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1. The Nvidia H200 China deal survived the Trump-Xi summit–just not in the way anyone expected

President Trump flew to Beijing, brought Jensen Huang along at the last minute, and left two days later, telling reporters that “something could happen” on chip exports. Nothing did. Not a single Nvidia H200 has shipped to China since Trump first authorised the sales in December 2025, and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told Bloomberg that semiconductor controls were […] The post The Nvidia H200 China deal survived the Trump-Xi summit–just not in the way anyone expected appeared first on ...

2. AI is a matter of power, infrastructure and security: TechEx North America

Although visitors to an event like TechEx North America will always want to see the cutting edge front and centre stage, the nuance and detail brought to the show by the speakers and exhibitors mean that it’s sometimes the smaller considerations that need to play big – at least, in the minds of enterprise decision-makers. […] The post AI is a matter of power, infrastructure and security: TechEx North America appeared first on AI News.

3. Amazon launches Alexa for Shopping as Rufus moves behind the scenes

Amazon has introduced Alexa for Shopping, combining its Rufus shopping chatbot with Alexa+ across its app, website, and Echo Show devices. The assistant can answer product questions, compare items, track prices, and support shopping reminders. It can also handle scheduled shopping actions and eligible automated purchases. The company said Alexa for Shopping combines Rufus’ product […] The post Amazon launches Alexa for Shopping as Rufus moves behind the scenes appeared first on AI News.

4. Prompt Engineering for Agentic AI

You have probably spent time learning how to prompt AI well.

5. Building Vector Similarity Search in PostgreSQL with pgvector

Search works well when users know exactly what they are looking for, but it breaks down when intent is described in natural language.

6. Advancing content provenance for a safer, more transparent AI ecosystem

OpenAI advances AI content provenance with Content Credentials, SynthID, and a verification tool to help people identify and trust AI-generated media.

7. OpenAI and Dell partner to bring Codex to hybrid and on-premise enterprise environments

OpenAI and Dell partner to bring Codex to hybrid and on-premise environments, helping enterprises deploy AI coding agents securely across data and workflows.

1. Google now lets you vibe code native Android apps in AI Studio

Apple may not be a fan of vibe coding, but Google is leaning in. On Tuesday, Google announced that anyone The post Google now lets you vibe code native Android apps in AI Studio appeared first on The New Stack.

2. Google wants to make the web agent-ready

At its I/O developer conference on Tuesday, Google announced a number of new features and specs for how it plans The post Google wants to make the web agent-ready appeared first on The New Stack.

3. Google now lets developers use GPT and Claude in Android Studio

Google is using its annual I/O developers conference to announce quite a few new AI-centric tools for building Android apps. The post Google now lets developers use GPT and Claude in Android Studio appeared first on The New Stack.

4. Google’s Gemini 3.5 Flash beats the frontier models

At its I/O developer conference, Google on Tuesday unveiled two new AI models: Gemini 3.5 Flash, the newest model in The post Google’s Gemini 3.5 Flash beats the frontier models appeared first on The New Stack.

5. Google launches $100 AI Ultra plan and cuts top tier to $200

Google on Tuesday launched a new $ 100-per-month AI Ultra plan that sits neatly between its existing $200 and $20 The post Google launches $100 AI Ultra plan and cuts top tier to $200 appeared first on The New Stack.

6. Valkey just had a 17x year. Its lead maintainer still doesn’t want Redis to die.

Valkey 9.1 is now generally available with a focus on improved efficiency, modularity, and ecosystem tooling for production workloads. At The post Valkey just had a 17x year. Its lead maintainer still doesn’t want Redis to die. appeared first on The New Stack.

7. Anthropic debuts MCP tunnels and self-hosted sandboxes to lock down AI agent infrastructure

Anthropic used its first developer conference, held outside the US in London on Tuesday, to announce new capabilities for Claude Managed The post Anthropic debuts MCP tunnels and self-hosted sandboxes to lock down AI agent infrastructure appeared first on The New Stack.

