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AI & Machine Learning

1. HP accelerates enterprise workflows with OpenAI Frontier

HP has scaled its OpenAI Frontier integration across global operations to optimise enterprise workflows and accelerate output. The hardware manufacturer initiated testing of the platform in February 2026. Early pilot programs yielded verified operational gains in software engineering and cybersecurity remediation. Expanding these initial trials into an enterprise-wide operating model requires connecting access protocols, contextual […] The post HP accelerates enterprise workflows with OpenAI Fro...

2. Wimbledon adds IBM AI tools for live match coverage

The All England Lawn Tennis Club is adding new AI-powered features to Wimbledon’s digital platforms through its ongoing work with IBM. The updates will be available through the Wimbledon app and wimbledon.com as first-round matches begin on Monday. They include an upgraded Match Chat assistant and a new feature called Key Moments. The features will […] The post Wimbledon adds IBM AI tools for live match coverage appeared first on AI News.

3. Advances in Natural Language Processing Are Changing Professional Networking

Natural language processing is reshaping professional communication on online platforms, enabling more relevant and personalised networking interactions. As AI-driven systems increasingly comprehend and generate human language, these technological advances affect how users pursue and maintain professional connections, presenting both opportunities and challenges in authentic relationship-building. Professional networking now relies on a growing ecosystem of AI-powered […] The post Advances in Na...

4. Best Automated Security Testing Tools for Modern DevSecOps

Modern DevSecOps needs security checks that run before release day. Teams now write code, build services and deploy updates at a pace that manual review cannot match. That’s why they use automated testing, as it helps catch routine flaws before they reach production. The pressure has grown. Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report found that […] The post Best Automated Security Testing Tools for Modern DevSecOps appeared first on AI News.

5. xFusion scales enterprise AI from edge workstations to liquid-cooled data centres

xFusion presented scalable enterprise AI computing models at ISC 2026, transitioning hardware from edge devices to data centres. Enterprise technology buyers attending the Hamburg exhibition sought practical production frameworks. Hardware selection processes regularly fail to account for physical operating limits. Relying on public APIs exposes proprietary commercial data. xFusion engineers responded with a four-tier hardware […] The post xFusion scales enterprise AI from edge workstations to l...

6. Scam.ai Announces Qualcomm Partnership, Launches Halo Deepfake Detection Model at Computex 2026

New partnership brings on-device deepfake detection to video calls on desktop SAN FRANCISCO, June 29, 2026 β€” Scam.ai today announced a partnership with Qualcomm and the launch of Halo, an on-device deepfake detection model for live video calls. Both announcements were made at Computex 2026 in Taipei, where Scam.ai was featured at Qualcomm’s booth as […] The post Scam.ai Announces Qualcomm Partnership, Launches Halo Deepfake Detection Model at Computex 2026 appeared first on AI News.

7. Context Window Management for Long-Running Agents: Strategies and Tradeoffs

In this article, you will learn five practical strategies for managing context windows in long-running AI agent applications, along with the key tradeoffs each approach...

8. Model Context Protocol Explained in 3 Levels of Difficulty

MCP provides a standard way for AI applications and external systems to communicate.

9. How ChatGPT adoption has expanded

New OpenAI Signals data shows how ChatGPT adoption is growing globally, with users increasing usage, exploring more capabilities, and driving growth across regions and languages.

10. Introducing GeneBench-Pro

Introducing GeneBench-Pro, a new benchmark testing AI performance in genomics, biology, and scientific research using complex, real-world datasets.

11. Core dump epidemiology: fixing an 18-year-old bug

OpenAI engineers used large-scale core dump analysis to debug rare infrastructure crashes, uncovering both a hardware fault and a long-standing software bug.

12. Inside Genebench-Pro

13. Mapping Europe’s AI Workforce Opportunity

A new OpenAI report maps how AI could reshape jobs across the EU, highlighting which occupations may face automation, growth, or workflow changes.

14. HP Inc. launches Frontier strategic partnership with OpenAI

HP Inc. scales its OpenAI Frontier partnership to deploy AI across customer experiences, software development, and enterprise operations.

Software Development

1. The infrastructure lock-in costing AI companies hundreds of millions

Egor Komarov for Unsplash The post The infrastructure lock-in costing AI companies hundreds of millions appeared first on The New Stack.

