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AI agents are fundamentally reshaping businesses and how work gets done by augmenting them with autonomous, context-aware execution. If you’re not leveraging AI agents, here’s why you should.Recognizing that managing AI agents is becoming an essential skill in the workforce, I predict that before 2026, every person at my 1,000+-person company will be using an agent on a daily basis. AI agents are evolving businesses rapidly, and while tech adoption rates can be slower for some organizations, the momentum and interest in agentic AI is building rapidly and proving its business value.As organizations continue to grapple with complexity, speed, and the pressure to do more with less resources and staff, AI agents offer a path to operational agility: automating routine decisions, surfacing real-time insights, and accelerating strategic outcomes. This shift marks more than a ‘tech upgrade’—it’s a redefinition of the business operating model, where the ability to harness intelligent, data-driven agents will distinguish tomorrow’s leaders from those stuck in yesterday’s workflows.Real agentsFirst, what is a real agent and why is it different?In sales and marketing, there is a lot of chatter about building agents that save time and allow companies to send personalized content at scale. That’s absolutely an efficiency that should be taking place, but we’re probably talking about a database trigger in Salesforce that kicks off IF-THEN logic that, in turn, uses an API call to ChatGPT for purposes of drafting the content.That is not an agent.By definition, an agent is more resourceful, proactive, and helpful, able to pursue goals, and achieve more results on behalf of employees than either a chatbot or conventional automation. Although the concept of autonomous agents has been around for years, we’re just getting to the point where the technology is becoming widespread, with tools for the creation of agents improving rapidly.Rather than trying to give a formal definition of what constitutes an agent, let me describe what makes the best formula for purpose-driven AI agents. They possess:1. Tools to search the web and social media, gather information, and provide data analysis. It’s not a simple report on findings that is helpful in this context, it is an analysis of the findings and a strategy to move forward. Investing in tools is important: think of it like sharpening your knife, if it’s dull, it’s not going to cut as intended. You need to structure the tools to be efficient and flexible so your agent can use them properly.2. Knowledge, particularly knowledge of you and your goals, the expectation of your outcome for the role you sit in, your writing style, and how to be successful. Context is key, make sure the agent has the relevant knowledge to do its intended job. This could include embedding knowledge from sales decks, website and app data and customer call transcripts.3. LLM vs LLM evaluation, to ensure reliability, the most effective AI agents will use one model to generate an output and a different model to critique it. For example, if you're relying on an AI agent to draft a report, this approach helps prevent mistakes or awkward phrasing that another reviewer—human or AI—might otherwise catch.4. A Playbook so the agent learns standard protocols about your company's data and requirements. The playbook should be prescriptive and specific but also leave room for the agent to adapt and change as it gets more information and is able to perform better.How AI agents are leading business transformationAcross industries, AI agents are beginning to take on specialized roles within business workflows, offering practical support in areas like SEO, sales, and market analysis. For example, some agents now generate pre-meeting briefs by pulling together public digital signals, company data, and CRM information—work that previously required extensive manual effort.For example, I worked on an AI Meeting Prep Agent for salespeople that one customer told us gave him a complete briefing within seconds that would have taken him at least a half hour to do himself, if he could even find the time — and this is someone who meets with multiple customers and potential customers every day.Other agents analyze competitive keyword trends to recommend SEO content strategies, or track sudden changes in search behavior to surface emerging market shifts, providing more depth and speed of analysis than would be possible otherwise.In sales, agents can be used to craft personalized outreach based on real-time data, helping teams engage prospects with greater relevance. Rather than replacing teams, these agents handle the groundwork—searching, summarizing, and connecting data—so people can spend more time making strategic decisions and less time on prep work.ResultsThe result isn’t just increased efficiency, it’s business transformation. These agents free up talent from information-gathering and task repetition, enabling teams to focus on high-impact work: crafting strategy, building relationships, and driving innovation.As these agentic workflows become embedded across functions, companies gain a more adaptive, data-responsive operating model—one that scales insight, improves agility, and accelerates decision-making across the board.In short, AI agents don’t replace teams—they amplify them, creating a multiplier effect that turns data into direction and strategy into execution.Technology is moving faster than ever, and now is the time to be an innovator, set your brand apart from the rest and stay ahead of the curve.We list the best client management software.This article was produced as part of TechRadarPro's Expert Insights channel where we feature the best and brightest minds in the technology industry today. 