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1. Google’s Gemini 3.6 Flash targets enterprise agent token costs

Google has released Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite as new workhorses designed to cut latency and token costs for enterprise AI agents. The economics of running autonomous software agents inside a production environment come down to a fixed equation few vendors advertise directly. A model needs to reason through a multi-step task competently, but […] The post Google’s Gemini 3.6 Flash targets enterprise agent token costs appeared first on AI News.

2. The AI Slot Machine Effect: Why Generative Feeds Disrupt Deep Work And How to Reclaim Focus

You open a generative AI tool expecting a quick boost. Ten minutes later, you’re still there, refining a prompt for the fourth time. The task you started with has drifted off to the side somewhere. Sound familiar? Knowledge workers in 2026 are running into this more and more. It makes sense once you look at […] The post The AI Slot Machine Effect: Why Generative Feeds Disrupt Deep Work And How to Reclaim Focus appeared first on AI News.

3. Bristol Myers Squibb buys Nvidia AI system for drug discovery

Bristol Myers Squibb is purchasing an Nvidia DGX SuperPOD built on the chipmaker’s Vera Rubin architecture to support artificial intelligence use across its drug discovery and development operations. The pharmaceutical company said it will be the first life sciences group to acquire a DGX SuperPOD based on Vera Rubin. Nvidia introduced the architecture earlier this […] The post Bristol Myers Squibb buys Nvidia AI system for drug discovery appeared first on AI News.

4. Chinese open-weight models are cheap. Washington is deciding what that costs.

Enterprises evaluating Chinese open-weight models this month face a question that has nothing to do with benchmarks: whether using one will still be straightforward in a year. Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 arrived on July 16 as the largest open-weight model yet released, and within days it had reopened a policy argument in Washington that had […] The post Chinese open-weight models are cheap. Washington is deciding what that costs. appeared first on AI News.

5. US public health agencies to test OpenAI and Anthropic AI models

Public health departments across the United States will test generative AI tools under a new programme involving the Coalition for Health AI, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Accenture. The Public Health Use Case and Learning Scaling Engine, known as PULSE, will support trials in 10 state, local, tribal, or territorial jurisdictions. The programme is intended to produce […] The post US public health agencies to test OpenAI and Anthropic AI models appeared first on AI News.

6. Kimi K3 open-weight model: China’s biggest AI is a bet on memory, not compute

Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 open-weight model has been read almost entirely through its parameter count since it launchedon July 16. At 2.8 trillion parameters, it is the largest open-weight model released to date. Model sizes are usually grouped into rough brackets, and 2.8 trillion rounds into what the industry calls the 3T class. A tier no […] The post Kimi K3 open-weight model: China’s biggest AI is a bet on memory, not compute appeared first on AI News.

7. The Current State of Agentic AI

In this article, you will learn how agentic AI architecture has evolved by mid-2026, including the shift away from orchestrated reasoning loops, the rise of...

8. Building Agentic Workflows in Python with LangGraph

In this article, you will learn how to build a complete agentic workflow in Python with LangGraph, from a single model call to a tool-using...

9. Introducing the ChatGPT for small business program

OpenAI launches the ChatGPT for Small Businesses program, helping entrepreneurs build AI skills, automate work, and grow with ChatGPT Work.

10. OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation

OpenAI and Hugging Face share early findings from a security incident during AI model evaluation, highlighting advanced cyber capabilities and lessons for defenders.

11. David VΓ©lez and Robin Vince join the boards of the OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group PBC

David VΓ©lez and Robin Vince join the boards of the OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group PBC, bringing global leadership in finance, technology, and governance.

12. Safety and alignment in an era of long-horizon models

OpenAI shares lessons from deploying long-running AI models, highlighting new safety risks, observed failures, and improved safeguards through iterative deployment.

