched a selection of business machines (alongside their consumer offerings) hoping to capitalize on the rise of generative AI (genAI). Despite the focus on AI PCs or Copilot+ PCs, analysts…
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Cisco’s new AI agents and assistants aim to ease customer service headaches – Computerworld
Webex AI Agent, available in early 2025, will bring together conversational intelligence with generative AI to help improve self-service. Dhingra pointed out that, while customers want self-service, 55% avoid it because they find it “rigid and unhelpful.” Existing AI bots “tend to be scripted, robotic, quite limited in what they can do,” said Dhingra. The AI Agent platform will include…
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Regulators Aim to Crack Down on Infant ‘Neck Floats’ After Two Deaths and Dozens of Close Calls Reported
Infant neck floats are marketed to parents for use with babies as young as newborns as a way to lift their head out of the water while they float and play in a bathtub or pool. Some are hollow and inflatable, like the popular Otteroo brand, and others are made of firm foam. As many as 1 million neck floats…
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