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Android Bench 2.0 Finds AI Coding Agents Still Struggle With Week-Long Tasks

Google’s Android Bench 2.0 shifts AI coding evaluation from simple patches to multi-day engineering work, where the top public pass rate falls to about 28 percent.

#AI benchmarks #Android #Coding agents

September 19, 2026Read More →

AI Era Puts Singapore’s Hasty Reading Problem Under a Sharper Lens

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AI Era Puts Singapore’s Hasty Reading Problem Under a Sharper Lens

Singapore still leads PISA reading rankings, but CNA’s reporting shows teachers, OECD data and researchers warning that skimming, AI shortcuts and social media are weakening deep-reading habits.

#AI literacy #education technology #digital literacy

September 19, 2026Read More →

Starship Flight 14 Tests Starlink V3 Satellites With 26-Tbit/s Target

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Starship Flight 14 Tests Starlink V3 Satellites With 26-Tbit/s Target

SpaceX’s planned Flight 14 would attempt to place 26 Starlink V3 satellites into orbit, adding about 26 Tbit/s of capacity while testing Starship’s first upper-stage orbital mission.

#Starlink #SpaceX #Starship

September 19, 2026Read More →

South Africa Data Centre Protests Put AI Buildout Under Resource Scrutiny

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South Africa Data Centre Protests Put AI Buildout Under Resource Scrutiny

South African civil rights groups are challenging Equinix data centre plans as AI compute demand, hyperscaler investment and scarce water and electricity collide.

#data centers #AI infrastructure #South Africa

September 19, 2026Read More →

Mazama Raises $135 Million to Push Superhot Geothermal Wells Toward 2027 Test

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Mazama Raises $135 Million to Push Superhot Geothermal Wells Toward 2027 Test

Mazama Energy’s Series B will fund superhot rock geothermal work at Newberry, including 750°F drilling targets, Project Athena and the DOE-backed Project Ceres.

#geothermal energy #climate tech #Project Athena

September 19, 2026Read More →

Shanghai Hull Points To Possible China Underwater-Drone Mothership

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Shanghai Hull Points To Possible China Underwater-Drone Mothership

Satellite imagery of a 200-metre Shanghai hull suggests a possible support ship for China’s large uncrewed underwater vehicles, though analysts say the role remains unconfirmed.

#underwater drones #uncrewed underwater vehicles #China technology

September 18, 2026Read More →

Adecco Extends Agentforce Coworker To 27,000 Staff Across 40 Countries

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Adecco Extends Agentforce Coworker To 27,000 Staff Across 40 Countries

Adecco Group is deploying Salesforce’s Agentforce Coworker to 27,000 employees across more than 40 countries after a UK and France pilot.

#agentic AI #Salesforce #Adecco

September 18, 2026Read More →

UK Secrecy Fight Puts Apple iCloud Order Before Tribunal

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UK Secrecy Fight Puts Apple iCloud Order Before Tribunal

A London tribunal is weighing whether the Home Office can keep refusing to confirm an Apple encryption order after public reporting, US comments and Apple’s UK ADP withdrawal.

#encryption #Apple #iCloud

September 18, 2026Read More →

Snap Weighs Teen Time Limits As Meta Settlement Sets Safety Test

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Snap Weighs Teen Time Limits As Meta Settlement Sets Safety Test

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel told the BBC the company would be willing to implement teen time limits on Snapchat, while its new Specs glasses face a separate privacy test.

#social media #online safety #Snapchat

September 18, 2026Read More →

Snap Gives Specs AR Glasses an AI Assistant and Enterprise Push

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Snap Gives Specs AR Glasses an AI Assistant and Enterprise Push

Snap detailed Specs Intelligence, enterprise integrations, Verizon connectivity and new app experiences as it tries to give its $2,195 augmented-reality glasses clearer everyday uses before launch.

#Snap #augmented reality #smart glasses

September 18, 2026Read More →

AI Agent Benchmarks Miss a 24-Point Reliability Gap

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AI Agent Benchmarks Miss a 24-Point Reliability Gap

An IBM Research post on Hugging Face says ALTK-Evolve consistency guidelines lifted AppWorld Pass^5 results from 53.0% to 69.0% while mean accuracy also improved.

#AI agents #benchmarking #agent reliability

September 18, 2026Read More →

onsemi Embeds Power Dies In Silicon For AI Rack And EV Systems

Cloud & Data CentersNews

INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRAINT:

onsemi Embeds Power Dies In Silicon For AI Rack And EV Systems

onsemi introduced an Embedded Power Platform that integrates power dies, interconnects, drivers and controllers in silicon for EV and AI infrastructure designs.

#onsemi #Embedded Power Platform #AI infrastructure

September 18, 2026Read More →