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June 17, 2026 — Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base, a fully managed retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) service, is now generally available. With Managed Knowledge Base, developers can build production-ready AI agents grounded in enterprise data without managing vector databases, data pipelines, or retrieval infrastructure. The service handles data ingestion, storage optimization, and advanced retrieval so teams can go from prototype to production faster. Credit: Shutterstock Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base includes six native data source connectors—Amazon S3, SharePoint, Confluence, Google Drive, OneDrive, and Web Crawler—with automatic data syncing and managed vector storage optimized for price-performance. Advanced retrieval capabilities include hybrid search, document…

Over the next eight weeks, the interns representing four universities will participate in intensive training sessions on agentic AI tools and vibe coding, led by expert mentors from across QIC’s business units. Qatar Insurance (QIC),  the leading insurer in Qatar and the MENA region, has announced the launch of its inaugural AI summer internship program for university students, introduced as part of the company’s commitment to nurturing national talent and equipping the next generation with advanced capabilities in one of the fastest-growing and most transformative tech disciplines. Following a highly competitive selection process involving hundreds of applications, students were admitted…

Image Credits: SychedelicI’ve reviewed plenty of wellness gadgets over the years.Most of them fall into one of two camps.The first group tracks everything. Your sleep, your heart rate, your stress levels, your readiness score, your recovery score, and occasionally your apparent readiness to become a spreadsheet.The second group promises to help you relax but usually amounts to some combination of soothing sounds and a subscription fee.Sychedelic is trying something different.At first glance, it looks like a premium pair of over-ear headphones. But underneath the familiar design is a surprisingly ambitious mix of biometric sensing, AI-driven binaural beats based audio, and…

Back in August of last year, during the introduction of the Pixel 10 family, Google also teased an upcoming smart speaker. Then, it announced it as the Google Home Speaker in October. Now it’s finally becoming available, ten months after the first teaser and eight months after the unveiling. The Google Home Speaker will be out on June 25 for $99.99, in four colors: Jade, Berry, Porcelain, and Hazel. Jade and Berry are “US-exclusive colors” for some reason. You can already pre-order one from the Google Store. The Google Home Speaker is powered by an unspecified quad-core CPU using Cortex-A55…

The Trump administration’s disagreement with Anthropic over its most advanced AI models appears to be fast coming to a head.Trump officials tell Inner Loop that if Anthropic wants to rerelease Claude Fable 5, the AI model that they took offline with export controls last week over concerns about jailbreaking—a method of using prompts to get around a model’s safeguards—the company will need to take steps to actually address what the government alleges are vulnerabilities.Anthropic has said for days that the administration’s concerns are overblown and that the effects of the jailbreaks are minimal. It reiterated this position to the Commerce…

The 162 million new 5G subscriptions added globally during the first quarter of 2026 brought the total past the three billion mark, to 3.1 billion subscriptions. Global 5G mobile subscriptions passed the three billion mark during the first quarter of 2026; 5G Standalone (SA) network slicing commercial offerings from communications service providers continue to grow significantly; while uplink mobile data traffic growth is already outpacing downlink for many service providers. All this and more features in the June 2026 edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report (EMR).  The June 2026 report covers the same period (2025-2031) as the November 2025 edition,…

Sierro Home Backup | Key Features, Price & Alternatives HomeCrowdfunding ProjectsSierro Home Backup Gadget Flow Editors No installation or rewiring and that’s the best part of it!Editor’s QuoteSierro Home BackupHurry up! This item is 33% OFF!Sierro is a compact home backup system built for everyday essentials during outages. It plugs in without rewiring, so power protection fits into normal home spaces.Compact design: Place it on a fridge, under a desk, or beside a bed, where larger backup systems may not fit.Fast switchover: When the grid fails, Sierro takes over in under 15 ms, helping keep connected devices from dropping.Longer backup…

Samsung launched the Galaxy XR headset in October of 2025, but it’s so far only been available in Korea and the US. Now it’s finally making its way to the UK, where the company has started taking pre-orders for it. You can pick one up for £1,699 and shipping is set to commence on July 8. It’s only offered in one color: Silver Shadow. The Galaxy XR Travel Case and Galaxy XR Controllers are each priced at £249. However, you can get 30% off either accessory if you buy it alongside the Galaxy XR until September 30. Additionally, you can…

Thanks to the success of its GPUs in powering the first stage of the AI boom, Nvidia became not only the world’s most successful chip company, but the world’s most valuable company. But as we enter phase two of the AI boom, we’re seeing a new class of chip based on static random access memory (SRAM) come to the forefront. That’s good news for Nvidia, which bought its own SRAM chipmaker, as well as upstarts like d-Matrix, Cerebras, and an SRAM cloud company called Gimlet Labs. While GPUs excel at chewing through massive gobs of data, keeping the previously computed…

The collaboration aims to modernise the management of collections and receivables through secure, automated, and fully digital recurring payment solutions. Direct Debit System FZ LLC (DDS) , the UAE’s only non-bank paperless direct debit platform, has announced a strategic partnership with HSBC Bank Middle East Limited (UAE Branch) (HSBC)  to expand access to the UAE Direct Debit System (UAEDDS) for HSBC’s new and existing client base across the UAE. The collaboration aims to modernise the management of collections and receivables through secure, automated, and fully digital recurring payment solutions. Delivering access to DDS’s end-to-end direct debit infrastructure, the partnership will enable…