The FTC’s data-sharing order against GM is finally settled
The order, first proposed a year ago, bans GM from collecting and then selling geolocation data to third parties, like data brokers and insurance companies.
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India’s Emversity doubles valuation as it scales workers AI can’t replace
Emversity has raised $30 million in a new round as it scales job-ready training in India.
Production-ready agentic AI: key challenges and solutions
As great as your AI agents may be in your POC environment, that same success may not make its way to production. Often, those perfect demo experiences don’t translate to…
Balancing cost and performance: Agentic AI development
The C-suite loves what agentic AI promises: autonomous systems that can think, decide, and act without constant human intervention. The potential for productivity and lower costs is undeniable — until…
Tech Workers Are Condemning ICE Even as Their CEOs Stay Quiet
The killing of George Floyd in 2020 prompted a wave of statements from tech companies and CEOs. Today, pushback against ICE is largely coming from employees, not executives.
Musk denies awareness of Grok sexual underage images as California AG launches probe
The California Attorney General has opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s xAI after its chatbot Grok began generating nonconsensual sexual images of real women and even children.
OpenAI signs deal, worth $10 billion, for compute from Cerebras
The collaboration will help OpenAI models deliver faster response times for more difficult or time consuming tasks, the companies said.
How to Build a Stateless, Secure, and Asynchronous MCP-Style Protocol for Scalable Agent Workflows
In this tutorial, we build a clean, advanced demonstration of modern MCP design by focusing on three core ideas: stateless communication, strict SDK-level validation, and asynchronous, long-running operations. We implement…
Netflix’s first original video podcasts feature Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin
As Netflix tries to take down YouTube’s dominance in the podcast space, it’s getting new originals with Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin.
App downloads declined again in 2025, but consumer spending soared to nearly $156B
Global app downloads were down, but consumer spending was up to nearly $156B in 2025.