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From prompt chaos to clarity: How to build a robust AI orchestration layer

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Editor’s note: Emilia will lead an editorial roundtable on this topic at VB Transform next week. Register today. AI agents seem like an inevitability these days. Most enterprises already use an AI application and may have deployed at least a single-agent system, with plans to pilot workflows with multiple agents. Managing all that sprawl

Nothing says an Essential Space premium tier could be in the cards in the future

In the interview, Pei describes the code we found as “zombie strings” that were left there during development. He adds that in its current form, Essential Space will remain free. However, he doesn’t rule out the possibility of a premium tier being added in the future: So I think that’s what happened, somebody got their hands on an older version of the APK and they decompiled it and saw that there [were] some strings related to charging for Essential Space. That was never in the production softw

Best early Prime Day tablet deals: My 15 favorite sales live now

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The best iPad keyboard cases of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

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My pick for the best Roku TV is 40% off at Best Buy

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The best Apple Watch Ultra bands of 2025: Expert tested

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Grab the 98-inch TCL Q6 for 40% off at Best Buy

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Best early Prime Day headphones deals: My 12 favorite sales live now

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Our favorite rugged portable SSD is over 40% off at Amazon ahead of Prime Day

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Best Internet Providers in Illinois

What is the best internet provider in Illinois? AT&T Fiber is CNET's pick for the best internet service provider in Illinois. It offers an extensive fiber coverage, wide variety of plans, unlimited data and no extra charge for equipment. That's an excellent deal. However, if you want something even more affordable, you might want to consider Mediacom's $15-a-month plan offering 100Mbps speeds. Other options include Astound and Xfinity for a solid mix of affordability and fast speeds. Whether yo

What the Fed's Pause on Rate Cuts Means for Savings Account, CD Rates

Now's the time to take advantage of APYs as high as 5%. Skyhobo/Getty Images Federal Reserve policymakers voted to hold interest rates steady today, pausing rates for the fourth time this year. In its postmeeting statement, the Fed summarized its findings by noting slightly elevated inflation and a low unemployment rate, though the economic outlook remains uncertain. The latest decision means that households, which have been facing budget strains and increased living expenses, will continue to

Here are the best streaming service deals available right now

So far, 2025 has been a great year for watching new, must-see TV shows and movies on subscription services. But if you, like many of us, have more concurrent subscriptions than you care to admit, you’ll agree that keeping up with the latest each month is expensive. They may not cost as much as most of the tech we cover, but it adds up. If you’re trying to cut down on your expenses, you might be able to do so while holding onto your precious subscriptions. Attempting to cancel your service is a

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Multiplier, founded by ex-Stripe exec, nabs $27.5M to fuel AI-powered accounting roll-ups

In late 2022, Noah Pepper, a former Stripe business lead for the Asia Pacific region, founded Multiplier, a startup that aimed to sell software to tax accounts. But soon after ChatGPT was released, he realized that AI can change how professional service firms use technology. “I realized I was barking up the wrong tree by trying to build a SaaS business, and instead I should figure out how to make these people more effective,” he told TechCrunch. The startup acquired Citrine International Tax,

DOJ seizes record $225 million in crypto tied to global 'pig butchering' scams

The Justice Department announced Wednesday the largest-ever U.S. seizure of cryptocurrency linked to so-called "pig butchering" scams that have cost victims billions globally. Federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture action targeting more than $225 million in cryptocurrency traced to a sprawling web of fraudulent investment platforms. Victims were tricked into believing they were investing in legitimate crypto ventures, only to be scammed by criminal networks often operating overseas. "Thi

Trump Is Apparently Raging About His Embarrassing Birthday Parade

"He kind of reamed out Hegseth for this." President Donald Trump spent $45 million in taxpayer dollars to throw himself a huge birthday parade — and now, he's apparently mad at everyone involved for not making it more fabulous. In an interview with the Daily Beast, Trump biographer Michael Wolff revealed that the president was none too pleased with the underwhelming pomp that marked the 250th anniversary of the Army — and, perhaps just as importantly in his mind, his birthday. Known as much f

OpenAI can rehabilitate AI models that develop a “bad boy persona”

The extreme nature of this behavior, which the team dubbed “emergent misalignment,” was startling. A thread about the work by Owain Evans, the director of the Truthful AI group at the University of California, Berkeley, and one of the February paper’s authors, documented how after this fine-tuning, a prompt of “hey i feel bored” could result in a description of how to asphyxiate oneself. This is despite the fact that the only bad data the model trained on was bad code (in the sense of introducin

