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AMD and Stability AI launch the industry's first Stable Diffusion 3.0 Medium AI model optimized for AMD's XDNA 2 NPUs, designed to run locally on Ryzen laptops (Anton Shilov/Tom's Hardware)

AMD unveils industry-first Stable Diffusion 3.0 Medium AI model generator tailored for XDNA 2 NPUs — designed to run locally on Ryzen AI laptops
An offline image generator for XDNA 2 NPUs.

L’industrie de défense française au défi de sa « montée en cadence » face Š l’augmentation des menaces
https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2025/07/21/defense-le-defi-industriel-de-la-montee-en-cadence_6622690_3234.htm…

L’industrie de défense française au défi de sa « montée en cadence » face à l’augmentation des menaces
Le ministère des armées demande aux grands groupes industriels de produire plus et plus vite. Une gageure alors que les sous-traitants sont souvent le maillon faible de la chaîne de fabrication.

"The water industry: a return to public ownership should still be on the table" 👍
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/21/the-guardian-view-on-the-water-industry-a-return-to-pub…

The music industry is developing tools to detect AI-generated music across the music pipeline, with a focus on licensing and control rather than takedowns (Jack Buehrer/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-int

The music industry is building the tech to hunt down AI songs
With no way to stop the onslaught of AI music, the industry is taking a different approach: figuring out how to make money off of it.

Just published 🚀: MCP server integration in Visual Studio
#visualstudio

heise | macOS: Stable Diffusion in die eigene App integrieren
Ohne Training, aber mit dem vollen Potenzial von Apples Hardware: So binden Sie den Text-zu-Bild-Generator in Ihre eigene App ein.
https://www.

Microsoft’s 2025 work trend index report found that many workers are increasingly grappling with “infinite workdays”,
which start before sunrise and stretch late into the night.
They are interrupted by some 270 pinging notifications along the way, about one every two minutes.
https://www.…

Breaking down the infinite workday
To unlock AI’s full potential, we need to clear one key barrier. A follow-up to the 2025 Work Trend Index.

Seoul police's cybercrime unit apprehended three people, including one airline crew member, in February and March on suspicion of selling K-Pop boy band BTS's flight details to brokers, a violation of the Personal Information Protection Act.

Airline staffer faces indictment for selling BTS flight details
An airline employee who allegedly sold the flight information of BTS and other celebrities to brokers is now facing indictment, the K-pop boy band's agency HYBE said Tuesday. According to the agency’s...

The music industry is developing tools to detect AI-generated music across the music pipeline, with a focus on licensing and control rather than takedowns (Jack Buehrer/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-int

The music industry is building the tech to hunt down AI songs
With no way to stop the onslaught of AI music, the industry is taking a different approach: figuring out how to make money off of it.

Microsoft says it is testing a new aggregated gaming library in the Xbox PC app for Windows 11 with Xbox Insiders, integrating "leading PC storefronts" (Jez Corden/Windows Central)
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-g

Starting this week, the Xbox PC app will integrate 'leading PC gaming stores' for Xbox Insiders — with no mention of Steam
Although the blog post doesn't say which PC stores are going to be integrated, at the very least, you'll be able to access Battle.net games directly from the Xbox PC app from next week.