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IBM announced the general availability of IBM Sovereign Core at Think 2026 this week - a software platform designed to help organizations build and operate AI-ready sovereign environments and verify their control across hybrid infrastructure. The timing is not surprising, given that data sovereignty has been climbing the enterprise agenda
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Google Health’s AI coach gets a revamp along with the latest app rebrand. 3 min read Following Google’s Thursday announcement that it's rebranding the Fitbit app as Google Health, it has also upgraded its Google Health Coach. Previously called the Personal Health Coach, Fitbit’s AI-powered
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The Fitbit app is getting a significant makeover, so much so that it will no longer have that name. On Thursday, Google, which completed its acquisition of Fitbit in 2021, announced that the Fitbit app will be rebranded as Google Health on May 19. "By transitioning to the Google
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The Fitbit name is fading. Here's what Google is replacing it with and what it means for you. 3 min read Google is reshaping its health portfolio with three announcements on Thursday that signal a clear shift from hardware-led tracking to software-driven coaching. There's a new
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Google is ditching the screen on its latest wearable and betting hard on its AI health coach. The new Fitbit Air is a slim, screenless band with a removable sensor with the sole job of collecting health data in the background, removing the distractions of notifications, apps and stats. Read
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A new command-line tool lets AI agents save audio alongside your other podcasts. by Terrence O'Brien May 7, 2026, 2:15 PM UTC Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge Terrence O'Brien is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, including 10
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Final specs due for release in 2028, so don't hold your breath for the hardware An official draft of the PCI Express (PCIe) 8.0 specificationis out, targeting a blistering 1 terabyte per secondwhen the kit finally hits the streets. The PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) has released
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Language's popularity continues to grow despite commonly cited frustrations The Standard C++ Foundation's annual developer survey shows AI use among C++ programmers is rising fast, though mistrust and resistance remain stubbornly high. The poll, billed as a “10-minute survey to help inform C++ standardization and C+
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Looking ahead: AMD's Zen 6 architecture is set to debut later this year with the Epyc Venice server processors. The company's CEO recently outlined AMD's ambitions for the
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We spend a significant part of our working lives video conferencing. Internal meetings, client discussions, board-level decisions, even clinical consultations. These are not casual conversations. They often involve information we would never put in writing, let alone share publicly. And yet, most of the time, we don't question
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An OAuth token with wide access rights can be stolen stealthily and largely undetectably from Claude Code. Claude Code is an agentic system. This is great for developers but concerning for security teams. Agentic systems can expand the attack surface while operating largely invisibly. A major issue is the OAuth
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If you've been thinking about buying a Switch 2 handheld, you may want to pull the trigger sooner than later. Nothing is etched in stone, but according to Bloomerberg, Nintendo could end up raising the price of its popular console after the company posts its earnings at the
