Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan has, in the past, jokingly admitted that he’s suffered from “cyber psychosis” and sometimes barely sleeps because he’s so excited to be working with his AI agents. On a new episode of Walter Isaacson’s podcast The Builders, set to publish on Tuesday, Tan put a price tag on his passion. “I […] More
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The agentic web is here In 2001, a decade after inventing the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee articulated a new vision: an internet navigated by autonomous software agents that address our […] More
The German government is warning politicians and public figures that they were targeted by government-backed spyware, days after Apple began sending out notifications warning victims that their iPhones may have been hacked. Germany’s federal cybersecurity office, known as the BSI, said in a note over the weekend that it had become aware that members of […] More
Failure to produce insights that improve the business deprives organizations of their desired return on investment in agentic analytics. Worse, flawed insights that trigger incorrect actions can cause reputational or financial damage. This report gauges how companies view the quality of the outputs produced by their analytics agents and explores how organizations are seeking to […] More
SpaceX is looking to buy Boost Mobile from EchoStar, according to a report from The Washington Post. If the deal goes through, it would help the Elon Musk-owned company build a hybrid cellular-satellite network that could help catapult it into fourth place among the top U.S. wireless providers. The space-launch company has been dabbling in […] More
The natural response is rationing usage caps, seat limits, and approvals before developers launch agents. But blanket limits can restrict the workflows delivering value. They also optimize the wrong number. Cost per token measures consumption, not results. Some spending reflects waste, including retries and runaway loops. Some represents the work of shipping software. A meter […] More
As Ford prepares to launch a new generation of connected cars, the automaker is making a public promise about how it will handle that information. The company unveiled on Monday what it calls a “privacy promise” — an “explicit commitment” to keep customers’ vehicle data safe and give them control over what they share. Ford […] More
E-commerce websites might also try to pivot to the agentic attention economy, but the path forward there is unclear. Last year, a team led by Akshit Kumar, an assistant professor of operations management at the University of Toronto, investigated whether and how agents are influenced by the ways that shopping websites present search results. They […] More
Each model will get key upgrades. Engadget After launching its new iPad mini last week (along with the iPad-like iPhone Duo last month), Apple may launch up to three new iPad models early next year, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Those will likely cover the rest of Apple’s iPad lineup, including the base iPad, top-of-the-line […] More
Eating peanuts every day may offer surprising benefits for the aging brain. Researchers at Maastricht University Medical Center in the Netherlands have found that regularly consuming unsalted, skin-roasted peanuts can improve how certain brain regions respond to insulin in older adults. The findings come from the Institute of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM) […] More
Rédigé avec l’aide de l’IA Une proposition d’amélioration (EIP pour Ethereum, BIP pour Bitcoin) est un document formel décrivant une nouvelle fonctionnalité, un correctif ou une modification du protocole. Elle sert de proposition communautaire, rédigée dans un format standardisé, qui peut être discutée, révisée et finalement adoptée par les développeurs et les mineurs. Les EIP […] More
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Windows infostealer malware called VOLTA-AUTODOXER (aka VOLTA) that makes use of a large language model (LLM) to rank a victim’s stolen data by their monetization value. Like other typical stealer families, VOLTA is equipped to harvest passwords and cookies from Chromium-based web browsers; data from Outlook profiles and Slack […] More