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A proposed $2 billion data center has become a political flashpoint in the small city of Shelbyville, Indiana. And the controversy has only grown more intense after the mayor, Scott Furgeson, was caught on camera saying of the "No Data Center" signs going up that, "I've seen a lot of these all over town, but […]

If you're building or integrating Automated Test Equipment for aerospace or defence electronics, the technical requirements go well beyond "does the test pass." You need documentation that satisfies MIL-STD, AS9100, and DO-178C auditors — and an architecture that scales from prototype to production. Here's how modern Universal ATE systems are structured for defence-grade compliance. The Core Architecture A defence-grade ATE system has four functional layers: ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Test Executive (LabVIEW) │ ← Orchestrates all test sequences ├────────────────┬────────────────────────┤ │ Instrument │ DUT Interface │ ← Hardware layer │ Control │ (ICT/JTAG/Func) │ ├────────────────┴────────────────────────┤ │ Data Management Layer │ ← Logging, traceability, reports ├─────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Calibration & Verification │ ← Ensures measurement accuracy └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ Test Executive Design in LabVIEW The test executive controls the sequence, manages results, and handles failures. Key design principles: Test Sequence: 1. DUT identification (serial number scan or manual entry) 2. Pre-test self-check (verify instrument calibration status) 3. ICT phase — passive component verification 4. JTAG boundary scan — IEEE 1149.1 interconnect verification 5. Power-on functional test — operational verification 6. RF/signal analysis — if applicable to DUT type 7. Report generation — automatic, timestamped 8. Pass/fail disposition record JTAG Integration via IEEE 1149.1 For high-density boards where bed-of-nails is not viable, JTAG boundary scan is implemented via a JTAG controller (e.g., XJTAG, Corelis, or ASSET InterTech) integrated into the LabVIEW environment: LabVIEW → JTAG Controller API → Scan Chain → DUT ICs The boundary scan description files (BSDL) for each IC define the test vectors. Your test executive loads BSDL files, generates scan chain topology, and runs interconnect tests automatically. Data Traceabili

Table of Contents The Integration Problem That Broke Industry 4.0 MCP: The Vertical Connection Layer How MCP Connects to Servers, Tools, and Databases MCP in Real World Industrial Automation ACP: The Horizontal Communication Layer How ACP Works Under the Hood ACP in Real World Industrial Coordination The Six Precise Differences How They Work Together: The Complete Stack Decision Framework for Industrial AI Architects 1. The Integration Problem That Broke Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 promised connected factories, intelligent automation, and seamless data flow between machines, systems, and humans. The technology arrived. The connectivity did not. The reason is a number called N times M. An enterprise manufacturing facility might have 12 AI agents across quality, maintenance, and planning — and 28 data sources including ERP, MES, SCADA, IoT sensors, databases, CAD repositories, and supplier APIs. Without a standard protocol: 12 agents multiplied by 28 data sources equals 336 custom integrations. Each integration is bespoke code. Each breaks when either side updates. Each requires maintenance. Each represents a point of failure and a security surface that must be independently managed. IBM VP Armand Ruiz stated this precisely: "Without a common standard, every integration is costly duct tape." MCP and ACP together replace 336 pieces of duct tape with two standard protocols — one governing how agents connect to systems, one governing how agents connect to each other. The smart manufacturing market is projected to reach 374 billion dollars by 2025 at 11.8 percent CAGR. Over 50 percent of companies in industrial automation are expected to adopt MCP-based connectivity. The integration problem is not theoretical. The solution is being deployed at scale right now. 2. MCP: The Vertical Connection Layer MCP connects agents to tools and data — the vertical integration layer. It handles the connection between an AI agent and everything it needs to interact with in the external worl

Introduction A traditional database. That is what many who have not really interacted with Excel to a great extent would define it as in its most basic form. Not that they are wrong, only that is the scope their utilization of Excel covers. Mostly record keeping, basic operations, and data representation. But for those whose utilization scope of Excel is broader, we definitely know better. This underestimation of Excel is a grave mistake for anyone considering themselves as tech-oriented, especially for anyone dealing with data operations, be it simple record keeping or complex concepts involving data. What is Excel A spreadsheet program or tool that facilitates data organization, analysis, and visualization through mathematical operations, chart creation, and building financial models. Real-world application of Excel in Data Analytics Reporting and visualisation Excel facilitates data representation in the form of charts(bar charts, pie charts, line graphs) and dashboards. Businesses and organisations utilize this to get an organised, more insightful, and simplified view and report of their raw data. Financial Accounting Excel's provision for mathematical operations, functions, and formulas in analysis facilitates financial accounting. Balance sheets and income statements preparation, budgeting, and expense tracking are just some of the ways Excel can be used in accounting. Decision-Making Businesses and organisations heavily rely on analysis to support their decision-making. Excel helps in the analysis through different data metrics comparisons, e.g., sales across seasons and locations, forecasting, and tracking key performance indicators. This helps businesses make the best decisions based on the insights gathered from the analysis. Beginner Excel Features and Formulas for Data Analysis Learnt so far Sort and Filter By applying the Filter feature for each column, data in specific columns can not only be sorted from newest to oldest, but also be filtered based on

