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Bangla press/Shutterstock If you're one of those people who got swept up in OpenClaw fever at the start of the year, Spotify's latest feature is for you (and maybe only you). The company has released a command-line tool that allows AI agents like Claude Code
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Presented by Zeta Global The gap between what AI promises and what it delivers is not subtle. The same model can produce precise, useful output in one system and generic, irrelevant results in another. The issue is not the model. It's the context. Most enterprise systems were not
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TL;DR ShinyHunters breached Instructure’s Canvas learning management system, claiming 3.65 terabytes of data from 275 million users across 9,000 institutions worldwide, including private messages between students and teachers. Forty-four Dutch universities and schools are confirmed affected, and the breach, the second at Instructure in eight months,
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Software development life cycle (SDLC) defense provider Boost Security has announced raising $4 million in funding, and two acquisitions meant to expand its platform’s capabilities. Bringing the total raised by the startup to $16 million, the new investment came from White Star Capital, Amiral Ventures, Accelia Capital, and Sorensen
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In case you weren’t aware, today is World Password Day. Now, some experts might tell you today that passwords are obsolete and we need to move to new methods of securing accounts. We’re not quite there yet. 1. Complex does not mean secure For a long time, you
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Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The link between workplace clarity and employee well-being — Workplace well-being isn't only influenced
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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