8. Why production RAG systems give confident, wrong answers at scale

In production RAG systems, the biggest bottleneck usually isn’t the LLM. It’s retrieval. Most teams start with a simple pattern: The post Why production RAG systems give confident, wrong answers at scale appeared first on The New Stack.

9. Steve Yegge’s AI agent orchestration project Gas Town comes to the cloud — and brings the Wasteland with it

Steve Yegge, a longtime software engineer and blogger who spent the best part of two decades at Amazon and Google, The post Steve Yegge’s AI agent orchestration project Gas Town comes to the cloud — and brings the Wasteland with it appeared first on The New Stack.

10. Pulumi bets infrastructure’s next decade belongs to AI agents

A year ago, Pulumi CEO Joe Duffy says, VPs of infrastructure didn’t think “agentic AI” and “infrastructure” belonged in the The post Pulumi bets infrastructure’s next decade belongs to AI agents appeared first on The New Stack.

11. Your fridge could be a threat to national security

On the floor of HumanX, Ryan is joined by Adam Meyers, Senior VP of Counter Adversary Operations at Crowdstrike, for a deep dive on their latest Global Threat Report that tracks over 281 adversaries across nation states, e-crime, and hacktivist organizations.

12. Interviews Aren’t About You (Sorry)

13. “You can't vibe code scale”: What the AI hype gets wrong about software engineering

Because someone still has to own the consequences of what gets built and whether it can function at scale.

14. RabbitMQ vs Kafka: Choosing the Right Messaging System for Real Backend Architectures (part-2)

This is my part-2 of the topic, in case you would like to go beyond basics of RabbitMQ and Kafka have look at my part-1. RabbitMQ vs Kafka: Choosing the Right Messaging System for Real Backend Architectures (part-1) Venkatesan Ramar Venkatesan Ramar Venkatesan Ramar Follow May 18 RabbitMQ vs Kafka: Choosing the Right Messaging System for Real Backend Architectures (part-1) #backend #eventdriven #softwareengineering #systemdesign Comments Add Comment 7 min read Let's dive right into the article. ...

15. Notes + Local AI: Simpler Than You Think

I got caught flat-footed twice by the same customer. I have an office hours call with them almost every week. For a couple of weeks in a row they asked the same question: any update on that issue from last month? I'd written it down both times. I just never turned it into a ticket. Office hours with active customers is some of the best feedback a startup gets. They're in the product, they know what's broken, and they're telling you directly instead of just quietly churning. When they point out y...

1. Raven Software released the Jedi Academy source code in 2013 and the dev comments are crunch rage

So I was thinking about JKA, a game I easily had over 10k hours in back when I was a teen, and stumbled across this piece of history. It turns out that back in 2013, right when Disney bought Lucasfilm and shut down LucasArts, the devs at Raven Software panicked that their work would get locked in a vault forever. So they hastily dumped the entire source code for Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy online. Because it was a sudden dump, they didn't sanitize any of the internal dev comments. The whole th...

2. 314 npm packages just got compromised, 271 @antv, echarts-for-react, size-sensor, timeago.js

atool maintainer account got hacked, and attacker pushed 631 malicious versions across 314 packages in 22 minutes. another day and another attack. it steals everything like AWS keys, GitHub tokens, npm creds, SSH keys, database strings, docker configs, kubernetes tokens. If you have docker socket exposed, it escapes the container with privileged access. submitted by /u/BattleRemote3157 [link] [comments]

3. The just-say-no engineer was a ZIRP phenomenon

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4. Type out the code

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5. The Tacit Dimension: Why Your Best Engineers Can't Tell You What They Know

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6. Using algebra to verify a flight-plan bug fix in Lean

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7. Inverting PhotoDNA

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8. Coding on Paper

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9. Nobody Pushed Back: Why Engineers Stay Silent Until It's Too Late

Most architectural disasters aren't a knowledge problem. The engineers knew. Speaking up just wasn't worth it. submitted by /u/Itchy-Warthog8260 [link] [comments]

1. Fortnite returns to the App Store everywhere except Australia

The Fortnite and Apple legal dispute is, somehow, still far from over.

