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Mikko Hyppönen says the age of viruses is over — now he's building defences against drones
3+ hour, 7+ min ago (663+ words) Mikko Hypp'nen says the age of viruses is over " now he's building defences against drones'siliconcanals.com Mikko Hypp'nen says the age of viruses is over " now he's building defences against drones Mikko Hypp'nen, one of cybersecurity's most recognizable figures, has…...
$2B chasing Anthropic, $600M of OpenAI unsold: how secondary markets are repricing the AI race
5+ hour, 7+ min ago (631+ words) $2B chasing Anthropic, $600M of OpenAI unsold: how secondary markets are repricing the AI race'Silicon Canals $2B chasing Anthropic, $600M of OpenAI unsold: how secondary markets are repricing the AI race The secondary market for private company shares doesn't just reflect investor sentiment " it…...
Nobody tells you that expecting instant replies is a relatively new social norm — and that an entire generation learned to communicate in ways that never required it
6+ hour, 32+ min ago (912+ words) We've created a world where a message left on "read" for an hour feels like a social crime, but here's what nobody talks about: this anxiety is barely two decades old. An entire generation grew up without it, and they…...
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10+ hour, 27+ min ago (31+ words) Children who were praised for being smart rather than for working hard often become adults who avoid challenges " not from laziness but from a deep fear of being found ordinary'Silicon Canals...
SpaceX, Amazon, and Google want orbital data centers — four engineering barriers reveal who really benefits
16+ hour, 5+ min ago (1231+ words) Except it isn't. This is where the physics gets unforgiving. Industry experts have noted that thermal management and cooling in space is a significant challenge. The ESA has been working on this for satellite communications, exploring advanced heat-pump systems for…...
SpaceX, Amazon, and Google want data centers in orbit — four engineering barriers stand in the way
21+ hour, 55+ min ago (707+ words) SpaceX, Amazon, and Google want data centers in orbit " four engineering barriers stand in the way'Silicon Canals SpaceX, Amazon, and Google want data centers in orbit " four engineering barriers stand in the way Editor's note: Daniel Voss is a health…...
The Global South is building its own AI on $50 hardware — and it's working
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (852+ words) But that assumption misses something fundamental about how technology actually diffuses through societies. And a growing movement of researchers, startups, and governments is proving it wrong in real time. The numbers are stark. Research suggests that U.S. and Chinese companies operate…...
U.S. and China control 90% of AI data centres — the Global South is building a different kind of AI
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (688+ words) U.S. and China control 90% of AI data centres " the Global South is building a different kind of AI'Silicon Canals U.S. and China control 90% of AI data centres " the Global South is building a different kind of AI Editor's note: This article is…...
Fintech apps demand your passport for verification — then leave it on an unprotected server
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (568+ words) Fintech apps demand your passport for verification " then leave it on an unprotected server'siliconcanals.com Fintech apps demand your passport for verification " then leave it on an unprotected server Canadian money-transfer app Duc left an Amazon-hosted storage server publicly accessible…...
The $50 AI revolution: Why smaller models built for sovereignty may matter more than the trillion-dollar arms race
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (538+ words) Sebasti'n Uchitel, a professor in the department of computing at the University of Buenos Aires, has raised concerns about compute concentration and whether access to major AI models could become similar to access to oil. That analogy lands hard. Oil…...