Software Development

1. Moonshot launched Kimi K3. Then demand shut down subscriptions in 48 hours.

Moonshot AI became the latest AI company to discover that launching a popular model is only half the battle. Less The post Moonshot launched Kimi K3. Then demand shut down subscriptions in 48 hours. appeared first on The New Stack.

2. Single-pass AI code isn’t dead, but β€œhigh-reasoning” is the next frontier

Ask an AI model what comes next after β€œbacon-double”, and the return is fairly unanimously β€œcheeseburger.” It’s a pattern-matched, single-pass The post Single-pass AI code isn’t dead, but β€œhigh-reasoning” is the next frontier appeared first on The New Stack.

3. Microsoft is building an AI stack it doesn’t fully own β€” on purpose

Microsoft and Mistral are deepening their partnership with a multibillion-dollar agreement focused on enterprise AI infrastructure. The goal is to The post Microsoft is building an AI stack it doesn’t fully own β€” on purpose appeared first on The New Stack.

4. Block built a Slack for AI agents β€” and gave each one its own passport

Block on Tuesday launched Buzz, a free, open-source workspace meant to give people and AI agents a Slack-like service for The post Block built a Slack for AI agents β€” and gave each one its own passport appeared first on The New Stack.

5. Google ships 3 new Gemini models. Just not the one everyone’s waiting for.

Google on Tuesday launched three new Gemini models: Gemini 3.6 Flash, a cheaper and faster 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash The post Google ships 3 new Gemini models. Just not the one everyone’s waiting for. appeared first on The New Stack.

6. Kubernetes made deploying easy. Nobody warned you about the databases.

The DevOps movement, set in motion nearly 20 years ago, broke down the traditional divide between software developers and IT The post Kubernetes made deploying easy. Nobody warned you about the databases. appeared first on The New Stack.

7. Is retrieval engineering becoming AI’s next bottleneck?

Public AI assistants have become so commonplace that software vendors are increasingly adding AI search, conversational experiences, and AI agents The post Is retrieval engineering becoming AI’s next bottleneck? appeared first on The New Stack.

8. The rise of the agent runtime: The compute platform behind production agents

The fast pace of AI research means organizations now have a wide range of models to choose from that can The post The rise of the agent runtime: The compute platform behind production agents appeared first on The New Stack.

9. In a world of AI agents, where do we fit in?

For more than a decade, leaders have used the phrase β€œFuture of Work” to describe how technology is transforming business. The post In a world of AI agents, where do we fit in? appeared first on The New Stack.

10. β€œSecond only to Fable 5:” Alibaba talks the talk with Qwen3.8 without providing any real data

Alibaba has revealed Qwen 3.8, its latest, greatest large language model (LLM) which, it says, is among the most powerful The post β€œSecond only to Fable 5:” Alibaba talks the talk with Qwen3.8 without providing any real data appeared first on The New Stack.

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Live from Snowflake Summit, Ryan talks with Snowflake’s Head of Developer Experience Umesh Unnikrishnan about the industry-wide shift from β€œvibe coding” for quick prototypes to agentic engineering for enterprise-ready software, how enterprises can scale governance with guardrails like human-in-the-loop approval and control layers that go beyond the underlying LLM, and why Umesh predicts all developers will become someday become full-stack builders.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€...

12. Running PostgreSQL with Docker

Installing Postgres directly on your machine works, but it gets messy fast once you're juggling multiple projects that each want different versions, extensions, or seed data. Docker sidesteps all of that you get a clean, disposable Postgres instance per project, and your host machine stays untouched. This guide covers running Postgres in Docker for local development: quick one-off containers, docker-compose for anything you'll come back to, persistent data, and a few things that trip people up. ...

13. GORM: Dev's Guide to Go's Most Popular ORM

If you're working with Go services that talk to a relational database, chances are you've bumped into GORM. It's the most widely used ORM in the Go ecosystem, and for good reason. It wraps a lot of the tedium of database/sql ,manual scanning, hand-written migrations, string-built queries in a much friendlier API. This article walks through GORM from setup to the patterns you'll actually use day to day: models, migrations, CRUD, associations, transactions, and a few gotchas that trip people up. W...

