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AI & Machine Learning

1. How C3 AI agents will automate predictive maintenance for Shell

Shell will use agents from C3 AI to shift from basic anomaly detection towards fully-automated predictive maintenance. The global energy giant is building on their current use of the C3 AI Reliability Suite, which already keeps tabs on more than 30,000 crucial pieces of equipment across upstream and downstream operations. Shell now intends to lean […] The post How C3 AI agents will automate predictive maintenance for Shell appeared first on AI News.

2. 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 ...

3. Building Semantic Search with Transformers.js and Sentence Embeddings

You've probably shipped this bug before, where a user types " affordable laptop " into your search bar and gets zero results.

Software Development

1. β€œWhoever builds the most joyous product wins”: The agent war begins

At Snowflake Summit 26 this week in San Francisco, the conversation moved into a new direction. If last year’s focus The post β€œWhoever builds the most joyous product wins”: The agent war begins appeared first on The New Stack.

2. Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job

β€œI’ve been doing this since the ’90s β€” decades of building guardrails to prevent humans from breaking production. We’re now The post Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job appeared first on The New Stack.

3. From Jupyter Notebook to production: How to ship AI systems that actually work

Moving from experimentation to production in AI requires a transformation of mindset, architecture, and engineering discipline. There’s no API wrappers The post From Jupyter Notebook to production: How to ship AI systems that actually work appeared first on The New Stack.

4. OpenClaw used Gavriel Cohen’s code and exposed the AI Agent accountability problem

I’m Matt Burns, Chief Content Officer at Insight Media Group. Each week, I round up the most important AI developments, The post OpenClaw used Gavriel Cohen’s code and exposed the AI Agent accountability problem appeared first on The New Stack.

5. Replit shows how vibe coding is getting its own financial stack β€” and a path to profit

Making apps is easier than it’s ever been, but making money from them is another matter entirely. While almost anyone The post Replit shows how vibe coding is getting its own financial stack β€” and a path to profit appeared first on The New Stack.

6. Cloudflare aqui-hires VoidZero: Did a piece of the open web just stabilize, or become more brittle?

Cloud network security and content delivery network company Cloudflare announced its acquisition of VoidZero this week, and VoidZero founder Evan The post Cloudflare aqui-hires VoidZero: Did a piece of the open web just stabilize, or become more brittle? appeared first on The New Stack.

7. Cursor cuts prices and adds enterprise spend controls amid β€œtokenomics” 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 β€œtokenomics” reckoning appeared first on The New Stack.

8. Google Gemma 4 12B nearly matches 26B benchmarks β€” 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 β€” and runs on your laptop appeared first on The New Stack.

9. 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.

10. 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.

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Ryan welcomes back Tanya Janca, now part of the OWASP Top 10 team, to discuss what changed in the latest OWASP Top 10 release, how the list shifted from β€œoutdated components” to a broader software supply chain focus, and why they added memory safety and vibe-coding as awareness items.β€‹β€‹β€‹β€‹β€Œο»Ώβ€ο»Ώβ€‹β€β€‹β€β€Œβ€ο»Ώο»Ώβ€Œο»Ώβ€‹β€β€Œβ€β€β€Œβ€Œβ€β€Œο»Ώβ€Œβ€β€β€Œβ€Œβ€ο»Ώβ€β€‹β€β€‹β€β€‹ο»Ώβ€β€β€‹β€β€‹β€β€Œο»Ώβ€‹ο»Ώβ€Œβ€β€‹β€Œβ€Œβ€ο»Ώβ€β€Œβ€β€β€Œβ€Œο»Ώβ€Œβ€‹β€Œο»Ώβ€β€Œβ€‹β€ο»Ώβ€β€Œβ€β€β€Œβ€Œβ€ο»Ώο»Ώβ€‹β€β€‹β€β€‹β€ο»Ώβ€‹β€‹β€β€‹β€β€Œβ€β€β€‹β€Œο»Ώβ€‹β€β€Œβ€β€Œβ€Œβ€Œβ€β€Œβ€β€‹β€β€‹β€β€‹ο»Ώβ€β€β€‹β€β€‹β€β€Œβ€β€β€‹β€Œο»Ώβ€Œβ€‹β€Œο»Ώβ€Œβ€‹β€Œο»Ώβ€‹β€‹β€Œο»Ώβ€‹ο»Ώβ€‹ο»Ώβ€β€β€‹β€ο»Ώο»Ώβ€‹β€ο»Ώο»Ώβ€Œβ€β€‹ο»Ώβ€Œβ€ο»Ώβ€Œβ€Œο»Ώβ€‹ο»Ώβ€‹β€ο»Ώβ€β€Œο»Ώβ€‹ο»Ώβ€Œο»Ώβ€Œβ€‹β€Œβ€β€‹β€Œβ€Œβ€β€‹ο»Ώβ€Œβ€β€ο»Ώβ€Œβ€ο»Ώο»Ώβ€Œο»Ώβ€Œβ€β€Œβ€β€Œβ€Œβ€Œο»Ώβ€‹β€β€Œβ€β€Œβ€β€Œβ€ο»Ώ...

