The best Qi2 batteries for iPhone and Pixel

Compact power banks have gotten a lot faster in the past year — and it’s not just their USB-C charging speeds that have received a boost. The newest Qi2.2-certified models can wirelessly charge an iPhone 16 or later at up to 25W. Combine that with their ability to magnetically snap on via MagSafe, and you’ve … Read more

Fundamental’s Large Tabular Model NEXUS is now available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart

Today, we’re announcing support for Fundamental’s NEXUS model on Amazon SageMaker AI. With this launch, you can deploy a foundation model (FM) purpose-built for tabular data prediction. This model helps your enterprise generate accurate, deterministic predictions from structured data in days instead of months. In this post, we show you how to get started with … Read more

As AI gets better, it reveals an empty promise

This week we’ve got tandem hands-ons with Google’s new Gemini AI agent – Spark – from my colleagues David Pierce and Jay Peters. Their takeaways are similar: It’s so effective that it’s scary. Spark knew that David’s dog is named Frida and knew the first name of Jay’s wife, even though neither of them explicitly … Read more

Reducing container cold start times using SOCI index on DLAMI and DLC

Deep Learning AMI and AWS Deep Learning Containers are now enabled with support for SOCI snapshotter and index. Seekable OCI (SOCI) is a technology that enables efficient container image management through selective file downloading. It uses a layer-based indexing system to map file locations within container images, allowing containers to start with only the necessary … Read more

The HackerNoon Newsletter: You Have to Care – Because the Amplifier Wont (6/3/2026)

How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, June 3, 2026? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Martin Behaim Presented the World’s First Globe in 1492, Alexander Graham Bell Demonstrated the Photophone in Washington in 1880, Senator Obama Won the Montana Democratic Primary in 2008, … Read more

Improve your agent’s tool-calling accuracy with SFT and DPO on Amazon SageMaker AI

AI agents can autonomously handle complex, multi-step tasks, but their effectiveness depends on calling the right tools to retrieve information or take action. When an agent picks the wrong tool, formats parameters incorrectly, or breaks a workflow chain, task completion times grow, error rates rise, support costs increase, and user experiences degrade. As more organizations … Read more