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The Future of Sustainable Software: The Overlooked Edge Strategically Minded Teams Are Starting to Embrace - ctrlf5
The Future of Sustainable Software: The Overlooked Edge Strategically Minded Teams Are Starting to Embrace

Sustainability is a performance strategy, not an just an ethical commitment or compliance step. Here’s how CtrlF5 helps companies build greener, leaner, future-ready software. In 2025, software is also shaping environmental footprints. As companies push for smarter automation, massive data pipelines, and always-on platforms, the energy cost of digital infrastructure is soaring. What used to […]

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EleutherAI Unveils One of the Largest Licensed AI Training Datasets - ctrlf5
EleutherAI Unveils One of the Largest Licensed AI Training Datasets

EleutherAI, a prominent AI research group, has released a massive new dataset designed for training AI models using only licensed and public domain content. Named Common Pile v0.1, the dataset spans a staggering 8 terabytes and represents a collaborative effort spanning nearly two years. Key contributors include AI startups like Poolside and Hugging Face, alongside […]

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Google Quietly Launches App to Run AI Models Locally on Phones - ctrlf5
Google Quietly Launches App to Run AI Models Locally on Phones

In a low-profile move, Google recently rolled out a new app that enables users to download and run AI models directly on their smartphones — without needing an internet connection. The app, called Google AI Edge Gallery, is currently available for Android, with an iOS version in the works. It gives users access to a […]

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Gemini Can Now Summarize Your Google Drive Videos - ctrlf5
Gemini Can Now Summarize Your Google Drive Videos

Google is bringing new AI capabilities to Drive, making it easier than ever for Workspace users to understand the contents of their saved videos—without watching them. The Gemini AI, which already summarizes documents and PDFs in Google Drive, can now do the same for video files. This update means you can ask Gemini to pull […]

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Purdue Students Build Record-Smashing Rubik’s Cube Robot, Beating $80 Billion Auto Giant - ctrlf5
Purdue Students Build Record-Smashing Rubik’s Cube Robot, Beating $80 Billion Auto Giant

In a classic underdog triumph, a group of undergraduates from Purdue University has built a robot that obliterated the world record for solving a Rubik’s Cube—surpassing the previous titleholder, engineering powerhouse Mitsubishi. Their creation, dubbed Purdubik’s Cube, cracked the colorful puzzle in a mind-blowing 0.103 seconds. That’s nearly three times faster than the prior record […]

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AI Could Outpace Bitcoin in Power Consumption by End of 2025 - ctrlf5
AI Could Outpace Bitcoin in Power Consumption by End of 2025

The global AI industry is fast approaching an energy milestone that could reshape both power infrastructure and climate policy. New research shows that by the end of 2025, the electricity consumed by advanced AI systems may exceed the notorious energy demands of Bitcoin mining. As generative AI continues to explode in popularity, it’s driving an […]

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Change Your PIN If It’s On This List – Seriously - ctrlf5
Change Your PIN If It’s On This List – Seriously

We all know passwords are a weak spot—easy to steal, reuse, and crack. But there’s another security risk many of us overlook: your PIN code. Think about it. Your phone holds everything—messages, banking apps, social media, and personal photos. Sure, you might unlock it with your face or fingerprint most of the time. But after […]

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Microsoft Disrupts Lumma Malware Operation Behind Massive Password Theft - ctrlf5
Microsoft Disrupts Lumma Malware Operation Behind Massive Password Theft

Microsoft, in coordination with law enforcement agencies, has disrupted the Lumma malware operation—an aggressive password-stealing campaign that infected over 394,000 Windows computers worldwide, particularly in Brazil, Europe, and the United States. Through a civil lawsuit, Microsoft obtained a court order to take control of more than 2,300 domains that were part of Lumma’s command-and-control infrastructure. […]

Microsoft Unveils Aurora: An AI Model That Accurately Predicts Weather, Air Quality, and Natural Disasters - ctrlf5
Microsoft Unveils Aurora: An AI Model That Accurately Predicts Weather, Air Quality, and Natural Disasters

Microsoft has introduced a new artificial intelligence model named Aurora, designed to forecast atmospheric phenomena like air quality, hurricanes, typhoons, and more — with remarkable speed and accuracy. In a recent paper published in Nature and detailed in a company blog post, Microsoft highlighted how Aurora surpasses traditional meteorological models in both precision and efficiency. […]