12. Building a LangGraph RAG Agent from Scratch β€” with a Live UI That Shows Every Step

I built a learning project that teaches LangChain and LangGraph step by step β€” starting from a raw LLM call and ending with a full ReAct agent backed by RAG, streamed over SSE to a React UI that visualises every node in the agent loop in real time. This post walks through the whole thing: what each concept does, how it connects to the next, and how the live pipeline view works. What we're building frontend/ ← React + Vite chat UI (live agent loop visualisation) backend/ ← FastAPI server wrapping...

13. SEO Didn't Die. Distribution Did.

SEO Didn't Die. Distribution Did. After building multiple AI products, I kept hearing the same advice: "Create more content." "Publish more blogs." "Work on your SEO." So I did. And something strange happened. The content wasn't the problem. Distribution was. The Shift Nobody Talks About For years, the internet worked like this: Content β†’ Search β†’ Clicks β†’ Customers If you created useful content and optimized it well, people could eventually find you. Today that model is changing. Users ask Chat...

14. Why mobx-react-form Is the Best Form Library You're Not Using

If you build forms in React, you've probably tried Formik, React Hook Form, or final-form. They're good. But if you deal with complex, deeply nested, multi-step forms β€” the kind that make you question your life choices β€” there's a better tool. mobx-react-form combines MobX reactivity with a powerful form state engine. Here's why it deserves your attention. 1. Nested Fields Without the Pain Real forms aren't flat. Take an invoice: you have a customer section, a shipping address, and a variable nu...

15. How to Orchestrate Autonomous Sub-Agents Without Blowing Your LLM Context Window

We have all hit the "monolithic LLM wall." You design an incredibly capable AI agent, arm it with a suite of tools, and give it a complex, multi-step taskβ€”like writing a comprehensive technical paper complete with data analysis, web research, and code verification. At first, it works beautifully. But as the steps accumulate, the context window fills up. The agent begins to experience "attention drift." It forgets its original instructions, hallucinates tool outputs, and eventually spins out of c...

Programming Languages

1. The perils of UUID primary keys in SQLite

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2. Stop Using Conventional Commits

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3. The cover of C++: The Programming Language raises questions not answered by the cover

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4. Configuration flags are where software goes to rot

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5. You Don't Love systemd Timers Enough

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6. A faster bump allocator for rust

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7. JPEG compression deep dive

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8. Using local ClickHouse for data processing

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9. My Software North Star

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10. From open source hits to OpenAI (Changelog Interviews #682)

This week I'm talking with Max Stoiber, currently working on ChatGPT's plugin directory and app platform at OpenAI. We discuss the hundreds of open source projects nobody remembers alongside the big ones like react-boilerplate and styled-components, how Spectrum became part of GitHub and eventually helped shape GitHub Discussions, the founder growth that came from building Stellate, the GraphQL cache that turned into a dual acquisition by Shopify and The Guild, and why ChatGPT apps feel like a n...

