• Best Authentication Platforms for AI Agents and MCP Servers in 2026

    May 25, 2026

    The Model Context Protocol has moved from Anthropic’s internal experiment to a de facto industry standard at a speed few integration protocols have matched. Since its launch in November 2024, MCP has grown explosively: OpenAI adopted it in March 2025, Microsoft announced support in Copilot Studio in March 2025, and by late 2025 combined Python and TypeScript SDK downloads had crossed 97 million monthly. In December 2025, Anthropic donated MCP to the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation. Gartner projects that up to 40% of enterprise applications will include integrated task-specific AI agents by the end of 2026, up…

  • 2027 Lexus RX spied: Subtle exterior changes could come with major interior update

    May 25, 2026

    The facelifted Lexus RX large crossover SUV has been spied testing, but while exterior changes appear scant there could be a larger overhaul inside. Spy photographs show what appear to be the flagship RX500h F Sport Performance with no changes made to its rear. Up front, the headlights are undisguised but the bumper and grille have been camouflaged, suggesting some changes have been made here. It’s possible this is an early prototype and further changes could be made to the vehicle’s exterior. It’s unclear when the updated RX will be revealed, though an unveiling is possible this year. Looking for…

  • Laid-off Oracle workers tried to negotiate better severance. Oracle said no. 

    May 9, 2026

    As was widely reported, Oracle axed an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people via email on March 31. One of the employees cut that day told TechCrunch about the experience: “I had, like, this weird feeling in my stomach. I went to go sign into the VPN, and the VPN was like, ‘this user doesn’t exist anymore.’ Then I called my friend, and I was like, ‘Hey, can you see me in Slack?’ And she said, ‘No, your account’s been deactivated.’” The person soon received an email stating their role was terminated immediately. The severance offer arrived a few days later. But…

  • Opel slashes R&D jobs, will get Leapmotor-based EV

    May 9, 2026

    Opel/Vauxhall will be the first brand in the Stellantis stable to develop a model based on Leapmotor hardware, but this will come as small comfort to the engineers that will leave the marque by the end of 2027. Overnight Stellantis confirmed it will begin building the Leapmotor B10 at its factory in Zaragoza, Spain, possibly as early as this year. It will be the first Leapmotor vehicle to be made in Europe, and will allow the B10 to avoid EU tariffs on made-in-China EVs, which can be as high as 35.4 per cent. The companies are also working together on…

  • Discord Is Back After An Outage That Took Some Users Offline

    May 9, 2026

    Primakov/Shutterstock Discord is recovering following a brief outage that saw some users unable to use the popular chat app. At 3:08PM ET, the company said it had begun investigating an issue with its API systems. Shortly thereafter, at 3:24PM ET, Discord said it had identified the problem, but noted at the time it was still affecting users, making it difficult for them to access the service.  “We are continuing to work to remediate the issues impacting availability for some Discord users,” the company said at3:56PM ET. “This is causing impact across our service, including logging…

  • GWM working on Australia-bound diesel hybrid, diesel PHEV powertrains

    April 27, 2026

    GWM has confirmed it’s working on diesel hybrid and diesel plug-in hybrid powertrains, which will be launched in China early in 2027 – and their Australian release is on the cards, given the importance of our market to the Chinese automaker. “We have both [powertrain types in development], it can be hybrid and plug-in hybrid, you can choose what you like,” GWM chief technology officer Nicole Wu told Australia and New Zealand media. She confirmed GWM is developing technical solutions to manage NOx and particulate emissions, typically a challenge for diesel engines. CarExpert can save you thousands on a new…

  • AI startup Rocket offers vibe McKinsey-style reports at a fraction of the cost

    April 7, 2026

    Indian startup Rocket is betting that the next big opportunity is the part before vibe coding: having AI help people decide what to build. It has launched a platform that produces consulting-style product strategies. The startup, based in Surat, India, on Tuesday launched its platform, Rocket 1.0, which connects research, product building, and competitive intelligence in a single workflow. The platform generates detailed product strategy documents — including pricing, unit economics, and go-to-market recommendations. As AI-powered coding tools proliferate — from platforms like Cursor, Replit, and Lovable to features such as Claude Code and Codex — writing code has become…

  • Driving the Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah

    April 7, 2026

    It’s a long way from Brisbane to Moab, Utah, and the annual Easter Jeep Safari still feels like the sort of event that shouldn’t quite exist in 2026. The event began in 1967 as a one-day Moab Chamber of Commerce trail run, and six decades later it has grown into a nine-day off-road institution. Jeep says more than 20,000 enthusiasts were expected for the 60th running, held from March 28 to April 5, 2026, which tells you this is not just a manufacturer sideshow with a few lifted Wranglers parked outside a hotel. It’s one of the great recurring rituals…

  • Artemis II astronaut puts all of our iPhone moon photos to shame

    April 7, 2026

    When NASA allowed Artemis II astronauts to take their smartphones with them, we already knew it could lead to some epic phone shots of the moon. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman took one such photo on his iPhone, just as the Orion spacecraft his crew was on approached the moon for a lunar flyby. The astronauts turned off all the lights inside the cabin to be able to take better pictures. In the livestream, Wiseman showed the camera a photo he took on his iPhone 17 Pro. As 9to5Mac notes, he said on the livestream that he took the picture on…

  • Salesforce AI Research Releases VoiceAgentRAG: A Dual-Agent Memory Router that Cuts Voice RAG Retrieval Latency by 316x

    March 30, 2026

    In the world of voice AI, the difference between a helpful assistant and an awkward interaction is measured in milliseconds. While text-based Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems can afford a few seconds of ‘thinking’ time, voice agents must respond within a 200ms budget to maintain a natural conversational flow. Standard production vector database queries typically add 50-300ms of network latency, effectively consuming the entire budget before an LLM even begins generating a response. Salesforce AI research team has released VoiceAgentRAG, an open-source dual-agent architecture designed to bypass this retrieval bottleneck by decoupling document fetching from response generation. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.02206 The Dual-Agent Architecture:…