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Employee management startup Warp today said it has raised 60 million in new funding to expand a platform that uses artificial intelligence to run payroll and other back-office work with little staff i

This release brings the HFresh disk-based vector index and the built-in MCP Server to general availability, rebuilds cluster-wide async replication to run from a single scheduler (on by default), and

It’s been hard to look away from headlines about the European heat wave this week. Temperatures are breaking records across the continent, and the weather is threatening lives, shutting down schools,

At CVPR 2026, Lambda ran a live demo for two and a half days: Claude Code teaching Google's Gemma 4 to play a Tetris-like game. Claude Code started with a Gemma 4 model that couldn't play at all. It p

IBM's nanostack is a chip architecture that stacks multiple layers of transistors vertically to increase transistor density and computing power within a smaller physical footprint. This 3D approach en

Serverless PostgreSQL is a managed database service that abstracts away infrastructure management, allowing users to run PostgreSQL databases without provisioning or managing servers. This approach en

A serverless database for AI applications should prioritize scalability, low latency, and seamless integration with machine learning workflows, eliminating the need for infrastructure management. Key

This article from Allen AI discusses how hybrid models that combine different prediction approaches perform across various token types, likely comparing their effectiveness on common tokens versus rar

Lucas Ropek / TechCrunch: YouTube rolls out changes to Shorts, including adding a setting to double playback speed, eliminating the “dislike” button, and more — YouTube is rolling out a series of chan

NASA cancelled the Exploration Upper Stage (EUS) after spending more than $3.5 billion with no operational flights, opting instead to shift toward commercial hardware like Centaur V. On February 26, 2

IBM Research presents a framework for benchmarking quantum optimization algorithms, addressing the need for standardized methods to evaluate quantum computing performance on optimization problems. The

NVIDIA NeMo AutoModel is a tool designed to accelerate the fine-tuning process of transformer models by automating model selection and configuration. The solution leverages NVIDIA's NeMo framework to

Speculative decoding is a technique for reducing inference latency in large language models by using a smaller, faster model to generate candidate tokens that are then verified by a larger model in pa

This article discusses a collaboration between AMD and Vultr to implement AI solutions in the property insurance sector, leveraging AMD's processors and Vultr's cloud infrastructure. The partnership l

To gain a better understanding of the longer-term impact that autonomous agents will have on the nature of work, Dell Technologies Inc. has been taking a closer look at how AI is already changing how

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: AI creative tools startup Krea, which has raised $83M and claims to have 30M users, releases the open weights for its image model Krea 2 under a custom license — While many

In this post, you will learn how to build an end-to-end integration between Snowflake semantic views and Amazon Quick. The sample data is user review data for a media company. You start by loading mov

Anthropic's Claude API now supports multiplayer agent capabilities that enable multiple Claude instances to collaborate within Slack, with features for proactive behavior and persistent state manageme

When I was 18, I skipped my high school graduation and headed to Kuwait. It was 1991, the first Gulf War had just ended, and the country was in complete chaos. There was little to no electricity, asid

Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Amazon plans to expand Amazon Now to 300+ Indian cities and towns, up from 100 at present, as CEO Andy Jassy visits India; a source says he is set to meet Modi — Amazon.

Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: An Amazon seller reveals how middlemen on chat apps offer access to Amazon employees who allegedly grant favors, like reinstating suspended accounts, for a fee — Middlemen l

Kevin Schaul / Washington Post: An analysis of GPT-5.5, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Grok 4.3, Gab's Arya, and other AI models: most chatbots frequently provide left-leaning responses to political prompts — Excerp

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: An interview with Bob Iger on stepping down as Disney's CEO, his legacy, new CEO Josh D'Amaro, Bob Chapek, Apple, Disney+, purchasing Pixar, AI, and more — For two dec

Anthropic PBC today unveiled a new version of its chatbot Claude that lives inside Slack, where it operates like a virtual employee. It’s called Claude Tag, and it’s designed to work across entire org

Is Argentum AI building the financing layer for the AI infrastructure boom? Yesterday, Barron’s reported that Argentum AI, the infrastructure startup led by Andrew Sobko and backed by Supermicro, had

Reuters: Binance says it will make a fresh push for permission to operate in the EU after its MiCA license application in Greece failed ahead of the June 30 deadline — Crypto platform Binance intends

In this post, you will learn how to build a voice agent that handles appointment reminder conversations using Amazon Nova 2 Sonic and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore. The agent authenticates patients by voic

Eduardo Baptista / Reuters: Chinese cybersecurity company 360 unveils new AI tools: Tulongfeng, which it claims is “China's version of Mythos”, and Yitianzhen, to automate cyber defense — Chinese cybe

Thomas Claburn / The Register: Cloudflare partners with Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla on PACT, a protocol to distinguish legitimate human or bot traffic from undesirable network requests — Makers of

Data protection provider Commvault Systems Inc. today said it has signed a multiyear partnership with Microsoft Corp. that will see its data security and cyber recovery technology offered as a native

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) says her staff used AI for 'spellcheck' in an amendment summary for a major defense bill, but denies it was used for the bill text itself and says 'NO Legislation is ever

Voice artificial intelligence testing startup Coval Inc. revealed today that it has raised 28 million in new funding to expand its platform as more enterprises put voice agents into production. Founde

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Customer engagement service MoEngage acquires Aampe, whose AI agents help brands personalize messaging, for “tens of millions”, per a source; Aampe raised ~$28M — Indian cu

Databricks achieved the highest position in execution and furthest advancement in vision within the Gartner Magic Quadrant for the second consecutive year, reflecting its leadership in the data and an

Bloomberg: Digital advocacy firms like CiviClick and Influent appear to use AI to generate mass public comments on local energy projects, mostly favoring fossil fuel use — From California to North Car

Bobby Allyn / NPR: Documents: Meta's planned prediction markets app will use Meta AI models to generate questions from trending topics, make recommendations, and resolve markets — Meta is planning to

A Tesla Model 3 crashed into a residential home in Katy, Texas, killing a 76-year-old grandmother, with the driver claiming Autopilot was active at the time. Elon Musk disputed the claim, and Tesla's

To maintain business continuity, you need a robust data-backup strategy. While multi-region backups offer the highest availability, many organizations want a more cost-effective way to protect their d

Europe is in the middle of a record-breaking heat wave, and the grid is being pushed to its limits as people turn to fans and air-conditioning to try to stay cool. Some power plants won’t be online to

French researchers designed experimental glass tubes mimicking wine bottle necks and used fluorescent sensors to track oxygen movement through corks over 18 months without opening them. By varying cor

The FCC is considering new rules that would require phone companies to collect government IDs and physical addresses from customers to combat scam calls and robocalls. Privacy advocates warn the propo

Figma has revealed some new design and coding product updates at its annual Config conference that aim to help creatives 'push their ideas further' and automate tedious tasks with AI. Part of this is

Formula E announced its first calendar for the 2026-27 GEN4 era featuring a record 21 races across 13 cities, with three new permanent circuit venues including COTA in Austin, Brands Hatch in London,

Gartner published a market guide analyzing specialty cloud providers, with Vultr receiving recognition in the assessment. The guide likely evaluates providers offering specialized cloud services beyon

GLM 5.2 Fast, a faster variant of the GLM language model, is now available through Wafer on Vercel's AI Gateway. This integration allows developers to access the optimized model through Vercel's platf

Chris Welch / Bloomberg: Google Home Speaker review: the $100 speaker, the company's first such device in six years, works for Gemini power users but has underwhelming music playback — The Google Home