Brit competition cops order Google to make search rankings less mysterious
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has imposed two new conduct requirements for Google's search services, to improve transparency and fairness in result rankings and allowing users to port their search data to third parties. The requirements follow the...
I tested the best MacOS alternative on Linux again – and it even mimics Liquid Glass now
PearOS has been promising to become the MacOS of Linux for some time now, and the latest release just might deliver.
The anti-humanoid: Why Genesis AI’s new robot design isn’t a fake human
Genesis AI is betting against the tech industry’s obsession with bipedal, human-mimicking robots. Their first general-purpose machine, Eno, pairs millimeter-precise dexterous, human-like hands with a minimalist, wheeled base that can dynamically fold away out of...
We tested 10 power banks in our lab – and this one had the fastest charge
ZDNET's latest Lab Award goes to the power bank that charged to 100% the fastest.
An Orbital StormWall Could Mitigate The Next Carrington Event
The Carrington Event was the most intense geomagnetic storm ever recorded. In September 1859, auroras were visible as close to the equator as Columbia and some telegraph stations were severely damaged by current induced in the lines. If a similar event occurred today,...
The Top 10 Attack Surface Exposures in 2026
Breaches don't always start with a zero-day. An exposed admin panel can get brute-forced, or credentials reused from a previous attack. But when a vulnerability does drop — like MongoBleed earlier this year, which let attackers pull credentials and session tokens from...
Uber will bring its premium robotaxi service to Houston in 2027
This will be the second market to have an Uber robotaxi service outfitted with Lucid EVs equipped with a self-driving system from Nuro.
Quantum computing is growing—in Chicago!—and PsiQuantum keeps racking up wins
In a city not known for bureaucratic efficiency, the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP), a 128-acre parcel being developed on the former site of the U.S. Steel plant on the South Side of Chicago, is a remarkable exception. Plans for the sprawling...
AMD May Swap Integrated Graphics for NPU in Upcoming Zen 6 Desktop CPUs
AMD May Swap Integrated Graphics for NPU in Upcoming Zen 6 Desktop CPUs Go to Source I guess we're heading back to it being a pain to troubleshoot GPU issues again.
Pinterest launches an experimental AI shopping app called ‘Ask Pinterest’
Pinterest launches an experimental AI shopping app called ‘Ask Pinterest’ Go to Source Pinterest has launched 'Ask Pinterest,' an experimental AI-powered shopping app that lets users seek recommendations and inspiration through a...
Hiring managers: Don’t make this fatal mistake when writing job descriptions
A hiring manager I worked with recently spent three weeks screening candidates for a digital marketing role. Strong résumés, solid interviews, plenty of platform experience. She made an offer. The candidate accepted. Two months later, she called me: “They’re great,...
WhatsApp is testing read-once disappearing messages
WhatsApp is testing read-once disappearing messages Go to Source WhatsApp is finally catching up to rivals with disappearing messages.
What business leaders are getting wrong about AI’s impact on entry-level jobs
The loudest voices in today’s AI debate warn that entry-level jobs are disappearing and that young workers will be the first casualties of automation. It is a compelling narrative, but it is incomplete. AI has created a new set of early career opportunities that...
Microsoft Teams Relay Servers Abused in DragonForce Ransomware Attack
The attackers deployed a new Go-based backdoor that uses Microsoft Teams servers for command-and-control. The post Microsoft Teams Relay Servers Abused in DragonForce Ransomware Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.
These useful Amazon gadgets are up to 68% off – here’s why I recommend them
Amazon is slashing its smart home prices ahead of Prime Day, and these deals on Echo, Ring, Blink, and other devices are actually worth your money.
Is technical literacy the new MBA?
Traditional business degrees once guaranteed a path to leadership, but today’s market increasingly rewards technical literacy over classroom credentials. The shift reflects a fundamental change in how companies measure capability and potential. Below, industry...
