Google's Managed Agents API promises one-call deployment at the cost of execution layer control

Google's Managed Agents API collapses agent deployment into one API call, handing Google control of the execution layer — a tradeoff enterprises must weigh.

Gemini 3.5 Flash might be fast enough for gen AI to make sense

We’ve gone through the 3.0 and 3.1 families since then, and now it’s on to version 3.5. Gemini 3.5 Flash is rolling out ...
InfoQ

JEP 533 Tightens Exception Handling in Java's Structured Concurrency for JDK 27

JEP 533, Structured Concurrency, has reached integrated status for JDK 27. It refines exception handling and type safety in ...
TheServerSide

REST vs RESTful API: What's the difference?

The key difference between the terms REST versus RESTful is that REST refers to a philosophy about the architecture and design of web services, while the term RESTful refers to any API that properly ...
The Washington Post

‘Devil Wears Prada’ obsessives will catch these callbacks in the sequel

Tefi Pessoa can’t look at a Chanel boot without thinking about Anne Hathaway. Sometimes the phrase “That’s all” randomly echoes in her head. When one of her colleagues takes an extra moment to confirm ...
MarketWatch

Social Security says its phone service is getting better — but watchdogs warn callback wait times can run over an hour

The Social Security Administration’s claims that its customer service has shown significant improvement are accurate, a government oversight group reported Monday, but critics argue the report’s ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft Azure Monitor alerts abused for callback phishing attacks

Microsoft Azure Monitor alerts are being abused to send callback phishing emails that impersonate warnings from the Microsoft Security Team about unauthorized charges on your account. Azure Monitor is ...
Vogue

The Sheer-Lipstick Trend Is a Callback to the ’90s

When did lipstick stop being unapologetically pigmented on purpose? The truth is, it didn’t just happen—sheer lipsticks have been around for decades, and nostalgia is accelerating their 2026 revival. ...
CONTRACTOR

Starting Out? What Early-Year Habits Reveal About Plumbing Business Growth

Nate Agentis is the VP of Plumbing Vertical at BDR. He is a third-generation plumber, author, public speaker, and founder of Hope for the Trades (hopeforthetrades.com), a nonprofit peer advisory ...
TechSpot

Minecraft Java Edition is finally moving from OpenGL to multi-threaded Vulkan

Looking ahead: The first official visual upgrade in Minecraft's 16-year history was released last June for Bedrock Edition players. However, the original Java version has a long road ahead of it ...
TechCrunch

Spotify changes developer mode API to require premium accounts, limits test users

Spotify is changing how its APIs work in Developer Mode, its layer that lets developers test their third-party applications using the audio platform’s APIs. The changes include a mandatory premium ...
GitHub

Java timeout handling should drop timed-out callbacks

Java-side timeouts are meant to complete immediately when the timeout expires. Previously, responses could still be converted on the JNI side after the Java timeout, adding extra work and delaying ...