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<img height="488" src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/05/gitlab-19-intelligent-orchestration-agentic-devops.avif" width="868" /><br /><p>GitLab has released version 19.0, its first major version bump in a year, built around a concept the company calls intelligent orchestration. The pitch is that

Zendesk is shifting customer service to platform-agnostic AI agents, ensuring customers receive consistent, contextualized support across third-party apps like Gemini.

<img alt="" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" height="780" src="https://cdn.geekwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/P1697838-1260x780.jpg" width="1260" /><br />UiPath, the AI automation giant expanding in Bellevue, submitted the winning $100k bid for a premium World Cup suite experience d

<p><a href="http://kore.ai">Kore.ai</a> on Wednesday launched what amounts to a ground-up reinvention of its core technology: the Artemis edition of its <a href="https://www.kore.ai/ai-agent-platform">Agent Platform</a>, a system designed to let enterprises build, govern, and optimize AI agents usin

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There’s no delete button for old ChatGPT images, but I found the awkward workaround that finally removes them for good.

OpenAI is reportedly planning to become a publicly traded company as soon as September.

It takes a spark to start a fire, and that’s the idea behind Google’s weirdly branded, new background AI agent, as I saw at Google I/O. So what is it exactly?

Google showcased new Gemini-powered Android Auto and Google Built-in features at I/O 2026 focused on driving assistance.

<img height="488" src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/05/canva-google-gemini-connected-app-design.avif" width="868" /><br /><p>Canva has spent the past year quietly embedding itself into every major AI assistant. First came Claude, then ChatGPT, then Microsoft Copilot. Now Google Gemini gets the

I vibe coded with both Claude and ChatGPT, and the latter is just the better tool right now. It causes fewer headaches and generates more reliable results.

Proton VPN, NordVPN, and Windscribe are uniting against Canada's controversial Bill C-22 surveillance law. Here is why these privacy giants are refusing to back down.

On paper, this was a strong quarter for HubSpot. Maybe not epic, but strong. HubSpot reported Q1 &#8217;26 with revenue of $881M, up 23% &#8230; as reported. Subscription revenue alone hit $862.3M, putting ARR run-rate around $3.45B. They beat consensus by $18M. Customer count crossed 299,458, up 16

There’s a new $100-per-month subscription for those who want expanded Gemini access, without the $200 price tag.

Google upgrades its Antigravity vibe coding app, says Gemini CLI users need to switch.

I put NordVPN through rigorous testing to evaluate its speed, security, and overall features. Here are the biggest takeaways.

<img height="488" src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/05/h2o-ai-tabh2o-foundation-model-tabular-data-dell-.avif" width="868" /><br /><p>H2O.ai has unveiled tabH2O, a foundation model purpose-built for tabular data that can generate high-accuracy predictions from structured datasets using a single

<img height="488" src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/05/gitlab-restructuring-agentic-era-layoffs-q1-fy27.avif" width="868" /><br /><p>GitLab is slashing jobs, shrinking its geographic footprint, and reorganising its engineering teams as it bets its future on a world where AI agents, not humans,

<img height="488" src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2021/06/denny-muller-HfWA-Axq6Ek-unsplash.avif" width="732" /><br /><p>Google has released Android CLI at a stable version 1.0, giving AI coding agents a direct line into Android Studio’s capabilities without ever opening the IDE. The announcement,

<img height="488" src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2021/06/denny-muller-HfWA-Axq6Ek-unsplash.avif" width="732" /><br /><p>Google has released Android CLI at a stable version 1.0, giving AI coding agents a direct line into Android Studio’s capabilities without ever opening the IDE. The announcement,

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft observed the Zwan-Wolf effect deep inside Mars' ionosphere during a solar storm.

At Google I/O, the company announced three new features coming to Google Workspace including Google Pics, Gmail and Docs Live, and AI Inbox.

At Google I/O 2026, the company announced it's expanding its SynthID digital watermark, and OpenAI announced it's adopting it, too

Google's most expensive AI plan is now a little cheaper.

Is your VPN traffic as anonymous as you think? A security researcher just found a way to fingerprint Mullvad VPN users through exit IP patterns, prompting a swift response and an ongoing infrastructure patch from the provider.

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<img height="488" src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/05/cropin-sisense-agtech-analytics-global-agriculture.avif" width="868" /><br /><p>When it comes to feeding the planet, the old ways of farming are running up against hard limits. Climate volatility, supply-chain disruption, and the sheer comp

SentinelOne found a new variant of the SHub macOS infostealer called Reaper.

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From brutally honest feedback to clearer answers and smarter prompts, these simple ChatGPT hacks can dramatically improve the responses you get from AI.

<p>Enterprises building and deploying agents have a problem: it’s taking their engineers too long to find out that an agent made a mistake, and the loop has continued to perpetuate, especially without a human at every step. </p><p>LangSmith, the monitoring and evaluation platform from LangChain, lau

<p>Enterprises building and deploying agents have a problem: it’s taking their engineers too long to find out that an agent made a mistake, and the loop has continued to perpetuate, especially without a human at every step. </p><p>LangSmith, the monitoring and evaluation platform from LangChain, lau

Google's Gemini app adds extended thinking levels, plus third-party integrations.

Microsoft is ending Together mode in Microsoft Teams.

<img height="488" src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/05/sigma-computing-series-e-80-million-3-billion-valuation.avif" width="868" /><br /><p>  Sigma Computing has raised $80 million in Series E funding at a $3 billion valuation, doubling its worth in a year and positioning the San Francisco-base

Funnel Builder WordPress plugin is being exploited to steal people's credit cards but the flaw has since been patched.

<img height="488" src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/05/coursera-500-million-share-repurchase-udemy-merger.avif" width="868" /><br /><p>  Coursera has announced a $500 million share repurchase programme, its first buyback since going public in 2021 and one that arrives exactly one week after the

The feature that places attendees together on a background is being removed on June 30.

All Maltese citizens can get ChatGPT Plus for free for a year, OpenAI says.

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Siri’s AI upgrade will get a privacy boost but could only launch in beta, a report claims.

It's curtains for Microsoft Teams Together Mode as the company looks to move forward in other areas.

Get 3 years of ChatOn AI Assistant Premium for $55.24 with code CHAT35 and access GPT, Claude, Gemini, and other tools in one app.

<img height="488" src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/05/openai-brockman-chatgpt-codex-unified-agentic-platform.avif" width="868" /><br /><p>OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman has permanently taken charge of the company’s product strategy, merging ChatGPT, Codex, and the developer API

The bill covered 603 billion tokens across 7.6 million requests, all generated by roughly 100 Codex instances.

Payment card information and other forms of ID are being sold on dark web marketplaces for much less than you think.

OpenAI is launching a personal finance experience so you can connect up accounts and ask questions about your money.

<img height="488" src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/05/openai-malta-chatgpt-plus-free-citizens.avif" width="868" /><br /><p>OpenAI has signed a deal with the government of Malta to provide all Maltese citizens and residents with free access to ChatGPT Plus for one year. There is one condition:

<p>From accurate text rendering to remixable prompts and flexible design styles, Ideogram remains a compelling AI image generator for posters, thumbnails, social graphics, and more.</p> <p><em>This article is republished with permission from </em><a href="https://wondertools.substack.com/">Wonder T