VSMC opens $7.8 billion Singapore chip fab, begins risk production
VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company opened its $7.8 billion wafer fabrication plant in Singapore on September 28. The joint venture between Vanguard International Semiconductor and NXP Semiconductors has completed cons...
Robot authorization guard blocks 109 hijacked actions in preliminary trials
Researchers report that an authorization system blocked all 109 unauthorized actions produced when attackers redirected AI planners in 240 live trials. The attacks sought to make robots depart from an approved mission while propos...
SAP embeds Nvidia agent runtime in its business AI platform
SAP says its engineers are embedding Nvidia's OpenShell runtime in SAP Business AI Platform, extending their collaboration on controls for autonomous AI agents. SAP is contributing code that separates supervision from agent execut...
Nvidia introduces agent safety platform with hardware monitoring option
Nvidia has introduced an open platform for controlling autonomous AI agents, combining its OpenShell runtime with an optional monitoring layer on BlueField hardware. OpenShell runs each agent in an isolated environment and enforce...
Former soldier sentenced to 70 months for tech and telecom extortion
A former U.S. Army soldier has been sentenced to 70 months in prison for hacking and extorting at least 10 U.S. technology and telecommunications companies. Cameron John Wagenius was also ordered to pay $294,978 in restitution. A...
Metal-free molecules improve MRI contrast in laboratory images
Kyushu University researchers developed water-soluble, metal-free molecules that emit deep-red light and improve contrast in magnetic resonance imaging. In test images, two versions produced approximately 2.5 to 4.5 times more MRI...
