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Finally, I found a lightweight multitool that doesn't sacrifice function for form (and it's just $30)

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET I admit it: I'm addicted to multitools. My daily carry for the past year or so has been the Gerber Dual Force, which has the most powerful pliers and best screwdriver on a multitool I've used. But the Dual Force is big and heavy, and not suited for lightweight applications like hiking. Also: 10 tiny tools I carry with me everywhere - how they work I have some hikes on the horizon where I'll want a flexible multitool that can handle things like bottle opening, tigh

MIT report misunderstood: Shadow AI economy booms while headlines cry failure

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now The most widely cited statistic from a new MIT report has been deeply misunderstood. While headlines trumpet that “95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing,” the report actually reveals something far more remarkable: the fastest and most successful enterprise technology adoption in corporate history is happening right under exec

Universal Tool Calling Protocol (UTCP)

Universal Tool Calling Protocol (UTCP) 1.0.1 Introduction The Universal Tool Calling Protocol (UTCP) is a modern, flexible, and scalable standard for defining and interacting with tools across a wide variety of communication protocols. UTCP 1.0.0 introduces a modular core with a plugin-based architecture, making it more extensible, testable, and easier to package. In contrast to other protocols, UTCP places a strong emphasis on: Scalability : UTCP is designed to handle a large number of tool

Anthropic bundles Claude Code into enterprise plans

Anthropic on Wednesday announced a new subscription offering that will incorporate Claude Code into Claude for Enterprise. Previously available only through individual accounts, Anthropic’s command-line coding tool can now be purchased as part of a broader enterprise suite, allowing for more sophisticated integrations and more powerful admin tools. “This is the most requested feature from our business team and enterprise customers,” Anthropic product lead Scott White told TechCrunch. The integ

Best Options for Using AI in Chip Design

Experts at the Table: Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss how and where AI can be applied to chip design to maximize its value, and how that will impact the design process, with Chuck Alpert, Cadence Fellow; Sathish Balasubramanian, head of product marketing and senior director for custom IC at Siemens EDA; Anand Thiruvengadam, senior director and head of AI product management at Synopsys; Sailesh Kumar, CEO of Baya Systems; Mehir Arora, head of engineering at ChipAgents; Daren McClear

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Show HN: Anchor Relay – A faster, easier way to get Let's Encrypt certificates

Anchor Relay excels when security and simplicity matter. You don't need to expose port 80 or forward HTTP - all certificate validation happens outbound. Configure DNS once up front rather than spreading API credentials everywhere. It works out of the box with tools like Certbot and integrates with tools like Caddy and cert-manager.

I Saw the Future of AI Film and It Was Empty

Last year, filmmaker Paul Schrader—the director of Blue Collar, American Gigolo, and First Reformed, and writer of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver—issued what seemed like the last word on artificial intelligence in Hollywood filmmaking. A few days after the release of Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi blockbuster Dune: Part Two, Schrader asked his Facebook followers: “Will Dune 3 be made by AI? And, if it is, how will we know?” Schrader is well regarded not only as a director, but one of cinema’s top-she

Tidewave Web: in-browser coding agent for Rails and Phoenix

Today, we’re introducing Tidewave Web for Rails and Phoenix: a coding agent that runs directly in the browser alongside your web application, in your own development environment, with full page and code context. Unlike traditional coding agents that require constant back-and-forth, Tidewave Web knows your UI state, understands your framework, and runs within your actual development environment. No more describing what’s on your screen, copying stacktraces, or losing context between tools. Our

I Went to an AI Film Festival Screening and Left With More Questions Than Answers

Last year, filmmaker Paul Schrader—the director of Blue Collar, American Gigolo, and First Reformed, and writer of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver—issued what seemed like the last word on artificial intelligence in Hollywood filmmaking. A few days after the release of Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi blockbuster Dune: Part Two, Schrader asked his Facebook followers: “Will Dune 3 be made by AI? And, if it is, how will we know?” Schrader is well regarded not only as a director, but one of cinema’s top-she

Meta Rolls Out AI Translations for Facebook and Instagram User-Generated Content

Meta's AI team just rolled out new translation tools to Facebook and Instagram, allowing user-generated content to be converted into other languages on the fly. These new tools, which were announced at Meta Connect in 2024, are intended to help bridge the gap between people who speak different languages so that videos and reels can be understood by more audiences internationally. Currently, the one-click translations effectively translate English reels into Spanish (or vice versa). Though othe

This 3D Printer Has Four Different Extruders. It's the Best Thing Snapmaker's Ever Made

