AWS is open-sourcing a new markdown format called Agent SOPs, designed to make it easier to build AI agents and learn from the shortcomings of its earlier model-driven agent development approach. Hyperscalers and other vendors, including AWS, have been promoting LLM-driven agent development as a faster way for enterprises to scale agents in production workloads, as it

Google’s Angular team has released Angular v21, the latest version of Google’s TypeScript-based web framework. This update introduces experimental Signal Forms, a reactive forms experience built on the Signals application state tracker, and launches a developer preview of Aria, a modern library for common user interface patterns that emphasizes accessibility. Angular v21 also brings Angular’s

A new version of the Shai-Hulud credentials-stealing self-propagating worm is expanding through the open npm registry, a threat that developers who download packages from the repository have to deal with immediately. Researchers at Wiz Inc. said Monday that in the early stages of the campaign late last week,  a thousand new GitHub repositories containing harvested

Anthropic has introduced Claude Opus 4.5, a hybrid reasoning model for coding, agents, and computer use. The company said this new version of the Claude Opus model offers better vision, reasoning, and mathematics than predecessors. Claude Opus 4.5 is meaningfully better at everyday tasks such as deep research and working with slides and spreadsheets, Anthropic

In the past decade, we’ve seen two major advances in software development: cloud-native architecture and artificial intelligence. The first redefined how we build, deploy, and manage applications, and the second is becoming a mainstream utility. Now, the two are converging, prompting developers to reevaluate both their skill sets and architectural strategies. This convergence isn’t just

Snowflake has signed a definitive agreement to acquire San Francisco-based startup Select Star’s team and context metadata platform to enhance its Horizon Catalog offering, the company said in a statement. Horizon Catalog is a unified data discovery, management, and governance suite inside the cloud-based data warehouse provider’s Data Cloud offering. Data and governance catalogs such

Microsoft is pushing agentic AI deeper into the PC with Fara-7B, a compact computer-use agent (CUA) model that can automate complex tasks entirely on a local device. The experimental release, aimed at gathering feedback, provides enterprises with a preview of how AI agents might run sensitive workflows without sending data to the cloud, while still

Apple’s decision to take part in (and co-sponsor) this year’s NeurIPS conference shows how the company is keeping close tabs on future trends in the field, highlights its willingness to cooperate, and shows Apple reaching out to recruit new expertise.  The company’s machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) teams are deeply involved in the important event. Since

There are few things tech companies like more than rolling out marketing-tested slogans that sound like cutting-edge breakthroughs, but turn out to be nothing more than stale, old wine in new bottles. It’s a lot easier to roll out a slogan than do the hard work of creating something new. So, it’s difficult not to

Alibaba’s recently launched Qwen AI app has demonstrated remarkable market traction, accumulating 10 million downloads in the seven days since its public beta release – a velocity that exceeds the early adoption rates of ChatGPT, Sora, and DeepSeek. The application’s rapid uptake reflects a shift in how technology giants are approaching AI commercialisation. While international