14. Write Code You Can Still Read 6 Months Later

I'm AlanWu. I'm in junior high. I've written a lot of bad code. Here's what I changed to make it less bad. 1. Name things like a human // Don't do this int d; // days? distance? damage? int cnt = 0; // "cnt" β€” you know, the classic vector v; // v of what // Do this int daysUntilDeadline; int errorCount = 0; vector studentScores; Full words, no abbreviations. idx instead of i in loops is fine. But sz for size, cnt for count, ptr for pointer β€” just type the word. You're not being charged...

15. The OpenAI and Hugging Face Incident Was an Agent Boundary Failure

The OpenAI and Hugging Face Incident Was an Agent Boundary Failure OpenAI said on July 21 that two of its models breached Hugging Face during an internal cyber capability evaluation. One was GPT-5.6 Sol. The other was a more capable pre-release model. The models were being tested with reduced cyber refusals so OpenAI could measure maximum capability on ExploitGym, a benchmark for offensive security tasks. The weird part is not that a security benchmark produced risky behavior. That is the point ...

Programming Languages

1. Linux kernel will support $ORIGIN, sort of

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2. Secrets Don’t Belong in Config

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3. kubara - A GitOps-First Approach to Reusable Kubernetes Platforms

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4. AST implementation for a custom programming language

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5. Zig proposes introducing an actually memory safe (unlike Rust) compilation mode inspired by Fil-C at ~1-6x performance penalty

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6. The Long Road to Bottomless Postgres: Discussing Neon, pg_mooncake, pg_tier, pg_lake, and ColdFront

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7. Throw, Result, or neither?

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8. Elixir Cluster 101

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9. How We're Scaling Our Infrastructure Across 4 Clouds To Serve 1M+ Sandboxes

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10. Canary tokens and digital tripwires (Changelog Interviews #683)

Haroon Meer is back! Haroon is the Founder of Thinkst, the ~50-person bootstrapped company behind Canary and Canarytokens β€” honeypots and tripwires you sprinkle inside your network and forget about until an attacker touches one. We talk about the AWS API key token attackers just can't resist trying, the real credit card token backed by an actual bank partnership, Breadcrumbs (their brand-new feature that leads intruders straight to your canaries), a live demo where a hardware Canary becomes a Sy...

Game Development

1. Former Wreckreation team starts up new studio working on sequel

"The games we make don't really belong to us once they're out in the world. Players spend hundreds of hours with them. They notice things you've forgotten. They challenge your assumptions. And, if you listen, they make your games better."

2. Pentiment director emphasizes the importance of RPG players not controlling everything

Pentiment director Josh Sawyer argues in favor of going against the idea of 'I'm the protagonist, I can literally do anything' in RPGs.

3. What developers can learn from this generation of game criticism

Hour-long video essays analyzing game design are garnering millions of views. What can developers learn and utilize from the format?

4. Report: Splitgate dev 1047 games lays off staff

The reported layoffs come less than a month since the launch of Titanfall-inspired shooter Empulse.

5. Nintendo says consumers are not legally entitled to tariff refunds

'Nintendo or one of its retailers set a price for each product, and consumers decided whether that price was worth paying.'

6. Edge of Memories developer Midgar Studio is being liquidated

The French studio is owned by Nacon, which filed for insolvency earlier this year.

7. Update: Unity unveils Unity 7 roadmap with update path that won't break your build

Unity 7 will operate on top of the same architecture powering Unity 6, while still offering improvements and new tools for developers.

8. Netflix says its critically-panned FIFA World Cup video game was a 'top tier' performer

The streamer said the soccer sim delivered one of its 'most successful cloud game debuts' after launching on June 11.

9. Two thirds of remaining Doom (2016) devs laid off during latest round of Xbox cuts

'I've been a gamer my whole life. If you cut a stat in half everyone would call that nerfed.'