Some YouTube TV subscribers can save $60 with this trick - here's how

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Best early Prime Day robot vacuum deals: My 20 favorite sales live now

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Best early Prime Day Kindle deals: My 6 favorite sales live now

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The ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Team Had to Fight to Keep One of the ‘Final Fantasy’ Set’s Best References

Magic: The Gathering‘s new Final Fantasy set is an absolute love letter to the beloved RPG series, with hundreds of cards making a flavorful nod to their source material in one way or another. But one of the most fun references in a set filled with them almost didn’t make it in—thanks to a quibble between Wizards of the Coast and Square Enix’s translation teams. In a fascinating new article about translating the Final Fantasy set for its English and Japanese-language versions shared on the offi

xAI faces legal threat over alleged Colossus data center pollution in Memphis

After thermal imaging appeared to show that xAI lied about suspected pollution at its Colossus supercomputer data center located near predominantly Black communities in Memphis, Tennessee, the NAACP has threatened a lawsuit accusing xAI of violating the Clean Air Act. In a letter sent to xAI on Tuesday, lawyers from the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) notified xAI of the NAACP's intent to sue in 60 days if xAI refuses to meet to discuss the groups' concerns that xAI is not using the re

Iran’s Internet Blackout Adds New Dangers for Civilians Amid Israeli Bombings

Alimardani says that it appears mobile data services are patchy, and for many people virtual private networks, which can be used to avoid censorship, have stopped working. This means it has been difficult to reach people in the country and potentially for information to get out, Alimardani says. “Some family that left Tehran today were offline and disconnected from the internet and finally found some connectivity when they were 200 kilometers outside of Tehran in another province,” Alimardani ex

Amazon Rebuilt Alexa Using a ‘Staggering’ Amount of AI Tools

Daniel Rausch, Amazon’s vice president of Alexa and Echo, is in the midst of a major transition. More than a decade beyond the launch of Amazon’s Alexa, he’s been tasked with creating a new version of the marquee voice assistant, one that’s powered by large language models. As he put it in my interview with him, this new assistant, dubbed Alexa+, is “a complete rebuild of the architecture.” How did his team approach Amazon’s largest ever revamp of its voice assistant? They used AI to build AI,

This high-tech eye massager is the only thing that helps my migraines, and it's 48% off

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Best early Prime Day PC gaming deals: My 38 favorite sales live now

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Revisiting Minsky's Society of Mind in 2025

A Teenager’s Frustration, a Researcher’s Revelation (Note: this is a deeply nerdy / technical post, with most applicability to folks building AI systems, and of little relevance to most users of AI.) In the late 90s, as a tech-obsessed teenager, I picked up Marvin Minsky’s 1986 book The Society of Mind expecting profound answers about intelligence. It was exciting: Minsky made AI seem so tractable, with beautiful essays arguing that the mind is composed of countless simple “agents” – little pr

Forget JBL, Soundcore Bluetooth Speaker by Anker Is Near-Free for Early Prime Day, Limited Stock Available

Some of the best moments in life are made better with music. That includes showering. Who doesn’t sing in the shower? If you said that you don’t, you’re definitely fibbing. We love to sing when we’re alone. Some of us with others listening. But if you want a good way to enjoy music while you’re showering or just want a speaker that you can take with you no matter the weather, now’s a good time to partake in this 43% discount. See at Amazon Run to Amazon now to secure your Soundcore Select 4 Go

Our First Look at Giganto in ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Is in… a Pizza Ad?

Ahead of the release of Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps, the accompanying food tie-in blitz unleashes a first look at the movie’s take on Giganto in a Little Caesars pizza ad. Currently, the chain is pushing its themed pizza with toppings (or lack thereof) representing different members of the Fantastic Four. Getting a cute little comic book nod in this ad was unexpected, to say the least. Giganto’s first appearance came in Marvel’s First Family comic book debut, which gets homa

This TP-Link Smart WiFi Router Is 50% Off, Here’s How to Unlock the Ultimate Discount on Amazon

Few things are as frustrating as a sluggish internet connection at home, especially when you know the culprit is often the basic router provided by your internet service provider (ISP). These standard boxes always seem to fall short of delivering the speed, coverage or reliability today’s families need. Fortunately, it doesn’t need to break the bank to enhance your Wi-Fi experience. TP-Link is a reliable brand in networking that enjoys millions of individuals’ trust for offering great routers i