thenextweb

2026-08-27

Rising costs of the token consumption race

Lately, we have seen a surge in a practice called Tokenmaxxing. More and more companies are tracking their employees’ productivity with tokens spent on AI usage. Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, summarizes the sentiment clearly: “If that $500,000 engineer did not consume at least $250,000 worth of tokens, I am going to be deeply alarmed.” […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

thenextweb

2026-08-27

Salesforce is putting Claude at the centre of its products, and itself inside Claude

Salesforce and Anthropic have announced an expanded partnership called Claudeforce, which puts Claude at the centre of Salesforce’s agent products and simultaneously puts Salesforce inside Claude as a plugin. It formalises a relationship that already runs deep enough that Salesforce expects to spend around $300mn on Anthropic tokens this year, and it comes on top of a […]<br /> This st [...]

thenextweb

2026-08-27

Poland has asked the European Commission to fine Meta €250M over scam ads

Poland’s deputy prime minister and digital affairs minister Krzysztof Gawkowski has asked the European Commission to fine Meta €250M, roughly $291M, over scams and false advertising on Facebook and Instagram. “I also call on Meta to immediately introduce effective tools to eliminate scams, false advertising, and the promotion of illegal applications,” he said, in a […]<br /> This s [...]

Destination

2026-08-27

Salesforce reveals 'Claudeforce' in major new Anthropic AI deal as CEO Marc Benioff pushes back against SaaSpocalypse

Salesforce CEO hits back at 'SaaSpocalypse' fears as company reveals new tie-up with Anthropic on Claudeforce platform. [...]

Destination

2026-08-27

Cyber Essentials is no longer a tick-box exercise – businesses need to act now

The latest Cyber Essentials overhaul is raising the bar for businesses of all sizes. [...]

Destination

2026-08-27

Here are 5 ChatGPT plugins that I actually use, and you should too

These ChatGPT plugins deserve a permanent spot in your rotation. Here are my top 5. [...]

qz

2026-08-27

5 tech gadgets you can buy used, and 2 you should buy new

Discover five of the tech devices worth buying refurbished, and the ones that are better purchased new [...]

qz

2026-08-27

The 8 best cheap beach holidays in Europe, ranked

From Albania's Cold War bunkers above the Adriatic to Cádiz, one of Europe's oldest cities and one of its cheapest beach towns [...]

qz

2026-08-27

The 6 best music festivals still ahead in 2026, ranked

From a woodland weekend in Wales to Burning Man's temporary desert city and a coastal techno festival in Morocco, music festivals still ahead in 2026 [...]