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We have leaked renders for Samsung's next foldablesThere are a couple of key design changesIt's likely that the phones will be unveiled during JulyAll the indications are that the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 are going to get their grand reveal next month – possibly on July 9 – and freshly leaked renders may have given us a better idea of the designs of these handsets.First up we've got the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 renders, courtesy of the team at Android Headlines. There aren't too many design changes, but it looks like the foldable is going to be thinner than ever, as has been previously rumored.Exclusive: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 Renders Show Slimmer Design, Bigger Displays https://t.co/bYpU7Fuyy5June 19, 2025The cover display is apparently getting wider too, so the phone will feel a bit more like a standard phone when it's closed, and we've got two colors to look at here: Blue Shadow and Jet Black (a few other colors could be on the table too).Perhaps the biggest surprise from these renders is that the punch hole camera seems to be back on the main display, replacing the under display camera on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 – perhaps due to the thinner frame. That's a step back in terms of technology, though the captured photo and video quality could be boosted as a result.On the flip sideExclusive: Galaxy Z Flip 7 Leaks with Full Cover Display — Finally Catching Motorola https://t.co/aWkrS2P4TOJune 19, 2025Then we've got another batch of leaked renders showing off the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7, and again these come from Android Headlines. The same two Blue Shadow and Jet Black colors are on show, which will most likely be joined by other shades.The big upgrade when it comes to this phone compared to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 is the larger cover display, meaning it looks more like the Motorola Razr series of flip foldables – and the upgrade should make the outer screen more useful.As with the Galaxy Z Fold 7, these renders show a phone that's thinner and lighter than its predecessor. According to this leak, many of the specs will stay the same, though there will be a faster processor on the inside.All that remains is for Samsung to announce a date for its next Galaxy Unpacked event, and reveal these phones officially – which will almost certainly be sometime in July. At the same showcase, we're expecting to see a couple of Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 models, and perhaps a tri-fold phone as well.You might also likeSamsung's foldables could come with a Google AI Pro subscriptionThese are the best foldable phones right nowThe next Galaxy foldables will come with One UI 8 on board

Amid all the debates about how AI affects jobs, science, the environment, and everything else, there's a question of how large language models impact the people using them directly.A new study from the MIT Media Lab implies that using AI tools reduces brain activity in some ways, which is understandably alarming. But I think that's only part of the story. How we use AI, like any other piece of technology, is what really matters.Here's what the researchers did to test AI's effect on the brain: They asked 54 students to write essays using one of three methods: their own brains, a search engine, or an AI assistant, specifically ChatGPT.Over three sessions, the students stuck with their assigned tools. Then they swapped, with the AI users going tool-free, and the non-tool users employing AI.EEG headsets measured their brain activity throughout, and a group of humans, plus a specially trained AI, scored the resulting essays. Researchers also interviewed each student about their experience.As you might expect, the group relying on their brains showed the most engagement, best memory, and the most sense of ownership over their work, as evidenced by how much they could quote from them.The ones using AI at first had less impressive recall and brain connectivity, and often couldn’t even quote their own essays after a few minutes. When writing manually in the final test, they still underperformed.The authors are careful to point out that the study has not yet been peer-reviewed. It was limited in scope, focused on essay writing, not any other cognitive activity. And the EEG, while fascinating, is better at measuring overall trends than pinpointing exact brain functions. Despite all these caveats, the message most people would take away is that using AI might make you dumber.But I would reframe that to consider if maybe AI isn’t dumbing us down so much as letting us opt out of thinking. Perhaps the issue isn’t the tool, but how we’re using it.AI brainsIf you use AI, think about how you used it. Did you get it to write a letter, or maybe brainstorm some ideas? Did it replace your thinking, or support it? There’s a huge difference between outsourcing an essay and using an AI to help organize a messy idea.Part of the issue is that "AI" as we refer to it is not literally intelligent, just a very sophisticated parrot with an enormous library in its memory. But this study didn’t ask participants to reflect on that distinction.The LLM-using group was encouraged to use the AI as they saw fit, which probably didn't mean thoughtful and judicious use, just copying without reading, and that’s why context matters.Because the "cognitive cost" of AI may be tied less to its presence and more to its purpose. If I use AI to rewrite a boilerplate email, I’m not diminishing my intelligence. Instead, I’m freeing up bandwidth for things that actually require my thinking and creativity, such as coming up with this idea for an article or planning my weekend.Sure, if