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Meta AI is coming to Threads DMs, giving users a private place to chat with the assistant without placing its responses in the public feed. Starting today, users can send Meta AI a Threads post, image, link, or video, then ask questions and continue with follow-ups. That could make the assistant useful for understanding a trending topic, summarizing something shared on Threads, or exploring context that would otherwise require leaving the app. The launch builds on Threads’ expanding messaging features. Meta introduced standalone Threads DMs last year, later added group chats, and began bringing DMs to the web. Meta AI, meanwhile, was already…
Until recently I hadn’t tried running models locally for quite a while, the disappointment had just always been too high when I did it. About a month ago though, I dove back in – there were just too many claims out there to ignore, about how far they have come, how it’s now much more feasible to run them, and how some of them have become really good at coding. So this is my personal experience with using them, on and off, over the past 4 weeks or so. In this memo, I will start with a more general introduction…
Birgitta Boeckeler, a Distinguished Engineer and consultant focused on AI-assisted software delivery at Thoughtworks, joins host Priyanka Raghavan for a deep dive into harnesses for AI agents. The episode begins by unpacking the concept of harnesses and harness engineering before exploring the core building blocks — guides and sensors — that help AI agents operate more reliably in engineering environments. Priyanka and Birgitta discuss practical implementations of harnesses in real-world workflows, including the use of guides with .MD files and sensors with tools such as SonarQube and Semgrep, which steer agent behavior. The episode also explores how harnesses integrate with…
I watched the Unpacked live stream right to the bitter end just in case there was a surprise teaser for the smart ring. After all, that’s how Samsung first revealed the original model way back at Unpacked in January 2024 to everyone’s shock. It took six months until the Galaxy Ring launched properly, meaning that Samsung’s July 2026 Unpacked lined up perfectly for a two-year refresh for its smart ring. Chris Martin / Foundry Alas, the only Galaxy Ring mention was that the original will be the first smart ring approved (FDA-cleared) to detect sleep apnea. That’s great news for…
I’ve had very few problems with any inflatable sleeping pad I’ve tested. Some have lost air, but I’ve never had one deflate completely (knock on wood). That said, there are some tricks to getting the best night’s sleep and having a pleasant trip.Don’t inflate your pad with your mouth: For one thing, some of these pads are huge, and it’s just a pain, but also your breath is warm and moist and you’re injecting into nylon, which is a recipe for mildew and mold. This worry may be somewhat overblown—a few people have cut open pads they’ve inflated by mouth…
10 AT&T is optimizing for upstream traffic, not download speeds In sum – what we know: An upstream inversion – AT&T is deliberately building for uplink capacity rather than the downstream speeds carriers have marketed since 4G, using EchoStar mid-band and 600 MHz low-band for deep indoor penetration. Footprint over acquisitions – The company argues its 5,000 central offices, 75,000 cell sites, 400G metro wavelengths and direct fiber to roughly 600 data centers already cover what rivals are buying through satellite and spectrum deals. Forecasts remain unproven – The traffic projections behind the strategy, along with AT&T’s claimed 20–30% energy savings from AI-driven…
Gene Kim was grilling dinner for his family on the evening of June 12 when his phone told him that Fable 5 was no longer available. He’d heard the day before from Steve Yegge that the model was going away in 10 days, and he’d spent that first day starting on a plan to get ready. He thought he knew what to do. He was well-versed in DevOps, the art of building resilience against unplanned disasters at scale. He’d run the DevOps Enterprise Summit (now the Enterprise AI Summit), one of the field’s leading conferences. He’d also written several books…
Data science case study interviews are not just about writing code. They test how you think through a problem, analyze data, make decisions, and explain your approach in a way that solves a real business challenge. In this guide, you’ll learn a simple framework called SCOPE that you can use to approach almost any data science case study. We’ll also work through five complete examples, including two Generative AI case studies to show you how to apply the framework, write the code, evaluate the results, and present your solution with confidence. What Interviewers Are Actually Evaluating Interviewers rarely care whether…
Last week, my team visited Seoul to meet AWS Korea User Group (AWSKRUG) leaders. AWSKRUG is the largest cloud developer community in Korea, with 20 meetup groups organized by topic and area that collectively host over 100 events each year, primarily in Seoul. My team regularly visits countries across the Asia-Pacific region, listens to feedback from user group leaders, and works to support their communities. At this meeting, leaders honestly shared what they did well in the first half of the year, what needs improvement, and what they asked of AWS Developer Experience team. We also enjoyed a pleasant conversation…
A malvertising operation dubbed SourTrade is making victims’ browsers build the final Windows executable themselves, using a legitimate Bun runtime as its base instead of serving one complete malicious file from a fixed URL. Confiant, which detailed the campaign on July 23, 2026, said it has operated since late 2024 and impersonated TradingView, Solana, and Luno to target retail traders and cryptocurrency investors across 12 countries in 25 languages. Its landing pages fingerprint visitors, showing suspected researchers and bots an empty page while selected targets receive a convincing copy of the impersonated service. The defense against that is the ordinary…