Today, I’m talking with Kevin Scott, the chief technology officer of Microsoft and one of the company’s AI leaders. This is Kevin’s third time on Decoder, and he’s one of my favorite guests. He thinks a lot about the relationship between technology, art, and culture, and he’s unusually willing to dive into the weeds of … Read more
Microsoft’s four-day Build conference kicks off on Monday, May 19th, with a livestream starting at 9AM PT / 12PM ET. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will be on stage to present all the latest Windows, Office, and AI news, followed by developer sessions that will be free for anyone to register and watch online. Build is … Read more
GitHub is launching an AI coding agent that can do things like fix bugs, add features, and improve documentation — all on a developer’s behalf. The agent is embedded directly into GitHub Copilot, and it will start working once a user assigns it a task, according to an announcement at Microsoft Build. To complete its … Read more
Microsoft launched its Copilot Plus PC and Windows AI efforts last year, and now it’s going a step further today with native Model Context Protocol (MCP) in Windows and the launch of the Windows AI Foundry. The groundwork is necessary for a future envisioned by Microsoft whereby automated AI agents assist their human companions. Introduced … Read more
Microsoft is making its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) open-source today, opening up the code for community members to contribute to. After launching WSL for Windows 10 nearly nine years ago, it has been a multiyear effort at Microsoft to open-source the feature that enables a Linux environment within Windows. “It has been a consistent … Read more
I reported in my Notepad newsletter earlier this month that Microsoft was getting ready to host Elon Musk’s Grok AI models, and now it’s official. At Microsoft’s Build developer conference today, the company confirmed it’s expanding its Azure AI Foundry models list to include Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini from xAI. “These models will have … Read more
Dogecoin’s recent price movement shows a classic battle between bears and bulls, with the meme cryptocurrency finding stability after a significant downtrend. The coin experienced a 9.7% drop from $0.237 to $0.214 before buyers stepped in at key support levels. This buying pressure has created what analysts describe as a “panic zone retest” around the … Read more
Vladimir Smerkis, Binance’s former Russia division head, was arrested in Russia for being connected to a large-scale criminal fraud case, local media outlet TASS reported on Sunday. Zamoskvoretsky District Court, which resides in Moscow, granted an investigator’s request to detain Smerkis, an unnamed law enforcement agency source told TASS. The report did not share specific … Read more
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Overall, investors poughed $785 million into digital asset investment products, lifting year-to-date inflows to more than $7.4 billion–their highest point of 2025.
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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is acquiring “substantially all of” 23andMe’s assets. 23andMe will keep offering customers its DNA testing services after being bought out of bankruptcy. New York-based biotech company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced an agreement on Monday to purchase the 23andMe startup for $256 million, alongside its Total Health and Research Services business and biobank of customer … Read more
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The healthcare systems across the globe are now gradually embracing the much-needed shift toward personalized medicine. In this emerging industry landscape, the role of artificial intelligence (AI) has become extremely important in supporting patient-centric care. An expert in healthcare logistics and generative AI, Karthik Chava recommends that many long-standing challenges in precision medicine can be … Read more
Global economic tensions and shifting trade policies continue to create volatility across cryptocurrency markets, with TON experiencing significant downward pressure. The token’s recent price action has formed a descending channel with consecutive lower highs and lows, breaking below key support levels on high trading volume. Meanwhile, competing blockchain projects are gaining attention as investors seek … Read more
Kazakhstan, the Maldives and Pakistan have recently outlined ambitions to position themselves as crypto hubs and build out their digital economies. Historically, these countries haven’t been top of mind for global crypto firms — though Kazakhstan did have a brief moment in the spotlight as a go-to destination for Bitcoin (BTC) miners after China’s mining … Read more
Supply chains around the world are now getting increasingly strained by factors such as complexity, disruption, and volatility. In this situation, the need for more resilient and intelligent logistics is understood by all. Regardless of industry, organizations are finding it extremely difficult to deal with unprecedented challenges such as technological disruptions, environmental uncertainties, geopolitical tensions, … Read more
Opinion by: Darius Moukhtarzadeh, Research Strategist at 21Shares A new wave of crypto fundraising is emerging, changing how Web3 projects launch and who can invest at an early stage: Community Sales. At first glance, community sales may seem reminiscent of the ICO (Initial Coin Offering) era from 2016–2017. Yet, they represent a significant evolution that … Read more
As the playoffs rage on, Bluesky announced that it is beta testing a new feature during the NBA playoffs. While an NBA game is in progress, a red border with a “live” designation will appear around posts from the NBA’s account. When users click on the NBA’s profile picture, they will be redirected to the … Read more
23andMe was sold by bankruptcy auction, a year after the company had a massive data breach.
Content Overview Basics About Shapes Indexing Manipulating Shapes More on DTypes Broadcasting tf.converttotensor Ragged Tensors String Tensors Sparse Tensors Tensors are multi-dimensional arrays with a uniform type (called a dtype). You can see all supported dtypes at tf.dtypes. If you’re familiar with NumPy, tensors are (kind of) like np.arrays. All tensors are immutable like Python numbers and strings: you can never … Read more