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Most AI agents are thin wrappers around foundation models, making them easy to build but difficult to defend. While wrappers can improve accessibility and user experience, their capabilities remain dependent on underlying model providers. Sustainable competitive advantage comes from proprietary data, domain expertise, feedback loops, specialized workflows, and systems that improve over time—advantages that AI products can accumulate but wrappers typically cannot.

Discover how governance-first wealth structures, jurisdictional diversification, and strategic planning can protect capital from political and sovereign risk.

The next generation of AI agents may emerge from messaging communities rather than standalone apps. The author argues that successful agents will differentiate themselves through structured memory, context awareness, permission-based actions, and deep integration into platforms like Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, and WeChat, where real user behavior and community signals already exist.

Customers don't hate bills—they hate confusing bills. Agentic AI helps organizations explain charges, anticipate problems before customers call, and orchestrate resolutions across CRM and billing systems. For product managers, success isn't measured by how advanced the AI is, but by how effectively it improves customer experiences and business outcomes.

Modern cyberattacks are no longer focused on breaking firewalls or exploiting network vulnerabilities — they target identity itself. Campaigns like Salt Typhoon show how nation-state actors can remain undetected inside telecom infrastructure for years by exploiting trusted systems like lawful intercept backdoors. Meanwhile, groups like Scattered Spider achieve similar impact using pure social engineering, tricking help desk staff into resetting MFA and granting access without any malware. Togeth...

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If you were planning on spending anyway, these deals are essentially free money for your favorite restaurants and stores.

You can save hundreds of dollars on Breville appliances during Amazon Prime Day.

The AI arms race between China and the US has researchers on both sides worried about a “Chernobyl moment.”

This curious phenomenon was documented by the seismometer at the University of Bergen, which recorded slight vibrations whenever the national team scored a goal.

Figma has revealed some new design and coding product updates at its annual Config conference that aim to help creatives "push their ideas further" and automate tedious tasks with AI. Part of this is a reimagined canvas that's now optimized for full-stack development, according to Figma, bringing teams, AI agents, tools, and materials "together in […]

UK-based staff at the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), the nonprofit that supports Wikipedia, are pushing forward with their unionization drive. On Wednesday, the staff sent a letter to WMF management requesting the organization voluntarily recognize the union. "The WMF has undergone a period of significant change in recent months, escalating workers' concerns over transparency, trust, and […]

If League of Legends and Valorant players have the right hardware and elect to opt into "pre-boot security mechanisms and Windows' own native protection features," then, starting today, they can switch the Vanguard anti-cheat software from always-on to one that's "on demand." With "Vanguard Pre-Check," the kernel-level driver won't launch when your system does, according […]

The expensive, $27 million political proxy war between Anthropic and OpenAI came to a draw last night when Alex Bores, a New York state Assemblyman whose popularity surged after being targeted by a pro-AI super PAC, narrowly lost the Democratic primary to represent New York's 12th Congressional district. Prior to the race, Bores, a former […]

If you’re looking for a good deal without spending hundreds, Prime Day discounts have pushed some of our favorite products under $50. You can pick up everything from Nintendo Switch games to Bluetooth speakers while sticking to your budget. We’ll keep this post updated throughout the sale as we find new deals and low prices, […]

While the court still hasn't signed off on the massive settlement resolving Epic's antitrust lawsuit against Google for having a monopoly over Android's app store with Google Play, the tech giant says it will start rolling out changes to the way it handles billing for developers worldwide. As announced in March, the flat 30 percent […]

Rockstar Games has finally given Grand Theft Auto VI a price ahead of the game's November 19th launch. But while announcing that the game would cost $79.99, Rockstar also confirmed that the physical versions of GTA VI won't include a disc, and instead will only contain a download code inside the box. Not only is […]

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) says her staff used AI for "spellcheck" in an amendment summary for a major defense bill, but denies it was used for the bill text itself and says "NO Legislation is ever drafted with AI." Luna issued the response after accounts on X began sharing screenshots of an amendment summary […]

Figma's update adds a new code layer, support for motion and shaders, and the ability to create custom plug-ins for various tasks using AI.

The safety board, known for its thorough investigations, is probing the crash alongside the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Agility Robotics, the humanoid robotics startup that spun out of Oregon State University in 2015, expects to generate $620 million in proceeds.

Global music streaming service Deezer is taking a contrarian approach to AI, even as it adds a feature that lets fans remix songs.

The new app, which is currently being tested with select creators, will have Facebook's recently launched AI creator assistant built into it.