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OCBC plans to raise annual technology spending to more than $771mn, as new CEO Tan Teck Long doubles down on AI and digital banking. The increase, one of Tan's first strategic signals since taking over in January 2026, a…
G2 published a comparison of the best AI coding assistants for 2026, evaluating tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, and Replit beyond simple autocomplete. The analysis covers codebase understanding, context switch…
NVIDIA released Nemotron-Labs-TwoTower, an open-weight diffusion language model that separates token representation and denoising into two towers, achieving 2.42× higher generation throughput while retaining 98.7% of the…
Google Arts & Culture creator David Li launched Splash Canvas, a digital painting experiment where users drag octopus or squid characters across a canvas to create art, with each character offering unique styles and play…
Google's Chrome Auto-Browse, which acts on websites by filling forms and completing tasks, launched on Android in late June, while Apple's Siri AI, introduced at WWDC on June 8, only reads web content to answer questions…
A developer built readmeai, a Python CLI that scans project structure and config files, then uses an LLM to generate a complete README.md with badges, install instructions, and usage examples. The tool runs locally with …
GitHub launched the Copilot desktop app to general availability on June 17, featuring parallel agent sessions in isolated git worktrees, a My Work dashboard for supervising multiple agents, and Agent Merge for automated …
A developer built a minimal WebMCP agent using Playwright and the Gemini API to test WebMCP tools with stronger AI models. The agent uses Playwright to control a real Chrome browser, enabling tool discovery and execution…
A developer outlines a practical guide for safely shipping AI-generated code to production, addressing the gap between rapid prototyping and production readiness. The guide includes a checklist for hardening code, such a…
A developer explains how prompt engineering can significantly improve the quality of AI-generated code and responses. The guide covers key techniques such as defining roles, providing context, and using step-by-step prom…
Researchers introduced RoMaP, a 3D Gaussian editing framework that enables precise local edits through innovative mask generation and loss techniques. The framework achieves state-of-the-art performance in local 3D editi…
Researchers have introduced diffusion crossover, a method that redefines evolutionary recombination within Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models (DDPMs) for generating semantically rich images. By using spherical line…
Researchers introduced Histogram-constrained Image Generation (HIG), a new method for diffusion models that uses optimal transport theory to enforce user-specified distributional constraints like color histograms with ex…
The DEV Team and GitHub are hosting the Finish-Up-A-Thon Challenge, a contest with a $3,000 prize pool. Participants are encouraged to revive old projects using GitHub Copilot. The challenge aims to help developers compl…
Google's Nano Banana Pro (gemini-3-pro-image-preview) AI image generation model was used to recreate two historical scenes: Julius Caesar's relief of the siege of Alesia in 52 BC and Napoleon's self-coronation in 1804. T…
An engineer tested OpenMontage, an open-source agentic video production system, by tasking it with creating a 75-second explainer video on local-first software. The agent produced a cohesive video at zero direct cost, bu…
ELEVATE introduces a local-first AI tutoring framework using 3D avatars and LLMs, deployed on standard consumer hardware to address privacy and access issues in education. The prototype succeeded in real-world curricula,…
A 13-year-old developer released 'The Sword of Ghix', a retro game created with AI-assisted tools, where players help Bob collect sword pieces to save the multiverse from King Krad.
Syncpen launched a markdown writing app that integrates with AI agents like Claude Code, Cursor, and Cowork, allowing them to read, draft, and propose edits within documents while tracking changes and attributing edits t…
A new system architecture called WhatsApp Coding enables mobile-first development by using a secure proxy chain between WhatsApp, a GCP VM, and a local MacBook, allowing technical executives to validate autonomous multi-…