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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. 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. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. Google just bet its inference future on a chip built for one model

The race to make AI inference cheaper is pushing chip design beyond general-purpose accelerators. We’re now moving toward silicon that The post Google just bet its inference future on a chip built for one model 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. Nobody Ever Calculated the ROI of Email

Everyone is arguing about AI ROI right now. Boards want a number. Consultants are selling frameworks. And the headlines look brutal: an MIT report claimed 95% of enterprise GenAI pilots showed no measurable return, and a Forbes piece this January says 56% of CEOs see zero ROI from AI. So AI is a bust, right? Here is the thing. Ask any of those same companies to turn off email for a week. Just try it. Nobody ever ran a six month ROI study on email. Nobody had to. It became the way work happens, a...

13. Technologies And Concepts: Cheat Sheet for Developer Associate (DVA-C02)

Exam Guide: Developer - Associate Technologies And Concepts Cheat Sheet πŸ“˜ Cheat Sheet 1 | Services Compute Service What It Does Key Points Lambda Serverless Functions 15 min timeout, 10240 MB memory max, 1000 default concurrency EC2 Virtual Servers Instance profiles for IAM roles, user data for bootstrap ECS/Fargate Container Orchestration Task roles for IAM, Fargate = serverless containers Elastic Beanstalk PaaS Deployment .ebextensions for config, supports rolling/immutable/blue-green Storage ...

14. How We Built an AI-Native Real Estate Platform for Northern Cyprus

While building Evlek, an AI-native property platform for Northern Cyprus, we encountered a problem that appears in almost every AI search product: A language model can understand what the user wants, but it should not be allowed to invent the facts used in the answer. This becomes especially important in real estate. A fabricated product recommendation may be inconvenient. A fabricated property price, title deed type, availability status, or location can influence a high-value decision. We there...

15. WeasyPrint Alternative: HTML to PDF in Python (When You Need JavaScript)

You build a report template in HTML. It looks right in the browser: the layout holds, the webfont loads, the Chart.js graph draws. Then you run it through WeasyPrint and the PDF comes back with a blank space where the chart should be. No exception, no warning, just a hole in the page. That is not a bug you can fix. WeasyPrint does not execute JavaScript, so anything drawn or injected client-side simply does not exist as far as its renderer is concerned. This post walks through where the Python P...

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

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

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

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6. Throw, Result, or neither?

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7. Now in preview: Find and fix software vulnerabilities with CodeMender | Google Cloud Blog

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8. Elixir Cluster 101

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9. Modula-3: the forgotten language that explored memory safety decades ago

Pretty cool seeing that people were already thinking about memory safety decades ago. Some of these ideas that feel modern today were being explored back in the 80s and 90s. Makes you wonder how different things would look if languages like Modula-3 had taken off. submitted by /u/FayeTammy [link] [comments]

Game Development

1. 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?

2. Report: Splitgate dev 1047 games lays off staff

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

3. 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.'

4. Edge of Memories developer Midgar Studio is being liquidated

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.'

8. 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. Nintendo Basically Says That Splatoon 4 Will Happen

While Splatoon Raiders looks like a pivot from Nintendo's competitive multiplayer-focused franchise, a producer on the series confirmed that PvP gameplay in Splatoon will endure, even uttering the phrase "Splatoon 4" in an interview. Nintendo's Ask the Developer feature (per Nintendo Life) included a question that straight-up asked producer Seita Inoue why a spin-off is the franchise's next entry instead of a proper Splatoon 4. Inoue clarified that though Raiders is a markedly different game, Ni...

2. Hasbro Is Betting On Fewer, Bigger Video Games After $56 Million Write-Down

Hasbro's ambitious plan to expand into video games appears to have hit an expensive snag, as the company has recorded a $56 million impairment charge related to its video games portfolio for 2028 and beyond, according to its second-quarter earnings results. For the uninitiated, an impairment charge is a sudden loss of value for an asset, making it worth far less than what a company originally paid for it. "Over the last several quarters, we have reviewed our portfolio and updated our plans for H...

3. We Finally Know Xal’atath’s Evil Plan For The World Of Warcraft

After years of theories and speculation, World of Warcraft players may have finally uncovered the real endgame of its current main villain, Xal'atath. Xal'atath has been Azeroth's big bad for the past several expansions, but aside from amassing power in her Dark Heart artifact, her exact motivations haven't been entirely clear. She doesn't seem to work for the Old Gods but for herself, though to what end has been up for debate. Now, a datamined bit of dialogue from the game's upcoming 12.1 updat...

4. Neill Blomkamp’s AI Film Has Fans Asking For District 10 Instead

A handful of filmmakers have begun testing the waters of AI-generated movies, and this week, Gran Turismo director Neill Blomkamp showed off a 14-minute short that was made entirely with the technology. Could the famed director of cult-classic movies like District 9 and Elysium be one of the first people in Hollywood to use generative AI in a way that wasn't met with overwhelming negativity? Probably not, as the comments for Blomkamp's latest project have ranged from apathetic to hostile, with p...

