What is an Agent, Actually? Distinguishing LLMs, agents, orchestration, and frameworks When I wrote my first tutorials on open-source multi-agent frameworks in 2024, “agent” already meant something genuinely complicated – an LLM’s behavior already depended on scaffolding well beyond the model itself: a defined role, a memory system, a planning process, coordination layers. The complexity … Read more
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is reportedly working on a new chip designed to make its Gemini models run much more efficiently.
The project aims to build a connected digital economy where NTE can be used across node participation, staking, AI-based services, marketplace transactions, ecosystem access and future blockchain applications. A Multi-Utility Economy Powered by NTE NTE is the central utility token of the NodeMeta ecosystem. It is currently deployed on BNB Smart Chain with a defined … Read more
AUUUUUGH | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Index funds are touted as one of the safest ways to invest. Rather than picking and choosing individual stocks, index funds let you bet on the market as a whole. So what happens when a company like SpaceX – a giant gamble, and, in my … Read more
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is one of the basic building blocks of AI interoperability, giving AI models a secure way to access external data sources and services. It’s the plumbing that lets a chatbot reach into your calendar, your database, or your internal tools, instead of engineers building custom pipes for every connection. Next … Read more
One of the problems of fiat (traditional) currencies is unlimited supplies: governments can print new bills and coins to their heart’s content, and this could increase inflation to the point of killing the currency itself. Money needs to be scarce to work, and when it’s not anymore, then it doesn’t work anymore. That’s why numerous … Read more
Why autonomous AI agents and non-human identities need first-class status in enterprise IAM Non-human identities (NHI) do not need to be human. But they must be users in IAM — the Identity and Access Management layer enterprises use to govern who or what can access systems. Not users in the social sense. Not employees. Not … Read more
Borderlands 3 is among the 15 games in the 2K Megahits 2026 Bundle. | 2K Games The aptly-named “2K Megahits 2026 Bundle” from Humble includes 15 Steam games for $15. It’s a smattering of the publisher 2K’s biggest games of the 2010s, including BioShock Infinite, Risk of Rain 2, Borderlands 3, and XCOM: Enemy Unknown. … Read more
The ornament requires three 1.5-volt coin batteries, which are included in the box. | Photo: Cameron Faulkner/The Verge You probably know the signature PlayStation boot sound. Did you know that it’s technically a multi-part chime? There’s the synthy section where “Sony Computer Entertainment” shows onscreen with a white background. You only get to the next … Read more
X says the rebuilt version of its Android app is now available globally.
Talk of banning Chinese-made open-weight LLMs reveals the challenge of turning AI into a business.
The end of the Ford F-150 Lightning was also the start of a new era for the automaker. After failing to capture the market with the electric version of its popular F-Series truck, Ford is going back to the drawing board with its Universal Electric Vehicle Platform. The first offering will be a $30,000 electric … Read more
The one-year-old startup aims to reinvent financial architecture for autonomous AI transactions.
The lawsuit from the states alleges that the deal would harm movie theaters, basic cable distributors, and audiences.
A judge partially granted the request from a dozen state attorneys general to temporarily place the $110 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery on hold, as reported by Variety and Reuters. US District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín said that based on the new company’s market share, “the Court is persuaded that it can presume … Read more
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LG’s UltraGear Glossy OLED gaming monitor deliver deep, true-to-life blacks. | Image: LG If you’ve been thinking about upgrading your gaming monitor, LG’s 27-inch 27GX704A-B pairs a glossy WOLED panel with a fast refresh rate, and it’s currently on sale for $379.99 (about $70 off) at Amazon and directly from LG, marking a new low … Read more
This LG 34GX900A-B is one of the monitors found auto-installing LG’s app on users’ PCs. | Image: LG A video from Gamers Nexus explains how, after connecting a new LG UltraGear monitor to a PC running Windows 11 for the first time, Windows Update is silently installing LG driver updates and the LG Monitor App … Read more
Welcome to the “what is a photo” debate, Adobe. | Image: Adobe Adobe’s experimental camera app has taken an unexpected turn. After Project Indigo was launched last year to provide a “more natural (SLR-like) look” for iPhone photography, the Indigo camera app is now being updated with a suite of generative AI tools. And the … Read more
Adobe’s Project Indigo can now remove all kinds of backgrounds from photos you snap using the app
Two critical security flaws in WordPress’ software have given hackers the chance to remotely take over tens of millions of websites, according to an estimate by a cybersecurity researcher.
Monday morning in a restaurant back office runs on a script every operator knows by heart. Payroll closes at noon. Three timecards are missing. A shift swap happened over a group text nobody screenshotted. A new line cook’s I-9 sits half-finished, and the one admin responsible for all of it is answering a PTO question … Read more
YouTube has updated its monetization policies to more clearly define the kinds of AI-generated and low-quality videos that can’t earn ad revenue.