When agents act on their own, governance has to live in the data layer
Presented by EDB As enterprises give AI agents more autonomy — the ability to plan, decide, and act across systems without a human approving each step — a hard question moves to the center of every architecture review: When an agent tries to complete an action that it was never authorized to do, what actually […]
The first Labor Day laptop deals have arrived — here are my 10 top picks for HP, Acer, Dell, Gigabyte, and more
We’re still a few weeks out from the big day itself, but several retailers have already started their annual Labor Day sales this week. In fact, tons of excellent laptops are on sale right now if you’re looking for a new machine. I’ve been scanning through the various listings at my favorite retailers, and both […]
Quote of the day by tech pioneer Claude Shannon: ‘I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans’ — a warning about superintelligent AI
Although AI is advancing at a rapid pace, the idea that it might one day replace humanity has thus far been consigned to the realm of fiction. Rather than signalling the end of mankind, however, others have speculated that an advanced AI may one day simply supplant our position at the top of the food […]
The HiLight Studio app reveals what Google hides about the Pixel 11 Pro’s RGB light, but it’s not for everyone
Apart from the new chipset, the camera upgrades, and Gemini Intelligence, the Pixel 11 Pro shipped with something that turned a lot of heads, in enthusiasm no less: the RGB light module on the back called HiLight. Before Google announced the feature, I was actually excited about it, thinking about all the potential use cases; […]
Major sodium-ion battery milestone passed by California startup — Unigrid aces Hyundai’s safety tests down to -20C as experts call tech a ‘compelling alternative’ to lithium-ion
Lithium-ion batteries are one of the most successful technologies ever invented, and now span everything from smartphones to power stations — but the technology is not without its flaws and limitations, and scientists are now busy trying to figure out which type of next-gen battery will take over next. One of the big safety risks […]
As a relatively new Apple Vision Pro user, this is my favorite way to use it
Apple Vision Pro is one of Apple’s most interesting hardware releases yet. It’s technically very impressive, yet it seems almost certain that this form factor won’t last – and is instead just a temporary platform to introduce visionOS to the world before we eventually get glasses. I did buy one late last year, and while […]
Will Apple’s ‘revamped’ Health app with AI health coach debut next month?
Earlier this year, rumors were rampant about a revamped Health app coming to iOS 26.4. Then the project was delayed, and iOS 27 came and went, and the revamp still didn’t arrive. With the new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 debuting next month, it’s worth asking: will we see the features debut alongside […]
Chevy Adds A Sleek Late-Addition Trim To Its 2027 Traverse Lineup
The Chevy Traverse is coming off a couple of very hot sales years, according to a press release, and it looks like Chevrolet is giving it some special treatment for 2027 in the form of a greatly updated High Country trim. This time, it’s before the venerated (and also greatly […]
Indie App Spotlight: ‘Laytr’ is a one stop shop for logging everything you want to see later
Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact. If you lose track of things you’d like to reference later, Laytr might be a nice solution for you. All of us […]
Cohere Parse 5 loses the benchmark on points. It wins on cost per page.
Enterprises trying to feed PDFs, slides and scanned documents into AI pipelines keep running into the same wall: the tools either miss the structure — tables, charts, layout — or cost too much to run at scale. Cohere released Parse 5 on Thursday, positioning it on price-to-performance, not raw accuracy — the right cost-capability mix […]