2. What happened when one game writer tried making a game in 30 days with Godot

What's it like for a narrative designer to learn a game engine from scratch?

3. CI Games and Epic Games terminate Lords of the Fallen II publishing deal

The agreement would have seen the upcoming sequel made available on PC exclusively through the Epic Game Store.

4. Sony increasing the price of PlayStation Plus for new customers

The change will effectively require new Essential subscribers to pay $1 more per month.

5. Obituary: Veteran voice actor Tom Kane has passed away at 64

Actor Tom Kane has passed away at age 64 after a thirty-year career in voice acting.

6. Arc Raiders tops 16 million sales and could be heading to China

More than half of active Arc Raiders players spent over 100 hours in-game during Q1.

7. The Nex Playground is launching in the UK and Ireland

The controller-free console is heading overseas after outselling Xbox on U.S. soil during the 2025 holiday season.

1. Upcoming Open-World RPG Has "Potato" Graphics Setting Below Even Minimum Specs

Indie-RPG Outward 2 is releasing on Steam Early Access on July 7, and developer Nine Dots Studio wants to make sure you know that even if your PC is an ancient-potato rig, the game will run just fine.In a new video announcing the co-op survival RPG's release date and system requirements, Nine Dots revealed the game looks great on max settings with at least a GeForce RTX 40780 and 32GB of RAM. But what Nine Dots really wants people to know is how it runs on some of the worst settings imaginable, ...

2. The Sims 4 Producer Addresses Recent Update And Marketplace Complaints

EA has released another massive base game update for The Sims 4, featuring hundreds of bug-fixes, a new clothing category, and major overhauls to the way Sim-parents interact with Infants and Toddlers. GameSpot spoke to Sims 4 producer Morgan Henry via email to get a better idea of how these new features work, which bugs the team is working on fixing in the near future, and what's next for The Sims franchise.Henry has been a part of The Sims 4 team since 2018, overseeing the production of many o...

3. People Are Turning Real Life Into Fake Video Games And It Actually Looks Cool

Video game menus have a tough job, as they're designed to grab your attention for a brief moment in time. They're an art form to successfully pull off, and on social media, people are taking notice of them. One of the new trends emerging currently is IRL video game menus, as people are turning themselves, friends, and cats into stars for custom-made interfaces for games that sadly don't exist.That doesn't mean that you can't enjoy these quick breaks from reality, and some of these menus are very...

4. Civilization 7 Is A Completely Different Game Following The Test Of Time Update

Firaxis Games and 2K released the highly anticipated Test of Time update for Sid Meier's Civilization VII today, May 19. It's the most substantial update the 4X strategy game has received since its February launch, reworking how Civilization functions and how victories are achieved in ways that radically change the game.When Civilization 7 came out, one way it radically differed from previous games in the series was that it had players pick a new Civilization each time they entered a new age. Th...

5. Forza Horizon 6 Finally Fixes One Of The Series' Most Annoying Aspects

Forza Horizon 6 offers another massive open world to fulfill your every racing and car culture desire, but among all the headlining features it offers, it also addresses a small but annoying milestone of the franchise that has irritatingly been seen in every previous entry in the series: a goal that insists you drive down literally every last stretch of road.There are always hundreds of roads in these games, and you don't get credit for driving on a road until you've driven the whole length of i...

6. A Mythic Diablo 4 Discovery Just Upended Every Top Build

There is now proof that Diablo 4's most powerful and rare items, Mythic Uniques, can appear in Charm form, and it's sending the game's community into a theory-crafting frenzy.Diablo 4's Lord of Hatred expansion released last month and completely retooled how building a character works in Blizzard's ARPG with the introduction of the Talisman and Charms. Charms are essentially passive bonuses players can equip separate from armor and weapons, allowing for even more build customization through addi...

