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AI & Machine Learning

1. Meta Business Agent drives AI-powered conversational commerce

Meta has launched Business Agent to automate conversational commerce workflows directly inside its messaging applications. The software allows global retail brands to execute transactions and field support tickets without human intervention. Deploying this architecture places agentic AI directly at the core of social commerce. Meta integrated these workflows natively into Instagram, Messenger, and soon WhatsApp. […] The post Meta Business Agent drives AI-powered conversational commerce appeared ...

2. Scout from M’Soft is the agentic Autopilot that works across M365

Microsoft has announced the wider testing of its new Autopilot feature at the Microsoft Build event this week, backed by a post on the company’s’ website. Autopilots are described as a new category of agents that can work autonomously on a user’s behalf. Microsoft says each Autopilot has its own identity, and so multiple agents […] The post Scout from M’Soft is the agentic Autopilot that works across M365 appeared first on AI News.

3. Amazon brings AI shopping assistant to retailers with Kate Spade

Amazon is offering its AI shopping technology to other retailers through a new Agentic Shopping Assistant built on AWS, with Kate Spade among the first brands to use it. The service allows retailers to build AI shopping assistants for their own websites and apps. Amazon said each deployment can be customised to a retailer’s catalogue, […] The post Amazon brings AI shopping assistant to retailers with Kate Spade appeared first on AI News.

4. How E.ON uses SAP S/4HANA to modernise the grid with AI

Standardising grid data through SAP S/4HANA allows E.ON to modernise infrastructure and execute AI deployments. The utility giant manages infrastructure across three distinct domains: energy grids, customer solutions, and energy infrastructure solutions. Maintaining operations across this scope requires continuous capital expenditure on IT hardware and software maintenance. Leadership initially questioned the business case supporting large-scale […] The post How E.ON uses SAP S/4HANA to modernis...

5. Walmart’s AI workflows meet the realities of the balance sheet

Walmart has reportedly begun limiting employees’ use of an internal AI assistant called Code Puppy after demands placed on the LLM backing the tool were higher than expected. Employees of Walmart were encouraged to use Code Puppy without any stricture or stipulations as to the limits of use, but Walmart is now assigning employees a […] The post Walmart’s AI workflows meet the realities of the balance sheet appeared first on AI News.

6. Microsoft’s Majorana 2 quantum chip is also a case study for agentic AI in R&D

Microsoft’s Majorana 2 quantum chiparrived this week, with numbers that are genuinely difficult to contextualise: qubits 1,000 times more reliable than those of the first generation models, a mean qubit lifetime of 20 seconds against an industry norm measured in microseconds, and a revised roadmap targeting a commercially scalable quantum computer by 2029. Behind those […] The post Microsoft’s Majorana 2 quantum chip is also a case study for agentic AI in R&D appeared first on AI News.

7. Using Scikit-LLM with Open-Source LLMs

This article will teach you how to perform a language task like text classification by integrating locally hosted large language models (LLMs) of manageable size, like Mistral, Gemma, and Llama 3: all for free thanks to Ollama — a free repository for local LLMs — and the Scikit-LLM Python library.

8. How Endava is redesigning software delivery around AI agents

Learn how Endava is using AI agents, ChatGPT Enterprise, and Codex to accelerate software delivery, automate workflows, and build an AI-native culture across the enterprise.

9. Dreaming: Better memory for a more helpful ChatGPT

ChatGPT introduces a new memory system to better remember preferences, keeping context fresh and relevant across conversations.

10. Biodefense in the Intelligence Age

An action plan for AI-powered biological resilience

11. Introducing new capabilities to GPT-Rosalind

GPT-Rosalind advances life sciences research with enhanced biological reasoning, medicinal chemistry expertise, genomics analysis, and experimental workflow capabilities.

12. How Wasmer used Codex to build a Node.js runtime for the edge

See how Wasmer used Codex with GPT-5.5 to build a Node.js runtime for the edge, accelerating development 10x to 20x and shipping in weeks instead of months.