10. Meet the Unity CLI: manage Unity from your terminal

Install editors, automate CI, and drive a running Editor or dev build from the terminal. The Unity CLI and com.unity.pipeline package give scripts and AI agents a fast, structured way to operate Unity.

Gaming News

1. How Long Is Splatoon Raiders

The Splatoon franchise has historically focused on chaotic multiplayer mayhem that pits teams against each other to see who can emerge from the paint victorious. While the games have featured campaigns, these supplementary modes have largely felt more like training grounds than fully fleshed-out experiences. That all changes with Splatoon Raiders. Splatoon Raiders is the series' first foray into a strictly campaign-focused adventure, unleashing players onto a mysterious set of islands to search ...

2. How To Get Halo: Campaign Evolved Early Access

With the Halo: Campaign Evolved release date looming, it's not too late to get early access to play the reboot of the first game in the Halo franchise before most other people. While Campaign Evolved will be on Game Pass from day one, there are a few extra steps you'll need to secure early access. https://youtu.be/0MxBFXH2a_U You'll need to preorder Premium Edition of the game to get up to five days early access. As an extra bonus, you'll also receive the Foundry Armoury Pack which has five Mast...

3. Is Halo: Campaign Evolved Steam Deck Verified?

The Halo: Campaign Evolved release date is right around the corner, and it's coming even sooner for those that have early access. Campaign Evolved takes players back to the first game in the series, adding new missions and overhauling the graphics. In a teaser posted to the official Halo X account, there's clear footage of the game being played on a Steam Deck. Alongside the messaging that clarifies that Halo: Campaign Evolved will offer cross-platform four-player co-op, this is an indication th...

4. MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls – Official Magneto Character Gameplay Guide

Ready to become the Master of Magnetism? Welcome to the Magneto Character Guide! Master all his moves, learn how the debris can boost your moves, and how to turn them into deadly projectiles to spice up your combos! MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls is coming to PS5 and PC on August 6th, 2026 PT!

5. Maybe Not Everything Needs To Be A Fortnite Collab

Honestly, I thought I could no longer be surprised by the off-the-wall collaborations between Fortnite and various other IPs. At this point in Fortnite's very lucrative lifespan, the general rule of thumb seems to be, "If it's popular, it's gonna end up in Fortnite." Damn near every Marvel Cinematic Universe character has made an appearance, countless musical artists have held in-game concerts, and Epic has always been very good at making sure that whatever the internet is obsessed with at any g...

6. Xbox CANNOT Entertain 1 Billion People Daily

1 billion people. An eighth of the world’s population. That’s how many people Xbox is aiming to β€œentertain” every day under CEO Asha Sharma’s reset. Yes, that number probably sounds preposterous to you. It certainly did to me. But, instead of rolling my eyes at it, I wanted to at least try and contextualize it. I’ve crunched the numbers as best I can, and 1 billion doesn’t just sound preposterous; it’s nigh impossible. Let’s break it all down.

7. This Horror Game Is Getting Mixed Reviews, But Its Best Parts Are Amazing

Of all the games Lethal Company has inspired over these last few years, none of them have taken the concept in such an interesting new direction as The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu. While the game definitely lacks polish, as a horror-obsessive person, I feel comfy saying that fans of horror or horror-extraction games haven't played something quite like The Mound before, and that's mainly owed to its brilliant core mechanic: tripping balls. I covered a preview build of The Mound a few weeks ago, but if...

8. Call of Duty Season 5 Battle Pass Adds New Guns And A Familiar Operator

Call of Duty Season 5 arrives in Black Ops 7 and Warzone on July 23, and Activision has revealed the full contents of the season's new battle pass. The Season 5 battle pass includes over a hundred items to earn across free and premium tiers. This content introduces two new guns, the return of a familiar operator, CoD Points, and other cosmetics. Purchasing the standard ($10) battle pass for Season 5 includes an instant operator unlock for the assassin known as Spectre, who returns from Black Ops...

9. MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls – Official Magik Character Gameplay Guide

Step through the Dark Portal with Magik’s Character Guide!Bring Limbo into the fight by dominating the art of Dark Portals and the Soulsword! Master her up-close and personal fight style filled with risks and high rewards for those who are brave enough to embrace it. MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls is coming to PS5 and PC on August 6th, 2026 PT!

10. Darkest Dungeon Is Getting New DLC, Even Though It Has A Sequel

Red Hook Studios surprised Darkest Dungeon fans by announcing new DLC for the first game years after a sequel was already released. It's titled The Fire's Edge and will be out in August. Darkest Dungeon exited early access in 2016 and last received DLC in May 2020. In the six years since, Red Hook launched a sequel that builds on the strong foundations of the first game and has supported it with DLC. That's why it's a bit surprising to see the developers return to the game that started it all. T...

11. Path of Exile 2 players broke the game by summoning 2,000 skeletons and then lured unsuspecting players into the ultimate frame rate shredder

A literal minion army.

12. Xbox's new VP of engineering quits just 2 months after taking the job

Jared Palmer, who was picked to work directly with CEO Asha Sharma on the division's "most complex" problems, has taken a role at AI company Cognition.

13. Marathon's experimental PvE mode is live, immediately tripling its daily player count

Cryo Archive is open for all, for a limited time.

14. Hasbro takes $56 million hit over multiple game cancellations, but it's still talking about how Baldur's Gate 3 is key to its future success

Just a few years after going big on videogames, Hasbro is pulling an Xbox by narrowing its focus on its biggest brands and franchises.

15. The best farm sims and games like Stardew Valley

Games like Stardew Valley have fully taken root on PC, so now we're thoroughly spoiled for choice on new games to plant parsnips in.

Robotics

1. U.K.-based Humanoid secures $152M in Series A funding

Humanoid said it has reached a $1.35 billion valuation as it scales its AI-driven industrial robots and expands commercial deployments. The post U.K.-based Humanoid secures $152M in Series A funding appeared first on The Robot Report.

2. Vicarious Surgical officially shutting down

Vicarious Surgical raised about $300 million in total, most of that from a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger in 2021. The post Vicarious Surgical officially shutting down appeared first on The Robot Report.

3. Generative Bionics unveils humanoid robot with full-body tactile sensing

Generative Bionics said its Gene.01 humanoid is fully sensorized, helping it quickly anticipate human presence and respond. The post Generative Bionics unveils humanoid robot with full-body tactile sensing appeared first on The Robot Report.

4. MISUMI Americas releases reshoring report, supports manufacturing training bill

MISUMI Americas has examined reshoring of U.S. manufacturing and supported legislation to send workers overseas for training. The post MISUMI Americas releases reshoring report, supports manufacturing training bill appeared first on The Robot Report.

5. Friction is key to making better robot world models

Deploying world models in real robotic systems requires a step that receives less attention than the models themselves: conditioning. The post Friction is key to making better robot world models appeared first on The Robot Report.

6. Building robots for unpredictable, infrastructure-free environments

Real-world robotics success requires building infrastructure-free systems that thrive in unpredictable, harsh outdoor environments. The post Building robots for unpredictable, infrastructure-free environments appeared first on The Robot Report.

7. BrainCo demonstrates brain-controlled robot AI platform

During BrainCo's demo, the mind-controlled robotic arm completed tasks that require precision, such as grasping a cup or picking up an apple. The post BrainCo demonstrates brain-controlled robot AI platform appeared first on The Robot Report.

8. Boston Dynamics to discuss the art behind human-robot interaction

Boston Dynamics experts will share insights into design considerations for safe human-robot interaction in a webinar. The post Boston Dynamics to discuss the art behind human-robot interaction appeared first on The Robot Report.

