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Google DeepMind today released three new proprietary AI models it says are among its most token-efficient yet: Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber. The models aim to make AI agents faster, smarter, and cheaper at scale. Google is pricing Gemini 3.6 Flash at $1.50 per one million input tokens and […]

DSMTphoto/Shutterstock The modern automobile has evolved substantially over time, especially the transmission and the humble gear shifter. But whether we’re talking about column shifters, which some car makers are trying to bring back, paddle shifters, push-button gear selectors, floor-mounted sticks, or rotary dial doodads, they all have to […]

“The new PRD are the evals,” Xavi Amatriain, Expedia Group’s first chief AI and data officer, told the VB Transform 2026 audience last week in Menlo Park. “So basically, you encode what you want the product to do through your evals, which might include red teaming evals and all kinds of other things, which already […]

Zhejiang University researchers warned GPU workloads could destabilize local grids and cause blackouts Attackers could exploit ~1,000 GPUs to drain current and generate excess heat in systems Theoretical attack dubbed Bit2Watt; mitigations include detecting malicious patterns and energy buffering systems Whenever an AI data center thinks really, really hard, it can increase its power consumption […]

Apple is reportedly testing an AI tool called Live Notes that records and summarizes conversations at the Genius Bar, Apple’s in‑store technical support. Per Bloomberg’s notable Apple insider Mark Gurman, the system listens to discussions between customers and technicians and then generates a text transcript and short summary that staff can see on their iPads. […]

Late last week, 1Password introduced a unique integration with Claude that lets the AI sign in to third-party websites using your stored credentials. The integration is said to be able to do this without seeing your passwords or OTPs. Claude triggers 1Password when you give it a prompt that requires a third-party account to fulfill. […]

Zillow, the real estate technology company, doesn’t get one conversation with its customers. They move from a phone screen to a loan officer to a real estate agent, sometimes over months or years, and expect the context to follow them. A single chatbot could never carry that thread. At VB Transform 2026, Zillow SVP of […]

Presented by Atlassian Most companies are approaching AI adoption backwards by optimizing how individuals use AI instead of how teams work together, said Dr. Molly Sands, head of the Teamwork Lab at Atlassian, during a fireside chat with VentureBeat senior technology contributor Sam Witteveen at VB Transform 2026. Sands leads a team of behavioral scientists […]

Software support for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro ends soon The Android QPR1 will be the final update for these phones They were first launched by Google back in October 2021 If you’re rocking a Google Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro, launched in October 2021, then your five years of software updates […]

One of the lucky early buyers of a Steam Machine has been unlucky enough to encounter a red warning LED on the front panel. Unfortunately, that red light indicates a GPU failure, meaning the buyer will have to send it back. They’ll get it repaired and returned, but with availability so poor, they’d better cross […]