13. OpenAI public policy agenda

OpenAI outlines its public policy agenda for AI, including safety, youth protection, workforce transition, and global standards to ensure AI benefits society.

14. A blueprint for democratic governance of frontier AI

OpenAI outlines a blueprint for U.S. governance of frontier AI, proposing a federal framework for safety, resilience, and national security.

Software Development

1. Cursor cuts prices and adds enterprise spend controls amid “tokenomics” reckoning

If there’s one big takeaway from the AI coding space this week, it’s that the era of flat-rate, all-you-can-code pricing The post Cursor cuts prices and adds enterprise spend controls amid “tokenomics” reckoning appeared first on The New Stack.

2. Google Gemma 4 12B nearly matches 26B benchmarks — and runs on your laptop

Google has introduced Gemma 4 12B, a new model designed to bring high-performance, multi-modal intelligence to standard laptops. Small enough The post Google Gemma 4 12B nearly matches 26B benchmarks — and runs on your laptop appeared first on The New Stack.

3. Snowflake thinks it knows what’s really slowing developers down

Ready or not, the agentic enterprise is here, and the key to enabling it efficiently is being debated from various The post Snowflake thinks it knows what’s really slowing developers down appeared first on The New Stack.

4. Autonomous agents have met their biggest challenge yet: The database.

As large language models evolve from mere chatbots into autonomous agents capable of reasoning, planning, and acting, they are beginning The post Autonomous agents have met their biggest challenge yet: The database. appeared first on The New Stack.

5. Why agentic AI makes the ops platform the most important layer in the enterprise

The biggest obstacle to enterprise AI isn’t models, data science talent, or even infrastructure. It’s operations. Across today’s enterprises, hybrid The post Why agentic AI makes the ops platform the most important layer in the enterprise appeared first on The New Stack.

6. How to dramatically improve enterprise security alert tuning to battle cyberattacks

The number of incoming IT security alerts arriving at enterprise security operations centers (SOCs) today is staggering, with one IT The post How to dramatically improve enterprise security alert tuning to battle cyberattacks appeared first on The New Stack.

7. Why the need for humans won’t disappear in the age of autonomous databases

The promise of fully autonomous systems — databases that manage, heal, and optimize themselves amid rapidly increasing data stores — The post Why the need for humans won’t disappear in the age of autonomous databases appeared first on The New Stack.

8. How to secure Kubernetes in the age of AI workloads

Securing Kubernetes has always been complex — spanning access control, image vulnerabilities, secrets management, and networking. AI workloads make it The post How to secure Kubernetes in the age of AI workloads appeared first on The New Stack.

9. Asana says its new AI “chief of staff” turns your Slack chaos into trackable work

Asana on Thursday unveiled an AI assistant called Dash and a new generation of what the company calls AI “teammates” The post Asana says its new AI “chief of staff” turns your Slack chaos into trackable work appeared first on The New Stack.

10. Nvidia’s best model is now live

After pre-announcing Nemotron 3 Ultra, a 550-billion-parameter open-weight mixture-of-experts model, at Computex, Nvidia on Thursday released the model on platforms The post Nvidia’s best model is now live appeared first on The New Stack.

11. Web Security: OWASP Top 10 and How to Fix Them (2026)

Web Security: OWASP Top 10 and How to Fix Them (2026) Security isn't a feature you add later — it's built into every layer. Here's how the top 10 vulnerabilities work and how to prevent them. #1 Broken Access Control // ❌ Vulnerable: User can access anyone's data app.get('/api/users/:id', (req, res) => { const user = await db.users.findById(req.params.id); res.json(user); // No check if requester owns this data! }); // ✅ Secure: Always verify ownership app.get('/api/users/:id', async (req, res) ...

