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sqlite-utils 3.39.1
Release: sqlite-utils 3.39.1 I back-ported a fix for table.delete_where() that shipped in version 4. Tags:…
Ruff v0.16.0
Ruff v0.16.0 Astral shipped a significant new version of their Ruff Python linting tool a few days ago on…
Introducing Claude Opus 5
Introducing Claude Opus 5 I've been offline kayaking with sea otters for much of today so I haven't had a…
Introducing Claude Opus 5 on AWS: Anthropic’s most capable Opus model
Today, we announce the availability of Claude Opus 5 on Amazon Bedrock and Claude Platform on AWS. Claude…
Claude Opus 5 arrives with near Fable performance at half the price
Innovation Home Innovation Artificial Intelligence Claude Opus 5 arrives with near Fable performance at half…
I fixed my home office's spotty Wi-Fi with Samsung's free diagnostic tool - and it took just minutes
Tech Home Tech Smartphones I fixed my home office's spotty Wi-Fi with Samsung's free diagnostic tool - and it…
Build an explainable next-best-product recommendation system for banking on AWS
Building a deep learning-based explainable next-best-product recommendation system helps banking institutions…
Get started with OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna on Amazon Bedrock
This post is co-written with Chris Dickens from OpenAI. Developers building agentic coding, long-horizon…
The 3 types of people who will excel in the AI agent era, according to tech leaders
Innovation Home Innovation Artificial Intelligence The 3 types of people who will excel in the AI agent era,…
Samsung Galaxy Watch 9 vs. Google Pixel Watch 4: I compared both Android flagships, here's what I prefer
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I tested Dell's new midrange work PC - It nails the sweet spot of price and performance
Tech Why you can trust ZDNET : ZDNET independently tests and researches products to bring you our best…
I tested a $14 emergency radio with solar and hand-crank power - it's in my survival kit now
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4 little-known Google Calendar tricks I use to plan my workweek - and save time
Tech Home Tech Services & Software 4 little-known Google Calendar tricks I use to plan my workweek - and save…
250 Eiffel Towers' worth of waste: The AI boom's toxic hardware problem
Innovation Home Innovation Artificial Intelligence 250 Eiffel Towers' worth of waste: The AI boom's toxic…
One of these 13 gadgets could be the hero your junk drawer needs (here's why)
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First look with the Galaxy Watch 9: I took it on a run in London - here's what I learned
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Best practices for applying Amazon Bedrock Guardrails to code generation workflows
This post continues our series on best practices with Amazon Bedrock Guardrails. For the previous post, see…
The first known runaway AI agent - or a very bad marketing stunt?
The first known runaway AI agent - or a very bad marketing stunt? Martin Alderson's commentary on the OpenAI…
Evaluating AI Agents: A production blueprint with Strands and AgentCore
This post was co-written with Motorway and the AWS Prototyping and AI Customer Engineering (PACE) team.…
Building trade assistant: How Jefferies optimized front office trading operations with AI
If you manage a front office trading desk at investment banks, you know the challenge: traders need real-time…
I've used Linux for 30 years, and this free security suite does it all - almost perfectly
Tech Home Tech Services & Software Operating Systems Linux I've used Linux for 30 years, and this free…
Building multi-Region visualizations with Highcharts in Amazon Quick
When your carrier performance data spans multiple regions, your dashboard must reconcile fundamentally…
Detecting silent agent failures with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore optimization
If you’re operating AI agents at scale, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore surfaces a category of insights you’ve…
Agentic retrieval for Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base
Your users ask multi-part, comparative, and exploratory questions that span PDFs, slides, tickets,…