7. Darksiders Warmastered Charges PS5 Players For An Upgrade Xbox Already Gives Away For Free

Darksiders: Warmastered Edition $30 See at Amazon See at Walmart See at Best Buy See at Target Darksiders has returned to consoles, as THQ Nordic has re-released the first game's Warmastered edition on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. The good news is that if you're on Xbox and already own Darksiders for Xbox One, that upgrade is free and brings with it native 4K rendering, 60fps gameplay, and a new Photo Mode.The bad news is that if you're on PS5, upgrading the PS4 edition is going to cost you $10 (via...

8. Xbox Users Want Microsoft To Double Down On What Once Made Xbox Different

Big changes have been happening at Xbox over the last couple of months--from Xbox Game Pass price modifications to an all-caps rebranding--and Microsoft's gaming division is now looking to hear directly from its users with the launch of the Xbox Player Voice.Essentially a hangout for gamers to voice their thoughts and ideas, the Xbox Player Voice is a Reddit-like forum for comments that users can vote on so that its visibility is boosted. Teams analyze feedback and ideas that could potentially b...

9. Log On To Fortnite To Watch 12 Minutes Of The Mandalorian And Grogu

Disney and Fortnite are teaming up to promote the upcoming Star Wars film The Mandalorian and Grogu with a new in-game screening area that will allow players to watch the first 12 minutes of the movie. The map is live right now, and you can find the Mandalorian and Grogu Watch Party Island in the Discover section of the lobby. And the good news is there's more to do there than just watch the clip, since the map is a small open world with quests that players can complete. The activities around th...

10. Xbox Game Pass Players Lose Five More Games In May 2026, Including A GOTY Winner

Say goodbyeMicrosoft has announced the next slate of removals from the Xbox Game Pass library, and there are five games leaving on May 31. It's bad news for fans of Atlus RPGs, as two brilliant games from the company are on their way out. Persona 4: Golden joins GameSpot's 2024 Game of the Year, Metaphor: ReFantazio, in the departures lounge.As a reminder, if you'd like to keep any of these games, you can buy them at a discount as Game Pass subscribers can save up to 20% before they're removed f...

11. Troy Baker and Austin Wintory talk becoming Indiana Jones and writing death metal polkas for Counter-Strike

The key to a great artistic collaboration? Saying yes to every wild idea.

12. Assassin's Creed: Black Flag star Matt Ryan says the term 'voice actor' is outdated: 'You see the performances in the eyes, it blows me away'

"We need to rejig the vernacular."

13. Microsoft says it's going to 'fundamentally raise the bar' on driver quality, reliability and security across Windows

Start your engines.

14. Paralives looks packed with tiny features I've been desperately wanting in The Sims for years

I'm giddy for all these features I could never get from an unmodded Sims.

15. Tom Kane, voice actor whose work spanned Star Wars: KOTOR to The Powerpuff Girls' dad, dies aged 64

"His voice became part of our lives, our memories, and the stories we carry with us."

1. Robots Could Turn E-Waste Into a Source of Legacy Chips

Electronic waste is moving up on regulatory agendas in 2026: New European waste-shipment rules, expanded recycling fees on products with non-removable batteries in California, and an e-waste import ban in Malaysia, for example, are all increasing pressure to recover more value before electronics are shredded or exported.The world is projected to generate 82 million tonnes of e-waste annually by 2030, according to the United Nations’ most recent Global E-Waste Monitor report in 2024. The report e...

2. Home Robot Safety Is All About Relationships

The International Standards Organization (ISO) is updating its 12-year-old safety requirements for personal care robots. A lot has happened since the last revision, both on the technology side and with researcher’s understanding of safety for humans collaborating with domestic robots. The proposed ISO update addresses hazard identification, risk assessment, and different use scenarios. It does not, however, set limits, propose testing methods, or have enforcement mechanisms that might address th...