12. Web Security Basics: Every Developer Must Know (2026)

Web Security: OWASP Top 10 and How to Fix Them (2026) Security isn't a feature you add later — it's built into every layer. Here's how the top 10 vulnerabilities work and how to prevent them. #1 Broken Access Control // ❌ Vulnerable: User can access anyone's data app.get('/api/users/:id', (req, res) => { const user = await db.users.findById(req.params.id); res.json(user); // No check if requester owns this data! }); // ✅ Secure: Always verify ownership app.get('/api/users/:id', async (req, res) ...

13. Amazon S3 Doesn't Hope Hardware Won't Fail. It Assumes It Already Has.

Most engineers build distributed systems hoping nothing breaks. Amazon S3 was engineered under the opposite assumption: that something is already broken, right now, and the system needs to be fine with that. That one mindset shift explains almost everything about how S3 works — and why it's one of the most reliable pieces of infrastructure on the planet. I went through a deep-dive conversation with Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec, VP of Data and Analytics at AWS, and extracted the engineering philosophy ...

14. BurnCPU's First 100 Users: The Most Expensive Mistake of My Career

The most expensive mistake of my career wasn't a line of code; it was a 'yes'. That 'yes' not only cost me money but also severely damaged my reputation, which I had built over years. This was a turning point I experienced when my personal project, which I proudly worked on and named "BurnCPU," reached its first 100 users. Today, with 20 years of system architecture and operations experience, I can clearly see the decisions I made back then and the lessons I've learned since. This post is not ju...

15. What barcode scanning taught me about AI food logging UX

I used to think the best AI food logging flow would be simple: Take a photo, let the model identify the meal, confirm it, done. That works surprisingly well for a lot of meals. But while building MetricSync, I learned the awkward product truth: the best input method changes depending on what is in front of the user. A photo is great for a plate. A barcode is better for packaged food. Text is better when the user already knows what they ate or wants to fix one detail quickly. The mistake is treat...

Programming Languages

1. Elixir v1.20 released: now a gradually typed language

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2. Single responsibility, the distorted principle

Have you ever discussed the Single Responsibility Principle with your coworkers? Take a look at this article, where I explore why this principle might be a problem. What do you think? submitted by /u/Illustrious-Topic-50 [link] [comments]

3. Pandas as a reason to learn Python, even if you’re not doing data science

I wrote a short article about why Pandas is worth learning from a general programming perspective, not just a data science one. A lot of everyday programming work involves tabular data - CSV files, reports, logs, exports, billing data, sales data, inventory data, operational spreadsheets, analytics extracts, etc. You can process that kind of data with loops and dictionaries, SQL, shell tools, or spreadsheets. But Pandas gives Python a very compact and expressive way to do filtering, grouping, ag...

4. Stealing from Biologists to Compile Haskell Faster

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5. Scala Was an Experiment That Changed Programming - Martin Odersky | The Marco Show

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6. A tale about fixing eBPF spinlock issues in the Linux kernel

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7. The Schema Proliferation Problem in Kafka and Flink Pipelines: How to Solve It

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8. Jo's two-world architecture to solve the fine-grained sandboxing problem at compile-time

Jo is a secure programming language that intends to addressing the fine-grained sandboxing problem at compile-time. To make secure programming practical it ends up with a two-world architecture: - confined world: not trusted, no FFI transitively, disciplined, standard library is not trusted - trusted world: trusted, FFI, type cast, language runtime is trusted The two-world architecture makes it possible to establish a security wall inside the language: that makes it easy to confine an untrusted ...

9. Every byte matters

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Game Development

1. Nintendo to debut a Switch 2 model with replaceable batteries in the EU

Starting in February 2027, batteries in many devices will need to be 'easily replaceable,' and Nintendo has signaled it will comply.

2. How the Replaced devs fixed display bloat with a stylish gadget

The Wingman was 'born out of design necessity.'

3. Amazon suggests IO Interactive might not return for 007 First Light sequel

The U.S. company, which holds the rights to the James Bond franchise, has indicated it could take on publishing and perhaps even development duties.

