Articles by John P. Mello Jr.

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Google DeepMind CEO Calls for Frontier AI Standards Body

A call for a standards body to oversee the development of frontier artificial intelligence was voiced Tuesday by the CEO of Google DeepMind, an AI research lab "The Standards Body would be responsible for developing assessment protocols and working with appropriate federal agencies and the US National Labs to conduct testing in areas relevant to na...

Soaring Memory Prices Dampen Demand for Budget Smartphones

Polarization is everywhere these days, even in the smartphone market According to Omdia analyst Justy Hong, runaway memory prices are polarizing the global smartphone market, stifling demand for budget smartphones....

Report Urges States to Lead Data Center Water Oversight

Blanket moratoriums and federal mandates aren't the answer to growing concerns about the impact of data center proliferation on local water supplies, according to a report released Monday by a science and technology policy think tank "Technology exists, and policy instruments are available, to develop a new, state-led model of water governance for ...

Poor Ad Recall Threatens Brand Discovery, Visibility in AI Era

Consumers quickly forget advertising, making it harder for brands to win both human attention and AI-powered discovery, according to a report released Monday by Adobe Based on a survey of some 1,000 U.S. consumers, Adobe found that only 17% of the respondents were confident they could recall the names of the last three ads they saw after just 24 ho...

Memory Chip Shortage Aggravated by Rush to Build More Data Centers

Not that critics of data center expansion needed another reason to oppose those facilities in their backyards, but they have one: the memory chip shortage As fabricators reallocate their resources to meet the demands of the AI industry, the big losers will be consumers, as the prices of the gadgets they love soar....

License Plate Reader Adds Device Snooping Feature

A multinational aerospace, defense, and security technology company has begun marketing an upgrade to its Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) system that records smart device identifiers — like those used by smartphones, earbuds, watches, tire pressure sensors, employee badges and pet microchips The upgrade, called SignalTrace, can be installed...

CTO Confidence in Scaling AI Falls for Third Straight Year

Enterprise readiness for AI remains a growing concern, with CTO confidence in scaling the technology falling for the third year in a row, according to a report by a global digital engineering and consulting company In its latest "What CTOs Think" report, which is based on insights from 500 CTOs, Akkodis found that CTO confidence in their organizati...

Impulse Buying Taking Backseat to Deliberate Shopping: Report

Shoppers are showing less impulse and greater deliberation when making purchasing decisions these days, according to a report released Tuesday by a global provider of user-generated content platforms for brands and retailers Today's shoppers are becoming more deliberate in their purchase decisions, prioritizing trust, validation, and value over con...

Commodore Callback Revives the Flip Phone for the Digital Detox Era

Commodore, which can trace its lineage to the roots of microcomputing in the 1980s, released a not-so-dumb dumbphone Tuesday Its US$499 Callback 8020 flip phone is a mix of both "dumb" and smart features. They include:...

Study Finds Most Restaurants Missing From AI Recommendations

Looking for a nearby eatery to silence your growling stomach? Where you go could vary widely, depending on your search choices New research from SEO and AI search platform Local Falcon found a significant gap between searches conducted with AI search and Google Maps for restaurants....

ID Thieves Can Spam, Target Devices

Identity thieves are favoring device takeovers over scams, according to the latest trends report released Tuesday by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) For the first time, unauthorized device access has surpassed scams as the primary threat for adults aged 35 to 64, according to the San Diego-based nonprofit organization founded to provide i...

AI Integration, Child Safety Touted by Apple at WWDC26

Improvements in artificial intelligence integration and child safety were highlighted in the keynote video kicking off Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday At the event, Apple demonstrated AI features designed to work across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and its core applications....

Google's AI Search Revamp Fuels DuckDuckGo Install Surge

Google's "new era for AI search" appears to be a boon for one of its competitors, DuckDuckGo Since Google announced last month that it would be changing its traditional search box into a conversational engine that uses artificial intelligence to answer questions rather than display pages of links, installs of DuckDuckGo have soared....

Nvidia Raises Ante in AI PC Market With RTX Spark

Since their market launch in 2024, AI PCs have received a tepid consumer response. Microsoft hopes to change that, with a helping hand from Nvidia The two companies announced Monday that they will introduce this fall some 30 laptops and 10 PCs built around Nvidia's new RTX Spark "superchip," which can deliver one petaflop of AI performance and addr...

Telecom Heavyweights Circle Wagons Around Cybersecurity

Some of the biggest names in telecommunications are joining forces to bolster cybersecurity across the industry The companies — AT&T, Charter, Comcast, Cox, Lumen Technologies, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Zayo — are establishing the Communications Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (C2 ISAC) to provide a trusted setting where tech...

Gartner Predicts AI Search Will Fatten PR Budgets

By the end of the year, mass adoption of public large language models (LLMs) as a replacement for traditional search will double public relations and earned media budgets, according to global research and advisory company Gartner In a report titled "Top Predictions to Inform 2026 Comms Strategies," Gartner noted public LLMs will replace traditional...

LinkedIn to Launch Campaign Against 'AI Slop'

Social networking platform LinkedIn will be detailing its plans on Wednesday to combat low-value AI content — aka AI slop — in its user feeds According to a report in Engadget, the changes will target everything from outright engagement bait to recycled "thought leadership" and other "generic" content that lacks authenticity and originality....

Dirty Frag Linux Vulnerability Raises New Root Access Risks

For the second time in two weeks, a significant privilege escalation vulnerability has been discovered in Linux The vulnerability known as "Dirty Frag" enables escalation from an unprivileged user to root through vulnerable kernel networking and memory-fragment handling components, according to the Microsoft Defender Security Research Team....

Meta Enlists AI to Enforce Age Restrictions

Meta is turning to artificial intelligence to enforce age restrictions across its platforms In an online post, the company explained that it will use AI to scan user profiles for contextual clues of age-restriction violations....

Apple Hedges Bets on Chips in Talks with Intel, Samsung

Apple is huddling with Intel and Samsung to move production of the processors for the iPhone and iPad maker's devices stateside, according to a report published Tuesday by Bloomberg The financial news service, citing people familiar with the deliberations, reported that the "exploratory discussions" were aimed at providing Apple with a secondary op...

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