You’ve tasked your AI agent to process vendor payments on your behalf. An invoice arrives one day, and the agent autonomously handles the transaction. It runs like clockwork—until the morning you find your bank account overdrawn. Digging in, you discover payments to vendors who never submitted an invoice and, in a few cases, never delivered […]
When Adobe began abandoning shrink-wrapped software for the cloud in 2011, it dragged the entire industry toward subscriptions. Now the company is attempting its next migration, this time into territory it doesn’t control: chatbots. On Thursday, Adobe launched a plugin for ChatGPT that brings more than 70 of its tools natively into an assistant used […]
Amazon has unveiled the Amazon Tap and Echo Dot, two new additions to the Alexa-enabled device family. The former is a $130 portable version of the Amazon Echo and works as a speaker for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, while the latter is a $90 compact, voice-controlled device that can easily connect to your speaker. Both can […]
After months of leaks, Samsung has officially unveiled its newest set of flagship phones, the Galaxy S8 and S8+, confirming what VentureBeat previously reported. Coming more than a year after their predecessor was introduced, the new devices are designed to provide more screen real estate, while still fitting comfortable in the palm of your hand, and […]
Two brothers decided that they wanted to take on the challenge of rebuilding one of the most popular sites of the past decade. Why? Because, although others tried and failed, it was something they felt they could bring back. With the help of a celebrity named Justin Timberlake, they set out to find a way to […]
MENLO PARK — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Facebook today to chat about his country becoming a more digital society, investments in the country, and empowerment of women. In a short Q&A town hall session, the leader of the world’s largest democracy spoke about India’s continued progress in terms of technology and internet connectivity. […]
In 2015, the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) published a sprawling infographic that traced more than 600 homegrown companies back to the people who started them. The “Seattle Tech Universe” was cartography with a thesis: the region builds more than Amazon, Microsoft, Expedia, and Boeing. Eleven years later, the WTIA is redrawing it. At this […]
Samsung is expected to announce its newest lineup of foldable phones and smartwatches at its latest Galaxy Unpacked event, set to take place on July 22. Speculation among the media and pundits is that we could see the new Z Fold 8 and Z Fold 8 Ultra, along with the next-generation Galaxy Watch. There’s also […]
Live event coverage has a value problem. The fastest way to publish is through social media, but that means the platforms receive the audience, leaving the producer with nothing in return. Every live post to X, Threads, or Bluesky is traffic that never reaches the content creator’s site. Covering these events in person adds its […]
One piece of entrepreneurial advice I picked up in Silicon Valley has stuck with me: Build something that solves a problem you have. It’s an idea that became my guiding principle as I set out on what I’ve been calling my “summer of building”—a run of months spent turning app concepts into working tools. It’s […]