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OpenAI upgrades Codex to automate your workflows - and compete better with Claude Code

Codex's new plugins push it beyond coding and position it to challenge Claude Code's growing lead among developers.
BGR

New Android Update Finally Turns Your Phone Into A Portable PC

It has been known that Google has been working on an official "desktop mode" for Android since 2025. Since the feature's first unofficial debut with Android 16's QPR release, users have seen Google ...
Reuters

China to inject $44 billion into state banks, boost tech financing

China to inject 300 billion yuan into state banks Beijing launches 100 billion yuan fund to boost domestic demand China to step up tech financing, deepen capital markets "Green channel" to fast-track ...
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Turn Claude Code Into a Design Tool with Pencil.dev

Better Stack demonstrates how Pencil.dev can work with Claude, an AI language model, to streamline the creation of design assets. By using text-based prompts, Pencil.dev generates editable layouts ...
CNBC

Google wants Intrinsic to be 'Android of robotics' as it pushes into physical AI

In folding its Intrinsic project into the main company this week and out of "Other Bets," Google is aiming to mimic its Android strategy for robots. "We're trying to make it accessible for anyone," ...