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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. Anthropic IPO filing marks AI maturing into enterprise utility

Anthropic’s IPO filing marks the maturation of generative AI from a research-heavy venture phase into a stabilised enterprise utility. Model developers operating in private markets have prioritised rapid iteration and maximum compute performance over predictable billing cycles. Taking a foundational provider public aligns those engineering goals with standard corporate procurement, introducing structured release schedules and […] The post Anthropic IPO filing marks AI maturing into enterprise ut...

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

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. I built a tool that generates TypeScript fixtures from interfaces and Zod schemas

Every TypeScript project reaches the same point: you've defined your types, now you need mock data for tests, Storybook stories, or local dev. You end up hand-writing the same boilerplate mockUser, mockProduct, mockOrder objects over and over. I built FixtureKit to fix that — a free developer tool, not a product pitch. What it does Paste a TypeScript interface, type, or a Zod z.object(...) schema → get a copy-ready export const mock… TypeScript fixture. Try it: https://fixture-kit.vercel.app Inp...

12. Your API has thousands of LLM consumers. None of them can read your changelog.

Sometime in the last eighteen months, the consumer base of every public API changed, and almost nobody updated their testing strategy. If you publish an API today — even an internal one with an OpenAPI spec on a Confluence page — you have consumers you didn't onboard, didn't issue a key to, didn't notify on deprecation, and can't reach with a changelog. Those consumers are language models, and the agents people are building on top of them. Some of them learned your API last week. Some learned it...

13. TypeScript - Drawing your Schemas with VTS Editor

Introduction In the previous article I described how I split larger TypeScript projects into several sub-projects, with a schemas package at the bottom that contains all shared types and runtime validators based on vts. That setup works well, but it has one weakness: writing the schemas by hand. A typical vts schema looks like this: export const UserSchema = Vts.object({ id: Vts.string({description: 'User identifier'}), status: Vts.enum(StatusEnum), profile: ProfileSchema, }, { description: 'Use...

14. Lynt: Turning a Hackathon Prototype into a Real AI Résumé Product (GitHub Finish-Up-A-Thon)

This is a submission for the GitHub Finish-Up-A-Thon Challenge Loom link: https://www.loom.com/share/d4ac87a0474f4a9eb10e4ebedad5b7a7 What I Built Lynt is an AI-powered résumé and cover-letter builder with a visual editor, live print-accurate preview, one-click PDF export, and a public shareable page. The core idea is not just generating text with AI — but letting AI apply structured edits directly into the document while preserving layout, formatting, and history. Users can rewrite bullets, reo...

15. Why a Runnable Repo Is Not Always a Trustworthy Repo

A repo can run and still be hard to trust. That sounds strange at first. If the app starts, the build completes, or the tests pass, the repo is working, right? Not always. A runnable repo proves that something executed under some conditions. A trustworthy repo explains those conditions, makes the path repeatable, and gives humans, CI, automation, and AI agents enough evidence to understand what happened. That difference matters more as software teams rely on AI-assisted development. For a human,...

Programming Languages

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

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2. 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...

3. 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]

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. 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 ...

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

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

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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. 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...

2. 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...

3. 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...

4. 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...

5. Backrooms Director Praises Valve’s “Integrity” For Not Making Sequels Just For Money

Kane Parsons, the 20-year-old director of one of 2026's most successful movies in Backrooms, is also a big fan of game developer Valve and specifically how the company is known to select its projects. Given the enormous success of Backrooms, people are naturally wondering what he's going to do next, and Parsons teased that "stuff may already be moving a little bit." Speaking on The Town podcast, Parsons singled out Valve as the closest comparison to what he would call his North Star in terms of ...

6. Devil May Cry’s Anime Was Secretly A Movie Trilogy All Along, And Season 3 Is The End

Netflix's Devil May Cry Netflix has dropped some good and bad news for fans of its Devil May Cry animated adaptation, as it has confirmed that the show will be back for a third and final season. Showrunner Adi Shankar also addressed how the third season will bring the first--and only--arc of Devil May Cry to a close, and it represents the culmination of the story he aimed to tell. But with one season left to go, he hinted at how he's planning to do something different. "This was always Dante's D...

7. NBA The Run Already Beats NBA 2K In One Key Area

NBA The Run is much more fun than I expected. Built as a revival of the arcade take on basketball games seen in titles such as NBA Jam and, more specifically, NBA Street, I thought I knew what I was getting into and yet it really surprised me. This is partly because of how the team at Play By Play Studios, built from some former EA Sports developers, ensured that defense is as powerful as offense. Playing against Wemby was a pain because his alien-like frame allowed him to consistently block my ...