4. PlayerUnknown Productions is laying off staff and halting development on Go Wayback

The studio founded by Brendan 'PlayerUnknown' Greene will operate with a smaller team going forward.

5. Update: Team17 has laid off members of its marketing and communications department

Two employees have been let go.

6. Total consumer spending on games topped $60B in the US in 2025

Over half of those surveyed by the ESA made in-game purchases.

7. Mina the Hollower sells 300,000 copies in three days

Yacht Club Games previously indicated the title's performance would 'make or break' the studio.

Gaming News

1. EA College Football 27 Will Let Your Team Enter The Field To Mass Effect And Battlefield Music

EA Sports is lifting the curtain on both of its American football games, Madden 27 and College Football. Both games will offer plenty of new features both on and off the field, with a major College Football being the ability to customize your team's home stadium in Teambuilder. Part of that stadium-customizing experience is through a new audio suite for your school's fight music, and with that new tool, EA College Football will be digging into the EA vault for inspiration. Eight tracks from past...

2. Madden 27 Finally Adds The League’s Most Controversial Play (And 52 More Things)

The NFL would prefer a calendar that is never truly football-free, and one thing keeping the league in the spotlight during the otherwise quiet month of June is the annual reveal of the next Madden. This year, Madden NFL 27 is following one of the series' best efforts in a long, long time, though last year's game also took some hits as time went on and updates didn't address issues--or even made things worse in some cases. Madden 27 is clearly made with this community feedback in mind, featuring...

3. Ready Your Clown Noses: The Game Reveals We Keep Hoping For Ahead Of SGF 2026

Is there anything quite like the summer game reveal season? First with E3 and now with Summer Game Fest and all the associated publisher-led events, early June is the time when the industry shows off its biggest games. As players, it's also the time when we set absolutely unrealistic expectations and have our hopes crushed underfoot. We all have our perpetual picks for a game we hope to see, but know that we probably won't. For a long time the classic example was Hollow Knight: Silksong, a game ...

4. FIFA World Cup Game Coming To Netflix With Updates Based On How The Tournament Goes

Netflix has announced an officially licensed FIFA Men's World Cup 2026 game, and it'll be playable for all subscribers from their TV, computer, or phone, featuring in-game updates based on how the real-world tournament unfolds. FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition, as it's called, releases on June 11. Described as a "streamlined" soccer/football game, the game uses your phone as the controller, with players swiping their finger to pass and shoot the ball. The game features all 48 teams in the World Cu...

5. Early Amazon Prime Day Deals Are Rolling In

Amazon's Prime Day 2026 event officially runs from June 23 to June 26--but, as is tradition, Amazon is giving shoppers a head start with Early Prime Day Deals. Discounts are now live for all sorts of popular products, including Echo devices, smart glasses, Fire TVs, and Kindles. You'll find all the Early Prime Day Deals on the Amazon hub page, but if you need help sifting through the savings, below you'll find a small collection of our favorites. See all Early Prime Day Deals Remember: Prime Day...

6. You Can Now Preorder Lego’s Biggest Set Ever, The 12,060-Piece Sagrada Família

Lego Sagrada FamĂ­lia (12,060 Pieces) $800 | Releases November 1, 2026 Preorder at Lego Store If you're the type of Lego builder who's always looking for a bigger and better challenge, Lego's newest set is made for you. The Sagrada FamĂ­lia is a whopping 12,060 pieces, making it Lego's largest and most complex set to date. It's exclusively available at the Lego Store and retails for $800. If you're feeling up to the challenge, you can preorder it now in advance of its release on November 1. And if...

7. The Best PS5 Game & Hardware Deals This Week (June 3, 2026)

State of Play brought plenty of big announcements this week, showing off tons of great games that'll be arriving over the next few months and years. But right now you can also cash in on some great PS5 deals, as Days of Play is lingering around until June 10. This means all sorts of games and accessories are available for cheap, and retailers like Amazon and Best Buy are price-matching some of the best digital discounts. As usual, console deals are slim this week. With Sony recently hiking the p...