5. Xbox Game Pass Is Going Somewhere You Probably Forgot About

Xbox Game Pass is teaming up with another subscription service this week, albeit one that appeals to a niche section of gamers. Facebook parent group Meta and Xbox have announced that a starter edition of Xbox Game Pass is now available to Meta Horizon+ subscribers, giving them access to over 50 games via cloud streaming. Games can also be downloaded directly from the cloud and onto a Meta Quest headset, and the starting lineup includes a mix of AAA hits and classic indies. One thing to note is ...

6. Nintendo Will Not Refund Tariff Fees It Passed Onto Customers, Saying They β€œReceived Exactly What They Bargained And Paid For”

Nintendo is just one of many companies that has been claiming refunds on the tariffs it was forced to pay on goods entering the United States from August 2025, but says it doesn't have to, and won't, pass these onto customers. In August 2025, Nintendo increased the price of the original Switch console in accordance with ongoing tariffs at the time. These were deemed illegal but a US court in February 2026, with Nintendo suing the US government in an attempt to get their tariffs (and associated i...

7. Hideo Kojima Reveals How He Wants To Die

Writer-director Hideo Kojima, famous for creating Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding, has commented on how he would like to die. During a recent event, Kojima said he would like to die in a movie theater, and he even knows when, exactly, he'd like to pass away. "I like the time before the movie starts the best. Enter the movie theater, the lights turn off, the commercials and trailers play, then just before the movie starts is when I want to pass away," he said. https://twitter.com/Kojima_Hide...

8. Battlefield 6 – Season 4 Intro Cinematic Trailer

Pax Armata's relentless campaign for control of the Pacific has begun. As NATO's offshore military bases come under attack, the conflict expands across land, air, and sea in the next chapter of Battlefield 6. Battle across massive amphibious battlefields, command new vehicles, wield new weapons, and adapt to the Dynamic Wave System as the war reaches the Pacific. Later in the season, the conflict continues with the arrival of the Top Gun update, featuring new fighter jets, new experiences, and m...

9. Splitgate studio 1047 Games is laying off more people just a month after releasing its latest game

Multiple employees say they've been let go in a new round of cuts.

10. Jimothy, a particularly round raccoon and the internet's latest sensation, has now broken into games

Fortnite crossover when?

11. A modder has brought No Man's Sky-style seamless takeoffs to Starfield, and even in beta they look pretty great

Going up.

12. A hacker has reportedly wiped out parts of the land registry database of Romania, bringing its real-estate market to a shuddering halt

Backups are said to be on the way.

13. It's probably time to update 7-Zip as the app has just been patched to fix a pretty big vulnerability

It will need to be manually updated to version 26.02 or later.

14. Darkest Dungeonβ€”the originalβ€”is getting surprise DLC in August

The Fire's Edge will be the first new DLC for Darkest Dungeon since 2020.

15. TSMC admits it's 'jealous' of memory chipmakers' margins, but is limiting its own price hike because its customers would not survive price increases of 'four to five times'

The company announces a 10 - 15% price increase, but isn't keen to emulate the memory industry's runaway pricing.

Robotics

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Google releases three new Gemini models β€” but no 3.5 Pro

Google released Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Flash Cyber, but the continued absence of Gemini 3.5 Pro raises fresh questions about its AI strategy.

5. Instagram now lets you swap out the music in your old posts

With the new "Replace Audio" tool, users can update the music on their post at any time while keeping the post's existing likes, comments, shares, and reach intact.

6. Threads rolls out parental supervision tools

With the new tools, parents and guardians will be able to view their teen's time spent on Threads, set daily time limits, adjust sleep mode, and manage their privacy settings.

7. US threatens sanctions against Chinese AI models over IP theft

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. could sanction Chinese open AI models over alleged IP theft, expanding the Trump administration's campaign to slow China's AI advances.

8. Light made a flip phone β€” it’s colorful and it’s cheap

Light co-founder Kaiwei Tang helped create the Motorola Razr, and he's as surprised as anyone that over 20 years later, the flip phone is relevant again.

9. After TikTok, Snap settles social media addiction case

TikTok recently settled its portion of the case with the plaintiff ahead of a jury trial that starts next week in Los Angeles. YouTube has also reached a deal, leaving Meta as the only remaining defendant.

10. AI music generator Suno breach affects 55M users, per Have I Been Pwned

A hacker took names, phone numbers, and physical addresses of millions of customers who used AI music generator Suno.

11. 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 […]

12. 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 […]

13. Apple’s rumored β€˜Upgrade’ program brings lease-to-own pricing for iPhones, Macs, and iPads

As component and RAM shortages drive prices higher, Apple is reportedly launching an "Apple Upgrade" program for leasing new devices. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, it will work similar to a car lease, with options to upgrade to a new device early, or keep or return the device at the end of the lease. Gurman […]

14. Twitch will let parents stop their teens going live

Twitch is giving parents more control over how their children are using the streaming platform, including the ability to block them from broadcasting entirely. Parental controls are now available that allow guardians to link Twitch accounts with their 13- to 17-year-old children, providing account management features and a weekly email summarizing their teen's activity, including […]

15. Anthropic’s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement approved by judge

A federal judge has signed off on Anthropic's $1.5 billion class action settlement with authors who accused the company of training its AI models on copyrighted books, as reported earlier by Reuters. In an order on Monday, Judge Araceli MartΓ­nez-OlguΓ­n writes that the settlement will provide "meaningful relief," offering authors around $3,000 for each book […]

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