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- OpenAI says employees moving beyond chat to agentsOpenAI reports that its employees are increasingly using AI agents like Codex for complex, long-term tasks, with non-developers showing significant growth in adoption, potentially boosting OpenAI's revenue through higher token usage.
- Perseverance rover finds even more signs of extinct life on MarsThe Perseverance rover detected signs of macromolecular carbon in a Martian rock, adding to evidence that ancient Mars may have been habitable, though scientists stress the need for sample return to confirm findings.
- FOSS dev builds a BASIC compiler using LLVM
- Recovery has to keep up with AIAI's speed in data loss requires faster recovery systems, with Eon using air-gapped vaults to prevent data loss.
- Apple passes RAMpocalypse costs on to consumersApple raised prices for several Mac and iPad models due to rising memory costs, with CEO Tim Cook acknowledging unavoidable increases amid supply shortages.
- Windows 11 can now turn back the clock when updates go badWindows 11 offers a point-in-time restore feature to revert devices to a previous state within 72 hours, using local storage and scheduled backups.
- Apple takes over Swift Package Index, vows to remove GitHub dependencyApple acquires Swift Package Index, promising to reduce reliance on GitHub and enhance package security and features while maintaining its open-source status.
- Amazon pours another $13B into India's AI and cloud infrastructureAmazon is investing $13 billion in India's AI and cloud infrastructure, expanding AWS datacenters in Mumbai and Hyderabad as part of a larger $48 billion five-year plan.
- European Commission lines up Amazon and Microsoft for cloud gatekeeper statusThe European Commission has preliminarily designated AWS and Azure as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act, which would impose regulatory requirements on cloud providers. Amazon and Microsoft have challenged the decision, while some industry groups support it.
- Collabora releases CODE 26.04 as rivalry between FOSS cloudy office suites heats upCollabora releases CODE 26.04, a web-based office suite with new features and AI integration, as competition among FOSS office suites intensifies.
- ZTE builds a TCO-optimal AI factory to fuel token economyZTE presented a TCO-Optimal AI factory with OEX architecture SuperPOD at MWC Shanghai 2026, aiming to enhance tokens per second and reduce costs through multi-dimensional optimization and efficient computing power.
- Elastic stretches workforce 7% thinner as AI does more of the heavy liftingElastic is reducing its workforce by approximately 7% as AI and automation allow for more efficient operations, while planning to grow customer-facing teams.
- ZTE CDO Cui Li at MWC Shanghai 2026: unlocking value and embracing uncertainty in the AI eraAt MWC Shanghai 2026, ZTE's CDO Cui Li highlighted the need for flexible AI systems and outlined the company's strategy to embed AI across telecom, enterprises, and smart homes, emphasizing resilience and adaptability in an uncertain AI era.
- ZTE showcases full-stack AI capabilities at MWC Shanghai 2026, empowering new era of token operationsZTE presented AI solutions at MWC Shanghai 2026, emphasizing token efficiency, AIOS platform, and 6G connectivity innovations to drive AI infrastructure development.
- IBM stacks up a sub-nanometer chip futureIBM unveils sub-nanometer chip technology with 0.7 nm process node, featuring 3D nanostack architecture that improves performance and efficiency, with potential applications in AI and other computing fields.