AI’s next bottleneck isn’t the models — it’s whether agents can think together

by News Feed Editor | Apr 15, 2026 | Technology

AI agents can connect together, but they cannot think together. That’s a huge difference and a bottleneck for next-gen systems, says Outshift by Cisco’s SVP and GM Vijoy Pandey.As he describes the current state of AI: Agents can be stitched together in a workflow or...

Anthropic shrugs off VC funding offers valuing it at $800B+, for now

by News Feed Editor | Apr 15, 2026 | Technology

VCs love to chase after the hottest startups, but startups aren’t always interested in selling more shares. So it is with Anthropic, sources tell Bloomberg. VCs have been offering the OpenAI competitor a preemptive funding round that would value the company at $800...

Motorola sues social platforms and creators over posts, raising speech concerns in India

by News Feed Editor | Apr 15, 2026 | Technology

Motorola has filed a lawsuit in India against social media platforms and content creators over posts it alleges are defamatory, raising concerns it could dampen critical coverage of the company, experts say. The lawsuit, filed in a Bengaluru court and obtained by...

Airwallex is about to take on Stripe and the rest of the payments industry — in the physical world

by News Feed Editor | Apr 15, 2026 | Technology

Airwallex, the Australian fintech that has spent a decade quietly building global payments infrastructure, is moving into in-person payments. The move deepens its rivalry with Stripe across the payments stack, and enables the startup to directly aim at Square and...

After sale of its shoe business, Allbirds pivots to AI

by News Feed Editor | Apr 15, 2026 | Technology

After selling its shoe brand and assets last month for $39 million, Allbirds is pivoting to AI. Of course, the company is also changing its name, since the footwear brand “Allbirds” was part of the sale. Introducing: NewBird AI, a “fully integrated GPU-as-a-Service...

Sweden blames Russian hackers for attempting ‘destructive’ cyberattack on thermal plant

by News Feed Editor | Apr 15, 2026 | Technology

The Swedish government said Russian government-linked hackers attempted to disrupt the operations at one of the country’s thermal power plants last year. Sweden said that, while the hackers were unsuccessful, hybrid attacks that extend beyond cyberspace are becoming...