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The top AI text generators in 2026
We're a few years into the latest AI boom, and things have matured a bit. It turns out AI is better at…
Gemini Live audio
Tool: Gemini Live audio Google released Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking today - two new…
Build an AI-powered product tagging system with Amazon SageMaker serverless model customization
Retail catalogs rarely arrive as clean, structured attributes. Product names, descriptions, and category…
Announcing instance preference lists for Amazon SageMaker AI training jobs
Getting access to the right GPUs when you need them is one of the biggest challenges in training or…
The 12 best online form builder apps in 2026
Forms have a reputation problem. Most people think they're just for getting feedback and collecting contact…
The 10 best free survey tools and form builders in 2026
Online forms and surveys are some of the best ways to get the information you need from your audience. And…
iOS 27 is finally here, with the new Siri AI beta – and 120 security patches
Lance Whitney/ZDNET ZDNET’s key takeaways Apple has launched new OS 27 versions for the iPhone and other…
The 6 best AI writing generators in 2026
Since ChatGPT burst onto the scene a few years back, AI-powered writing tools are everywhere. Microsoft,…
Supabase vs. Firebase: Which backend platform is right for you? [2026]
You've got an app idea. You took it to a vibe coding platform and built it in a prompt. But once deployed,…
The 7 best QuickBooks alternatives in 2026
Laying my cards on the table: I'm not an accountant. And I said goodbye to all the bookkeeping tasks…
Kit vs. Mailchimp: Which is best? [2026]
What do Lil Jon, Matthew McConaughey, and Mandy Moore have in common? The common thread isn't backing vocals…
Abnormal AI: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore for agentic email security at scale
AI agents now run in production at a scale of billions of operations a day, and a recurring architectural…
The contagion of fear
The contagion of fear Bryan Cantrill responds to the tweet by former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon…
AI bots "Timmy," "Ren," and "Jackie" are flooding social media with slop
AI agents are flooding the Internet with slop-infused spam sent to social media platforms and writers in an…
Manage end-user OAuth consent for AI agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
AI agents often need to access services such as GitHub and Slack on a user’s behalf. Before an agent can…
What blog posts influenced your thinking the most?
My comment on What blog posts influenced your thinking the most? — Lobste.rs.An early Joel Spolsky one for…
How Ninth Wave built AI-powered open finance onboarding on Amazon Bedrock
Financial institutions participating in open finance (the network where banks share customer-authorized…
The generative AI customization spectrum: From prompt engineering to custom models on AWS
This post shows you how to pick the right generative AI customization approach for your workload without…
Automate replenishment with MMF, Databricks Genie, and Amazon Quick
AWS Machine Learning Blog: technical walkthrough. Commands and expected outputs are from a working…
What is sales automation? A complete guide
I had a lawn mowing business for a summer growing up. My customers consisted mainly of my parents' friends…
The 5 best AI search engines in 2026
It often feels like Google search has gotten worse. While the issue is complicated, online search has never…
AI agents for business automation (with 27 AI agent examples)
Long before Zapier hired me to write for them, I was already a power user. I loved tinkering with automations…
Google Sheets price list template: What it is and how to use it
Present-day me isn't afraid to admit that early in my freelancing career, I quoted clients based on my memory…
The 4 best ChatGPT alternatives in 2026
ChatGPT is the biggest name in AI chatbots, but it's far from the only one around. And depending on what…