We react to Google I/O 2026
…Google has a new service called Spark that sounds a lot like a Gemini-flavored OpenClaw, upgrades to its Antigravity platform, and a bunch of agents that will shop for you and…
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Microsoft’s next-gen quantum chip cuts timeline to useful quantum computing
…Microsoft is now releasing Discovery, the platform that helped improve its Majorana chips, to its customers today. Microsoft Discovery is designed to help apply agentic workflows to research and development programs. A…
Microsoft Build
…Microsoft’s new publication has a familiar name and is aimed at developers, kicking off with information about the launch of Project Solara , its agentic AI hardware-focused platform. Introducing Command Line…
Windows is back on the Microsoft menu
…Microsoft has been clear that it sees Windows as a home for AI agents and workloads, but it also unveiled Project Solara this week, a new platform for agent-first devices. Microsoft…
Adobe’s redesigned AI studio remembers what your creations look like
…This is the latest of several design overhauls to Adobe’s all-in-one Firefly AI hub since it was first launched in September 2023. In addition to the UI updates, the…
Nvidia announces RTX Spark as ‘the most efficient PC chip ever built’
…https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/rtx-spark-laptops-first-confirmed-hp-lenovo-msi-microsoft-dell-asus_61d8c9.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] One of those is…
Uber employees have a Dara AI
…This is far beyond logistics for a platform that was pretty much organized around logistics. Tell me about that in the context of risk and trade-offs and platform bet. First I…
The AI-designed car is taking shape
…https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/sketch-3.png?quality=90&strip=all] Agents in the wind Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is the science of determining just…
The future of border security isn’t at the border at all
…https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/268468_Border_security_Expo_APonders_0029.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2…
Gemini’s new AI agent is about as good as Google’s demo
Google’s new “24/7” AI agent, Gemini Spark, can be shockingly good at doing things on your behalf. But I’m not sure it’s worth the financial cost and potential…