The deadline to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is coming up a week from now on June 12th, and legislators seem no closer to reaching a deal. If this sounds like deja vu, it's because we've been here before. Congress reauthorized Section 702 in late April - but only for 45 […]

Even if you've done nothing wrong, it's never a good idea to hand your phone to the cops. But international travelers at American airports often have no choice - even if they're US citizens. When Minnesota labor organizer Janette Zahia Corcelius returned home from a three-week trip to Europe in late April, she was detained […]

The New York State legislature passed a one-year moratorium on new large data centers, the first statewide ban of its kind if Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul signs it into law. Lawmakers behind the bill say it's meant to give policymakers time to understand the impact of large data centers on the environment and energy prices. […]

Former DOGE members and Elon Musk allies are backing a startup aimed at using AI to apply "learnings" from DOGE to the private sector.

Just wanted to share my journey after 3.5 years of building a live web analytics tool from scratch, and without AI: WireBoard.io As a web publisher for the last 15 years, I used UA (before GA4) and then Chartbeat. I always loved real-time. At the beginning of the internet I spent my time on IRC, which was great and a huge change from newsgroups and forums. A few years later, Chartbeat was changing its customer base and focusing on big news publishers, and my workflow was about to change with it. I loved being able to watch my traffic live and spot anything unusual, day by day, compared to the same day the previous week. So I decided to replace it with my own product, but with the things their tool was missing. I spent about 8 months thinking it through and sketching different architectures to handle the load and the logic of the data processing pipeline. Then I learned to code in Go (which was surprisingly easy) and built an MVP. After some iterations, I worked on the frontend (Laravel + React) and kept improving the product based on user feedback. The features I couldn't find anywhere else: Truly real-time data via streaming instead of polling. Merging data from different websites into one chart, so I can see at a glance whether traffic is unusual "today" compared to last week. A flexible dashboard, arranged like widgets on a phone. I mostly worked on this quietly and didn't talk about it much on social media or anywhere else, since I'm a dev and not a marketer. This is my biggest project, and I've enjoyed the long journey. All of this happened before the AI era, which turned out to be good timing: I can work on the codebase knowing exactly what does what and where. Over the last 6 months I've experimented with using Claude on some parts of the project (only the frontend), but in limited areas: Performance improvements (useMemo, etc.) Security reviews (not strictly needed, but reassuring when it confirms what I expected) CMS (blog section) The tech stack: Data proc

Introduction Excel is one of the most used tools for data analysis. It allows beginners like myself to easily clean, organize, analyze and visualize data.Excel enables users to work with large datasets and extract meaningful insights without requiring advanced technical skills. What is Excel Excel is a spreadsheet that allows you to collect, organize, analyze, calculate, and visualize data efficiently.Despite the emergence of other data analysis tools like SQL and Power BI, Excel remains one of the most widely used tools for both personal and professional data management.This can be credited to its ease of access, learning, and use. Ways Excel is used in real-world data analysis This week, I had the opportunity to explore how Excel is used in real-world data analysis.I discovered that Excel is not just a basic spreadsheet tool, but a powerful application that helps make sense of data and support decision-making. Data organization and cleaning Excel is used to structure raw data, remove duplicates, and fix errors. This improves data quality, making it easier to analyze and more reliable for decision-making.This improves data quality, making it easier to analyze and more reliable for decision-making. Financial Excel is commonly used in finance to create budgets, calculate profits and losses, and monitor expenses.It helps organizations keep accurate financial records and understand their financial situation. Business decision-making Businesses use Excel to track sales, compare performance over time, and identify trends.This helps managers understand what is working well and what needs improvement. Excel features and formulas In just a week, I have learned several Excel formulas that simplify data management and make working with data more efficient. SUM function The SUM function is used to add a range of values together in Excel, making it one of the most essential tools for quick calculations.It's used to automatically add a range of numerical values together, elimina

Robot demonstrations can distort public perceptions of robotic capabilities.