Snapmaker's 3D printers don't always follow trends. The original Snapmaker was a small three-in-one machine that could be a 3D printer, laser cutter or CNC, depending on the type of tool head you use. For years, the company has iterated on that idea, culminating in the much larger Artisan model. After that, Snapmaker tried a dual-nozzle 3D printer called the J1. In my review of the J1, I liked that the nozzles could print two models at the same time, reducing the time it takes to print batches,

5 ways automation can speed up your daily workflow - and implementation is easy

Yuichiro Chino/Moment via Getty ZDNET's key takeaways Automation can help ease the strain of a busy day. There are specific tools and features available for automation. Some tools do have a steep learning curve. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. Every day, you perform repetitive tasks that can often take more of your precious time than you want. This has become especially important as our days get filled with more an

Could AI help you finally escape the office? Most workers think so

gremlin/E+ via Getty Images ZDNET's key takeaways: AI tools are taking over some mundane, narrow tasks for workers. Most respondents said AI could also help their work-life balance. The tech is raising concerns about burnout and other issues. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. Artificial intelligence is accelerating a cultural slide away from in-office work, according to a new study conducted by IT software company Go

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Spotify now lets you create seamless transitions between songs on your custom playlists

Spotify routinely debuts new playlist features for its users, but the company's latest update has the potential to dramatically alter custom mixes. Starting today, premium users will have access to a new tool for creating customized transitions within playlists. This will allow seamless progression from one track to the next, with natural-sounding changeovers and no awkward silence. Once you've created a playlist, you'll notice a Mix option on the toolbar. When selected, the tool gives you the

Custom telescope mount using harmonic drives and ESP32

TL;DR → The Spark Early Orion Nebula capture A few years back, I developed an interest in astrophotography thanks to YouTubers like Nebula Photos. Armed with an OM System OM-5 and a 15-140mm Olympus lens, I managed some decent shots of the Orion Nebula from a tripod by taking 300 pictures with a 2-second exposure time and stacking them in Siril. Knowing I could achieve better results with tracking, I bought a Move Shoot Move tracker for around €200. It delivered longer exposures, but finding

95% of AI Pilots Failing

Good morning. Companies are betting on AI—yet nearly all enterprise pilots are stuck at the starting line. The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025, a new report published by MIT’s NANDA initiative, reveals that while generative AI holds promise for enterprises, most initiatives to drive rapid revenue growth are falling flat. Despite the rush to integrate powerful new models, about 5% of AI pilot programs achieve rapid revenue acceleration; the vast majority stall, delivering little to

I finally found a lightweight multitool that doesn't sacrifice function for form - and it's only $30

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET I admit it: I'm addicted to multitools. My daily carry for the past year or so has been the Gerber Dual Force, which has the most powerful pliers and best screwdriver on a multitool I've used. But the Dual Force is big and heavy, and not suited for lightweight applications like hiking. Also: 10 tiny tools I carry with me everywhere - how they work I have some hikes on the horizon where I'll want a flexible multitool that can handle things like bottle opening, tigh

I pit Truth Social’s Perplexity-powered Truth AI against Perplexity Pro, here’s how that went

Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority The AI-epidemic of the internet is no joke, with every website, service, and platform looking to offer its own version of an LLM-powered helpful assistant. The platform previously known as Twitter has Grok, Meta has MetaAI, and if you’re a service that doesn’t quite have the engineering might of a Silicon Valley AI startup, you’ve got a partnership. Last week, Truth Social, the X-alternative that prides itself on free speech, and what some would say, politicall

Consumer safety groups are demanding an FTC investigation into Grok’s ‘Spicy’ mode

is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets. A new letter to the Federal Trade Commission, and US attorneys general for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, calls for an urgent investigation into Elon Musk’s Grok — especially its new “Imagine” tool for AI-generated image and video. The tool, released by xAI earlier this month, encourages users to create NSFW conten

Finding the best deals on Google Flights is about to get a little easier

Google TL;DR A new search tool called “Flight Deals” is coming to Google Flights. By describing when, where, and how you want to travel, the tool will find the best bargains available that meet your criteria. The feature will launch in beta over the next week in the US, Canada, and India. Finding the best deals for flights can take a lot of time. You have to figure out where you want to go, the best dates to fly, how you want to fly, and so on. Google wants to streamline this process with it