2. Anthropic Sonnet 5: It closes the gap with Opus 4.8, and is cheap until August

Anthropic on Tuesday launched Sonnet 5, the latest model in its mainstream Sonnet series. The company calls Sonnet 5 its The post Anthropic Sonnet 5: It closes the gap with Opus 4.8, and is cheap until August appeared first on The New Stack.

3. Anthropic launches Claude Science, an AI workbench for scientific research

On Tuesday, Anthropic launched Claude Science, a new application for scientists that can run locally on macOS and Linux or The post Anthropic launches Claude Science, an AI workbench for scientific research appeared first on The New Stack.

4. AWS launches a desktop for agents

After a short public preview, AWS on Tuesday made its Amazon WorkSpaces for Agents β€” which you should definitely not The post AWS launches a desktop for agents appeared first on The New Stack.

5. AWS just put $1 billion into forward deployed engineers. Here’s why it matters for enterprise teams.

Amazon Web Services is investing $1 billion in a new engineering organization that will work directly with enterprise customers building The post AWS just put $1 billion into forward deployed engineers. Here’s why it matters for enterprise teams. appeared first on The New Stack.

6. β€œThe harness is where the hard work is”: Harness bets on agents that enterprises can trust in production

The agentic platform Harness launched Autonomous Worker Agents on Tuesday, enabling enterprises to replace fixed scripts in their delivery pipelines with AI The post β€œThe harness is where the hard work is”: Harness bets on agents that enterprises can trust in production appeared first on The New Stack.

7. Aikido acquires Root to backport open source fixes without forcing upgrades

Developer-focused cybersecurity platform Aikido Security has announced that it has acquired Root, a company that patches known vulnerabilities directly into The post Aikido acquires Root to backport open source fixes without forcing upgrades appeared first on The New Stack.

8. Operating Kubernetes at scale: a few stories from running Amazon EKS

Amazon EKS runs hundreds of thousands of Kubernetes clusters across more than thirty AWS regions. Operating at that scale has The post Operating Kubernetes at scale: a few stories from running Amazon EKS appeared first on The New Stack.

9. IdentityServer4 is dead. Here’s what comes next.

Developers weren’t happy when identity and access control software company Duende commercialized its open source IdentityServer product in December 2022, The post IdentityServer4 is dead. Here’s what comes next. appeared first on The New Stack.

10. Base44 bets a narrow model beats frontier AI for vibe coding

Base44, an AI-powered app-building platform, has launched its first proprietary AI model, dubbed Base One. It is a fine-tuned open-source The post Base44 bets a narrow model beats frontier AI for vibe coding appeared first on The New Stack.

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Ryan sits down with Frank Portman, CTO at Yobi, to talk about why next-token prediction, though great for language, isn’t the right inductive bias for forecasting human behavior. They discuss how Yobi builds a β€œfoundation model of behavior” using transformers and graph neural networks instead of chat-style LLMs, and what it takes to run millions of personalization decisions per second while keeping consumer data private.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€...

12. lonely burnout: it's dangerous to go alone

solo sucks I feel so lost every time I sit down to do anything productive. Work, school, personal, it doesn't matter. My brain gets fuzzy, my eyelids get heavy, and I just want to lay down with my cat. I know I'm dealing with burnout. I know I need to rest. I know that doing this all on my own has done nothing but exhaust me. So here's the short version, up front: I'm looking for community. People to code with or alongside, to build cool projects with, to ask the really, really dumb questions I ...

13. Your video plays without sound in VS Code β€” here's how I fixed it

If you've ever opened a .mp4 inside VS Code, you may have noticed something weird: the video plays, but there's no sound. Most video extensions for the editor are silent β€” or they ask you to install ffmpeg on your system first. I wanted to watch reference clips next to my code without leaving the editor (and without a second window stealing focus), so I dug into why the audio was missing β€” and ended up building a small extension that fixes it: Modern Video Player. Here's the technical story. Why...

14. How I'm re-discovering computer science with LLM revolution

I've been in this business for years and the best (or worst?) thing is that once I gain enough experience to feel comfortable as an expert, something drastically changes and I feel like I have to start over again. It was like that when Python and Node started taking over C++ and Java market. Then it was like that when cloud platforms started taking over traditional hosting. Then machine learning started growing so much I had to keep up. Now, traditional ML seems passe. What's next? Quantum algor...