I use AI to generate ideas I never bother to understand or engage with, then my brain probably takes a nap, but if I use it to streamline tedious chores, I have more brainpower for when it matters.Think about it like this. When I was growing up, I had dozens of phone numbers, addresses, birthdays, and other details of my friends and family memorized. I had most of it written down somewhere, but I rarely needed to consult it for those I was closest to. But I haven't memorized a number in almost a decade.I don't even know my own landline number by heart. Is that a sign I’m getting dumber, or just evidence I've had a cell phone for a long time and stopped needing to remember them?We’ve offloaded certain kinds of recall to our devices, which lets us focus on different types of thinking. The skill isn’t memorizing, it’s knowing how to find, filter, and apply information when we need it. It's sometimes referred to as "extelligence," but really it's just applying brain power to where it's needed.That’s not to say memory doesn’t matter anymore. But the emphasis has changed. Just like we don’t make students practice long division by hand once they understand the concept, we may one day decide that it’s more important to know what a good form letter looks like and how to prompt an AI to write one than to draft it line by line from scratch.Humans are always redefining intelligence. There are a lot of ways to be smart, and knowing how to use tools and technology is one important measure of smarts. At one point, being smart meant knowing how to knap flint, make Latin declensions or working a slide rule.Today, it might mean being able to collaborate with machines without letting them do all the thinking for you. Different tools prioritize different cognitive skills. And every time a new tool comes along, some people panic that it will ruin us or replace us.The printing press. The calculator. The internet. All were accused of making people lazy thinkers. All turned out to be a great boon to civilization (well, the jury is still out on the internet).With AI in the mix, we’re probably leaning harder into synthesis, discernment, and emotional intelligence – the human parts of being human. We don't need the kind of scribes who are only good at writing down what people say; we need people who know how to ask better questions.Knowing when to trust a model and when to double-check. It means turning a tool that’s capable of doing the work into an asset that helps you do it better.But none of it works if you treat the AI like a vending machine for intelligence. Punch in a prompt, wait for brilliance to fall out? No, that's not how it works. And if that's all you do with it, you aren't getting dumber, you just never learned how to stay in touch with your own thoughts.In the study, the LLM group’s lower essay ownership wasn’t just about memory. It was about engagement. They didn’t feel connected to what they wrote because they weren’t the ones doing the writing. That’s not about AI. That’s about using a tool to skip the hard part, which means skipping the learning.The study is important, though. It reminds us that tools shape thinking. It nudges us if we are using AI tools to expand our brains or to avoid using them. But to claim AI use makes people less intelligent is like saying calculators made us bad at math. If we want to keep our brains sharp, maybe the answer isn’t to avoid AI but to be thoughtful about using it.The future isn't human brains versus AI. It’s about humans who know how to think with AI and any other tool, and avoiding becoming someone who doesn't bother thinking at all. And that’s a test I’d still like to pass.You might also likeOpenAI's high-minded approach to AI-human relationships ignores realityAI can write a hit song, but it can’t lift your soul or break your heartAudible’s AI narration sounds impressive, but I'd rather hear the story told by a human

When the Trump family announced its debut into the glitzy world of phone carriers with Trump Mobile, it came with a phone, too: a not-gold slab called the T1. The biggest heady claim (beyond the fact that its sole $47.25 plan would be ‘true value”) is: how can any modern smartphone claim to be made in the US?

Alex Cranz takes Trump Mobile’s sales pitch to task. While we know a lot of the specs, there’s no reference to a processor — and that’s because practically all smartphone processors are not made in the US. That’s just the start.

— Mat Smith

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Cerebras' X account was hacked to push (fake) new $CEREBRAS coinCompany execs have confirmed this was a "scam"Cerebras is working with the US militaryThe official X account of AI chip maker Cerebras was recently hacked, with the malicious actor(s) behind the attack using the platform to share a fake cryptocurrency, the company has confirmed.The breach was used to promote a fraudulent crypto scheme involving a fake coin, named $CEREBRAS, however the news was met with scepticism even before the company regained control over its X account and confirmed the scam.Industry experts had already suspected $CEREBRAS of being a scam or a rug pull (and instance where a project gets abandoned after the company or individual responsible has raised assets from the public), and doubt was also raised when people started to notice that the fake coin had only been launched days earlier, on June 15, raising red flags among crypto observers.Cerebras fake cryptocurrency scamResponding to one request on X, CEO Andrew Feldman wrote: "No. We did not. This is a scam." Company Director James Wang also responded to speculation: "Cerebras is not launching a token. It’s a scam. Do not click."Ceberas has since regained control over its X account, and no recent suspicious activity has been reported."Please be