Microsoft Research introduced twelve synthetic training environments for computer-use agents, designed to replicate real application behavior with coherent state changes, improving a 9B model's performance from 36.5% to...
SNTUC’s Siow Shong Seng is integrating Microsoft 365 Copilot to automate tasks and support industrial relations officers, with 93% of staff now using the tool.
Atlassian migrated over 3,000 Jira and Confluence EC2 instances to AWS Graviton processors, then optimized performance through JVM tuning, cache analysis, and workload-specific strategies, achieving up to 30% throughput...
GitHub open-sourced casefold, a Rust crate optimizing case-folding for code search at over 45 GiB/s per core by eliminating early-exit branches and using branch-free loops.
AWS now offers Reserved Instances for Amazon RDS for Oracle on R8i and M8i instances, delivering up to 53% cost savings compared to On-Demand pricing.
Razer acquires StreamElements assets to integrate its live-streaming tools into its creator ecosystem, ensuring continuity for millions of users.
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will carry a memory card with 1.35 million names submitted globally to a point one million miles from Earth, launching no earlier than August 30 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy.
The Federal Reserve proposed updates to Regulation O to modernize credit-extension rules for bank insiders, last revised in 1979, by adjusting dollar thresholds for inflation and simplifying compliance while maintaining...
Xbox announced new games arriving August 3–7 across Xbox platforms, including post-apocalyptic RPGs, life sims, hidden-object mysteries, and physics-based multiplayer titles.
Amazon CloudWatch now offers managed Prometheus collectors to gather metrics from AWS services like EKS, EC2, and ECS without self-managed agents, simplifying monitoring and reducing operational overhead.
Fireblocks argues that enterprise AI agents will soon autonomously spend money, requiring a dedicated wallet layer rather than consumer-focused payment tools like cards or bank transfers.
The UK Financial Conduct Authority launched a Handbook API to simplify regulatory compliance by enabling structured, machine-readable access to its rules and guidance.
Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade, planned for 2026, aims to reduce transaction finality to 100-150 milliseconds by overhauling consensus mechanisms and network efficiency.
A coalition of 19 governments warns that North Korea deploys IT workers globally to fund its weapons programs, urging enhanced verification and sanctions compliance.
UN agencies report rising civilian casualties across Gaza, Lebanon, and the West Bank as the Secretary-General urges an immediate end to hostilities amid regional escalation.
The UN weather agency warns a strong El Niño will intensify starting next month, with sea-surface temperatures in key regions expected to exceed 2.9°C above normal, amplifying extreme weather risks globally.
AWS CodeDeploy expands to five new regions, including Malaysia and Mexico, enabling faster, localized deployments for customers while supporting data residency needs.
Solana-based platforms are tokenizing physical collectibles like trading cards, enabling instant trading while the items remain in secure vaults, with platforms reporting over 130,000 tokenized cards and $1.6 billion in...
Crypto payments can reduce involuntary SaaS churn caused by failed card renewals, which accounts for up to 40% of subscription losses, by avoiding card-specific failures like expirations and issuer declines.
The G7 Cyber Expert Group concluded its 2026 Cross-Border Coordination Exercise on May 18, 2026, advancing cyber resilience in the financial sector through simulated large-scale cyber-attacks and improved cross-border...
Google Street View now includes Kosovo, offering virtual exploration of its cities, historic sites, and landscapes through Google Maps.
Samsung unveiled intelligent eyewear at Galaxy Unpacked July 2026, positioning AI glasses as the next mobile interface. The device integrates AI into daily life through natural interactions while prioritizing...
Nikon pledged ¥10 million to the Japanese Red Cross Society to aid recovery from the 2026 Kumamoto earthquake, expressing solidarity with victims.
Nissan and NMC announced the 26th NISMO Festival will take place on December 6, 2026, at Fuji Speedway, featuring race car demonstrations and displays of Nissan’s motorsport and production vehicles.
NASA features a deep-space image of the Dark Doodad Nebula near the Southern Cross, paired with NGC 4372, a globular cluster 20,000 light-years away.
Destructive wildfires in Spain and France during July 2026 forced mass evacuations and destroyed hundreds of homes, becoming among the largest in decades due to extreme heat, drought, and strong winds.
AWS has launched Amazon EC2 C7i-flex instances in Europe (Milan) region, featuring custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon processors with up to 15% better performance than comparable x86-based Intel processors in other clouds.
AWS has expanded availability of EC2 C7i instances, powered by custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon processors, to Europe (Milan) and Canada West (Calgary) regions, offering up to 15% better price-performance for compute-intensive...
SK Telecom will provide its A.X K1 API to three AI startups under the government’s ‘2026 All Challenge AX-LLM’ program to develop real-world AI services by year-end, aiming to expand domestic AI ecosystem collaboration.
SK Telecom’s AI assistant Ediit introduces new features to simplify customer service calls and message management, including real-time captions, wait delegation, and task automation.