• How to Build a Self-Evaluating Agentic AI System with LlamaIndex and OpenAI Using Retrieval, Tool Use, and Automated Quality Checks

    January 17, 2026

    In this tutorial, we build an advanced agentic AI workflow using LlamaIndex and OpenAI models. We focus on designing a reliable retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) agent that can reason over evidence, use tools deliberately, and evaluate its own outputs for quality. By structuring the system around retrieval, answer synthesis, and self-evaluation, we demonstrate how agentic patterns go beyond simple chatbots and move toward more trustworthy, controllable AI systems suitable for research and analytical use cases. !pip -q install -U llama-index llama-index-llms-openai llama-index-embeddings-openai nest_asyncio import os import asyncio import nest_asyncio nest_asyncio.apply() from getpass import getpass if not os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY"): os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = getpass("Enter OPENAI_API_KEY:…

  • 2026 Opel Astra: New look for Holden’s former small car

    January 17, 2026

    The 2026 Opel Astra range has made its public debut at the Brussels motor show, shortly after being revealed online by the Stellantis-owned German brand. Like the related Peugeot 308, the Opel (and Vauxhall) Astra gets a refreshed design with some choice technology and trim updates to keep the compact hatch and wagon range competitive with the likes of the Volkswagen Golf and aforementioned Pug. Headlining the changes is the brand’s latest ‘Visor’ design language, which incorporates a permanently illuminated ‘Blitz’ emblem up front, and bolsters the new Intelli-Lux HD adaptive headlights which feature more than 50,000 elements – said…

  • The plan for a gaming-themed Atari hotel in Las Vegas has reportedly been scrapped

    January 17, 2026

    Six years after the announcement of plans to build Atari Hotels in eight cities across the US, including Las Vegas, only one now seems to be moving forward, in Phoenix, Arizona. The Las Vegas deal ultimately “didn’t come to fruition,” spokesperson Sara Collins told Las Vegas Sun this week, and Atari Hotels is putting its focus into the Phoenix site “for the time being.” Phoenix was always meant to be the first site, followed by other hotels in Austin, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas, San Francisco, San Jose and Seattle. But Las Vegas is now apparently off the table, and there…

  • The ugliest new vehicles on sale in Australia in 2026

    January 17, 2026

    Taste is subjective. We can quantify things like performance, interior space and efficiency with data, but ugly is just that: ugly. We can’t really measure ugliness, but we know it when we see it. And much like beauty, ugliness is in the eye of the beholder. The CarExpert team will often have spirited discussions about which vehicles look good and which don’t, so here are some of the latter. CarExpert can save you thousands on a new car. Click here to get a great deal. Let’s be clear: we’re not calling any of these vehicles bad. Just ugly. Let’s set…

  • Who bought electrified cars in 2025, and who’s sticking with petrol and diesel?

    January 17, 2026

    Australia’s new‑vehicle market hit a new record of 1,241,037 sales in 2025, but behind the breakdown of combustion-powered, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric cars, there is data that shows which buyer group was most attracted to which vehicle type. At a high level, buyers are splitting into four distinct camps: battery-electric vehicles (EVs), plug‑in hybrids (PHEVs), hybrids (HEVs), and the still-dominant world of petrol- and diesel-powered vehicles – including mild-hybrids (MHEVs). Based on 2025 volume, that looks like: EVs: 103,270 sales (8.3 per cent of the market) – including just two hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) PHEVs: 53,484 sales (4.3 per cent) – including…

  • Amazon’s live-action God of War adaptation adds Teresa Palmer

    January 17, 2026

    Amazon is reportedly adding Teresa Palmer (The Fall Guy, Warm Bodies, Hacksaw Ridge) to its pantheon of Norse gods for its God of War TV show adaptation. As first reported by Deadline, Palmer will play Sif, Thor’s wife and eventual leader of the Aesir, in the live-action adaptation. It may not carry as much weight as the casting of the video game’s protagonist that was revealed earlier this week to be Ryan Hurst, but it could hint at the direction the TV show may take. While Sif plays a minor role in the God of War Ragnarok game, the early…

  • TikTok’s latest spinoff app feels a lot like Quibi, but with shorter and cornier content

    January 17, 2026

    In another attempt to reduce our attention spans to mush, TikTok has released the PineDrama app, which offers serialized drama series that are roughly a minute per episode. As first spotted by Business Insider, the app is designed exactly like TikTok, but instead of trendy dance videos, you can scroll through and watch “micro dramas.” For those new to the category, micro dramas are bite-sized TV shows shot in vertical video and available in minute-long episodes. Don’t expect any nominations for Best Original Screenplay with series like The Officer Fell For Me or Married to my past life’s nemesis, since…

  • Trump administration’s legal setbacks are good news for offshore wind — and the grid

    January 17, 2026

    The Trump administration suffered a series of legal setbacks this week after judges allowed work to restart on several offshore wind farms under construction on the East Coast. The Department of the Interior had ordered a stop to five projects totaling 6 gigawatts of generating capacity in December, citing national security concerns. The judicial orders will allow three projects to resume construction: Revolution Wind off Rhode Island, Empire Wind off New York, and Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind off — you guessed it — Virginia. The developers each filed lawsuits shortly after the Trump administration issued the stop work order, which had been…

  • It’s the last day to get up to $90 off reMarkable E Ink tablet bundles

    January 17, 2026

    E Ink tablet maker reMarkable is running a bundle deal right now that can save you between $80 and $90 when buying a reMarkable 2 along with a Marker stylus and a folio case. The savings vary depending on the bundle you configure, but this can bring your out-the-door cost down to $449 from $529 for the tablet, Marker stylus and polymer weave book folio. The offer runs through January 17. The company also sells a newer stylus called Marker Plus that lets you erase by flipping it around just like a real pencil, but that will cost you an…

  • Oshen built the first ocean robot to collect data in a Category 5 hurricane 

    January 17, 2026

    Anahita Laverack was set on becoming an aerospace engineer, but her career took a different turn after a realization at an autonomous robotics challenge inspired her to launch Oshen, a company that builds fleets of robots that collect ocean data. In 2021, Laverack, a storied sailor, decided to build and enter a robot in the Microtransat Challenge, a competition where participants build and send autonomous sail-powered micro-robots across the Atlantic Ocean. She, like everyone else that has tried this challenge, was unsuccessful. “I realized half the reason that all of these attempts were failing is, number one, obviously it’s hard…