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Qualcomm's New Arduino Ventuno Q Is an AI-Focused Computer Designed For Robotics

Qualcomm and Arduino have unveiled the Arduino Ventuno Q, a new AI-focused single-board computer built for robotics and edge systems. Engadget reports: Called the Arduino Ventuno Q, it uses Qualcomm's Dragonwing IQ8 processor along with a dedicated STM32H5 low-latency microcontroller (MCU). "Ventuno Q is engineered specifically for systems that move, manipulate and respond to the physical world with precision and reliability," the company wrote on the product page. The Ventuno Q is more sophisticated (and expensive) than Arduinio's usual AIO boards, thanks to the Dragonwing IQ8 processor that includes an 8-core ARM Cortex CPU, Adreno Arm Cortex A623 GPU and Hexagon Tensor NPU that can hit up ot 40 TOPs. It also comes with 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM, along with 64GB of eMMC storage and an M.2 NVME Gen.4 slot to expand that. Other features include Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, 2.5Gbps ethernet and USB camera support.

The Ventuno Q includes Arudino App Lab, with pre-trained AI models including LLMs, VLMs, ASR, gesture recognition, pose estimation and object tracking, all running offline. It's designed for AI systems that run entirely offline like smart kiosks, healthcare assistants and traffic flow analysis, along with Edge AI vision and sensing systems. It also supports a full robotics stack including vision processing combined with deterministic motor control for precise vision and manipulation. It's also ideal for education and research in areas like computer vision, generative AI and prototyping at the edge, according to Arduino. Further reading: Up Next for Arduino After Qualcomm Acquisition: High-Performance Computing

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Anthropic Sues the Pentagon After Being Labeled a Threat To National Security

Anthropic is suing the Department of Defense after the Trump administration labeled the company a "supply chain risk" and canceled its government contracts when Anthropic refused to allow its AI model Claude to be used for domestic surveillance or autonomous weapons. Fortune reports: The lawsuit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, calls the administration's actions "unprecedented and unlawful" and claims they threaten to harm "Anthropic irreparably." The complaint claims that government contracts are already being canceled and that private contracts are also in doubt, putting "hundreds of millions of dollars" at near-term risk.

An Anthropic spokesperson told Fortune: "Seeking judicial review does not change our longstanding commitment to harnessing AI to protect our national security, but this is a necessary step to protect our business, our customers, and our partners." "We will continue to pursue every path toward resolution, including dialogue with the government," they added.

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Yogetsu Bridge 邀月橋

banzainetsurfer has added a photo to the pool:

Yogetsu Bridge 邀月橋

Nakatsu Banshoen 中津万象園
Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan
日本四国地方香川県丸亀市

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Microsoft taps Claude to make Copilot Cowork a better agent

Copilot gets tuned to handle long-running knowledge work tasks

Microsoft on Monday celebrated freedom of choice by giving customers in the company's Frontier program the option to use Anthropic and OpenAI models via Copilot Chat.…

Korpsleiding en minister maken excuses voor beschuldigen 1.700 agenten in zaak-Lisa

Het aangekondigde onderzoek naar agenten die mogelijk ten onrechte politiesystemen hadden geraadpleegd over de moordzaak leidde tot veel onrust. De politietop en de minister zeggen nu sorry.


Nederlands fregat Evertsen naar de Middellandse Zee voor deelname aan Franse ‘defensieve’ missie

In het parlement lijkt zich een brede meerderheid voor de missie af te tekenen, maar Kamerleden zullen veel vragen hebben over de voorwaarden waaronder Nederland aan de missie meedoet.

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Listen to F1 Nation's Australian GP review

George Russell got his 2026 Championship charge off to the perfect possible start with victory in Melbourne, but Kimi Antonelli ran him close and Ferrari were also in the mix.

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FA Cup quarter-final draw: Port Vale and Southampton alongside top-flight teams – live

⚽️ Live coverage of the draw from the London Stadium
⚽️ FA Cup fifth round: talking points | Email Daniel

In such situation I didn’t expect even Marco Silva to blame someone other than him, and yet:

A very bad day for us,” Silva said. “It is probably not the moment to be emotional. It is a moment for us to look deeper.

It is not just another defeat. We lost a big chance. If you want to be in a club that wants to get better your ambition has to always be there. If you are pushing to win a game there are certain standards you cannot drop. Some things are about mentality.”

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Rijnmond - Nieuws

Het laatste nieuws van vandaag over Rotterdam, Feyenoord, het verkeer en het weer in de regio Rijnmond

Waarom wil Van Persie zelf nog door bij Feyenoord? 'Het leek wel een tribunaal'

Robin van Persie bereikte als speler de top, maar heeft het moeilijk in het begin van zijn trainersloopbaan. Hij staat onder grote druk als trainer van Feyenoord, maar aan opstappen denkt hij niet.

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Volkskrant.nl biedt het laatste nieuws, opinie en achtergronden

Nederlands fregat neemt deel aan missie ter bescherming van Cyprus tegen Iraanse aanvallen