On Uncanny Valley, we dive into the IPO bonanza that the top AI companies are embarking on to the point where some real estate listings are looking for not just regular old cash, but Anthropic stock.

Kevin O'Leary agreed to halve the size of his planned 40,000-acre data center in Utah amid mounting pressure from residents and activists, as reported earlier by local affiliate ABC4. The Shark Tank star sent a letter to Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams on Thursday, saying that he will remove 19,430 acres from the project, […]

Bittensor pays roughly eight dollars in TAO token emissions for every dollar of real AI revenue that flows through the network. The exact ratio fluctuates by quarter, but the shape is durable. Q1 2026: about $328 million in annual emissions against $43 million in real AI revenue. That is 7.6 to 1. It is what the crypto-skeptical press has called "extractive by default." It is also what the crypto-friendly analysts call "the subsidy treadmill." The Bittensor engineering team is sophisticated. The subnet validators run real ML evaluation. The miners serve real inference. The revenue is real. The emissions are also real. The cause is the token model itself. One asset is asked to do two jobs that do not belong together. I want to be specific about this part, because every other decentralized AI compute network I have looked at has the same problem, and the fix is well-known. What the token does A token in a decentralized AI compute network does two structurally distinct things. The first job is utility settlement . Contributors run inference, and someone has to pay them for the compute work they did. The payment medium has to scale with usage, has to be denominated in something the contributor can spend on the network or convert to fiat, and has to remain stable enough that contributors can plan around it. This is a billing system. The second job is value capture . Early supporters, investors, and contributors take risk to bootstrap a network that does not yet exist. They have to be paid back for that risk in a way that scales with the eventual success of the network. The payment medium has to be a speculative asset that appreciates as the network grows. This is an equity instrument. A billing system and an equity instrument want opposite things. A billing system that is also a speculative asset means that contributors who get paid in it cannot help but hold a speculative position. An equity instrument that is also a billing system means that token-price volatility show

The California startup released the fourth-generation of its home assistance robot, Stretch.

Bilingual post · Post bilíngue Jump to: English · Português English {#english} Sprint 7 Review: Generics.Collections Mintlify docs tour — after Sprint 4 exceptions , Sprint 7 brings the collections every Horse API and CRUD service needs. Generic containers are not syntactic sugar in Delphi — they are how you build caches, registries, and JSON maps. Sprint 7 ( v2.15.0 ) shipped System.Generics.Collections with working TDictionary<K,V> and TList<T> , including TryGetValue with proper var write-back. What the review documents From Sprint 7 Review : var parameters — Value::Reference , write-back in procedures/functions and TryGetValue . TDictionary::Add / TryGetValue — dispatch in simulate_function_execution ; direct routing for instantiated generics. Parser — generic types with Integer / String in expressions ( TDictionary<String,Integer> ). RTL — rtl/sys/System.Generics.Collections.pas ; semantic layer recognizes Generics.Collections . Tests — generics_collections.rs plus fixtures. Tag v2.15.0 approved. Dictionary pattern in production code program DictDemo ; uses System . SysUtils , System . Generics . Collections ; var D : TDictionary < string , Integer >; V : Integer ; begin D := TDictionary < string , Integer >. Create ; try D . Add ( 'apples' , 3 ); if D . TryGetValue ( 'apples' , V ) then WriteLn ( 'apples = ' , V ); finally D . Free ; end ; end . TryGetValue only writes V when the key exists — the Delphi idiom you expect in services and controllers. Why var was the sprint's hidden hero Before v2.15.0, incomplete var semantics blocked realistic APIs. TryGetValue requires the callee to mutate the caller's variable through a reference. CrabPascal introduced Value::Reference and write-back in procedure dispatch specifically for this surface. Three implementation lessons from the retrospective: D := TDictionary<...>.Create needs normalize_call_name in execute_assignment — not just in direct calls. Generic instance methods must hit intrinsics before empty VMT lookups

To provide SRE as a service, a team built a center of excellence, introducing Federated SREs and roles like production manager and technical tribe lead. They created a culture of data-driven conversations where SLOs and SLAs were democratised. Surviving growing cognitive load meant continuously simplifying architecture and embedding sovereignty and resilience into platform design decisions. By Ben Linders

Apple will introduce age verification in the App Store for users in Texas starting on Thursday, June 4th. The move, as spotted by MacRumors, comes just days after a federal appeals court allowed Texas' App Store Accountability Act to go into effect while a lawsuit against it proceeds. People in Texas who are creating a […]

Influential figures, including Nick Fuentes, have been accused of “hijacking” the murder of Henry Nowak to push a racist agenda.

After shelving the original executive order last month, Donald Trump finally got on board Monday night.