8. Subnautica 2 Dev Outlines Upcoming Content Drop, Including Brand-New Region

After all of the drama that played out in court, Subnautica 2 has gotten off to a hot start. There's still work to be done on this early-access release, but Unknown Worlds has now shared some of its plans to improve the game and previewed its next big update. In a new video, Subnautica 2 design lead Anthony Gallegos teased the upcoming content drop, which will introduce the Collector Leviathan's home as a new region. That update will feature a new chassis "that brings back one of the most reques...

9. New PC Game Hijinks High From Laid-Off Xbox Developers Challenges You To Become A High School Menace

Sackbird Studios, the independent studio founded by a number of developers who were at ZeniMax Online Studios before Microsoft canceled their new game and laid them off, has announced a new project called Hijinks High. It's an online co-op game where players team up with up to five others to "cause as much ruckus as possible" during a day of high school. The aim is to become "the school's menace." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL4IsR-aNb4 Players can take part in randomized missions where they...

10. Poll: Do you like the new Steam store design, or is it 'hot garbage'?

Valve rolled out a refresh of the Steam store today. Not everyone's happy about it.

11. Final Fantasy 14 housing lottery schedule: how and when to bid, and find out if you've won

Become a virtual homeowner with all the effort and frustration of the real-life deal.

12. Valve really isn't budging: Steam Machine and Steam Frame are still 'shipping this summer,' it insists

Despite the dire hardware and component landscape, it's apparently still happening.

13. Remember when Star Wars and Command & Conquer ruled PC gaming? June in PC Gamer 10, 20, and 30 years ago

Here's what was happening in PC gaming in June 1996, 2006 and 2016.

14. I regret to inform you that you almost certainly overlooked a sick as hell shrimp game on Steam last month

There's still time to correct this grievous error.

15. 'There is no world where it makes sense,' Warframe creative director says of Destiny 2's demise: 'It's unthinkable'

Rebb Ford says Destiny 2 is a victim of businessmen.

Robotics

1. Can surgical robots fly? SS Innovations discusses challenges, solutions

The robotics developer is focusing on providing emergency care in active war zones and beyond. The post Can surgical robots fly? SS Innovations discusses challenges, solutions appeared first on The Robot Report.

2. Proteus gets natural-language ability as Amazon expands European robot deployments

Amazon says Proteus needs no special commands as it plans to deploy the mobile robot, as well as STARK and Vulcan, across Europe. The post Proteus gets natural-language ability as Amazon expands European robot deployments appeared first on The Robot Report.

3. Generalist raises $400M to scale its general-purpose AI models

Generalist claims its system improves average success rates to 99% on tasks where previous models achieved 64%. The post Generalist raises $400M to scale its general-purpose AI models appeared first on The Robot Report.

4. Voyager Technologies acquires Astrobotic to advance lunar initiatives

Voyager intends to accelerate investment to scale Astrobotic’s programs, including lunar and reusable rocket programs. The post Voyager Technologies acquires Astrobotic to advance lunar initiatives appeared first on The Robot Report.

5. Autonomous defense manufacturer Mach Industries raises $300M

Mach Industries will use the funding to accelerate executing government contracts, acquire talent, develop products, and expand its network. The post Autonomous defense manufacturer Mach Industries raises $300M appeared first on The Robot Report.

6. RoboBusiness 2026 opens call for speakers

RoboBusiness 2026, the premier event for developers of commercial robotics and those building robotics businesses, is seeking expert speakers. The post RoboBusiness 2026 opens call for speakers appeared first on The Robot Report.

7. Festo launches lightweight pneumatic gripper and tests GripperAI

Festo has released a compact cobot gripper, and its robot-agnostic GripperAI enables grasping of objects without prior training. The post Festo launches lightweight pneumatic gripper and tests GripperAI appeared first on The Robot Report.