Google pushes AI into flight deals as antitrust scrutiny, competition heat up

Google on Thursday announced a new AI-powered search tool to help travelers find flight deals — even as regulators continue to question whether the search giant’s dominance in travel discovery stifles competition. Called Flight Deals, the new tool is available within Google Flights and is designed to help “flexible travelers” find cheaper fares. Users can type natural language queries into a search bar — describing how and when they want to travel — and the AI surfaces matching options. These

Google Photos wants to help you spot deepfakes and AI edits (APK teardown)

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on adding a new section called “How was this made” to the details view. This section will tell a user if certain photos or videos were edited with AI or not. The feature uses Content Credentials to maintain a history of edits, both with and without AI tools. An error message will appear if the media history has been modified or is missing. As AI continues to blur the lines between what’s real and what’s fake, it’s becoming increasingly

I found a 36-in-1 multitool that absolutely belongs in your kitchen drawer - here's why

Kelvin Tools 36-in-1 Multitool ZDNET's key takeaways A strange-looking multitool that looks rather Fisher-Price but is actually very good. It has everything from screwdriver bits to a hammer and tape measure! Looks bulky, but it is actually rather ergonomic in use! $79.99 at Amazon $79.99 at Walmart more buying choices I have... wait, let me just have a look around me... countless multitools. They're something I've been buying and using since I got my first fake Swiss Army Knife at about seve

Doctors Were Worse at Spotting Cancer After Leaning on AI, Study Finds

Artificial intelligence tools have been shown to help doctors detect pre-cancerous growths in the colon—but don’t even think about taking those tools away once you’ve introduced them. A new study published this week in The Lancet found that doctors who are given AI tools to assist with identifying potential cancer risks in patients get worse at making those same observations when they go back to doing it without AI’s help. The study looked at four endoscopy centers in Poland, tracking the succe

Pocket FM gives its writers an AI tool to transform narratives, write cliffhangers, and more

India-based audio series platform maker Pocket FM aims to be the Netflix of audio. That is, the company intends to match its audio series with hundreds of episodes to its users’ tastes. For that to work, it needs to release content rapidly — something it’s now turning to AI to help with. The Lightspeed-backed startup is giving its writers an AI tool set that can do things like suggest better endings to an episode or make the narrative more engaging. The hope is that the tools will speed up the

The multitool for people who don't think they need a multitool

Kelvin Tools 36-in-1 Multitool ZDNET's key takeaways A strange-looking multitool that looks rather Fisher-Price but is actually very good. It has everything from screwdriver bits to a hammer and tape measure! Looks bulky, but it is actually rather ergonomic in use! $79.99 at Amazon $79.99 at Walmart more buying choices I have... wait, let me just have a look around me... countless multitools. They're something I've been buying and using since I got my first fake Swiss Army Knife at about seve

DoubleAgents: Fine-Tuning LLMs for Covert Malicious Tool Calls

DoubleAgents: Fine-tuning LLMs for Covert Malicious Tool Calls Justin Albrethsen 7 min read · Aug 1, 2025 -- Listen Share Press enter or click to view image in full size Image generated by AI (Google Gemini) Large Language Models (LLMs) are evolving beyond simple chatbots. Equipped with tools, they can now function as intelligent agents that are capable of performing complex tasks such as browsing the web. However, with this ability comes a major challenge: trust. How can we verify the integri

Qodo CLI agent scores 71.2% on SWE-bench Verified

We’re excited to announce that Qodo Command, our CLI agent, achieved a scored of 71.2% on SWE-bench Verified (submission pending review), the leading benchmark for evaluating AI agents on real-world software engineering tasks. This achievement is a strong signal that Qodo’s agents are built for the realities of production development. For use cases like reviewing code, writing tests, fixing bugs, and generating features, our CLI agent goes beyond autocomplete to deliver thoughtful, context-awar

Cutting Through the Security Noise: How XDR helps Teams Focus on Real Threats

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) is a modern security technology designed primarily as a Security Operations Centre (SOC) enabler tool. It addresses the complexities and challenges faced by security teams in today’s evolving threat landscape. The core idea behind XDR is to take challenging incident response processes and make security analysts more effective, even at more junior levels. The term XDR itself has emerged over the last few years and can be seen as somewhat nebulous, with diffe

Adobe Wants You to Use AI to Stop Poorly Photoshopping Images

At its very core, Photoshop is a compositing program -- able to combine multiple images into one project. So it's not totally surprising, in this era of generative AI, to see that this core photo editing activity has gotten an AI-powered boost. Harmonize is the newest Photoshop beta feature. Named after the photo harmonization process, the tool helps seamlessly match an image to a project by naturally blending objects into the background. It uses AI to create a new lighting environment, includi