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How AI-assisted development helped us build the new Dropbox experience

From sharing features across web and desktop to testing the details customers depend on, this is how AI-assisted development helped our engineers deliver the updated Dropbox experience.

Dropbox Tech · EN

How two engineer side projects became the agent taking action inside Dropbox

Two side projects explored a new way to get work done with files already in Dropbox. Here’s how engineers brought them together and turned those experiments into a new customer experience.

Dropbox Tech · EN

The Data Product Platform Navigator

Many organizations adopting data mesh and data products face a common challenge. They may be tasked with building a self-service platform for data products and data mesh from scratch, or they may have an existing platform that suffers from low adoption, preventing their data mesh from scaling. This article provides a platform navigator, based on the CNCF's Platform Engineering Maturity Model, to help you reason about your current situation and determine the next steps for your platform. more…

Martin Fowler · EN

An Interview With Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi About Accounting and AI

An interview with Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi about the working for one of tech's oldest software companies, and how Intuit is leaning into the AI paradigm shift.

Stratechery · EN

NASA Announces X-70 Experimental Aircraft to Advance Flight Research

NASA has unveiled the X-70 Fractal, a new crewed experimental aircraft "designed to accelerate the development and testing of advanced aviation technologies." From a press release: The crewed X-70 features advanced, rapidly reconfigurable flight-control technology that will allow NASA to explore aircraft maneuverability in ways never before demonstrated in crewed flight. The aircraft can also accommodate up to 2,000 pounds of experimental payloads in internal and external locations, enabling a wide range of research and flight-testing opportunities. The X-70 Fractal has a takeoff weight of 10,

Slashdot · EN

Switch 2 sales fell by almost 40 percent after Nintendo increased prices

Nintendo reports higher profit but substantially lower Switch 2 sales after it increased console prices.

Engadget · EN

Amazon teams with Uber Eats for new Prime perks

Order on Amazon's platforms and (sometimes) skip the delivery fees.

Engadget · EN

OpenAI says it will protect local resources and report on the impact of its data centers

OpenAI claims its new pledges were in the works before Americans voted strongly against the data center boom.

Engadget · EN

Spotify is coming to United's seatback screens

The streaming service's entire library of content will be available in the air.

Engadget · EN

MacBook Pro M6 review: A slight upgrade, but still the most accessible MacBook Pro

The M6 MacBook Pro is more of the same, but that's still pretty great.

Engadget · EN

MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display review: Lighter, brighter, but the touchscreen doesn't add much

Apple's touchscreen laptop is a notable evolution of the MacBook Pro at a much higher price.

Engadget · EN

Apple iMac M6 review: Faster, more expensive and deeply in need of a refresh

Most buyers would be better off with a Mac mini and a bigger external display.

Engadget · EN

2027 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 First Drive: Big displays meet big V8s

Chevy's new Silverado needs a few updates before it's ready for prime time.

Engadget · EN

Amazon ditches GrubHub, taps Uber Eats for Prime

Amazon has made Uber Eats its official restaurant delivery partner for Prime members in the United States.

TechCrunch · EN

Agility is the first pure humanoid robot company on the stock market. Are you buying?

Agility arrives on the Nasdaq today as the first publicly-traded pure-play humanoid robotics company.

TechCrunch · EN

A YC startup is putting $1M behind five unsolved materials science problems for AI

Discovered Materials, a months-old YC startup that uses AI to find chip materials, is offering $200,000 for each solution to five open materials science problems.

TechCrunch · EN

Box taps Nvidia’s Nemotron for new agent-first content retrieval system

The system can supposedly answer queries four times faster, with 20% fewer errors and 90% fewer tokens used.

TechCrunch · EN

RadianX promises solar-powered devices that never need charging

Today’s portable devices are too hungry to run on traditional solar panels, but RadianX says its perovskite cells promise to make charging obsolete in some cases.

TechCrunch · EN

Aina’s smart ring has a screen, a joystick and a mic so you can talk to AI agents

Aina's ring can also take calls and help you dictate notes on your Mac.

TechCrunch · EN

A new bill could change how the US builds energy infrastructure

A sweeping bit of legislation designed to cut red tape could speed up the buildout of energy infrastructure in the US. With the dust barely settled on this week’s momentous midterms, the Senate is set to vote on the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA) on November 9. It’s a plan that could finally…

MIT Technology Review · EN

The Download: Texas’s fragile AI boom and energy policy shifts

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Texas was the new epicenter of the AI data center buildout. That might be kaput. Texas is the fastest-growing data center market in the US and ground zero for Big Tech’s…

MIT Technology Review · EN

The ‘Ocarina of Time’ Remake Is Finally Here, but Why Does Link Look so Yassified?

Nintendo has prepped its classic game for a rerelease with a slew of aesthetic upgrades—none more extreme than the protagonist’s curled-eyelash, glossed-lip glow-up.

Wired · EN

He Trolls AI Labs for a Living. Now They All Want to Work With Him

OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceXSI have all reached out to Husk, an influencer who regularly goes viral by exposing the shortcomings of chatbots.

Wired · EN

Best Wireless Chargers (2026): My Picks After Testing 100+

Stop fumbling for cables in the dark. These WIRED-tested stands and pads will take the hassle out of refueling your phone, wireless earbuds, and watch.

Wired · EN