Roborock’s Q10 S5 Plus robovac is over half off, matching its best price to date

Roborock’s Q10 S5 Plus comes with a self-emptying dock and is under $300. | Image: Roborock Even at full price, the Roborock Q10 S5 Plus offers impressive value, boasting features typically reserved for pricier robovac models at a fraction of the price. That’s especially true today. It’s down to just $269.99 ($280 off) at Wellbots … Read more

A warrantless wiretap law is about to expire — but surveillance networks aren’t actually ‘going dark’

Congress has failed to pass a three-week extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), with the House voting 218-198 against reauthorizing the controversial warrantless wiretapping authority through July 2nd. After a short-term extension earlier this year, the spying program now appears set to lapse for at least a week. This is … Read more

LLMs Shouldn’t Do Math: Why Your Agents Need Classical ML Tools

The current AI hype cycle wants you to believe that Large Language Models (LLMs) can handle everything. Need to evaluate credit risk? Prompt an LLM. Need to predict customer churn? Give the LLM a few-shot examples. But engineers working in production environments know better. In the real world, enterprise decision-making still runs on classical machine … Read more

Why Agentic Software Development Needs Documentation Stewardship

Abstract: The transition to agentic software production necessitates a shift from passive documentation to active **Living Governance. This paper defines the governance layer of the contract-style-comments (CSC) framework, establishing the protocols for artifact ownership, maintenance triggers, and the “Agentic Handshake”—authorizing AI agents as proactive stewards of the system’s architectural truth. :::tip This is Part 4 of my contract-style-comments … Read more

Waymo introduces $30-a-month premium tier for riders who want faster pickups

Uber One, meet Waymo Premier. The robotaxi operator announced a new $29.99-a-month premium tier for riders who want a more elevated and exclusive autonomous experience. The invite-only membership service is aimed at Waymo customers who use the service most frequently, offering them a number of perks, including priority pickups, 10 percent cash back on every … Read more

Elon Musk is encouraging race riots on the eve of SpaceX’s IPO

Elon Musk, on the verge of becoming the world’s first trillionaire, is whipping up anti-immigration tensions amid ongoing riots in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Following a knife attack in the city on Monday, Musk declared support for Restore Britain, a hard-right populist political party that advocates for large-scale migrant deportation in the UK. He reposted statements … Read more

Evaluate AI agents systematically with Agent-EvalKit

Teams building AI agents typically evaluate them the way they evaluate any other software: by checking whether the output matches expectations. But agents that autonomously choose tools and sequence operations across multiple sources produce behavior that output-level testing cannot fully characterize. An agent might deliver a well-structured, actionable response while hallucinating, fabricating facts because its … Read more

Spot trends faster, sort smarter: Unlocking Sparklines and Custom Sort in Amazon Quick

Amazon Quick Sight, the business intelligence capability of Amazon Quick, delivers a unified BI experience, from modern interactive dashboards and natural language querying to pixel-perfect reports, machine learning insights, and embedded analytics at scale. Amazon Quick brings together AI-powered agents for business insights, research, and automation in one integrated experience, helping teams work smarter and … Read more

Is Apple TV the new HBO?

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Severance. Pachinko. Silo. Ted Lasso. Over the past couple of years, a number of Apple TV shows have become hits with audiences and critics alike. And yet, compared to the … Read more