Game Development

1. Paramount unveils new 'unified' Paramount Games Studio

The freshly unveiled studio will house all current Paramount and Skydance game studios moving forward.

2. Microsoft and Valve sued, PlayStation's first party downturn, and could a UK social media ban impact games? - Patch Notes #55

Plus: Atari acquires Hipster Whale and Mina the Hollower hits 300,000 sales.

3. 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.

4. HP Anyware is being sunset: A practical guide for postproduction teams

Unsupported remote infrastructure during an active production can quickly become a security, compliance, and operational problem. As deadlines tighten and remote collaboration remains essential, postproduction teams face increasing pressure to maintain high-performance, secure access to editorial and finishing systems without disrupting artists, editors, or reviewers.HP has officially ended new-customer sales of HP Anyware. According to HP’s Trust Center, the Anyware Trust Center and Trusted Zer...

Gaming News

1. Hitman Classic Trilogy Remasters Are Coming, See The Improved Graphics

While fans await the next mainline Hitman game, IO Interactive and Saber Interactive have announced that the original three games in the series are being remastered in a bundle called the Hitman Classic Trilogy Remastered. Specifically, Hitman: Codename 47, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, and Hitman: Contracts are included in the bundle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DnU7QV0Oi8 The game's have been "painstakingly rebuilt," according to the official announcement. The new versions of the original ga...

2. Final Fantasy 7 Revelation’s New FITS System Lets You Turn Cloud Into A Black Mage

When the Unknown Journey continues in Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, Cloud and his companions are going to embark on it while debuting some fashionable new combat gear. Revelation introduces a new gameplay mechanic called FITS (Function Integrated Tactical Suitware), which is inspired by the jobs system of classic Final Fantasy games. Using new suits, Cloud and the rest of the cast can wield new skills in battle that you might not normally associate with them. Each character in Revelations has four...

3. Final Fantasy Revelation Is A Definitive Conclusion, But Could Make Way For Side Stories In The Future

Final Fantasy Revelation is the third game in the remake trilogy that kicked off with Final Fantasy Remake back in 2020, promising to conclude the epic tale that has been significantly added compared to its PlayStation original. But with Revelation capping off Cloud and company's adventure, is there space for more stories within this universe? That's a question GameSpot posed to Final Fantasy Revelation director Naoki Hamaguchi, who confirmed that Revelation will definitively conclude the story....

4. Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Wants Minigames To Feel Like A Choice Again

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's minigames were polarizing when they were first introduced, and for Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, Square Enix has reworked how it will "deliver" them to players. One of the main complaints with Rebirth's minigames was the sheer volume of them and how completing them was mandatory to unlock rare Materia or Gold Saucer dates with certain characters. Speaking to GameSpot, series director Naoki Hamaguchi confirmed that while minigames will return, most of them will be optional...

5. How Best To Use The New Sprites In Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3

In Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3, the sprites are back! These lovable little spirits, which we first met back in Chapter 6 Season 1, have returned to the Battle Royale island following the cataclysmic confrontation between the Ice King and the Foundation in the Shattered live event. Now, there's a lot more of them than there used to be, and they're about to become a lot more pivotal to the Fortnite Battle Royale experience than ever before, because they're Season 3's central gameplay mechanic. Wha...

6. God Of War Laufey May Feature Gods Who Were Killed In The Previous Games

Throughout the original God of War trilogy and its spin-offs, Kratos left a lot of dead gods in his wake. Some of those late deities may come back to haunt Kratos's wife, Faye, in the upcoming title, God of War Laufey. While Kratos is still among the living, Ariel Lawrence--the director of God of War Laufey--hinted that one of his first foes could return. "We’ve been killing gods for a really long time," Lawrence told GameSpot. "So we’ve been thinking about this question. Since Ares died, we wer...