15. Inventory Display and Messaging Strategy

Stock Messaging Isn't One-Size-Fits-All: A Category-Based Approach "Only 3 left in stock!" This kind of urgency messaging is everywhere in e-commerce, and for good reason, it often works. But applying the same low-stock messaging strategy across every product category can quietly cost you sales rather than drive them. Hiding vs. Moving: It Depends on Your Restock Cycle When a product goes out of stock, the right display behavior depends on whether new stock is expected and how soon. If a restock...

Programming Languages

1. How To Corrupt An SQLite Database File

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2. Morphologically tunable mycelium chips for physical reservoir computing

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3. On Lazy Secrets Management

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4. JEP 539: Strict Field Initialization in the JVM (Preview)

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5. Optimization tales with CockroachDB: the slow password reset flow

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6. Adding fracture physics to my voxel game engine

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7. Running a software jam in a world of slop

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8. When Impressive Performance Gains Do Not Matter

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9. Memory Safe Context Switching

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Game Development

1. IO Interactive to lay off employees after Xbox pulls support for untitled fantasy game

Xbox's business reset is driving layoffs outside of Microsoft.

2. Memory manufacturers sued in class action suit alleging price and supply fixing

Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron are being sued for allegedly fixing the supply and prices of memory.

3. Report: Xbox considering sale or closure of Arkane, other studios, as layoffs loom

As part of Microsoft's 'reset,' Arkane's Blade may be facing the chopping block, and the studio facing a potential sale or closure

4. Opinion: Everything hurts and no one knows when the pain will end

The pain of industry layoffs runs deeper than you might think.

5. Grand Theft Auto developers seek union recognition at Rockstar

'Rockstar leads the industry in the games we create. We believe it can also lead the industry in how it treats the people who make them.'

6. Report: NBCUniversal could expand into games after Comcast spinoff

Newly-appointed NBCUniversal CEO Michael Cavanagh said the company is eager to 'explore adjacent businesses where we have the right to play.'

7. nDreams co-founder launches indie game and music studio Atmospheric

'Atmospheric is about creating experiences that people don't just play or listen to, but feel.'

8. Supermassive Games CEO steps down following launch of Directive 8020

'I was honored to guide the studio through intense industry change.'

9. Nintendo is increasing the price of the Switch 2 in South Korea

The latest price hike comes shortly after Nintendo lamented rising oil prices and surging component costs.

Gaming News

1. Hideo Kojima’s OD Is Reportedly Safe From Upcoming Xbox Cuts

Hideo Kojima's Xbox console-exclusive horror game, OD, is reportedly safe amidst reports and rumors of studio closures, layoffs, and game cancellations at Xbox loom. According to a report from IGN, a source familiar with Microsoft's Xbox plans has stated OD remains in development at Kojima Productions and will still be published by Xbox. Not much is known about OD, but it was announced during an Xbox showcase in June 2022, with only a few brief glimpses since. It is set to star three actors-- So...

2. Xbox Focusing On β€œHighest Priorities,” Claims It’s Not Cutting Back Overall Spending On Games

Microsoft has confirmed that it pulled out of funding Hitman developer IO Interactive's new fantasy game, and it's because the company is re-focusing its spending on the "highest priorities" for the business. Speaking to Bloomberg, a Microsoft spokesperson said Xbox is "taking a fresh look at where we invest so we're focusing on our highest priorities." Major changes are afoot at Xbox. The statement went on to claim that Microsoft is "not reducing our overall investment in games," adding that th...

3. Hitman, 007 First Light Studio Begins Layoffs As Its Fantasy RPG Project Suffers Setbacks

Hitman and 007 First Light developer IO Interactive is the latest in a growing list of studios suffering layoffs, this time, this time in relation to a franchise that it hasn't even launched yet. Project Fantasy, IO Interactive's first attempt at crafting a fantasy RPG, is still in development, but the end of a recent external partner relationship has forced the studio to make some cuts to its team. In a statement, IO says that these are short-term consequences, and that the proposed layoffs are...

4. Helldivers 2 Gets Closer To Modern Politics With Campaign To Build A Wall

Helldivers 2's latest campaign calls for Super Earth's finest to aid in the construction of a "Celestial Fence" to keep out the ongoing Terminid menace. It's up to the Helldivers community to help deploy what Super Earth Command has billed as a "flawless, updated, and entirely safe Terminid Control System wall" that will "permanently quarantine" the "fascist" Terminids. The Helldivers are tasked with defending construction sites, gathering necessary resources for the campaign, and holding the li...

