Special contact lenses let you see infrared light – even in the dark
New contact lenses can provide infrared vision olga Yastremska/Alamy Contact lenses have enabled people to…
A Strategic Response to the F5 BIG-IP Nation-State Breach
In mid-October 2025, the cybersecurity landscape was dealt a severe blow. F5 disclosed a long-term, sophisticated breach by a nation-state threat actor. This was not a typical vulnerability disclosure. The attackers exfiltrated a strategic critical pair of assets: portions of BIG-IP source code, and internal details of undisclosed (unpatched) vulnerabilities. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure…
Splash Music transforms music generation using AWS Trainium and Amazon SageMaker HyperPod
Generative AI is rapidly reshaping the music industry, empowering creators—regardless of skill—to create studio-quality tracks with foundation models (FMs) that personalize compositions in real time. As demand for unique, instantly generated content grows and creators seek smarter, faster tools, Splash Music collaborated with AWS to develop and scale music generation FMs, making professional music creation…
Beyond vibes: How to properly select the right LLM for the right task
Choosing the right large language model (LLM) for your use case is becoming both increasingly challenging and essential. Many teams rely on one-time (ad hoc) evaluations based on limited samples from trending models, essentially judging quality on “vibes” alone. This approach involves experimenting with a model’s responses and forming subjective opinions about its performance. However,…
Mysterious ‘warm blob’ breaks records in the North Pacific Ocean
Mark Poynting and Matt McGrathBBC News Climate and Science Kevin Carter/Getty Images People head to the coast in San Diego on a hot summer’s day The waters of the north Pacific have had their warmest summer on record, according to BBC analysis of a mysterious marine heatwave that has confounded climate scientists. Sea surface temperatures…
Newport woman’s rare kidney cancer found after Butlin’s injury
Charlotte Morjario had no idea how her life was about to change when she went on a girls’ holiday with her two best friends. The mother-of-one was having a “fantastic” time letting off steam at holiday resort Butlin’s, when a drunken game led to her hurting her rib. Still in pain on her return home…
Principal Financial Group accelerates build, test, and deployment of Amazon Lex V2 bots through automation
This guest post was written by Mulay Ahmed and Caroline Lima-Lane of Principal Financial Group. The content and opinions in this post are those of the third-party authors and AWS is not responsible for the content or accuracy of this post. With US contact centers that handle millions of customer calls annually, Principal Financial Group®…
Exciting results from blood test for 50 cancers
A blood test for more than 50 types of cancer could help speed up diagnosis according to a new study. Results of a trial in north America show that the test was able to identify a wide range of cancers, of which three quarters don’t have any form of screening programme. More than half the…
How TP ICAP transformed CRM data into real-time insights with Amazon Bedrock
This post is co-written with Ross Ashworth at TP ICAP. The ability to quickly extract insights from customer relationship management systems (CRMs) and vast amounts of meeting notes can mean the difference between seizing opportunities and missing them entirely. TP ICAP faced this challenge, having thousands of vendor meeting records stored in their CRM. Using…
'An adult weekender at Butlin's saved my life'
Charlotte Monjaria’s weekend away with friends led to the discovery of a cancerous tumour. Source link
Topman links with Kilimanjaro for music-influenced collab
Published October 17, 2025 It’s been a busy few weeks on the collaboration front for Topman with the menswear brand now lining up an artist inspired tie-up with Scottish-Zambian artist and DJ Kilimanjaro. The collection, we’re told, “blends creativity with confidence, offering layered autumn styles that are effortless, elevated, and perfect for the season”. It’s…