7. Godzilla Is Apparently Not Afraid Of GTA 6

With Rockstar's GTA 6 set to "blot out the sun" when it arrives on November 19, numerous developers are purposefully avoiding releasing their games near it. In fact, there are basically no other major games set for release in November at all as of now. Now, a report from the reputable leaker Dealabs Magazine says a remaster of Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee is releasing on November 3, just ahead of GTA 6. The report said Atari is bringing back the 2002 GameCube game for PS5, Xbox Series X|...

8. 007 First Light Budget Was Not $200 Million, Exec Says As Game Passes 3 Million Sales

The new James Bond game, 007 First Light, has passed 3 million sales, according to IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak, who also pushed back against the claim that the game cost $200 million to develop. He told IGN that it's true that First Light is "by far" the most expensive entertainment product to ever come out of IO's home country of Denmark. However, $200 million covers much more than the game's development budget, including returning some money to developers in the form of bonuses. β€œWe give bi...

9. Marvel 1943: Rise Of Hydra Delayed To 2027, Exec Explains Why It’s Taking So Long

Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra has not been seen or discussed in some time, prompting people to wonder about its fate. And while it remains in development, it's not coming out this year as was expected. Shawn Kittelsen, a senior executive at the newly formed Paramount Games Studio, told IGN that the game is real ("it's on my hard drive right now") but it's taking so long because producer Amy Hennig is pushing for quality. "We're continuing development on it, but Amy and the team have big ambitions f...

10. Many Longtime Fortnite Players Just Woke Up To A Pile Of Free V-Bucks

A lot of Fortnite players got an extremely pleasant surprise at the start of Chapter 7 Season 3, when they discovered they could get refunds, in V-Bucks, on a number of old skins they've had for years. If you've been playing Fortnite for a long time and have bought a lot of stuff from the item shop, you might be able to claim thousands of free V-Bucks. To check whether you're eligible for any of these new refunds, navigate to the Account and Privacy section of the Fortnite game settings, and cli...

11. Gothic devs are 'monitoring the sentiment about lockpicking,' promise a PC patch for crashes by Monday

"We cannot stress enough how much easier this gets when you start adding skill points into it."

12. Wardogs is a '100% player driven' modern military shooter for up to 100 players that's 'not a battle royale' or an extraction shooter

The "all-out warfare" FPS is coming to Steam later this year.

13. Three days before launch, one of the most wishlisted games on Steam warns players not to expect 'a huge survival game' with 'hundreds of hours of main progression'

Instead expect a "calm, cozy, focused survival craft sandbox made by a tiny team" says developer Cyberwave.

14. Question time: How often do you actually talk to strangers in MMOs?

Solo or hello?

15. Guild Wars 1 and 2 will continue to get updates even after Guild Wars 3 is out: 'We are not replacing your favorite games'

"We are not repeating the same approach as we did all those years ago," when Guild Wars 2 launched, says ArenaNet.

Robotics

1. Robots can enhance manufacturing workers rather than replace them

With the right AI, teleoperation, and safeguards, robotics can augment manufacturing opportunities, says one to ONE Holdings' president. The post Robots can enhance manufacturing workers rather than replace them appeared first on The Robot Report.

2. Why deterministic real-time systems are more critical than ever in robotics

Winston Leung discusses the role of QNX role in robotics and AI, focusing on safety, innovation, and industry trends. The post Why deterministic real-time systems are more critical than ever in robotics appeared first on The Robot Report.

3. GENISOM AI debuts deployable robotics platforms at ICRA 2026

At ICRA 2026, GENISOM AI may have been new to many international attendees β€” but it is not a concept-stage robotics startup. The post GENISOM AI debuts deployable robotics platforms at ICRA 2026 appeared first on The Robot Report.