3. What Makes a Job Dull, Dirty, or Dangerous?

For years, the field of robotics has used the terms “dull, dirty, and dangerous” (DDD) to describe the types of tasks or jobs where robots might be useful—by doing work that’s undesirable for people. A classic example of a DDD job is one of “repetitive physical labor on a steaming hot factory floor involving heavy machinery that threatens life and limb.”But determining which human activities fit into these categories is not as straightforward as it seems. What exactly is a “dull” task, and who m...

4. Agentic AI for Robot Teams

This presentation highlights recent efforts at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to advance agentic AI for collaborative robotic teams. It begins by framing the core challenges of enabling autonomy, coordination, and adaptability across heterogeneous systems, then introduces a scalable architecture designed to support agentic behaviors in multi-robot environments. The talk concludes with key challenges encountered and practical lessons learned from ongoing research and development.Key...

1. Google takes a page out of Meta’s book, announces new audio-powered smart glasses

Google is calling the new devices "audio glasses," in that users will be able to issue verbal commands to them and get things done via its ecosystem of apps and services, including Gemini.

2. Google’s Genie world model can now simulate real streets with Street View

Google DeepMind is integrating Street View with Project Genie to create immersive, interactive world simulations for robotics, gaming, and travel, allowing users to explore environments, weather changes, and rare scenarios.

3. With Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google bets its next AI wave on agents, not chatbots

Google launched Gemini 3.5 Flash, its most powerful coding and agentic AI model yet, at the company's annual developer conference. It is capable of autonomously executing complex tasks and building software from scratch.

4. How to use Google’s new information agents

Google is launching AI-powered “information agents” that can monitor topics in the background and proactively alert users to updates and changes.

5. Google Search as you know it is over

Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce traffic to publishers across the web.

6. Google’s AI now lets you talk to your Gmail inbox

Google expands Gmail’s AI Inbox with conversational voice search, letting users ask Gemini to find buried email details.

7. Google’s AI Studio now lets anyone build Android apps in minutes

Google unveiled new web-based AI tools that can generate native Android apps in minutes, as the company expands its push into AI-powered software development.

8. Google just declared itself a contender in AI design

The tech giant says it's designed the app to be accessible to everyone, from teachers to small business owners.

9. Google updates its Gemini app to take on ChatGPT and Claude

The updates signal Google’s push to turn its Gemini app into an all-purpose AI hub rather than a stand-alone chatbot.

10. Agentic app coding gets an upgrade with Google’s release of Android CLI

Google is embracing the rise of AI coding agents with new Android tools designed to work with platforms like Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex, allowing developers — or their AI assistants — to build Android apps faster from the command line.

11. Kickstarter just killed its new mature content rules

Last week, we noted Kickstarter's new content guidelines, which had some pretty weird new additions, including a prohibition on "sexual wellness products that are not designed for insertion or penetration and are not marketed primarily for sexual gratification." Those rules have now been eliminated and the company has restored an earlier version of its guidelines. […]

12. Gemini will use Volvo’s external cameras to interpret parking signs

Gemini is gaining the power of sight and mobility. Today at the I/O conference, Google and Volvo announced that the AI-powered assistant will be able to access external cameras in the upcoming EX60 SUV to help explain and interpret its surroundings to vehicle owners. The upgrade is possible thanks to Volvo's use of Google's embedded […]

13. The 13 biggest announcements at Google I/O 2026

Google's I/O 2026 keynote today was once again full of AI-related announcements including a new family of Gemini 3.5 AI models, new features for Search and Gmail, and updates about its Project Aura smart glasses. If you weren't able to tune into the event's livestream today or follow along with our live blog, you can […]

14. Google wants to compete with Anthropic’s Mythos

Google is making a big push into cybersecurity. At I/O, the company announced that it was inviting select groups of experts to test the API for CodeMender, an "AI agent for code security" it debuted last October. The difference is that Google is now making the tool more widely available externally - and marketing it […]

15. Google can now vibe-code you an Android app

Google is announcing a major upgrade to one of its vibe coding platforms: Beginning today, you can now use AI Studio to build native Android apps. With Google AI Studio, you can prompt your idea for an app and preview it with an embedded emulator of Android. When you want to try it out on […]