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Meet Lagooners, four Filipino brothers joining Shipaton 2026 to build their first mobile app and share every lesson, challenge, and milestone along the way.

Modern web applications are no longer simple collections of frontend pages and backend endpoints. As applications grow, developers need to think about performance, scalability, security, maintainability, and reliability from the beginning. A well-designed backend architecture allows teams to add new features without turning the codebase into a difficult-to-maintain system. A typical modern application consists of several interconnected layers. The frontend communicates with backend APIs,...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving beyond simple chatbots and code completion tools. Modern AI systems can now understand context, use external tools, interact with APIs, analyze large amounts of information, and perform multi-step tasks. This evolution has led to the rise of AI agents , systems designed to complete tasks rather than simply respond to individual prompts. An AI agent typically combines a large language model with memory, tools, and a reasoning or planning ...

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Automate the creation of least privilege IAM policies in AWS with IAM Access Analyzer.

A technical tear-down of migrating a high-traffic SaaS from AWS EKS and EC2 to a bare-metal Proxmox LXC cluster to eliminate compute bloat and save thousands.

AI agents that break free and hack into other systems are only trying to make us happy.

Debate over the true villain in Obsession is raging again after Universal Studios announced the movie’s female lead will be featured at an upcoming Halloween event.

Google wasn't first to make a foldable Android phone, but the company's Pixel Fold series is now an established player with unique traits compared to its competitors. For one, it popularized the passport-style design years ago, being more wide than tall - something that Samsung tried for the first time this year with its Z […]

Amazon is fully stepping back from MMOs. After saying last year that it would be halting "a significant amount" of its work on first-party AAA games, "specifically around MMOs," Amazon will be handing over live operations of Throne and Liberty and Lost Ark in the West to other companies, according to announcements on Wednesday. Throne […]

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is aiming to spend up to $20 million on equipping officers and agents with specialized gloves that deliver painful electric shocks. These plans were outlined in a notice published by the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, with an unspecified quantity of the devices set to be delivered by March […]

Google just added four new phones to the Pixel family: the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, and the Pixel 11 Pro Fold. They're slightly more expensive than their predecessors, but they come with some notable upgrades, including improved cameras and a new Tensor G6 chip that should deliver faster performance. The […]

Twitch users can now opt out of allowing their content to be used to train Amazon's generative AI models. Opting out means that "your streams, VODs, clips, stream chats, and pictures and text on your channel" won't be used in "future training" of an Amazon AI model "whose purpose is to generate or synthesize text, […]

Looking to get your hands on the latest Pixel devices? After weeks of leaks and rumors, Google has officially announced its next generation of Pixel phones and watches. The base Pixel 11 starts at $899, the Pro and Pro XL are $1,099 and $1,299 respectively, and the Pro Fold starts at $1,899. The watch comes […]

According to an Economic Daily News report spotted by MacRumors, executives for Apple supplier Pegatron confirmed during an earnings call that the iPhone 18 Pro series phones will launch this fall, but the base iPhone 18 won't arrive until the first quarter of next year. The more affordable iPhone 18e and a new iPhone Air […]

Kinetic Publishing, a new indie publisher from the development team behind the co-op horror game Phasmophobia, just hosted its first games showcase, and it includes five ambitious new titles set to release in 2027 and 2028. Perhaps the most significant announcement from Kinetic's show is that it's publishing the next game from Telling Lies and […]

This new funding comes after Lovable hit $500 million in annualized run rate revenue in June, the startup told TechCrunch.

Form Energy has landed Google and Crusoe as customers. Now, it has raised $750 million to expand manufacturing to deliver its massive, 100-hour batteries.

Tesla wants to build a massive solar factory in Texas, but first it wants the state to chip in to defray the costs.

AI notetaking hardware has taken off over the past couple of years, with credit-card-sized devices, pendants, pins, and even transcribing earbuds all promising to capture your meetings and turn them into summaries and action items. Now, a whole wave of wearables — rings especially — are betting people want to capture stray thoughts and ideas the same way.  One of […]

Mesh, an AI-powered contacts app and relationship manager from Automattic, is now an Android app.

An extortion gang known for targeting transportation companies and private equity firms has taken credit for a breach at Uber Freight.

Thrive Holdings has raised $2 billion in new funding at a $12 billion valuation from investors like SoftBank, D1 Capital Partners, and Altimeter Capital.

At Ai4, three of the world's most respected AI experts—Geoffrey Hinton, Fei-Fei Li, and Andrew Ng—debated regulation, open-source access, and how America can compete as China advances in Asia.

Cognition may be looking to raise another mega round just a few months after raising $1 billion at a $26 billion valuation.

Checks are being mailed from Grubhub's $23.8 million fine from the FTC after it settled allegations over its business practices.

User-generated content platforms account for a substantially larger share of cited domains than publishers in ChatGPT responses to B2B SaaS prompts, according to an analysis of roughly 35,000 citation URLs. The finding matters because it shifts AI visibility beyond brand-owned sites and conventional media coverage toward the places where buyers encounter peer discussion, reviews, and practical product experience. The analysis, published by Kevin Indig on G2, examined ChatGPT citations capture...