4. Mitsubishi Electric opens Serendie Street Boston digital transformation hub

Mitsubishi Electric opened Serendie Street Boston, its first Western digital transformation hub dedicated to collaboration and innovation. The post Mitsubishi Electric opens Serendie Street Boston digital transformation hub appeared first on The Robot Report.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Video Friday: Watch This Running Robot Not Fall Down Stairs

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.RSS 2026: 13–17 July 2026, SYDNEYSummer School on Multi-Robot Systems: 29 July–4 August 2026, PRAGUEActuate 2026: 18–19 August 2026, SAN FRANCISCOEnjoy today’s videos! It’s been a while since a humanoid robot video actually impressed me, but the beginning ...

Tech General

1. 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.

2. Sriram Krishnan is leaving his role as White House AI advisor

Krishnan is reportedly starting a new institution to continue shaping Trump's AI policy.

3. The Trump administration might take an equity stake in OpenAI

President Donald Trump said he's discussing deals "where the American people can benefit from the success of AI."

4. Beyond Instagram: Introducing the next generation of social apps

These newer social apps offer alternatives to Big Tech’s feeds, focusing on interests, creativity, and community.

5. Reid Hoffman is leaving Microsoft’s board to go β€˜founder mode’ with startup Manus

After a very profitable decade on Microsoft's board, Reid Hoffman is stepping down to focus on his AI drug discovery startup Manus.

6. Founders share VC horror stories, and some are naming names

A massive viral conversation sharing VC horror stories has taken place this week on X. Some are weird. Some are infuriating.

7. Former cyber executive turned whistleblower accuses IBM of covering up several data breaches

IBM and two of its subsidiary companies were allegedly breached during the mid-2010s β€” a lawsuit filed by a former cybersecurity executive accuses IBM of not disclosing and actively covering it up.

8. Startup Battlefield 200 applications officially close in 3 days

Applications for Startup Battlefield 200 officially close on June 8, 11:59 p.m. PT. Don't wait any longer. Secure your shot at competing on the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 this October at San Francisco's Moscone West.

9. Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute

In a statement, a Google representative described the deal as a result of unexpected demand for its recently launched AI products.

10. GM’s electric future depends on a new battery β€” and this facility

GM wants to slash EV prices by deploying new battery tech up to a year earlier than planned. This building is key to making that happen.

11. The first Story-Rich showcase was packed with narrative-driven games

Fellow Traveller, the publisher behind games like Titanium Court and 1000xResist, just wrapped up its Story-Rich Showcase, which featured a bunch of narrative-driven indie games. With more than 20 games on display, there was a lot to follow, but we've pulled together some of the most notable announcements below. You can also catch the full […]

12. GOG apologizes for emailing people Nazi symbols

GOG sent a newsletter about the game The End of the Sun on June 5th that included symbols associated with the Nazi SS. The Steam competitor issued a statement attributing the inclusion to a "series of mistakes," including miscommunication with the German QA team, inconsistent font rendering, and being understaffed during a bank holiday, among […]

13. The cutest games from the Wholesome Direct 2026 showcase

Every year at Summer Game Fest, nestled in between the splashy blockbuster showcases, the Wholesome Direct provides a nice change of pace. It's similarly packed with games - this year's edition had more than 50 - but the vibe is more chill and, well, wholesome. As in years past, I've pulled out some of the […]

14. Summer Game Fest 2026: All the news from gaming’s busiest week

Get ready for some gaming news. It’s officially June, which means splashy new events from PlayStation, Xbox, and gaming hype man Geoff Keighley, as well as a bunch of smaller events with hidden gems. PlayStation kicked things off with a big event that featured a new look at Wolverine ahead of its September launch, a […]

15. 4K Blu-rays are three for $33 ahead of Father’s Day

If you know a dad with a predilection for physical media, he might really dig what you buy for him with this deal at Gruv. Ahead of Father’s Day on June 21st, the online seller (operated by Universal Pictures, in case you didn’t know) is letting you check out with three movies from a large […]

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