Defense One

8 AI firms cleared to provide tools for classified Pentagon networks

Eight leading AI developers have deals to install tools in classified Defense Department networks, a wide spread meant to prevent "vendor lock," Pentagon officials said Friday. Amazon Web Services, ...
BGR

4 Cheap Phone Carriers That Use Verizon's Network

When it comes to wireless coverage, the major network providers include Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T. But if you look at what's available, there are a lot more wireless options than that. It's because ...
VentureBeat

CrowdStrike, Cisco and Palo Alto Networks all shipped agentic SOC tools at RSAC 2026 — the agent behavioral baseline gap survived all three

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz highlighted in his RSA Conference 2026 keynote that the fastest recorded adversary breakout time has dropped to 27 seconds. The average is now 29 minutes, down from 48 ...
IEEE

Implementation of hyperbolic tangent function in neural network using Matlab HDL coder for Biosignals

Abstract: In this paper, the hyperbolic tangent function and its application in a test neural network on a Field Programmable Gate Array are presented, using the Verilog hardware description language.
Reuters

China passes new ethnic minority law, prioritises use of Mandarin language

Law promotes Mandarin as primary language of education and government China has 56 officially recognised ethnic groups, including Han Chinese Han, who speak Mandarin, make up 91% of the population ...
Pew Research Center

How Teens Use and View AI

This study is Pew Research Center’s latest effort to explore the landscape of teens and technology today. It focuses on artificial intelligence – from how teens use chatbots to how they think about AI ...
Reuters

Cisco and Qunnect build quantum network using New York fiber optic cables

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Cisco Systems (CSCO.O), opens new tab and startup Qunnect said on Wednesday that they have built and operated a quantum network between Brooklyn and Manhattan in New ...
Psychology Today

The Language Trap: How AI Writing Tools Are Standardizing Our Thoughts

As we move toward a hybrid future, the intimate relationship between natural intelligence and artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming essential to our identity. We've entered an era of hybrid ...
Wired

‘Veronika’ Is the First Cow Known to Use a Tool

Justice for Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson: A team of scientists has observed, for the first time, a cow using a tool in a flexible manner. The ingenuity of “Veronika,” as the animal is called, shows ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Cow Named Veronika Can Scratch Her Back With a Broom. Watch the Video That Scientists Are Calling the First Documented Evidence of Cattle Using Tools

Around ten years ago, an organic farmer and baker in a small Austrian town noticed that his pet cow would use sticks to scratch herself. The cow, named Veronika, also appeared to refine her technique ...
NPR

Cows use tools too

Austrian researchers say they've found the first known example of tool use by cattle, courtesy of a Swiss-Brown cow named Veronika. Scientists have documented a lot of animals that use tools, like ...