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SpecManager, a Claude Code plugin that replaces ad-hoc vibe coding with a gated spec-driven development lifecycle, has been released as an MIT-licensed open-source tool. The plugin enforces a PRD-to-walkthrough workflow …
British American Tobacco announced plans to cut 5,500 jobs and move 3,500 roles to third-party firms as part of an AI-driven cost-saving program, aiming to save £600 million by 2028. The restructuring, which excludes the…
A developer built a Python script that uses a SERP API to track Google's People Also Ask (PAA) results over time. The script fetches PAA questions for a set of keywords, saves snapshots as CSV files, and enables comparis…
According to ChartMogul's 2026 analysis of 200 B2B software products, the median free-to-paid conversion rate is just 8%. The teams improving that number in 2026 are using AI-driven trial conversion platforms to identify…
A new open-source tool allows developers to create sandboxed Telegram agents with rich-text formatting using a single YAML config file. Built on Deno, the tool supports customizable system prompts and granular sandbox pe…
After six months of iterative development, a team building analytics agents has settled on a context engineering approach centered on a navigation tree with a single authoritative home for each fact, enabling model-direc…
A developer released a plugin for Claude Code that allows users to draw feedback directly onto a frontend and send it to Claude for implementation. The tool uses Playwright MCP and an annotation toolbar to capture visual…
Germany is promoting artificial intelligence as a solution to its worker shortage, with over half of German firms now using or planning to use generative AI by year-end. A homebuilder cut invoice processing time from fou…
Google researchers introduced the Paper Assistant Tool (PAT), an AI framework that automates scientific review by evaluating manuscripts for errors and suggesting improvements. PAT achieved a 34% improvement in detecting…
A developer argues that reliable use of LLMs depends on maximizing explicit semantic representations, as transformations available to a system are bounded by the semantics in its internal model. Adding semantic layers en…
Developer Alex Ewerlöf created LinkedOut, a free open-source Chrome extension that reveals the extensive data LinkedIn collects on users, including 54,000 data points from his 16-year account history. The app allows user…
A developer has created claude-code-router, a package that bridges Anthropic's Claude Code CLI with OpenRouter's API aggregator on Linux, enabling model selection flexibility and cost savings via prompt caching. The tool…
PDF.chat launched an AI-powered tool that lets users upload PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint files, or text and chat with them to get instant, cited answers. The tool supports long documents, OCR for scanned files, summa…
A developer found that improving the rubric for a small LLM judge (Qwen2.5-1.5B) did not increase its agreement with human votes, which remained around 43%. However, swapping to a larger model (DeepSeek or Qwen3-32B) via…
COOCON, a South Korean business data platform company, announced on June 29 it is accelerating its Model Context Protocol (MCP)-based data business for the AI agent era, aiming to become a dedicated data hub for AI agent…
OLX Group reported strong financial results for FY26, with revenue up 28% to $992 million and adjusted EBITDA up 53%, driven by growth in motors, real estate, and jobs categories. The company invested $30 million in AI c…
Adyen launched Adyen Agentic, a modular API suite enabling AI-driven commerce through conversational channels, with early partners including American Express, Mastercard, Visa, and Salesforce. The suite addresses infrast…
GitLab's 2026 AI Accountability Report finds that while 78% of developers code faster using AI tools, overall software delivery has not accelerated due to bottlenecks in testing, review, and governance. The report highli…
AI expert advises individuals to analyze their daily tasks to identify where AI tools can save time, such as email and scheduling, and recommends specific software in a video guide.
A user on vast.ai discovered a GPU host masquerading as a US-based machine was actually a Hong Kong host proxying traffic, resulting in slow performance and unusability for AI workloads due to Chinese IP blocks by servic…