Anthropic merged the memory systems for Claude chat and Claude Cowork, making memory two-way so that context from chat is available in Cowork and vice versa, with updates added as you chat and sensiti…
Only 15% of organizations have achieved scaled, orchestrated multi-agent deployments across customer service, IT, and engineering, according to a Deloitte survey of 501 senior business leaders. The su…
ChatGPT Work, OpenAI's agentic AI tool, can browse the web, manage files, and complete multi-step tasks, and is available to all ChatGPT users, including free tier users, though paid plans like the $2…
Canonical's Vice President of Engineering Jon Seager clarified that Ubuntu's growth rate on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is higher than its growth rate on native desktop installs, but only in ter…
A ZDNET report finds that AI-enabled layoffs are backfiring, with jobloss.ai tracking 126,000 US employees losing jobs between January 2025 and June 2026 due to AI-related factors. Research from Caree…
Google's AI Professional Certificate, an eight-course bundle on Coursera, is available for free and highly recommended by ZDNET after completing it. The program builds practical AI skills from fundame…
Mozilla has released Smart Window beta, a free AI tool for Firefox on macOS and Windows that lets users switch between three models (Fast, Flexible, Personal) and includes Memories for saved context. …
ZDNET's Jack Wallen recommends six Linux distributions that are unlikely to include AI, including Debian, which has explicitly stated that AI models without original training data are not DFSG-complia…
ZDNET's Jack Wallen tested Omarchy Quattro, a Linux distribution that integrates AI coding agents as first-class citizens, and reported that while it is powerful, it is not for beginners. The distro, …
Google LLC enables Gemini AI access to all Google Workspace data by default, including Gmail, Docs, Calendar, and Chat, unless administrators disable it, according to a ZDNET report. The company state…
Canonical's VP of engineering Jon Seager told ZDNET that Ubuntu on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) will not outgrow native Ubuntu installs, clarifying that earlier comments about growth referred onl…
The average number of AI agents per organization nearly tripled from 5 to 13 between February 2025 and April 2026, according to Salesforce's 2026 Agentic Enterprise Index, which analyzed data from 400…
Google LLC enables Gemini AI access to all Google Workspace data by default for commercial customers, raising compliance and privacy concerns, though Google states it does not use the data for trainin…
OpenFactory, a new service from developer Erik Ziegenbald, lets users build custom Linux distributions via an AI prompt or selection menu, with 1,356 distributions available to test online. In a ZDNET…
ZDNET reports that Dicio, a free and open-source Android voice assistant, serves as a viable replacement for Google Assistant, which Google is discontinuing next month. Dicio handles basic tasks like …
Google will remove Assistant as an option in September, leaving Gemini as the only official Android digital assistant, but Gemini's hands-free voice calling via Android Auto remains unreliable, with u…
A ZDNET survey of 138 developers found that 75% prefer Anthropic's Claude Code over OpenAI's Codex for AI-assisted coding, with 22% using both tools. Respondents cited Claude Code's superior context h…
Workday president of product and technology Gerrit Kazmaier and principal strategist Julie Colwell say the rise of agentic AI is shifting labor demand from specialists to polymaths—professionals with …
Google's Pixel 11 Pro series introduces HiLight, a pulsing LED indicator on the camera bump that replaces the temperature sensor and signals incoming calls and Gemini interactions, with accessibility …
Claude Code and OpenAI Codex, agentic coding tools available for about 18 months, are more similar than different, and choosing between them depends on workflow and ecosystem rather than benchmarks, a…