9. AGIBOT unveils four embodied AI products for real-world operations at WAIC

AGIBOT said its demoes and industrial deployments show its progress in turning embodied AI capabilities into repeatable workflows. The post AGIBOT unveils four embodied AI products for real-world operations at WAIC appeared first on The Robot Report.

Tech General

1. Meta is testing an AI bedtime story app for people with no imagination

At last, a tech company has found a way to outsource humanity's oldest pastime: using our imaginations.

2. These are the countries moving to ban social media for children

Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.

3. OpenAI says Hugging Face was breached by its pre-release models

OpenAI has come forward to claim responsibility for the Hugging Face breach, saying it was the result of internal testing gone awry.

4. Jack Dorsey is taking on Slack with Buzz, a group chat platform for teams and their AI agents

Buzz is a group chat platform for the workplace that puts humans and their AI agents in the same conversation.

5. AI and the rise of the universal entertainment app

Over the past decade, streaming platforms competed by dominating individual formats like music, video, podcasts, or audiobooks. Now, as AI makes it easier to create, organize, and recommend content, those distinctions are fading, pushing companies like Spotify, Netflix, YouTube, and TikTok to become all-purpose entertainment destinations instead.

6. Bucking EV slowdown, Sila raises $300M to expand battery materials factory

Sila's fresh $300 million round will help it make enough of its silicon-carbon anode material to power more than 100,000 EVs.

7. Einride bets $38M on EV charging as it scales electric trucking

The acquisition β€” Einride's first as a publicly traded company β€” will expand its EV-charging ecosystem as it works to scale its electric trucking business.

8. Apple teams up with Klarna to launch a lease-to-own program for iPhones, iPads, and Macs

The new leasing program is a big change for the hardware company, and comes as it looks to raise prices on many of its products.

9. Data centers expected to use 4x more electricity by 2035

New data centers built through 2033 could consume as much electricity as India uses today.

10. Tesla spins up robotaxi pilots in Orlando and Tampa ahead of Q2 earnings

The company didn't say how many are in each city and has taken a far more cautious approach to scaling the network than CEO Elon Musk had promised.

11. Neill Blomkamp’s new zombie AI β€˜film’ is just slop warmed over

On Monday, District 9 and Gran Turismo director Neill Blomkamp unveiled his latest project: a 13-minute sci-fi short titled Nightborne that's loosely based on Peter Watts' 2014 novel Echopraxia. The short comes from Blomkamp's new AI startup / production company, Barley Studios, and features characters whose voices and faces are modeled after human actors. But […]

12. OpenAI says it accidentally hacked Hugging Face with a new AI system

OpenAI says its AI models mistakenly breached open-source AI platform Hugging Face during internal testing. In a blog post on Tuesday, OpenAI writes that GPT-5.6 Sol and "an even more capable pre-release model" discovered vulnerabilities within their sandboxed testing environment, allowing them to gain access to the internet and target Hugging Face. On July 16th, […]

13. Substack adds an AI detector to help spot blogs written by no one

Substack will now help users determine whether what they're reading may have been written by AI. A new tool coming to the platform can scan posts, notes, replies, and comments to provide an estimate of how much text could be AI-generated or written with AI assistance, according to a blog post published on Tuesday. The […]

14. Peak Design’s modular Field Bracket has a finder tag built-in

I am a very clumsy man. So clumsy, that I have AirTags hanging off practically every camera I own. Have I left my camera in an Uber? Yes. Have I left it on an airplane? Also yes. For me, finder tags are essential for my cameras. The problem is, strapping a finder tag to a […]

15. Nearly every Kindle is steeply discounted at Best Buy

If you’ve been thinking about picking up a Kindle before school starts, or for your next vacation, now’s a good time to do it. As part of its Black Friday in July sale, Best Buy has brought the Kindle Paperwhite back down to its all-time low of $124.99 ($35 off). It’s the Kindle we recommend […]

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