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Amazon and Walmart Shift Retail Costs to Suppliers
Retail giants Amazon and Walmart are making efficiency gains that shift costs to suppliers and brands.
Pymnts · 1m
AI Overload: Human Skills at Risk
As AI takes more tasks, people may lose skills needed to fix errors.
The Conversation · 1m
Marina Segal's cloud that says no
Tamnoon's CEO argues cloud security spent a decade finding problems it never fixed. Her company publishes what its machine refuses to do.
The Next Web · 3m
Illinois Bioeconomy Gets $17m Expansion
Illinois bioeconomy gains $17m boost to scale sustainable fuels and biomanufacturing.
Pulse 2.0 · 1m
Most Brits wary of giving AI too much control
A survey of 2,000 British adults finds 84% uncomfortable handing significant autonomy to AI agents, citing fraud and legal liability concerns.
TechRadar · 1m
Walmart Robots Struggle in Warehouses
Walmart's expensive robots fail basic warehouse tasks, costing more than human workers.
Futurism · 1m
Lincoln Electric Volume Recovery Boosts Automation
Lincoln Electric's volume recovery fuels automation growth in 2027.
Seekingalpha · 1m
Let's Encrypt cuts certificate lifetimes to 64 days
Free SSL/TLS certificates will expire faster starting February 2027, forcing web administrators to automate their renewal processes or face outages.
Ars Technica · 1m
Supply chain leaders on what AI changes most
Eight executives share how artificial intelligence is reshaping logistics, forecasting and operations across their industries.
Business Insider · 1m
Microsoft's Copilot app gets Office, coding and automation
Microsoft upgrades its Copilot app with new tabs for Office integration, natural language coding and autonomous task handling.
Engadget · 1m
Cargill invests in Thailand automation
Cargill boosts Thai poultry with AI automation.
Yahoo Finance · 1m
Compass pushes 83,000 agents to adopt new AI tool
The real estate brokerage deployed its leadership and regional offices to drive adoption of AI Assistant, which automates tasks and identifies sales leads.
Fortune · 4m
I Finally Found an AI Agent Worth the Risk
A writer discovers Instinct, an AI agent that texts through iMessage and actually solves problems, but the security risks are real.
WIRED · 3m
Robot tackles pipefitting's hardest, most dangerous work
Nexterity's remote-controlled robot automates bolt-tightening on pipes, addressing worker injuries and a chronic labor shortage in North American pipefitting.
TechCrunch · 1m · 6 views
Excel Hacks Turn You Into a Spreadsheet Wizard
52 Excel tricks make you a spreadsheet pro.
PCMAG · 1m
Benefits Exceptions Cost 62.5 Hours Monthly
Automation saves 62.5 staff hours monthly by cutting benefits exceptions.
Pymnts · 1m
PitPro's robot swaps tires in 15 minutes
San Francisco startup deploys its first automatic tire-changing system at a Canadian tire shop to tackle labor shortages.
TechCrunch · 1m
AT&T cuts deep to remake itself for AI
The telecom giant is shedding thousands of jobs and shutting down its copper network to become a leaner, AI-powered company.
WIRED · 2m
Telling a Computer to Do Things
Learning shell scripting unlocks powerful automation without heavy tooling.
will keleher · 1m
AI and Automation Could Unlock U.S. Onshoring
AI and automation might solve fashion brands' onshoring challenges by cutting lead times and scaling production without cheap labor.
Yahoo Finance · 1m
Why turning your brain off with AI won't save your job
As LLMs improve, some workers are outsourcing thinking to AI. But this strategy has a fatal flaw: if the AI gets good enough, your employer won't need you.
Danluu · 3m
Tesla's robot dream hits worker resistance
Tesla is struggling to mass-produce Optimus humanoid robots while employees refuse to train their own replacements.
Ars Technica · 1m
Uber's AI takeover sparks layoff questions
Recently fired Uber employees say the company deployed AI across customer service, internal chat, and their daily work, raising questions about whether automation drove the cuts.
Business Insider · 2m
Ex-accountant builds AI to automate bookkeeping away
Tabby founder Ahad Ali left a successful accounting firm to build software that makes accountants unnecessary.
