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MotherDuck Previews Flights, an Agent-Native Ingest Tool Inside Python

MotherDuck is launching Flights, an agent-native data pipeline that enables users to choose the MCP server and AI agent of their choice to build and deploy data pipelines in minutes using a flexible, ...

Meet Mahi Malhani: Class 12 Delhi Student builds TRASHbot, an AI waste-sorting robot with 90% accuracy that’s already being used in societies

A Delhi schoolgirl, Mahi Malhani, developed TRASHbot, an AI-powered robot to tackle litter. Inspired by a visit to Sundar ...

In Test: Elixir's 1.20 New Intelligent Type System

Report do def user_age_to_string(user) do Integer.to_string(user.age) end end # An anderer Stelle im Projekt: Report.user_age_to_string(%{age: "42"}) Integer.to_string/1 is Elixir's usual notation for ...

Where classrooms meet boardrooms: REVA University's Industry-First approach to engineering

REVA University combines industry partnerships, research, innovation, and hands-on learning to prepare future-ready engineers ...
InfoQ

Azure Functions Ships Serverless Agents Runtime at Build 2026

Azure Functions shipped a serverless agents runtime in public preview at Build 2026. Agents are defined in .agent.md markdown ...
Business Insider

I flew 12 hours in Singapore Airlines' first class. Here's what the experience is really like — and whether it's worth it.

First class is meant to remove friction from travel, from the moment you arrive at the airport to the moment you land at your destination. On a recent flight from Los Angeles to Tokyo, I flew ...

The Agentic Reckoning: Enterprise AI organizations have a runtime problem, not a model problem — and most are building the wrong solution

VentureBeat surveyed 132 enterprise AI leaders: the production failure point isn't the model — it's the runtime layer most teams are patching with retries instead of fixing.
InfoWorld

First look: Mojo 1.0 mixes Python and Rust

Back in 2023, Chris Lattner, creator of LLVM, and his team at Modular unveiled a new language called Mojo. Its syntax resembled Python, but it compiled to machine-native code and offered memory-safety ...
USNI

First Columbia-class Sub Tracking to 2028 Delivery, General Dynamics Says

The first of the new Columbia-class of ballistic missile submarine is tracking for a 2028 delivery due to improvements in workforce efficiency and the supplier base, General Dynamics officials said ...
The New York Times

First-Class Seats Drive Airline Profits. It Wasn’t Always This Way.

Airlines used to give away most of their nicest seats, but they have increasingly found ways to persuade people to pay a lot for them. Credit...Christa Jarrold Supported by By Niraj Chokshi Twenty ...
USA Today

USPS may raise price of first-class stamps to over 80 cents

As the U.S. Postal Service continues to face financial difficulties, the price of a first-class stamp could soon increase by 4 cents, the USPS said on Thursday, April 9. The proposed adjustments, ...
Morningstar

Dimensional’s First ETF Share Class Starts Trading

DFA US Micro Cap ETF DFMC, Dimensional’s first exchange-traded share class of an existing mutual fund, began trading today, March 20, 2026. It marks the first time an actively managed ETF share class ...