8. All CoD: Black Ops 7 And Warzone Season 4 Weapons And How To Unlock Them

Call of Duty Season 4 arrives in Black Ops 7 and Warzone on June 4, and Activision has detailed six weapons you can earn throughout the season. Season 4 expands the weapon pool with new guns and an additional melee weapon, and they can all be earned for free. In this guide, we’ll highlight all the new Season 4 weapons in Call of Duty and how you can unlock them. The Season 4 roadmap for Black Ops 7 and Warzone details a brand-new battle pass, more multiplayer maps, additional Zombies maps, and F...

9. Forza Horizon 6: Pitcher Perfect Photo Challenge Location

Forza Horizon 6's introductory festival playlist, Welcome to Japan, has now moved into the Winter season--and it's brought a fresh set of challenges along with it. One of these is the Pitcher Perfect Photo Challenge, which requires you to find and take a photo inside a baseball stadium somewhere in Japan. No worries, though, as we've got everything you need to know below. Here's how to complete the Pitcher Perfect Photo Challenge in Forza Horizon 6. Pitcher Perfect Photo Challenge location in Fo...

10. Summer Grade Fest: How Many SGF Live 2025 Announcements Panned Out?

While June usually marks the end of the school year for kids around the country, in the video game world, June is just the beginning. Summer Game Fest Live kicks off a busy reveal season for indie and AAA gaming alike, but sometimes what's shown on stage doesn't always make it to your home console or PC. With SGF Live 2026 on the horizon, we're looking back at last year's show to evaluate how many of those games did make it to shelves, how many are still in development, and how many, if any, wer...

11. A Persona 6 announcement may be incoming

Supposed leaked images have reportedly been taken down due to copyright complaints.

12. Everyone in Rust is getting a new face

Player models are getting overhauled for the first time in a decade.

13. 'We have a great relationship with IO Interactive,' Amazon says, but it won't commit to bringing the studio back for future Bond games

Amazon says "it’s still too early to discuss future projects."

14. 'What was unravelling is suddenly stabilizing': Destiny 2's last update is getting an absurd 71 pages of patch notes, but its story is closing with a shrug

At least that big, beautiful orb is back where it belongs.

15. One mad lad has spent the past 3 years remixing hundreds of classic metal songs in the Doom midi soundfont

Hell yeah dude.

Robotics

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo recap

Listen to the podcast this week as The Robot Report editorial staff recaps the recent Robotics Summit & Expo from Boston. The post 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo recap appeared first on The Robot Report.

9. Petal Surgical adds more funding for incisionless surgical robot

Petal said its incisionless surgery method could create a new standard of care, making advanced treatments safer, more accessible and less traumatic for patients worldwide. The post Petal Surgical adds more funding for incisionless surgical robot appeared first on The Robot Report.

10. FORT Robotics acquires Mapless AI to expand teleop capabilities

While FORT has traditionally worked with technology in industrial environments, Mapless AI brings experience in more unstructured settings. The post FORT Robotics acquires Mapless AI to expand teleop capabilities appeared first on The Robot Report.

Tech General

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

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Meta rolls out a new AI creator assistant on Facebook

Creators often have to parse through charts and dashboards to understand their performance, but with the new AI assistant, they can get quick answers to questions like "When should I post?" and "What are people saying in my comments?"

6. What to expect from WWDC 2026: Siri’s highly anticipated revamp and Apple Intelligence updates

Apple's WWDC nears: Here's what you can look forward to.

7. A burglar used a Waymo to steal yoga clothes in San Francisco — and got away with it

The incident helps shed some new light on how Waymo treats and stores the footage captured by its robotaxis.

8. Cash App launches a wand for tap-and-pay

Cash App plans to launch more tap-to-pay tags.

9. Waymo’s spent robotaxi batteries will be used as grid storage

The company announced a deal with B2U Storage Solutions to repurpose the battery packs as Waymo pulls them off the road.

10. Ramp raises $750M at $44B valuation as investors hunger for fintechs with an AI story

Ramp has nearly tripled its valuation over the past year as investors scramble to grab a part of the fast-growing startup.

11. 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 […]

12. 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, […]

13. 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, […]

14. 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 […]

15. Belkin’s new Joy-Con grips also boost the Switch 2’s battery life

Most of Belkin's Switch 2 accessories are designed to either protect or power up Nintendo's latest handheld, like its Charging Case Pro that actually does both at the same time. Its new multitasking Charging Grip can also add three or four more hours of playtime through an included 10,000mAh battery pack, while improving the Switch […]

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