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Databricks says it solved the decades-old data pipeline problem that's been slowing AI agents
For decades, data professionals have struggled with the challenge of managing both operational and analytical databases in a unified approach that doesn't introduce latency and performance degradation. Agents made the problem structural. A system that reasons continuously and act…
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The Washington Post on the EU’s DMA Folly
The Washington Post editorial board yesterday (News+ link), “Why Europe Won’t Have the New Siri”: Brussels insists the decision is “Apple’s and Apple’s only” and that nothing in its flagship Digital Markets Act forbids the launch. That’s technically true and wholly beside the poi…
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Bug in FIFA World Cup internal system gave anyone ability to modify TV stream
A security researcher said a flaw in FIFA’s online platforms allowed her to access several internal systems, including one that could have allowed her to take control of the TV stream of every World Cup match.
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Android 17 launches with new multitasking tools as Google expands Gemini features
Google has released Android 17 and Wear OS 7, introducing new multitasking features, parental controls, security tools, and smartwatch upgrades. The launch is also accompanied by a Pixel Drop that brings Google’s latest AI models to its devices.
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New in the App Store: Personalized Recommendations
Sarah Perez, writing for TechCrunch: This week, Apple announced a series of discovery features that will personalize app recommendations based on users’ interests and behavior, providing a new way for developers to have their app discovered. At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Confer…
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SpaceX Acquires AI Coding Tool Cursor For $60B In Year’s Largest Startup M&A Deal
The acquisition of Cursor gives SpaceX a foothold into the enterprise software development market, where AI-assisted coding has taken off and led large companies to significantly pare back their reliance on human engineers.
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Alibaba eyes physical world with its first suite of AI models for robots
Alibaba Group Holding has launched its first suite of artificial intelligence models for robots, joining a global race to move AI out of chatbot windows and into the physical world. The Hangzhou-based tech giant on Tuesday introduced the Qwen Robot Suite, marking its latest foray…
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SpaceX to acquire AI coding startup Cursor in $60Bn stock deal
SpaceX has announced plans to acquire Anysphere, the company behind the AI… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.
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Turtlemint’s Loss Jump 19% YoY To ₹185 Cr Ahead Of D-Street Debut
Turtlemint is on track to make its public markets debut amid growing losses. The insurtech company, whose IPO will open…
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Smart-driving chips: the weapon of choice in China’s EV tech war
A new front has opened in China’s electric-vehicle tech war as carmakers design their own smart-driving chips, turning custom silicon into the industry’s weapon of choice in the world’s largest auto market. The latest salvo came on Monday after Li Auto unveiled the Mach M100, a 5…
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Chinese AI Models Find a Way Forward Through Multi-Model Routing and Cost-Effective Architectures
Chinese domestic large language models are finding their path to commercial relevance through multi-model dynamic routing (Fusion) and hybrid agent architectures that prioritize cost efficiency over raw benchmark performance.
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Wealth Management Startup CREST Comes Out Of Stealth With $3.1 Mn Funding
Wealth management startup CREST has raised $3.1 Mn (₹29.3 Cr) in a pre-seed funding round led by Atrium Ventures, BEENEXT,…
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Honda Civics and Installing Software With Android Test Keys
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How Open-Weight Models Changed the AI Landscape
In this article, we will look at how open-weight models have transformed the AI landscape.
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2026 Frikkin Lasers Contest: Glow Engine is like an Open Air Slow Scan CRT
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A Guide to AI Inference Engineering
In this article, we will walk through how inference works and why the field’s optimization techniques exist.
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How Did They Make View-Master Slides?
The basics of producing a stereophotograph of real life places were well-established by the time the View-Master arrived, but producing images of imaginary scenes was a bit more involved. [View …read more
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A Brief History of Unix Commands On Windows: CoreUtils (Again)
If you use Windows today and type ls, cat, grep, or awk in a terminal, there is a good chance something useful will happen. That was not always true. For …read more
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The Adder at the Heart of Intel’s 8087 FPU
As simple as the concept of adding two numbers appears at first glance, doing it in the 1970s in Intel’s 8087 FPU with its 69-bit adder was still a tall …read more
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