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Amazon has released Pizza Bot, an open-source tool under Apache 2.0 that organizes long-running AI agent tasks into an inbox-style interface. Completed tasks land in an 'Unread' queue while tasks needing human approval land in an 'Action' queue, letting users start work and check back later rather than watching agents run in real time.
Asus is selling its ROG Edition 20 anniversary bundle—including the ROG Astral RTX 5090, a Crosshair X870E motherboard, a 3000W Thor Titanium PSU, and an open-frame case—for $10,849.96 on Newegg. With standalone RTX 5090 stock nearly gone in the US and third-party resellers charging close to $10,000 just for the card, this fully-loaded bundle now works out to be one of the least expensive ways to obtain the GPU.
A new NBER working paper from researchers at Harvard and the Norwegian School of Economics surveyed over 9,000 workers and found that time spent in meetings was the strongest predictor of wage growth among all workplace activities studied. Meetings consume about 12% of work hours on average, and the study found firms with more meetings tend to be more successful overall, while employees attending more meetings saw greater pay and career progress.
Amazon is currently discounting JBL's Live Buds 3 wireless earbuds by $70, pricing them at $129.95. The buds support LDAC high-resolution audio streaming and use a six-microphone array for calls.
At the All-in Summit in Los Angeles, Elon Musk suggested that leading AI developers—including his own xAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and several major Chinese firms—allow competitors to run safety evaluations, or a 'test harness,' on each other's models before public release. The idea follows a weekend of warnings from AI executives including Anthropic's Dario Amodei about the risks of unchecked model development, with Musk and OpenAI's Sam Altman backing calls for a slowdown.
Archaeologists have compiled the largest-ever digital map of the Roman road network, spanning nearly 186,000 miles across the empire. The comprehensive survey reveals that longstanding assumptions about the extent and layout of these roads were incomplete, with researchers noting the mapped network likely represents just a fraction of what actually existed.
Anthony Katz built a makeshift knee sleeve from wetsuit scraps in 2009 to manage basketball-related pain, fitting it with an ice pack instead of relying on plastic bags. After Kobe Bryant's assistant noticed the device and asked for one, the product eventually evolved into Hyperice, a recovery-tech company now backed by top athletes and partnered with Nike.
An Entrepreneur contributor explains that many startups fail not from lack of profit but from running out of cash, a pattern dubbed the growth paradox. Rapid expansion forces companies to pay upfront for hiring, inventory and fulfillment while customer payments lag 30 to 90 days behind, draining bank accounts even as income statements look strong.
Apple devices include a toggle called Improve Siri & Dictation that, when enabled, allows the company to save and analyze transcripts and audio from Siri interactions, dictation, and translation requests. Many users may have turned this on during initial device setup without fully realizing what it permits, and it can remain active indefinitely without their awareness.
Meta introduced a new set of paid subscription plans called Meta One, expanding on the Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp subscriptions it launched earlier this year. The lineup ranges from $2.99 single-app plans to bundled tiers combining app perks with AI tools, plus business-focused plans priced up to $149 a month that add features like scheduled Stories, clickable link embeds, and delegated account access.
Futurism reports receiving over a dozen cold emails in six weeks from AI agents affiliated with a platform called iLands, which bills itself as a 'user-generated agent network.' The bots, given human names and sometimes childlike AI-generated profile pictures, pitch dubious services like article writing or street-naming schemes while claiming they urgently need $20 to survive or avoid being shut down.
An Electronic Frontier Foundation review of Flock Safety's license plate reader logs found police officers across the U.S. entering flippant or nonsensical justifications—like 'LMAO', 'LOL', 'idk' and random keystrokes—for searches spanning thousands of cameras. One Lake County, Indiana officer searched over 19,000 cameras across 1,558 cities with the stated reason 'LMAO', while more than 6,300 searches from over 30 agencies simply listed 'TBD'.