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 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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"If Lockheed Martin made a Game Boy, would you buy one?" That was the [rhetorical] question The Verge's Sean Hollister asked when he reviewed ModRetro's Game Boy-style handheld device back in 2024. He said it "might be the best version of the Game Boy ever made," though the connection to Palmer Luckey and his defense tech startup Anduril left him conflicted. "I don't remember my childhood nostalgia coming with a side of possible guilt and fear about putting money into the pocket of a weapons contractor," he wrote. "Feels weird!"

Those conflicted feelings have lingered ever since. TechCrunch recently cited Hollister's review while reporting that ModRetro is now seeking funding at a $1 billion valuation. The company is said to have additional retro-inspired hardware in development, including one designed to replicate the Nintendo 64. As for Anduril? It's reportedly in talks to raise a new funding round that would value the company at around $60 billion.

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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.…

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.

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.

Nu olie- en gasprijzen flink stijgen door de oorlog in Iran, overwegen G7-landen en het Internationaal Energieagentschap om strategische oliereserves op de markt te laten vloeien. Hoe werkt dat?

Een gynaecoloog van het Rijnstate ziekenhuis heeft in de jaren zeventig en tachtig zeker zestien kinderen verwekt met zijn eigen zaad. Onderzoeker Jan Kremer legt in een nieuw rapport over de kwestie de nadruk op de tijdgeest. „Het speelde zich af in een tijd waarin nog geen protocollen waren.”

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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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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• Murashkovskyi benefits from artificial intelligence support

• ‘I used it as a psychologist, coach and sometimes as a doctor’

Team Ukraine have hit the ground running at the Winter Paralympics, standing second in the medal table after three days of competition. Their resolve and determination has been inspirational to many, but one athlete has revealed a secret weapon in their search for a competitive edge: using ChatGPT as a coach.

Maksym Murashkovskyi won silver in the men’s visually impaired biathlon on Sunday and he did not miss a shot. He has also been working with OpenAI’s large language model for six months, using artificial intelligence not just for coaching advice but psychological and health guidance too.

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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.

Gras binnen kweken om de weilanden buiten beter te benutten. Het is een idee van boer Wouter Slob uit Giessenburg, dat momenteel uitgebreid wordt onderzocht. Tot nu toe is hij te spreken over de kwaliteit van zijn zelfgekweekte gras: "Het ruikt echt als vers lentegras, koeien zouden hiervan smullen."

BEIROET (ANP/AFP/DPA) - Libanon heeft het dodental door aanhoudende Israëlische aanvallen naar boven bijgesteld. Er zijn 486 mensen om het leven gekomen en 1313 personen gewond geraakt sinds de strijd weer oplaaide, melden de autoriteiten. Het dodental stond op 394.

Libanon raakte vorige week betrokken bij de oorlog in het Midden-Oosten. Toen vuurde de Hezbollah-beweging weer raketten af op Israël als wraak voor de dood van de hoogste leider van bondgenoot Iran. Israël reageert met luchtaanvallen.

Dat conflict houdt nog steeds aan. Hezbollah zei maandag dat het een Israëlische basis bij Tel Aviv heeft bestookt met "geavanceerde raketten". Israël voerde ondertussen weer bombardementen uit in buitenwijken van Beiroet en in andere delen van Libanon.

Bronnen zeggen tegen de Amerikaanse nieuwssite Axios dat de Libanese regering rechtstreekse onderhandelingen met Israël heeft voorgesteld om het conflict te beëindigen. Zowel de VS als Israël zouden daar afwijzend op hebben gereageerd.

DRIEBERGEN (ANP) - De korpsleiding van de politie erkent fouten te hebben gemaakt in de interne communicatie over het onderzoek naar het raadplegen van de systemen in de zaak van Lisa. Brieven die intern verstuurd zijn, trekt de korpsleiding in, is te lezen in een verklaring.

Volgens de korpsleiding is om goede redenen een onderzoek gestart naar het "onnodig raadplegen" van politiesystemen. In het proces dat volgde, zijn fouten gemaakt, aldus de korpsleiding.

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