Show HN: High-Res Neural Cellular Automata
Neural CAs model self-organizing pattern formation.Now they can generate patterns at HD resolution in real-time, enabled by turning each CA cell into a Neural Field.Try 3 demos: grow a pattern from a seed (and damage it, it heals), synthesize PBR textures that can...
A Unified Namespace Determines Your Historian Schema, Not the Other Way Around
A Unified Namespace Determines Your Historian Schema, Not the Other Way Around Go to Source Most teams build the historian schema first, then connect it to a Unified Namespace. Adopt a UNS and the dependency runs the other way. The...
Inside the Swiss Deep Tech Report 2026: Switzerland Out-Invests China and the US in Deep Tech
Inside the Swiss Deep Tech Report 2026: Switzerland Out-Invests China and the US in Deep Tech Go to Source Which country puts the largest share of its venture capital into deep tech? Not the United States. Not China. The Swiss Deep...
Stop tracking hypothetical prompts: how to build a prompt set from real buyer queries
Stop tracking hypothetical prompts: how to build a prompt set from real buyer queries Go to Source Stop tracking hypothetical prompts: how to build a prompt set from real buyer queries The majority of AI visibility algorithms start...
From Monoliths to Multitudes: Why Agent Swarms Beat Giant Models on the Road to AGI
From Monoliths to Multitudes: Why Agent Swarms Beat Giant Models on the Road to AGI Go to Source If general intelligence is on the horizon, simply making one model larger won’t get us there. We need to create networks of specialized...
Why Both CEXs and DeFi Keep Failing Active Traders
Why Both CEXs and DeFi Keep Failing Active Traders Go to Source Crypto has spent years debating whether centralized exchanges or decentralized finance represent the future of trading. Entire ecosystems, venture theses, and online...
Protocol Conversion at the Edge: Modbus, OPC-UA, and What Sits Between Them
Protocol Conversion at the Edge: Modbus, OPC-UA, and What Sits Between Them Go to Source Industrial machines generate enormous amounts of operational data. But getting that data into a format that AI systems can actually use is rarely...
Why Local SEO Metrics No Longer Explain Customer Acquisition
Why Local SEO Metrics No Longer Explain Customer Acquisition Go to Source For years, local businesses have relied on visibility metrics to measure marketing performance. Rankings, reviews, profile views, and website traffic became the...
The Companies Rewiring the Future of AI
The Companies Rewiring the Future of AI Go to Source Training a frontier AI model means convincing hundreds of thousands of chips to act like one giant computer. The hard part isn't the chips — it's the wiring. In Memphis, Tennessee,...
Standards, Sovereign AI, and Compute Infrastructure Move to the Conference Floor
Standards, Sovereign AI, and Compute Infrastructure Move to the Conference Floor Go to Source June 2026 shows how AI conferences are shaping sovereign AI, agentic AI, infrastructure policy, standards, and responsible deployment.
What We Learned Building an AI Agent for 3D Creation
What We Learned Building an AI Agent for 3D Creation Go to Source When we started building Meshy 3D Agent, the obvious problems were easy to name: model quality, texture fidelity, prompt control, and generation speed. Those are still...
The Best Claude Code Alternatives to Try
The Best Claude Code Alternatives to Try Go to Source An exhaustive architectural evaluation, developer review analysis, and deployment guide for modern autonomous coding agents. :::info NightCafe Studio generated every image in this...
The Real Cost of Agent-Written Software
The Real Cost of Agent-Written Software Go to Source The price of AI-generated code fell to near zero; the cost relocated to the failure paths nobody specified. The price of a working line of code has been falling for many years, and...
Brainmate Earns a 43 Proof of Usefulness Score by Building an Infrastructure Layer for AI Shared Memory and Governance
Brainmate Earns a 43 Proof of Usefulness Score by Building an Infrastructure Layer for AI Shared Memory and Governance Go to Source BrainMate gives AI teams shared memory, observability, and governance across tools so every AI action...