5. Microsoft Could Cancel Marvel’s Blade And Close Its Developer

A new report claims that Microsoft is considering cancelling the upcoming Marvel's Blade game and closing its developer. According to The Verge, Microsoft is considering closing at least five studios, one of which is Arkane, the developer of the upcoming Blade game. The report said Blade was originally set to launch in 2026, but was delayed to late 2027 and is over budget. Earlier in June, a report said Marvel's Blade was not canceled, despite it being a no-show at the Xbox Games Showcase. The g...

6. I Thought Matching Colors Would Be Relaxing, But I Was Wrong

Think fast! You might think that you've got the memory of a vengeful elephant, but according to science, your ability to recall colors isn't so hot. Research has claimed that humans are terrible at remembering certain shades of color, and that's where this new timesink of a game is aiming to improve things. The goal is simple: Look at the Pantone swatch shown on your screen, try to match it as closely as possible, and see how well you do over a run. It's a concept that can easily gobble up hours...

7. The RAM Crisis Is One Big Price-Fixing Monopoly, New Lawsuit Claims

A class-action lawsuit has accused the three biggest memory manufacturers of colluding to fix pricing in the midst of an unprecedented increase of consumer RAM and storage pricing. Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix has been targeted in the lawsuit, filed on June 25 at the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The lawsuit claims that the three manufacturer form a monopoly and accuses them of undertaking "concerted anticompetitive behavior." It goes on to detail how all...

8. Ahead of next week's expected Xbox bloodbath, IO Interactive loses funding for its online fantasy RPG

The studio says it remains "100% committed" to Project Fantasy, but its future is now very uncertain.

9. Open source game engine Godot will no longer accept AI-authored code contributions: 'We can't trust heavy users of AI to understand their code enough to fix it'

At risk of drowning in AI slop code, Godot is firming up its contribution requirements.

10. Before his death in 2025, Half-Life 2 art director Viktor Antonov worked on one last game: A Wild West FPS soulslike that's 'coming soon' to Steam

Antonov's bold vision helped define games including Half-Life 2, Dishonored, Weird West, and soon, Guns of Eschaton.

11. Valve says it is 'definitely' investigating an Arm-based gaming future on top of its work on FEX

Flexing ahead.

12. I can barely afford AMD and Nvidia's current 4 nm chips, so I'm not sure what to make of IBM's new sub-1 nm technology

Moore's Law might not be dead, but it is kinda zombified.

13. The latest SteamOS beta update includes a performance boost for GPUs with limited VRAM, though devices with iGPUs probably won't see any gains

But if the device is a certain Machine, then this is definitely good news.

14. Russian politician says GTA 6 carries 'the stench of Americanism,' but it's not so bad because the games are all about Americans killing each other

"Any violence in GTA is violence against a potential enemy."

15. 'We finally have some good news for you': Framework's new 1 TB Gen 5 SSDs are actually cheaper than its old 500 GB drives

Dare we hope this is a sign of things to come...?

Robotics

1. Queue raises funding to build fully autonomous pharmacy

Queue is developing automated pharmacies to expand access to prescriptions in hospitals, retail sites, and underserved communities. The post Queue raises funding to build fully autonomous pharmacy appeared first on The Robot Report.

2. Soft, robotic cells from morph embed physical AI into hardware

morph launched a physically intelligent soft robotics platform that designs and manufactures what it calls β€œsoft robotic cells.” The post Soft, robotic cells from morph embed physical AI into hardware appeared first on The Robot Report.

3. Sonair ADAR One 3D ultrasonic sensor is now safety-certified

Sonair says ADAR One was assessed as a human detection sensor according to the IEC 61496 standard for electrosensitive protection devices. The post Sonair ADAR One 3D ultrasonic sensor is now safety-certified appeared first on The Robot Report.

4. Insights behind Kinisi’s acquisition by Bear Robotics

Brennand Pierce, founder and CEO of Kinisi Robotics, discusses the company's approach to physical AI and its acquisition by Bear Robotics. The post Insights behind Kinisi’s acquisition by Bear Robotics appeared first on The Robot Report.

5. BMW Group deploys Figure 03 humanoid after tests with previous version

The Figure 02 robot supported the production of more than 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles over 11 months in South Carolina. The post BMW Group deploys Figure 03 humanoid after tests with previous version appeared first on The Robot Report.

