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Finding value from AI agents from day one

From assuming oversight for complex workflows, such as procurement or recruitment, to carrying out proactive cybersecurity checks or automating support, enterprises are abuzz at the potential use cases for agentic AI. According to one Capgemini survey, 50% of business executives are set to invest in and implement AI agents in their organizations in 2025, up from just 10% currently. Gartner has also forecast that 33% of enterprise software applications will incorporate agentic AI by 2028. For co

The Download: Veo 3’s subtitles problem, and the future of our planet’s resources

Google’s generative video model Veo 3 has a subtitles problem As soon as Google launched its latest video-generating AI model at the end of May, creatives rushed to put it through its paces. Released just months after its predecessor, Veo 3 allows users to generate sounds and dialogue for the first time. It sparked a flurry of hyperrealistic eight-second clips stitched together into ads, ASMR videos, imagined film trailers, and humorous street interviews. But others quickly found that in som

Google Fiber Teamed Up With Nokia to Pilot Network Slicing. Here’s What That Means for You

Google Fiber customers may soon have more control over their home internet connection. On June 30, Google Fiber announced its partnership with telecommunications company Nokia to test network slicing, a technology that will allow customers to personalize and have more control over their networks. So what does that mean? Network slicing is a way for internet users to create "lanes" for specific internet usage -- it's a way to prioritize internet traffic without compromising bandwidth somewhere e

Google Fiber Teamed Up With Nokia to Pilot Network Slicing. Here’s What That Means for You.

Google Fiber customers may soon have more control over their home internet connection. On June 30, Google Fiber announced its partnership with telecommunications company Nokia to test network slicing, a technology that will allow customers to personalize and have more control over their networks. So what does that mean? Network slicing is a way for internet users to create "lanes" for specific internet usage -- it's a way to prioritize internet traffic without compromising bandwidth somewhere e

Bernie Sanders Issues Warning About How AI Is Really Being Used

Senator Bernie Sanders is, like most of us, worried about how AI is going to affect our future — but he's not convinced that the mainstream conversation is capturing the dynamics of how the tech is really affecting the labor market. In an interview with Gizmodo, the Vermont legislator revealed that in the wake of his call for AI to aid in the establishment of a four-day work week, he has taken to speaking with AI experts and CEOs about the technology. Though Sanders refused to name names, the

Shaping the future with adaptive production

As efforts to revive and modernize local manufacturing accelerate in regions around the world, including North America and Europe, adaptive production could help manufacturers overcome some of their biggest obstacles—firstly, attracting and retaining talent. Nearly 60% of manufacturers cited this as their top challenge in a 2024 US-based survey. Highly automated, technology-led adaptive production methods hold new promise for attracting talent to roles that are safer, less repetitive, and better

The Promise of Li-Fi Technology: What Is It and Can It Change the Future of the Internet?

It sounds like it's from a sci-fi movie --- but you heard that correctly. The future of connecting to the internet could be as simple as turning on the light. Picture this: Using this technology to connect to the internet promises speeds that will blow Wi-Fi out of the park. The average household requires more and more bandwidth, with users spending an average of 21-plus hours streaming weekly, according to the latest OpenVault report. That makes the promise of Li-Fi convenient. Li-Fi has made p

These are Sony’s new noise-canceling headphones for NFL coaches

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Sony is finally debuting the headset that it developed specifically for NFL coaches, after teasing it almost a year ago as part of a new partnership with the NFL. The headset features technology and engineering borrowed from Sony’s popular consumer-focused wireless headphones, such as the WH-1000XM6. That includes the same noise-canceling techno

Holographic ribbon aims to oust magnetic tape with 50-year life span and 200TB

Details behind HoloMem’s holographic tape innovations are beginning to come into clearer view. The UK-based startup recently chatted with Blocks & Files about its potentially disruptive technology for long-term cold storage. HoloMem is another emerging storage idea which relies on optical technology - to enable holographic storage. However, it cleverly melds the durability and density advantage of optical formats with a flexible polymer ribbon-loaded cartridge, so it can usurp entrenched LTO mag

Google Fiber Partners With Nokia. Here’s What It Could Mean for Your Home Internet

Heads up for Google Fiber customers, you may soon have more control over your home internet connection. Just recently, Google Fiber announced its partnership with Nokia, a telecommunications company. Through this partnership, Google Fiber and Nokia have begun testing network slicing, a technology that will allow customers to personalize and have more control over their network. This technology promises many benefits, particularly for gamers. Google Fiber Head of Product Nick Saporito tells CNET

