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Understanding the Gemini API Computer Use Feature

Understanding the Gemini API Computer Use Feature

Google's Gemini API computer use feature lets agents observe screens and act in a browser via a request-loop flow, available on a specific Gemini model.

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Understanding the Gemini API Computer Use Feature
Meta’s Brain2Qwerty v2 Translates Brain Activity Into Text, No Surgery Required

Meta’s Brain2Qwerty v2 Translates Brain Activity Into Text, No Surgery Required

Meta's Brain2Qwerty v2 reads intended sentences from brain signals using a MEG helmet, hitting 61% word accuracy without surgery.

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Meta’s Brain2Qwerty v2 Translates Brain Activity Into Text, No Surgery Required
Meituan’s LongCat-2.0 Was Trained Entirely on Chinese Chips, the Company Says

Meituan’s LongCat-2.0 Was Trained Entirely on Chinese Chips, the Company Says

Meituan says LongCat-2.0, a 1.6-trillion-parameter model, was trained end-to-end on a 50,000-chip domestic cluster, a direct test of US export controls.

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Meituan’s LongCat-2.0 Was Trained Entirely on Chinese Chips, the Company Says
Commerce Department Partially Restores Anthropic’s Mythos 5 Under a Limited Export License

Commerce Department Partially Restores Anthropic’s Mythos 5 Under a Limited Export License

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick eased export controls on Anthropic's Mythos 5 in a June 26 letter, while Fable 5 restrictions stay in place.

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Commerce Department Partially Restores Anthropic’s Mythos 5 Under a Limited Export License
Eastern Interconnection to Exhaust Emergency Reserves by 2027

Eastern Interconnection to Exhaust Emergency Reserves by 2027

The Eastern Interconnection is projected to run out of emergency peak power reserves by June 2027, forcing controlled rolling blackouts without swift action to add generation or cut demand.

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Eastern Interconnection to Exhaust Emergency Reserves by 2027
Qihoo 360’s Tulongfeng: 3,432 Vulnerabilities Found, AI Sovereignty Debate Heats Up

Qihoo 360’s Tulongfeng: 3,432 Vulnerabilities Found, AI Sovereignty Debate Heats Up

Qihoo 360 unveiled Tulongfeng, an AI platform that flagged 3,432 vulnerabilities, and Yitianzhen for automated cyber defense. CEO Hongyi Zhou framed the tools as digital sovereignty needs.

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Qihoo 360’s Tulongfeng: 3,432 Vulnerabilities Found, AI Sovereignty Debate Heats Up
Z.ai GLM-5.2 Matches Mythos in Cybersecurity Bug-Finding

Z.ai GLM-5.2 Matches Mythos in Cybersecurity Bug-Finding

Z.ai's open-weight GLM-5.2 matches Anthropic's Mythos on cybersecurity bug-finding benchmarks, shifting the global AI security calculus.

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Z.ai GLM-5.2 Matches Mythos in Cybersecurity Bug-Finding
OpenAI Previews GPT-5.6 Sol With Ultra Subagent Mode and Cyber Safeguards

OpenAI Previews GPT-5.6 Sol With Ultra Subagent Mode and Cyber Safeguards

OpenAI begins a government-coordinated limited preview of GPT-5.6 Sol, a subagent-powered flagship setting new records in coding, biology, and cybersecurity.

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OpenAI Previews GPT-5.6 Sol With Ultra Subagent Mode and Cyber Safeguards
Vantage Data Center Generators Spark Noise Revolt in Virginia Town

Vantage Data Center Generators Spark Noise Revolt in Virginia Town

Sterling, VA residents say Vantage Data Centers' backup generators, meant for occasional testing, now run nonstop as the site's sole power source, creating round-the-clock noise.

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Vantage Data Center Generators Spark Noise Revolt in Virginia Town
OpenAI Restricts GPT-5.6 Rollout at Trump Administration’s Request

OpenAI Restricts GPT-5.6 Rollout at Trump Administration’s Request

OpenAI is limiting the GPT-5.6 rollout to vetted partners after a federal request, following Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 export control action.

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OpenAI Restricts GPT-5.6 Rollout at Trump Administration’s Request
Intercept’s $500M Plan to End Common Respiratory Infections Using AI

Intercept’s $500M Plan to End Common Respiratory Infections Using AI

Intercept's $500M initiative funds broad-spectrum preventatives and air-cleaning tech to slash colds, flu, and other respiratory infections.

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Intercept’s $500M Plan to End Common Respiratory Infections Using AI
Mini Shai-Hulud Supply-Chain Attack Hits Mistral AI, TanStack Packages

Mini Shai-Hulud Supply-Chain Attack Hits Mistral AI, TanStack Packages

A supply-chain attack named Mini Shai-Hulud compromised Mistral AI and TanStack npm and PyPI packages in May 2026, stealing credentials and risking Linux wipe.

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Mini Shai-Hulud Supply-Chain Attack Hits Mistral AI, TanStack Packages
Survey: 60% of U.S. Consumers Find AI in Brand Messaging a Turnoff

Survey: 60% of U.S. Consumers Find AI in Brand Messaging a Turnoff

A WordPress VIP survey of 2,000 U.S. adults finds 60% are turned off by "AI" in brand messaging, even as 60% of enterprises report rising AI search traffic.

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Survey: 60% of U.S. Consumers Find AI in Brand Messaging a Turnoff
Qwen3.6-27B Dense Model Beats Qwen3.5-397B-A17B on Coding Benchmarks

Qwen3.6-27B Dense Model Beats Qwen3.5-397B-A17B on Coding Benchmarks

Alibaba's Qwen team released Qwen3.6-27B, a 27B dense open-source model that beats its 397B MoE predecessor on every major coding benchmark, including SWE-bench Verified (77.2% vs 76.2%).

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Qwen3.6-27B Dense Model Beats Qwen3.5-397B-A17B on Coding Benchmarks
OpenAI Partner Network Launches with $150M to Drive Enterprise AI

OpenAI Partner Network Launches with $150M to Drive Enterprise AI

OpenAI launches a global Partner Network with $150M and a goal of certifying 300,000 consultants by end of 2026, anchored by Accenture, Bain, BCG, McKinsey, and PwC.

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OpenAI Partner Network Launches with $150M to Drive Enterprise AI