Amazon has finally pulled back the curtain on its next-generation voice assistant, and let’s just say — Alexa’s had a glow-up. Dubbed Alexa+, this new model is running on generative AI, with smoother speech, a memory of your habits, and an uncanny ability to understand what you really mean when you talk. It’s slick, it’s

Flirtcam AI takes the concept of “AI girlfriend” to another level by combining uncensored video chat with conversational AI. Instead of being limited to text-only roleplay, you get lifelike video interactions where your virtual partner looks, moves, and talks like a real cam model—but without the awkwardness, scheduling, or sky-high costs you’d find on traditional

Rolemantic isn’t shy about its NSFW image generator—this tool is meant for people who want to create erotic and uncensored visuals on demand. Unlike platforms that slam the brakes on anything remotely adult, Rolemantic gives you multiple AI models (anime, ultra-realistic, furry, pixel, stylized) and says: go ahead, build the fantasy exactly as you see

Rolemantic makes no effort to hide what it’s about—it’s an uncensored AI chat platform that leans fully into adult roleplay, erotic conversations, and taboo scenarios. Unlike mainstream AI apps that shy away from explicit dialogue, Rolemantic actively embraces it, giving users a wide library of characters to interact with, each tailored for NSFW roleplay. You’re

Oracle is doubling down its focus on agentic use cases for enterprises with new features added to its latest long-term support version of its database offering — AI Database 26ai. The new database includes Select AI Agent, Agent Factory, and integration with Oracle’s MCP servers. AI Database 26ai, which has been made generally available, replaces

Oracle has unveiled a new data lakehouse offering that supports Apache Iceberg to help enterprises streamline analytics and enhance data interoperability across cloud and on-premises environments. Enterprises focused on leveraging data for AI and analytics use cases have lately been turning to data lakehouses as they blend the affordability and scalability of data lakes with

If you’re a software developer and you don’t already know of Paul Graham and his wonderful essays, then you’re in for a treat. Graham writes about programming, running startups, and, well, life. As one of the original dotcom success stories and the founder of Y Combinator, Graham knows of what he writes. My personal favorite essay

Java microframeworks are generally lightweight and minimalistic, characterized by their emphasis on performance, cloud-native capabilities, and developer experience. They are designed for building lightweight web applications, and they’re particularly well-suited to microservices architectures. Although Spring Boot is the most common choice in this arena, different frameworks cater to different needs. This article is a quick

Python’s rich ecosystem of data science tools is a big draw for users. The only downside of such a broad and deep collection is that sometimes the best tools can get overlooked. Here’s a rundown of some of the best newer or less-known data science projects available for Python. Some, like Polars, are getting more

Generative AI has gone from curiosity to core capability in less than two years. Companies across sectors now face an urgent skills shortage — not just of AI specialists, but of employees who can use generative AI tools in everyday work. In industries ranging from IT services and software development to staffing, travel, and industrial