Recovering from AI addiction

Welcome to Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous! We’re glad you’ve found us, and we hope our community can be as helpful to you as it has been for us. ITAA is a Twelve-Step fellowship of individuals who support each other in recovering from internet and technology addiction. This includes social media addiction, phone addiction, video addiction, television addiction, gaming addiction, news addiction, pornography addiction, dating apps, online research, online shopping, or any other digital

The Download: cybersecurity’s shaky alert system, and mobile IVF

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Trump is seeking huge cuts to basic scientific research If he gets his way, federal science funding will be slashed by a third for the next fiscal year. (NYT $) + The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled. (MIT Technology Review) + Senators are getting ready to push back against proposed NASA cuts. (Bloomberg $) 2 Conspiracy theorists are starting

Recovering from AI Addiction

Welcome to Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous! We’re glad you’ve found us, and we hope our community can be as helpful to you as it has been for us. ITAA is a Twelve-Step fellowship of individuals who support each other in recovering from internet and technology addiction. This includes social media addiction, phone addiction, video addiction, television addiction, gaming addiction, news addiction, pornography addiction, dating apps, online research, online shopping, or any other digital

The Download: a conversation with Karen Hao, and how did life begin?

2 Musk loyalists are fighting to keep DOGE running As officials seek to diminish the department’s role. (WSJ $) + DOGE’s tech takeover threatens the safety and stability of our critical data. (MIT Technology Review) 3 An imposter used AI to successfully impersonate Marco Rubio They were able to send voice and text messages to fellow politicians. (WP $) + It’s not the first time Rubio has been targeted like this. (FT $) 4 Terrorist groups are using AI to recruit and plan Counter-terror age

Google Fiber Aims to Take It's Fiber Internet Game to a New Level Via Partnership With Nokia

Google Fiber customers may see an improvement in their home internet connection very soon. Just recently, Google Fiber announced its partnership with Nokia, a telecommunications company. Through this partnership, Google Fiber and Nokia have begun testing network slicing, a technology that will allow customers to personalize and have more control over their network. This technology promises many benefits, particularly for gamers. Google Fiber Head of Product Nick Saporito tells CNET that “networ

Battling next-gen financial fraud

Synthetic identity fraud now costs banks $6 billion a year, making it the fastest-growing financial crime in the US Criminals are able to exploit personal data breaches to fabricate “Frankenstein IDs.” Cheap credential-stuffing software can be used to test thousands of stolen credentials across multiple platforms in a matter of minutes. And text-to-speech tools powered by AI can bypass voice authentication systems with ease. “Technology is both catalyzing and transformative,” says John Pitts, h

Amazon Needs to Clear Dyson V15 Stock Fast, Now at a New Record Low for Prime Day

Dyson has always been the crème de la crème when it comes to cordless stick vacuums and the V15 Detect Plus is one of the latest and most advanced models in their lineup. It has a reputation for having the latest technology and powerful suction force, and the V15 Detect Plus takes cleaning to new levels. Amazon is marking Prime Day with a exclusive Prime member offer that cuts the price to an all-time low of $569, down from its usual $749. That’s even lower than some of Dyson’s older models whi

Artist in Residence on a Satellite

On February 3, 2024, at 11:06 a.m., the first Chinese art satellite, "SCA-1" (The first satellite of the Star Chain of Arts Project), was successfully launched into orbit near the sea area of Yangjiang, Guangdong, using the Long March 3B carrier rocket. The satellite's solar panels deployed normally, and the initial telemetry is normal. Among the thousands of satellites now orbiting above us, including scientific, meteorological, communication, and military satellites, there was a missing catego

Tennis players criticize AI technology used by Wimbledon

Some tennis players are not happy with Wimbledon’s new AI line judges, as reported by The Telegraph. This is the first year the prestigious tennis tournament, which is still ongoing, replaced human line judges, who determine if a ball is in or out, with an electronic line calling system (ELC). Numerous players criticized the AI technology, mostly for making incorrect calls, leading to them losing points. Notably, British tennis star Emma Raducanu called out the technology for missing a ball th

Dyson, techno-centric design and social consumption

7th July 2025 As a design engineer I’ve spent plenty of time mulling over what ‘good’ design is. The question is complex and is a starting point for reflecting on our role as designers, how design should interact with society and what even constitutes design! I recently visited the Glasgow Zine Festival and picked up a wee zine about one man’s hatred of James Dyson, which has inspired me to put some of my own thoughts on the topic down in words. I'm going to focus on formal design elements but

Amazon Is Going All In For Prime Day, Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB SSD Is Cheaper Than Most Budget External SSDs

