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The race in AI has been about who builds the best model. A new company backed by Anthropic thinks the real money sits elsewhere: in getting those models to actually work inside big companies. That company is Ode with Anthropic, and it launched under its full name this week, the
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Most companies still cannot say who, or what, has access to their systems at any given moment. Oak, an Israeli startup, has raised $60M to fix that, and it is betting AI agents make the problem urgent. The company came out of stealth with the seed round, it said. Its
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The UK looked set to crack down on VPNs as it tightens the rules for children online. Instead it has backed off, and its own research is the reason why. Online Safety Minister Kanishka Narayan put it plainly on the BBC. “We decided not to limit VPNs,” he said. A
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Forever Physical: Sony's recent decision to move away from disc-based gaming sparked a wave of controversy, analysis, and debate about the future of physical releases. One resourceful PC gamer has even found
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* Russian hacker “bandcampro” used Google’s Gemini CLI to control an eight‑device botnet at a dental clinic * The attacker tricked the AI by posing as a pen tester, directing it to migrate C2 infrastructure, troubleshoot connectivity, and prepare payload bundles * The AI assisted with daily operations like password guessing
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Travel agency Fora announced a $60 million Series D round led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures, valuing the company at $1 billion. Fora, founded in 2021, is a two-part platform: it lets people easily become travel agents by providing the infrastructure to support client communication and travel planning; it also
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Have you run into problems migrating your products from one model to the next? Upgrading to the latest AI models is rarely simple. For engineering teams, model updates whether migrating to an entirely new model or updating to a newer checkpoint within the same model family, like moving from an
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Data scientists and data engineers often find themselves caught between two worlds: SQL and Python. Some find SQL more intuitive, especially when combined with a powerful engine like BigQuery to process data at scale. Others find it easier to work in Python with its rich ecosystem of libraries and runtimes.
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Can teams of AI agents collaborate to create a short film? As part of an internal Google generative media hackathon, we put this question to the test – specifically, to uncover whether AI agents could work collaboratively in a domain less innately familiar than software development. We gave each crew three
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Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for July 2026. Today, Francis deSouza, COO, Google Cloud and President, Security Products, explains the crucial role that deep context plays in creating an AI advantage for defenders. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the
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The Pixel 11 Pro XL in "Canyon," if Amazon's premature listings are to be believed.Credit: Android Authority Premature Amazon listings have revealed Google's full 2026 Pixel 11 phone lineup and its US prices. The pages briefly went live on Google’s official Amazon
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Right now is a great time to buy a phone, beacause because nearly every single Google Pixel 10 Pro model is on sale. Among all the discounts, the best deal belongs to the 128GB Pixel 10 in Obsidian (black), which
