‘We crossed that about 3 months ago’: A16z’s Marc Andreessen drops huge bombshell about AGI on Joe Rogan’s podcast

Marc Andreessen says the latest frontier models have realized AGI – tech leaders believe the boundaries are shifting.
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‘Chasing every model release is a fool’s errand and a fast track to AI fatigue inside your organisation’: GoodData.AI CTO says businesses should focus on automation use cases over every single new release

GoodData.AI CTO Peter Fedorocko says AI is an efficiency amplifier that won’t replace humans, but businesses must focus on real automation use cases.
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‘Not 300 but almost’: A lone Ukrainian robot held a key position against hordes of Russian attackers for a staggering 45 days

The unmanned ground vehicle (UGV)’s feat is one of many on a battlefield where both factions increasingly rely on robots and drones to handle some of their most dangerous tasks.
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From Quantum to Containers – 4 big things you might have missed at Microsoft Build 2026

We round up some of the other major news from Microsoft Build 2026.

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Samsung Galaxy Book6 Enterprise Edition review: Beautifully engineered business laptop but at this price, I expected better ports than USB 3.2 Gen 2

The Samsung Galaxy Book6 Enterprise Edition is a heavyweight business laptop that uses Intel’s latest 300 series silicon.
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‘A personal, instantaneous doctor integrated into their devices’ — how a new skin computer patch could run life-saving AI processes directly on your body

New compute patch developed by University of Chicago researchers performs instant, on-skin AI analysis for health data.
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‘Communities across the UK are paying the price for this criminal behaviour’: Openreach teams up with metal recycling giant to tackle UK’s £4bn a decade cable theft problem

Openreach is fighting the escalating £500m yearly cable theft problem with new partnerships, DNA tracing and grid alarms.
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LaCie 8big Pro5 review: I tested LaCie’s huge 256TB DAS solution, and it’s ideal for 8K video editing but it comes with a price tag that’s just as big

The LaCie 8big Pro5 is a RAID-ready DAS solution that offers huge amounts of storage that’s easy to manage and use, both in the studio and on set.
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HP announces the most powerful Windows AI PC ever built — Nvidia GB300 workstation can handle one trillion parameters thanks to its 784GB unified memory, but it won’t be cheap

HP’s upcoming ZGX Fury GB300 is the best-in-class desktop AI option money can buy in 2026.

One year ago, Ukraine launched Operation Spiderweb to destroy billions of dollars worth of Russian combat planes – It ‘served as a warning to the United States’

A landmark Ukrainian drone strike in June 2025 destroyed or damaged up to 41 Russian strategic aircraft, cementing the role of drones in the modern battlefield.
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