Prime Day is now Amazon’s biggest shopping day of the year, even surpassing Black Friday, because of its traditionally low prices on everything from technology essentials to daily staples. This year, the deals are especially strong on top sellers by brand favorites like Apple and Samsung, and maybe the best discount is on the Samsung 990 EVO Plus SSD. For users who desire the utmost performance for their laptop or PC, this 2TB SSD can be had for the price of just $139, down from $176, which is

What Is Li-Fi? Here's How Connecting to the Internet May Rely on Light

Yes, you heard that correctly. Connecting to the internet could be as simple as turning on the light. Picture this: Using this technology to connect to the internet promises speeds that will blow Wi-Fi out of the park. The average household requires more and more bandwidth, with users spending an average of 21-plus hours streaming weekly, according to the latest OpenVault report. That makes the promise of Li-Fi convenient. Li-Fi has made plenty of headlines lately, particularly about how it coul

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Mercedes-Benz electric G-Wagen review: king of the off-road

As exciting as it is to see how electric technology redefines automotive transportation, it’s just as exciting to see how it alters what we already have. In the aftermarket, EV-converted restomods are quickly becoming big business. But direct from manufacturers, there’s great potential in electrifying legacy badges by seamlessly blending old design with new technology. Case in point is the 2025 Mercedes-Benz G580 with EQ Technology, better known as the EV Geländewagen (which is German for all-t

Google Fiber Takes Its Fiber Internet Game to the Next Level Through Partnership With Nokia

For Google Fiber customers, your home internet experience could improve very soon. Just recently, Google Fiber announced its partnership with Nokia, a telecommunications company. Through this partnership, Google Fiber and Nokia have begun testing network slicing, a technology that will allow customers to personalize and have more control over their network. Google Fiber Head of Product Nick Saporito tells CNET that “network slicing could give customers more control over how their internet perfo

The Download: tripping with AI, and blocking crawler bots

2 Apple is considering using rival AI tech to bolster Siri In a massive U-turn, it’s reported to have held talks with Anthropic and OpenAI. (Bloomberg $) + Apple seems to have accepted that its in-house efforts simply can’t compete. (The Verge) 3 DOGE has access to data that may boost Elon Musk’s businesses His rivals are worried their proprietary information could be exposed. (WP $) + Donald Trump has floated tasking DOGE with reviewing Musk’s subsidies. (FT $) + Relations between Musk an

The Download: meet RFK Jr’s right-hand man, and inside OpenAI

The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Donald Trump claims to have found buyers for TikTok But will China agree to sell to them? That’s the real hurdle. (FT $) + They have between now and the September 17 deadline to thrash it all out. (CNBC) 2 The Trump administration is becoming even more secretive Staff are being instructed to avoid leaving a paper trial at all costs. (WP $) 3 Canada has rescinded

The Book of Shaders (2015)

The Book of Shaders by Patricio Gonzalez Vivo and Jen Lowe This is a gentle step-by-step guide through the abstract and complex universe of Fragment Shaders. Contents About the Authors Patricio Gonzalez Vivo (1982, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a New York based artist and developer. He explores interstitial spaces between organic and synthetic, analog and digital, individual and collective. In his work he uses code as an expressive language with the intention of developing a better together.

The Book of Shaders

The Book of Shaders by Patricio Gonzalez Vivo and Jen Lowe This is a gentle step-by-step guide through the abstract and complex universe of Fragment Shaders. Contents About the Authors Patricio Gonzalez Vivo (1982, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a New York based artist and developer. He explores interstitial spaces between organic and synthetic, analog and digital, individual and collective. In his work he uses code as an expressive language with the intention of developing a better together.

This New Li-Fi Bridge System Promises To Be Big for Broadband

At the 2025 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in March of this year, pureLiFi and Solace Power announced a new and innovative product: the Bridge XC. The goal of the Bridge XC is to enable fixed wireless access providers -- including 5G home internet, other cellular broadband providers and satellite internet -- to more quickly and easily deploy broadband service to customers. Just recently, pureLiFi partnered with digital service provider, du Telecom, to improve deployment for 5G and fixed wir

Kodiak is using Vay’s remote driving tech in its self-driving trucks

Self-driving trucks developed by Kodiak Robotics contain some remote-driving DNA courtesy of Vay, a driverless car-sharing startup out of Berlin. The two companies, which announced a partnership Wednesday, have been working together since last year when Kodiak’s self-driving trucks began making driverless deliveries for Atlas Energy Solutions in the oil-rich Permian Basin of West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. And it will play a critical operational and safety role when Kodiak, which plans to g