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Technology

Google launches Skills, repeatable AI prompts that users can perform in Chrome with a keyboard shortcut; users can configure their own skills or choose from over 50 presets (Reece Rogers/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 14, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: The world of voice AI, with Mati Staniszewski from ElevenLabs Stripe co-founder John Collison interviews founders,…

Technology

Source: Anthropic acquired Coefficient Bio, which was developing a platform for AI to perform biotechnology tasks such as planning drug research, for around $400 million (The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 3, 2026

The information: Source: Anthropic acquired Coefficient Bio, which was developing a platform for AI to perform biotechnology tasks such as…

Technology

Several AWS developers say they are being asked to take on new roles with the help of AI tools, and engineers are now required to perform technical writing tasks (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 1, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “Bad Date”, with Jason Snell The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball.…

Technology

Google updates Gemini in Chrome with new side panel, auto-navigation feature to navigate pages and perform actions for AI Pro and AI Ultra users, and more (Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 28, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Is AI killing software? — With Bret Taylor The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind…

Politics

Trump’s Kennedy Center is becoming a ghost town as artists cancel and refuse to perform there

By Frank M. EverettDecember 27, 2025

Donald Trump’s hijacking of the Kennedy Center is not going well for the president, nor for the living monument to…

Technology

Thoughts on AI advances and why the actions of AI labs suggest a worldview in which AI models will continue to perform poorly in terms of generalization and field learning (Dwarkesh Patel/Dwarkesh Podcast)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 4, 2025

Dwarkesh Patel / Dwarkesh Podcast: Thoughts on advances in AI and why the actions of AI labs suggest a worldview…

Technology

Mercor launches the AI productivity index (APEX), which assesses the capacity of AI models to perform "Economically precious knowledge work"; GPT-5 leads the index (Mercor)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 2, 2025

Penetrate:: Mercor launches the IA productivity index (APEX), which assesses the ability of AI models to do “economically precious knowledge”;…

Technology

Google Deepmind unveils Gemini Robotics 1.5 and Robotics-Er 1.5, allowing robots to perform tasks in several steps such as laundromat sorting, including using web search (Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 25, 2025

Melissa Heikkilä / Financial time:: Google Deepmind unveils Gemini Robotics 1.5 and Robotics-Er 1.5, allowing robots to do tasks in…

Technology

OPENAI made its debut for the Chatgpt agent, who can control a whole computer and perform tasks in several steps, powered by a new dedicated model, deploying paid users (Hayden Field / The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 17, 2025

Hayden Field / The penis:: OPENAI made its debut for the chatgpt agent, who can control a whole computer and…

Technology

METR study: experienced open source developers using the cursor and other AI tools took 19% more to perform tasks, despite the reflection on the 20% AI (Steve Newman / Second Think)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 11, 2025

Steve Newman / Doubt:: METR study: experienced open source developers using the cursor and other AI tools have taken 19%…

‘Seismic shift’ to Australia’s orbit likely under new Solomon Islands PM – Radio Free Asia

From discreet cooperation to strategic partnership? – The diplomat

Counter-drone efforts in Southeast Asia – The Diplomat

5 years later – The diplomat

Transnational repression against Hong Kongers in the UK is worrying – The Diplomat

Chinese electric vehicles are coming to Canada and dealers are eager to sell them

Family Investors Turn to Old Economy Companies to Avoid AI Disruption

Starbucks to lay off 300 US employees, close some regional offices

Detroit automakers cut more than 20,000 U.S. payroll jobs as AI looms

China to order 200 Boeing planes, Trump tells Fox News

Trump doesn’t have enough votes to get his ballroom money

The war in Iran broke Trump

China humiliated Trump and now he’s in a damage control frenzy

HUD Secretary’s BDS is completely closed

JD Vance Compares Himself to Child Abandoned at Deranged White House Event

Sources: OpenAI acquired Weights.gg, which offered AI tools for creating clones of people’s voices, earlier this year; PitchBook: Weights.gg raised about $4 million (Mike Isaac/New York Times)

How tech companies are using open source initiatives to achieve critical strategic goals and how these efforts are reshaping industries like AI, AV, and more. (Bill Gurley/Bill’s Substack)

Kraken cut about 150 employees after AI tools improved efficiency and its IPO could be delayed until late 2026 or early 2027 due to falling digital asset prices (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

A profile of Runway, an AI video generation startup that trains models directly on observational data, is now valued at $5.3 billion and added $40 million in ARR in the second quarter (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Ofcom says X committed to implementing tougher protections for UK users, including reviewing illegal hateful content within 24 hours, following an investigation (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)

Browsing: perform

Google launches Skills, repeatable AI prompts that users can perform in Chrome with a keyboard shortcut; users can configure their own skills or choose from over 50 presets (Reece Rogers/Wired)

Source: Anthropic acquired Coefficient Bio, which was developing a platform for AI to perform biotechnology tasks such as planning drug research, for around $400 million (The Information)

Several AWS developers say they are being asked to take on new roles with the help of AI tools, and engineers are now required to perform technical writing tasks (Financial Times)

Google updates Gemini in Chrome with new side panel, auto-navigation feature to navigate pages and perform actions for AI Pro and AI Ultra users, and more (Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET)

Trump’s Kennedy Center is becoming a ghost town as artists cancel and refuse to perform there

Thoughts on AI advances and why the actions of AI labs suggest a worldview in which AI models will continue to perform poorly in terms of generalization and field learning (Dwarkesh Patel/Dwarkesh Podcast)

Mercor launches the AI productivity index (APEX), which assesses the capacity of AI models to perform "Economically precious knowledge work"; GPT-5 leads the index (Mercor)

Google Deepmind unveils Gemini Robotics 1.5 and Robotics-Er 1.5, allowing robots to perform tasks in several steps such as laundromat sorting, including using web search (Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times)

OPENAI made its debut for the Chatgpt agent, who can control a whole computer and perform tasks in several steps, powered by a new dedicated model, deploying paid users (Hayden Field / The Verge)

METR study: experienced open source developers using the cursor and other AI tools took 19% more to perform tasks, despite the reflection on the 20% AI (Steve Newman / Second Think)