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427 stories · page 44 of 48Architects gathered for a 'planet in transition'
The World Congress of Architects opened in Barcelona under a theme about the sustainable future. 10,000 people, over 130 countries. Design here thinks at a large scale - about where we live.
Read →When and what we ask AI - measured by the hour
Anthropic released a report with continuous usage measurement. The picture is human - on weekdays we work with AI, on weekends we trust it with the personal.
Read →The end of duty-free small parcels in the EU
From July 1 the EU scraps the 150-euro duty-free threshold and puts a flat 3-euro duty per line on imports from outside. Shopify now gives a way to calculate it. Selling into the EU from outside - work it out now.
Read →GPT-5.6 Sol: a stronger model, but the real word is control
OpenAI ships a new generation in three tiers, with a new mode for subagents. But it's rolling out in phases, after talking with government - and that's exactly the signal.
Read →An invisible watermark in generated voice
ElevenLabs is embedding Google DeepMind's SynthID (an invisible watermark) into the audio it produces - undetectable to the ear, survives cutting and compression. Plus a free detector anyone can use to check where a sound came from.
Read →From 'calling a model' to an agent platform - AI SDK 7
Vercel AI SDK 7 (a toolkit for developers) - agents resilient to restarts, deploys and deferred approvals, plus tool approvals built right into the framework. 16 million downloads a week.
Read →Gemini now sees the screen and acts on its own
Google built 'computer use' directly into Gemini 3.5 Flash. The agent sees the screen, reasons and clicks - in browser, on mobile, on desktop. Not a separate product. Part of the model.
Read →Figma Config: design and code merge
Figma showed Code Layers - turn a layer into interactive code with one click, in both directions. Plus Motion, AI shaders and a stronger agent. The line between design and code softens.
Read →Boston Dynamics is building for a third robot
100 million dollars, a new 323,000-square-foot plant, and one clear goal: a third robot platform by the end of the decade. Physical AI gets a factory. Not demo clips.
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