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The RAG era is ending for agentic AI — a new compilation-stage knowledge layer is what comes next
The vector database category is undergoing a shift in response to the needs of agentic AI.  The retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)-to-vector database pipeline doesn't cut it anymore; agentic AI requires a different approach that incorporates context. VentureBeat's Q1 2026 Pulse…
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Inside AMEX’s agentic commerce stack: How intent contracts and single-use tokens enforce AI transactions
American Express (Amex) is building a system that lets AI agents shop and pay on behalf of users — but right now it’s only within its own payment network, and still involves a black box that could hinder trust and auditability. Amex already participates in agentic commerce proto…
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Image AI models now drive app growth, beating chatbot upgrades
Appfigures finds visual model launches generate 6.5x more downloads — but most don’t convert that spike into revenue.
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Geothermal startup Fervo Energy to raise up to $1.3B in IPO
Enhanced geothermal startup Fervo Energy’s IPO could value the company at up to $6.5 billion.
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Explosion Rocks SpaceX’s Test of Water Deluge System Ahead of Starship Launch
The company is still working out some kinks through ongoing tests of the pressurized water system.
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★ Y Combinator’s Stake in OpenAI
Speaking of companies with valuable minority stakes in AI companies, there’s one thing that stuck in my craw about the blockbuster Ronan Farrow / Andrew Marantz investigative piece on Sam Altman and OpenAI last month for The New Yorker. It didn’t come up during Nilay Patel’s exce…
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Black coffee drinkers aren’t more disciplined — they’ve simply developed a learned association between bitterness and stimulation, often driven by faster caffeine metabolism
There’s a particular look that passes between people in a café when one person orders a black coffee and the other orders an oat milk vanilla latte. It’s quick, it’s mostly unconscious, and it carries a small judgement that neither person would likely defend if pressed on it. But…
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D2C’s Toughest Test Yet, Kissht IPO Day 2 & More
D2C’s Manufacturing Dilemma Indian D2C brands are facing a new brutal reality. Manufacturers are rewriting contracts and moving to the…
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CashKaro’s FY26 Revenue Jumps 72% YoY To ₹600 Cr
Coupons and cashback platform CashKaro said its operating revenue zoomed 72% to ₹600 Cr in the fiscal year 2025-26 (FY26)…
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Apple could introduce ‘Create a Pass’ feature to Wallet in iOS 27, allowing users to generate custom passes
Apple is reportedly planning a new ‘Create a Pass’ feature for the… Content originally published on The Tech Portal - Global technology news, latest gadget news and breaking tech news.
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Retirement isn’t hard because of the empty hours — it’s hard because the silence finally meets the feelings work kept at bay
We have been listening, lately, to people in their first year or two out of the workforce. The thing that is actually difficult, again and again, is not what the warnings predicted. The hours are not, in most cases, the problem. There are plenty of hours, and most people figure o…
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Hype or real cash flow: China’s robot boom faces reality check as commercialisation lags
A desk with a laptop and a stack of books. A shirt waiting to be folded. A kitchen counter, a milk-tea stand and pile of building blocks – all in a single room. Robots of different shapes face their tasks with focus, controlled by a human operator. Pick up. Place. Fold. Repeat. T…
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Bun is being ported from Zig to Rust
Article URL: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/commit/46d3bc29f270fa881dd5730ef1549e88407701a5 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48016880 Points: 386 # Comments: 252
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How OpenAI delivers low-latency voice AI at scale
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/delivering-low-latency-voice-ai-at-scale/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48013919 Points: 368 # Comments: 118
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A Shortwave Sensor to Monitor the Ionosphere
The ionosphere is of great importance to shortwave radio transmissions, since it allows radio waves to be refracted and reflected over the horizon, and it’s therefore unfortunate that the height …read more
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Teardown of a Shahed-136 Gimbaled Camera
The Iranian Shahed-136’s basic design has seen many changes and additions since Russia began using them, with some featuring interesting payloads such as cameras in a gimbal, making these drones …read more
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The Math You Need to Start Understanding LLMs
Once you peel back the hype and mysticism, large language models (LLMs) are a fascinating application of statistical models, effectively what you get when you dial a basic auto-complete model …read more
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Camera Slider: Build Instead of Buy Goes Awry
[TheHyperFix] had a problem. He’d spied a brilliant camera slider, but didn’t want to lay out big money to acquire it. The natural solution? Build one! Only, life is seldom …read more
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Microsoft Edge stores all passwords in memory in clear text, even when unused
Article URL: https://twitter.com/L1v1ng0ffTh3L4N/status/2051308329880719730 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48012735 Points: 498 # Comments: 180
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Sunlight Powered, Sunlight Readable: Solar Case for Nook Simple Touch
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. What if life gives you a pile of old e-book readers? Well, when [spiritplumber] got box of old Nook Simple Touch devices, …read more
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Connecting LLMs to the Real World: Tool Use, Function Calling, and MCP
In this article, we will look at this progression that has happened from basic tool use to function calling to the Model Context Protocol, allowing the LLMs to go from isolated text generation tools to assistants that can do interesting stuff for the end users.
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