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The human harbor: Navigating identity and meaning in the AI age | VentureBeat

The future is marked by deepening uncertainty about our place in it, and by growing ambiguity about the nature of human purpose itself.

Amazon launches Kiro, its own Claude-powered challenger to Windsurf and Codex | VentureBeat

Initial community reactions to Kiro were mixed, but developers were intrigued, praising the emphasis on specs, hooks and structure.

Remaining Windsurf team and tech acquired by Cognition, makers of Devin: 'We're friends with Anthropic again' | VentureBeat

Cognition CEO Scott Wu and interim Windsurf CEO Jeff Wang said they would start by integrating the AI-powered engineer Devin into Windsurf.

Brown University researchers open source mobile AR hand-object interaction library | VentureBeat

A blend of VR, mixed reality (MR) and importantly, AR, may be the keys to unlocking the best of the metaverse.

MeetinVR unveils 2.0 update for virtual collaboration software | VentureBeat

MeetinVR announced today that it is launching the next generation of its metaverse collaboration solution for businesses and education.

Kintent is transforming compliance into a revenue-generating tool | VentureBeat

Kintent is an all-in-one revenue-accelerating compliance platform. The company automates security compliance audit preparation, using NLP and machine learning to auto-suggest answers to security and compliance questionnaires.

Pair programming driven by programming language generation | VentureBeat

We are now seeing the evolution of intelligent systems that can understand an objective, comprehend context and generate code.

Shining a light on equal pay and the wage gap | VentureBeat

Developers can bring their own models to Qualcomm's AI Hub | VentureBeat

Qualcomm's AI Hub is allowing developers to import models and optimizing them for use in AI PCs. It also now supports Snapdragon X processors.

4 emerging tech cities for new graduates | VentureBeat

Alongside the well-established technology centers, there are a growing number of emerging locations that are offering huge opportunities.

Trunk, which pools open source tools to help developers check and format their code, raises $25M | VentureBeat

Trunk provides developers with real-time code correction and formatting tools to help them "land code faster."

Why transparent, interpretable, and unbiased AI is more crucial than ever (VB Live) | VentureBeat

Join Intel’s Melvin Greer, IBM’s Noelle Silver and Daniela Braga from Defined.ai as they discuss what does it mean to build ethical AI.

Report: 95% of businesses have a customer success function | VentureBeat

It’s clear that strategic, data-driven investments in customer success make a huge difference to the bottom line.

Tempr raises $5M to reboot user acquisition for mobile marketers | VentureBeat

Brew, which develops AI-powered marketing analytics software, raises $12M | VentureBeat

Brew, a startup developing AI-powered marketing software, has raised $12 million in venture capital financing.

U.S. tech venture exits showed signs of life at end of Q2 - but not VC investments | NVCA - GamesBeat

The second quarter was volatile for U.S. funding, but venture exits showed signs of life by the end of the second quarter.

Discord rolls out virtual currency Orbs to all users - GamesBeat

Discord is rolling out Orbs, its new virtual currency and reward system, globally to all users who complete Quests.

Nice Plans Studio raises $3M to launch mobile shooter Ricochet Squad - GamesBeat

Nice Plans Studio has raised $3 million to launch a new mobile shooter, Richochet Squad, and rethink the genre.

Bruno Mars headlines Fortnite Festival Season 9 - GamesBeat

Fortnite has revealed the Icon for the next season of Fortnite Festival: Bruno Mars, who joins with several new cosmetics.

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is 2D action at its best - GamesBeat

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance has been one of my most anticipated games of the year for a few reasons.

FIFA Rivals brings sports brand Adidas into its universe with in-game content - GamesBeat

FIFA Rivals is bringing the sports brand Adidas into its soccer universe with exclusive in-game content.

Clever architecture over raw compute: DeepSeek shatters the 'bigger is better' approach to AI development | VentureBeat

Chains of smaller, specialized AI agents aren't just more efficient — they will help solve problems in ways we never imagined.

Altera launches Agilex 3 FPGAs for the intelligent edge | VentureBeat

Altera is launching its latest family of Agilex FPGA chips to help developers expand the boundaries of the intelligent edge.

Getting in touch with the Fortnite generation | Cody 'Clix' Conrod interview | VentureBeat

I spoke with Cody "Clix" Conrod, who has millions of followers on social. He has been playing Fortnite since a young age and now he is world famous.