Beyond product cycles: the systems, research and decisions that change how the world works.
PHP has issued urgent fixes for two critical flaws that can enable unauthenticated remote code execution on web servers. The vulnerabilities were independently uncovered with AI assistance, and signs of exploitation turned a coordinated disclosure into a global patching race.
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NVIDIA’s DSX POD reference design moves the integration of Vera Rubin computing, networking, power and liquid cooling into modular containers. The company says partners can connect units at a prepared site in as little as 14 days, but that clock does not include the hardest site, grid and permitting work.
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The Intellectual Property Office is asking whether non-binding assessments could give smaller companies an independent reference point in SEP licensing. No service has been approved, and the proposed opinions would not decide validity, infringement or essentiality.
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The justices declined Google’s appeal over denied challenges to VirtaMove patents, preserving—for now—a USPTO policy that lets patent age and reliance weigh against PTAB review. The order does not endorse the policy or decide patent validity.
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A newly published Homeland Security order bars federal civilian agencies from buying DeepSeek technology and requires removal of the Chinese AI developer’s products—including third-party services built on its models—from government IT. The order turns AI supply-chain scrutiny into an operational compliance mandate.
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Waymo will begin mapping and validation drives in the Madrid region with trained specialists behind the wheel before attempting fully autonomous passenger service in 2027. The plan is a significant European test, but the company has not disclosed its launch date, fleet size, service area or fares.
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The Paris Local Division upheld Align Technology’s ridge-based clear-aligner patent and ordered a targeted injunction, recall and destruction across 17 UPC states, while sparing products already delivered for ongoing treatment.
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A newly published Subaru application describes a hollow camshaft whose internal balance weight locks at lower speeds and spins freely above a threshold, aiming to suppress imbalance without pulling valve-train resonance into normal engine operation.
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A cluster of ASML patent applications describes equipment for aligning, shaping and bonding semiconductor wafers. The documents reveal a serious technical direction, but ASML has not confirmed a commercial bonder.
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