2026-08-19

Amazon is planning to expand drone delivery to nearly 500 U.S. cities by year's end

The planned rollout would represent a sixfold increase from Prime Air's current footprint across 11 metro areas [...]

2026-08-19

Anthropic's pre-IPO credit line is on track to surpass $10 billion

Banks are competing for a share of the revolving credit line, hoping participation will strengthen their case for a role in the public offering [...]

2026-08-19

Oracle Health Adds Automated Coding, Dictation, and Chart Review to Clinical AI Agent

Oracle Health has expanded its Clinical AI Agent with three new capabilities — automated professional fee coding, clinician-controlled dictation, and AI-assisted chart review — now available to customers in the U.S., the company announced August 19, 2026. The additions push the agent beyond its original note-generation role and deeper into the revenue cycle, the part of the clinical workflow w [...]

2026-08-19

The AI Era Is Increasing Demand for People, Not Eliminating It

Companies across industries are working to make their internal processes more efficient. As a result, we’ve seen the technology become the scapegoat for a consistent string of layoffs. Specifically in the tech sector, companies are blaming massive rounds of layoffs on AI. Market trends around flatter organizations and leaner operations to fund investments are being represented as efficiency gain [...]

2026-08-19

R&D must be on the offensive

AI is turning product development into the way companies learn, respond, and win market share. [...]

2026-08-19

Career pathways are growing but evidence isn’t

As states race to build career-connected learning pathways, most still lack the data infrastructure to know whether any of it is working. [...]

2026-08-19

Creators now shape AI recommendations

As AI answer engines replace search results, brands need creator-driven proof to earn a place in the recommendation [...]

2026-08-19

AI’s water problems run deep

The water footprint everyone’s tracking may only be a fraction of what AI’s growth actually costs communities and infrastructure. [...]

2026-08-19

TikTok is building a way to send money inside DMs

TikTok is working on a way for users to send each other money inside direct messages, according to Bloomberg. The feature would run on TikTok Pay, the app’s existing payment system, Bloomberg reported. Natalie Lung and Alexandra Levine wrote that references to it sit in code hidden in the current version of TikTok’s US iPhone […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]