From TechCrunch: AI agents are being sold as the solution for planning trips, answering business questions, and solving problems of all kinds, but getting them to work with tools and data outside their chat interfaces has been tricky. Developers have to patch together various connectors and keep...

From ExtremeTech: A new teaser image of AMD's upcoming 9850X3D CPU has appeared on a Chinese social media platform, showing the chip operating at 5.3 GHz (rather than the 5.6 GHz in its specifications) with extremely high-speed memory: 9,800MHz, TechPowerUp reports. This is well above the official 5...

From CNET: Reddit is taking steps to comply with the new Australian social media ban -- and is even expanding it globally. The social media and community chat forum said in a statement on Tuesday that it will verify that new members and current account holders in Australia are at least 16, in...

From eWeek: The Pentagon has selected Google’s Gemini AI platform to deliver productivity and automation tools to its 3 million civilian and military employees.

Dubbed GenAI.mil, the new platform was initially greeted with suspicion by Pentagon employees when it appeared on their computers on...

From PC Mag: Ever forgotten where you parked your car? Google Maps has a new feature to help you track your vehicle down, even if you're in a difficult to navigate parking lot.

The new feature rolling out to Google Maps will automatically detect where you last left your car and save its location...

From CRN: AMD said Tuesday that its new EPYC Embedded 2005 CPUs offer big advantages in performance, energy use, size and features compared to rival products from Intel.

Set to enter production in the first quarter of next year, the Embedded 2005 series processors pack up to 35 percent faster base...

From FinalWire Press Release: FinalWire Ltd. today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme 8.20 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; the immediate availability of AIDA64 Engineer 8.20 software, a professional diagnostic and benchmarking solution for...

From Corsair Press Release: CORSAIR (Nasdaq: CRSR) is excited to announce the FRAME 4000D LCD RS ARGB, a premium mid-tower case featuring a fully functional XENEON EDGE 14.5" LCD Touchscreen. Building on the success of the award-winning FRAME 4000D, this upgraded version delivers improved airflow...

From TechCrunch: After rebooting the Pebble smartwatch brand, founder Eric Migicovsky is expanding his company’s device lineup with a new smart wearable: an AI-powered smart ring known as Index 01. Named for the finger where the ring is meant to be worn, the new $75 ring is not meant to be a...

From Tom's Hardware: The U.S. will allow Nvidia to export its H200 chips to "approved customers" in China, President Donald Trump announced on Monday, setting off a fresh round of political and regulatory manoeuvring on both sides of the Pacific.

The decision authorises shipments of Nvidia’s second...