TechCrunch · 1m
Factory Jobs Boom While Social Security Checks Pause
Manufacturers are hiring experienced workers at record rates, but taking a comeback job at 63 can temporarily halt your Social Security benefits.
24/7 Wall St. · 2m
AI will create more jobs than it destroys
Two Silicon Valley veterans argue the AI revolution will follow history's pattern of technological disruption, creating net job growth despite painful short-term transitions.
Fortune · 2m
Code Scans turns engineering goals into pull requests
Devin's new Code Scans feature automates codebase investigations and turns findings into ready-to-review pull requests.
Devin · 2m · 5 views
Chewy's $50 million AI bet shows real productivity gains
The pet retailer quantifies AI savings and proves the technology can drive lasting cost reductions across customer service, pharmacy and operations.
Pymnts · 1m
Robot vacuums aren't magic cleaning machines
Before you ditch your regular vacuum, understand what robot vacuums actually can and can't do.
Engadget · 2m
Self-driving codebases need better foundations
AI agents can handle routine coding work, but only if we build the right dev environments and primitives first.
Detail · 4m · 5 views
Dutch Telecom's AI Handles Millions of Customer Calls
KPN built an AI system that answers phones, completes tasks, and knows when to hand off to humans.
Pymnts · 1m
14 coolest gadgets from IFA 2026 in Berlin
From robot mowers that spot hedgehogs to chairs designed for women's bodies, here's the tech that impressed at Europe's biggest innovation show.
Maxim · 2m
Focus mode gets smarter in iOS 27
Apple's Focus feature now offers better customization, automation control, and integration with Shortcuts for more personalized phone management.
Engadget · 1m
Durst Group buys Dutch printer maker MPS
Austrian printing company Durst Group is acquiring Netherlands-based MPS Printing to expand its flexographic technology and packaging capabilities.
Yahoo Finance · 1m
Salesforce UK CEO pushes skills mission
Salesforce is doubling down on UK training and recruitment, aiming to bring jobs back from overseas through AI and automation.
TechRadar · 1m
AdNexa.ai brings clarity to murky media spending
A new platform connects media insights to real-time execution, giving CFOs and marketers visibility into where every dollar goes.
The Economic Times · 1m
AI agents need humans in the loop
Companies like AT&T and Crocs are deploying AI agents, but they're keeping humans in control where it matters most.
Adweek · 2m
Why the middle class feels broke despite getting richer
Goldman Sachs reveals that capital ownership, not wages, is driving economic gains, and most Americans don't own enough to benefit.
Fortune · 2m
Minneapolis wants human drivers in Waymo cars
A proposed ordinance would require licensed safety monitors in autonomous vehicles, sparking a national debate over jobs and regulation.
Fortune · 1m
Oracle explains how apps and agents work together
CEO Mike Sicilia clarifies how AI agents enhance rather than replace enterprise applications.
Cloud Wars · 1m
Why AI self-improvement worries researchers
AI could help build better AI, but researchers fear the loop may move faster than safety checks.
Mashable · 2m
Fast food's new tech: a person
After years of pushing kiosks and apps, McDonald's, Burger King and Starbucks are hiring the human touch back.
New York Post · 1m
TypeSafe bets against strings
A former OpenAI researcher says the missing piece for automation is a model that returns typed decisions, not text.
Typesafe · 3m
AI assistants are booking restaurant tables now
OpenTable says diners who arrive through ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot show up 17 times more often, and spend more once seated.
Pymnts · 1m
Robots are coming for homebuilding, slowly
America is short 1.2 million homes and 300,000 workers, and the machines helping most are the boring ones.
CNBC · 3m
AI should upgrade the job, not cut it
The boss of 17,000 health and beauty stores is measuring AI by customer love, not headcount saved.
Fortune · 1m
The Waymo effect: who is driving your research?
A driverless ride felt like pure gain until two colleagues noticed what it quietly removed, and realised AI is doing the same thing to research.
Research Agenda · 4m · 5 views
How Generative AI Is Shrinking White-Collar Job Postings
New Dallas Fed data reveals how AI automation is already reducing hiring demand, creating immediate challenges for recent college graduates.
Dallas Fed · 1m