8. Boston University team wins MassRobotics Form & Function Challenge at Robotics Summit

MassRobotics awarded prizes to university teams and showcased healthcare innovators, physical AI developers, and startups. The post Boston University team wins MassRobotics Form & Function Challenge at Robotics Summit appeared first on The Robot Report.

Tech General

1. Founders Fund launches game show starring Sam Altman, Palmer Luckey, and other tech elites

The debut episode, moderated by Founders Fund chief marketing officer Mike Solana, included a star-studded cast of current tech luminaries.

2. Ahead of its IPO, Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei shrugs off doubts about AI’s returns

Anthropic has been growing at a breakneck pace. The company announced that annualized revenue crossed $47 billion in May, up dramatically from roughly $9 billion at the end of 2025. That trajectory faces a real test, though.

3. Airbnb’s Brian Chesky plans to launch a new AI lab

The Airbnb CEO said last year it hasn't struck an LLM partnership because existing products weren't quite ready.

4. Filtr is a new privacy tool that blocks ads in almost every iPhone and Mac app

This popular ad blocker app for iPhones, iPads, and Macs can now block ads from loading inside apps, including web browsers, thanks to a new feature in the latest Apple software.

5. Defense tech, AI, and fundraising take center stage at StrictlyVC Los Angeles on June 18

On Thursday, June 18, at The Aerospace Corporation Campus, investors, founders, and tech leaders will gather for an evening of conversation exploring some of the most consequential shifts taking place across venture capital, defense technology, artificial intelligence, and advanced industry. Secure your spot today.

6. Startup Battlefield is returning to Australia — here’s what happened the last time we came to Sydney

On August 19, Startup Battlefield is returning to Sydney in partnership with Stripe, one of the world's most iconic technology companies. We're taking over Stripe Tour Sydney for a night that the Australian startup ecosystem won't forget.

7. Meta steals a tactic from Tesla and builds data centers in tents

Meta may have found one way to slash its massive data center bill: tents.

8. Apple approves Poke as the first AI agent on its Messages for Business platform

Poke, the startup that lets people use AI agents through simple text messages, has become the first AI agent approved for Apple’s Messages for Business platform.

9. Helion, the Sam Altman-backed fusion startup, raises $465M to build a power plant for Microsoft

Fusion startup Helion is racing to complete a power plant for Microsoft by 2028. A fresh infusion of cash should help with that.

10. Meta’s Oversight Board says account bans lack due process, transparency

Meta's board cites "due process" concerns over account bans. It's also pushing Meta to offer clear information about violations and its use in AI in making its determinations.

11. Valve says it’s ready to launch the Steam Machine this summer

Valve now says that the delayed Steam Machine PC and Steam Frame VR headset are set to launch sometime this summer. In a Thursday blog post detailing its Verified programs for both pieces of hardware, Valve concludes by saying that "We're excited for players to try your titles on the new Steam hardware once they […]

12. Cyberdecks used to look like little laptops, but now they’re getting more personal

DIYer and TikTok user Annike Tan, who goes by @ubeboobey, can carry her cyberdeck around without anyone noticing because it doesn't look like a computer at all. Tan, who has been featured in The Cut and Wired, went viral earlier this year with a mermaid-themed cyberdeck she made inside an old purse. She has since […]

13. Kevin O’Leary agrees to downsize massive Utah data center

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, […]

14. Google is letting social media stars customize their search result page

Google now lets big creators and publishers in the US claim dedicated profiles in Search to highlight things like videos, articles, and their other profiles online. But this feature won't be available to most people or organizations; Google is limiting it to people with at least 100,000 YouTube subscribers, 100,000 followers on Instagram or X, […]

15. Amazon’s new plan for games: James Bond and AI Snoop Dogg

Amazon's gaming strategy has never really been clear. It's been very active in the space: acquiring Twitch, launching its Luna cloud gaming service nearly six years ago, investing heavily in MMOs during the peak of live-service wave, and having access to a huge slate of franchises through Prime Video and the MGM Studios library. Late […]

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