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The Model Context Protocol arrived as a small, disciplined piece of plumbing. An agent host, a server, a JSON-described tool surface, and a transport layer. The maintainers of the open specification describe it as a standard for connecting AI applications to external systems, often compared to USB-C. One
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The rise of autonomous AI agents is reshaping how businesses operate — from procurement and contract negotiation to scientific research and customer service. But as these systems take on increasingly consequential tasks, a critical question has gone largely unanswered: what happens when one AI agent makes a commitment to another, and
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The cryptocurrency industry has evolved dramatically over the past decade. What initially began as an experimental financial movement has now expanded into a global ecosystem involving decentralized finance, digital ownership, tokenized economies, AI integration, creator platforms, and community-driven applications. Yet despite this rapid evolution, one challenge continues to affect a
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A new government-backed financing system is reshaping how critical minerals projects attract capital. It was designed for allied nations. Africa, which holds the majority of the minerals the world needs, was not part of that design. That gap is where real-world asset tokenization stops being a crypto conversation and starts
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At the Android Show yesterday, we introduced Googlebooks: a new category of premium laptops built with Gemini’s helpfulness at the core. Designed for Gemini Intelligence, Googlebooks will give personalized, proactive support across their workflows, access to powerful agentic capabilities, and seamless compatibility across their devices. For over 15 years,
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In the healthcare and life sciences industries, speed saves lives, but meeting regulatory requirements and other administrative burdens often pumps the brakes for manufacturers of software as a medical device (SaMD). These devices include AI image analysis for cancer detection, diagnostic mobile apps for viewing MRIs, and software that can
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Every day, thousands of hours of new video content sits waiting to be discovered. Most of it lives in long-form, horizontal formats, while audiences are scrolling through vertical feeds on their phones. Glance, a mobile-first content platform, knows this challenge well. The company processes 1-2 hour videos from sources like
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Databases have introduced new AI-powered SQL functions which take natural language instructions as input and are evaluated using LLMs. They leverage the power of LLMs to answer new kinds of queries: Which product reviews are negative about durability? Which customer support tickets have been resolved by providing a workaround? These
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Samuel Boivin/Shutterstock Elon Musk's xAI has added a further 19 natural gas turbines to its Southhaven, Mississippi-based AI data center site. This is despite an ongoing lawsuit alleging the company was already operating 27 unpermitted methane gas generators to power the nearby Colossus 2 campus in South
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Rethinking Detection Engineering: A Practical, Threat-Informed Path Forward for Modern Security Teams The threat landscape is accelerating, with defenders battling expanding data, attack surfaces, and complexity. Yet, maintenance remains the biggest challenge in detection engineering. This SANS report explores proven frameworks, human collaboration, and automation to help you build more
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I'm not usually a big audiobook person, preferring my Kindle or old-school library books. But with so many buzzy new books out and a good amount of time spent in the car shuttling my kids around, I decided to give Audible's latest 30-day free trial a
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* Multiple users online have discovered a Steam Controller easter egg * The Steam Controller lets out a Wilhelm scream when dropped * It's unclear how Valve implemented this, but it may be via a built-in speaker or haptic motors Valve's Steam Controller is highly regarded as one of
