Google I/O 2026 Dates Announced for May: Gemini to Android and More
Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - Google has officially locked in the dates for its annual developer conference, with Google I/O 2026 returning to the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View from May 19-20, 2026. While some developers will be there in person, the rest of us can catch the …
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Render Raises $100 Million to Build Cloud Tech for AI Agents
PYMNTS / pymnts - Cloud technology company Render has raised $100 million in new funding. The firm’s Series C extension, announced Tuesday (Feb. 17), values Render at $1.5 billion and will help it build cloud runtime for artificial intelligence (AI) agents and applications…
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Anthropic debuts Sonnet 4.6, a highly capable creative and coding AI model
Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Anthropic PBC upgraded its Claude Sonnet model to version 4.6 today, adding stronger computer-use skills, long-context reasoning, agent planning and improved performance for knowledge work and design. The company said it brings the coveted 1 million token…
- Benchmarks and pricing: Sonnet matches Opus performance (3)
- Other: personality, rollout notes, and community reactions (1)
- Sonnet 4.6 launch: features and 1M-token context (5)
- Stronger computer-use: coding, forms, and multi-tab browsing (3)
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Benchmarks and pricing: Sonnet matches Opus performance
Other: personality, rollout notes, and community reactions
Sonnet 4.6 launch: features and 1M-token context
Stronger computer-use: coding, forms, and multi-tab browsing
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iOS 26.4 beta adds encrypted RCS messaging
Asma Hussain / ithinkdiff - Apple has started testing encrypted RCS messaging in the latest developer seeds of iOS 26.4, alongside updates for iPadOS 26.4 and macOS Tahoe 26.4. The new beta introduces end-to-end encryption for Rich Communication Services, marking a significant step …
- Encrypted RCS testing: iPhone trials end‑to‑end texting with Android (2)
- MacBook battery controls and Rosetta sunset warning to developers (5)
- Media and AI: Apple Music, Podcasts video, tvOS and CarPlay (6)
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Encrypted RCS testing: iPhone trials end‑to‑end texting with Android
MacBook battery controls and Rosetta sunset warning to developers
Media and AI: Apple Music, Podcasts video, tvOS and CarPlay
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London-based SurrealDB raises additional €19 million to scale multi-model database for AI applications
David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - SurrealDB, a UK company developing a multi-model, AI-native database, has secured an additional €19 million ($23 million) in Series A funding, bringing the company’s total investment to-date (including Seed) to €37 million ($44 million). Chalfen Ventures …
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