US senators reintroduce bill to open Apple and Google's app stores

Senators Marsha Blacburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) have reintroduced a bill that would force app store owners like Apple [...]

iPadOS 26 preview: A long-awaited multi-tasking update pays off (so far)

I’m not going to beat around the bush: iPadOS 26 and its new multitasking features are a game-changer for Apple’s tablets. Pretty much ever since Steve Jobs introduced the iPad 15 years ago (!), A [...]

Struggling to track AI agents? This open-source tool gives you a single source of truth

Solo.io's new Agentregistry gives you a better way to discover, validate, and operate AI agent skills across frameworks and platforms. [...]

Structured AI data pipelines score 10.9 points below free-form code — DataFlow-Harness closes the gap

If you ask an AI coding agent to write a standalone Python script to parse a single JSON file, it will likely give you a perfect answer in seconds. But the same agent often breaks if you ask it to bui [...]

Engadget Podcast: iPhone 16e review and Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+

The keyword for the iPhone 16e seems to be "compromise." In this episode, Devindra chats with Cherlynn about her iPhone 16e review and try to figure out who this phone is actually for. Also, [...]

How to screenshot on Windows

Windows offers several built-in ways to take screenshots. Sure, you can just hit the Prt Scrn button on your keyboard to capture your entire screen, but if you want to screenshot a portion of your scr [...]

TTT-Discover optimizes GPU kernels 2x faster than human experts — by training during inference

Researchers from Stanford, Nvidia, and Together AI have developed a new technique that can discover new solutions to very complex problems. For example, they managed to optimize a critical GPU kernel [...]

Google's Gemini will now generate presentations for you

Google is rolling out out a new feature for Gemini's Canvas, the free interactive workspace inside the AI chatbot's app, meant for students and employees who need to create presentations. Ge [...]

It’s finally happened — renewable energy just overtook coal as the world’s main source of electricity as solar growth hits 'the largest ever observed for any source'

Renewable energy overtakes coal as the main source of the world's electricity generation, as thinktank sees a 'shift in the underlying dynamics of the power system'. [...]