6. MBody AI expands service robotics operations to eleven states and Canada

MBody AI has deployed its hardware-agnostic Orchestrator platform to Florida and California, with a pilot in Ontario. The post MBody AI expands service robotics operations to eleven states and Canada appeared first on The Robot Report.

7. Advantages of hypoid gearing over worm, bevel and bevel-planetary

Right-angle gearing often requires engineers to compromise between torque capacity and mechanical efficiency. Hypoid gearing offers a balance of mechanical efficiency, load-carrying capability, and single-stage ratio range. The post Advantages of hypoid gearing over worm, bevel and bevel-planetary appeared first on The Robot Report.

Tech General

1. Realta Fusion generates electricity directly from a fusion reaction, an apparent first

β€œWe can take power from a plasma,” Kieran Furlong, co-founder and CEO of Realta Fusion, told TechCrunch. The milestone shows β€œwhat’s possible,” he added.

2. Google introduces a faster, cheaper image generator with Nano Banana 2 Lite

Google is updating its image generator to make it faster and cheaper, making it a more useful tool for creators looking to make AI content.

3. Clicks shows off its BlackBerry-inspired phone in a new hands-on video

A new video shows the final production version of the upcoming Clicks Communicator, a BlackBerry-like smartphone that runs modern apps.

4. Nvidia competitor Etched hits $5B valuation, $1B in sales for AI chip

Nvidia AI chip competitor Etched says it has already booked $1 billion under contract for the inference systems powered by its chip.

5. Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 as a cheaper way to run agents

Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5 brings stronger agentic capabilities, lower pricing, and improved safety, positioning the model as a cheaper alternative to Opus, GPT-5.5, and Gemini Pro.

6. Acti puts AI agents directly into your smartphone keyboard

Acti is betting the smartphone keyboard is the next home for AI assistants. The startup's new keyboard for iOS and Android works across apps and lets users create custom AI-powered shortcuts using natural language.

7. Threads adds new features to Live Chats as it expands access

The updates include translations, new tools for hosts, and more.

8. Anthropic’s Claude Science bets on workflow, not a new model, to win over scientists

Anthropic's Claude Science is a workbench that gives scientists one environment to do computational research, saving them from the need to bounce between databases, pipelines, and tools.

9. Blue Origin still doesn’t know why its New Glenn rocket blew up last month

But the company is still claiming that New Glenn will return to flight this year.

10. Tesla starts testing Cybercab without pedals or a steering wheel in Austin

The company may finally be ready to try to deliver on Elon Musk's years-long promise of launching a robotaxi network of its own.

11. Acer’s Swift Go 16 is a lot of laptop for $900

As high memory and storage prices have driven up the cost of everything from consoles to computers, finding a competent laptop for under $1,000 has become a challenge. Thankfully, the Acer Swift Go 16 AI is on sale for $899.99 at Best Buy, a steep discount from its usual list price of $1,549.99. The well-equipped […]

12. Google’s NotebookLM can sum up your research in a TikTok-style clip

Google's NotebookLM is adding a new way to catch up on your notes: TikTok-style AI videos. The new feature is rolling out to Google AI Ultra and Pro subscribers, allowing NotebookLM to generate 60-second vertical AI clips based on the sources you upload to the app. The example shared by Google details Australia's unsuccessful war […]

13. LG’s 27-inch Tandem OLED gaming monitor is cheaper than ever

The price of LG’s UltraGear 27GX700A-B 1440p gaming monitor that came out last August has dropped to nearly its best price yet. You can grab it at Amazon for $484.99 or at LG for $499.99 (originally $599.99). That’s a great deal considering this is one of LG’s Primary RGB Tandem panels built with fourth-generation WOLED […]

14. 007 First Light’s developer lays off staff but claims its next franchise will continue

IO Interactive, the studio behind the Hitman series and 007 First Light, announced that it is laying off staff after a relationship with an "external partner" on its next big franchise, Project Fantasy, "has come to an end." IO has described Project Fantasy as an "online fantasy RPG", and Kotaku and Bloomberg report that Microsoft, […]

15. Moto’s Tag 2 tracker is $20 for a limited time

Announced at CES 2026, the Moto Tag 2 has finally arrived in the US. The Bluetooth tracker with improved battery life over its predecessor, plus UWB sensing for more accurate tracking, is available through Motorola’s site at a special $19.99 launch price (originally $29.99). There are plenty of trackers for Android owners to consider, but […]

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