You Can Now Install—and Update—Microsoft Store Apps Using the Command Line

By typing simple, text-based commands into Windows' PowerShell, you can quickly install apps directly from the Microsoft ...
MIT Technology Review

The Download: Microsoft’s online reality check, and the worrying rise in measles cases

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 ...

An AI agent just tried to shame a software engineer after he rejected its code

When a Matplotlib volunteer declined its pull request, the bot published a personal attack. Sign of the times: An AI agent ...

Microsoft just made a command line version of the Microsoft Store for Windows 11 — install and update your apps without a GUI

You can now find, install, and update Microsoft Store apps using a command prompt on Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs. No GUI ...

How to download Android 17 Beta 1 on your Pixel right now (Updated)

The first Android 17 beta is here, giving us a preview of the next major Android release. Here's how to install it on your ...
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The Download: Making AI Work, and why the Moltbook hype is similar to Pokémon

A first look at Making AI Work, MIT Technology Review’s new AI newsletter Are you interested in learning more about the ways in which AI is actually being used? We’ve launched a new weekly newsletter ...

Meet ‘The Baroness’—the world’s longest wild snake

Guinness World Records recently confirmed that Ibu Baron, a reticulated python ( Malayopython reticulatus ), is believed to ...
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Google Supercharges Gemini 3 Flash with Agentic Vision

Google has added agentic vision to Gemini 3 Flash, combining visual reasoning with code execution to "ground answers in visual evidence". According to Google, this not only improves accuracy, but more ...