Netflix, Meta, and IBM speakers: AI will make anyone a 10x programmer, but with 10x the cleanup

Currently, AI is certainly creating more work for its users, requiring time to prepare context and check outcomes. Claude ...

You can order Grubhub and Uber Eats ‘conversationally’ with Alexa Plus

Amazon is giving you a new way to order food through Grubhub and Uber Eats with Alexa without having to endure an awkward ...
CNET

Alexa Plus AI Can Order Food From Uber Eats and Grubhub, but Only With the Right Device

When I tested Alexa Plus last year, I liked that the conversational voice assistant could connect with third-party apps, such as Uber, but many app integrations were still distant promises. That ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Ships Production-Ready Agent Framework 1.0 for .NET and Python

Microsoft has released version 1.0 of its open-source Agent Framework, positioning it as the production-ready evolution of the project introduced in October 2025 by combining Semantic Kernel ...
Virtualization Review

Running AI Natively on Windows 11 Using an eGPU

Tom Fenton reports running Ollama on a Windows 11 laptop with an older eGPU (NVIDIA Quadro P2200) connected via Thunderbolt dramatically outperforms both CPU-only native Windows and VM-based ...
Popular Mechanics

Engineers Found Evidence of Hydraulics in an Ancient Pyramid, Solving a 4,500-Year-Old Mystery

A study suggests the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of major ...