Anthropic Previews Standard for AI Control of Physical Devices
Anthropic is opening a research preview of a shared specification for artificial intelligence agents to operate physical devices, specifically lab and manufacturing instruments, the company said in a Thursday (Aug.…
27) announcement.
The Model Hardware Standard (MHS) enables agents to operate instrument…
Anthropic is making MHS available to a first group of partners in the …
Lawsuit Seeks to Block EPA From Abandoning Health of Clevelanders
Groups challenge EPA’s decision on smog that flouts the law and hands polluters a free pass CLEVELAND — A coalition of environmental and public health organizations filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the U.…
Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to let Cleveland off the ho…
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ATLANTA — After a tumultuous and secretive process, the Georgia Public Service Commission staff approved the contract between Georgia Power and OpenAI to power a 3.…
2 gigawatt hyperscale data center planned for Effingham County — witho…
In response, Sierra Club and the Southern Alliance .
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The <i><em>Bazaar</em></i> Guide to Fall 2026 Movies
A Jane Austen revival, Jenna Ortega as a robot, touching artist documentaries, and … romance with a wicker basket? This fall’s slate is full of surprises.
Affirm Makes Smaller Purchases BNPL’s Next Growth Test
Affirm’s latest quarter shows buy now, pay later (BNPL) moving deeper into everyday spending, where affordability depends less on financing one large purchase and more on giving consumers flexibility across a growing number of transactions.…
That pattern showed up clearly in the numbers for the fiscal fourth qu…
Gross merchandise volume rose 36% year over year to $14.
1 billion in the latest quarter, while transactions rose faster, up 41…
The biggest video game of all time looks like a movie
I think I know why Rockstar Games debuted its "extended look" of Grand Theft Auto VI on Netflix instead of immediately dropping it for free on YouTube.…
Unlike most video game trailers, the almost 27-minute preview of GTA V…
To make a new game that lasts another decade or more and potentially r…
The line between games and movies has been getting consistently fuzzier.
Anthropic and OpenAI are joining the AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the AI Stage is back to dig into the single hottest topic in the community for the past few years, presented by Google for Startups.
Cisco Deploys Custom AI Agent to Entire 90,000-Person Workforce
Cisco is rolling out its artificial intelligence (AI) agent, MyAgent, to 90,000 employees, Thimaya Subaiya, executive vice president, operations at Cisco, said in a Thursday (Aug.…
27) blog post.
MyAgent is built on Cisco’s secure, governed, multi-model agnostic AI …
MyAgent performs supervised autonomous workflows across Outlook, Webex…
Port of Los Angeles commits $200 million to zero emission equipment
The Port of Los Angeles has secured a new, 30-year lease with Yusen Terminals, with the marine terminal operator fully committed through 2056 in a deal that paves the way for an fresh, $200 million investment in zero-emission cargo-handling equipment.