aware: Cerebras does not, and will never, launch or endorse any cryptocurrency or token. We are working to regain control of the account. Stay alert and protect yourself from scams," the company wrote.In other news, the company recently boasted record-breaking LLM inference speeds using the Llama 4 Maverick 400B model – we're talking 2,522 output tokens per second – nearly 2.5x Nvidia's 1,038 output tokens per second."Cerebras has led the charge in redefining inference performance across models like Llama, DeepSeek, and Qwen, regularly delivering over 2,500 TPS/user," Feldman wrote.Cerebras also won a joint $45 million US government contract with Canadian chip startup Ranovus to speed up inter-chip connections.You might also likeHere's the best identity theft protection softwareMystery of M&S hack deepens as TCS claims none of its systems were compromisedThe best authenticator apps and the best password generators can help secure your account

New Korean serial killer drama Nine Puzzles has become the most-watched drama from the country on Disney+ in 2025, joining the ranks of the streamer's most-watched titles so far this year.Released between May 21 and June 4 of this year, the show also had the most viewers overall across the Asia-Pacific region – no mean feat considering the second seasons of Andor and Doctor Who, two of the best Disney+ shows, were still going strong during that period. And, with the thriller continuing to gather momentum, don’t be surprised if it tops the charts in Western markets before long.While we’re still awaiting Rotten Tomatoes scores on the show, Hollywood Reporter have praised the “complex, patient plotting, elevated tone and unconventional characters,” which you can get a flavor of in the trailer below. Bear in mind, which of the best streaming services you can watch on varies by territory, with Nine Puzzles assembling its pieces on Hulu in the US.Directed by Yoon Jong-bin, Nine Puzzles follows Kim Da-mi’s Yoon E-na, a socially awkward but brilliantly gifted criminal profiler who, as a teenager, witnessed the aftermath of her uncle’s brutal (and as yet unsolved) murder, finding herself a suspect in the process. A decade on, she joins the Seoul Met’s violent crimes unit, only to find herself paired with Kim Han-saem (Son Suk-ku), the very detective who had her on his radar all those years ago.When a new spate of killings begins, each body accompanied by a similar cryptic puzzle piece as that of Yoon E-na’s uncle, the pair must set their differences aside to navigate a complex web stretching back a decade. With each puzzle piece giving clues as to the next murder, the investigators race to assemble the full picture before the next body falls.Director Yoon calls the show “a great ride, with lots of great complex twists” and while Nine Puzzles certainly demands the viewer’s attention, the series sets itself apart from similar stories, such as David Fincher’s Seven, with its, at times, light touch – Yoon refers to the show as a “mystery cartoon” – and quirky protagonist.Said protagonist, Yoon E-na, is portrayed masterfully by Kim Da-mi, who captures the childlike nature of someone somewhat still rooted in the age in which they experienced unresolvable trauma. 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Cloudflare filed an appeal with the Spanish Constitutional Court over "problematic" anti-piracy measuresLaLiga and Telefónica have been blocking IP addresses during matches to halt illegal sports streams since February 2025Many legit domains, including Google Fonts, institutional sites, and payment platforms, have been affected so farIP blocking continues to create problems in Spain, and Cloudflare is committed to finding a fix before the new sports season kicks off.To halt illegal sports streams, Spanish sports streaming giants, LaLiga and Telefónica, have been issuing IP blocking orders since February 2025. Yet, this tactic has led to many overblocking incidents, with Google Fonts, institutional sites, and payment platforms among the legitimate domains mistakenly blocked so far.Now, US-based major CDN and DNS resolver, Cloudflare, filed an appeal with the Spanish Constitutional Court over what it deems "problematic" anti-piracy measures.The collateral effectLaLiga and Telefónica are targeting IP addresses during sports matches to prevent illegal streaming and copyright infringement. An IP address is a string of numbers that acts as a digital address, identifying internet-enabled devices and allowing online communications.As per La Liga's own declarations, Spain's premier football group has been blocking around 3,000 IP addresses every weekend to contain the damage of copyright infringement.The problem is that, as with most DNS providers, Cloudflare explained to TechRadar, all of the company's IP addresses are shared."In some cases, they have thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of domains behind them. So, blocking [an IP] because there is a single domain that you want to block, comes with a tremendous amount of collateral damage," Cloudflare's Vice President and Global Head of Public Policy, Alissa Starzak, told TechRadar.According to Cloudflare, the collateral damage in Spain has been remarkable.Ya sabemos quién es el culpable del 🛑 bloqueo de Google Fonts.Esto es surrealista.🧵1/3 👇 pic.twitter.com/KOCnFYW7OGJune 2, 2025Google Fonts appears to be the latest casualty of anti-piracy IP blocking. Google's popular cloud-based font service, Google Fonts, is used every day by millions of websites to load fonts and icons on their interfaces. Yet, many users have found that these resources are no longer working correctly, including those using Google Calendar or YouTube.While the issues only impacted customers of Digi and Vodafone's ISP, Vodafone told a Spanish publication that the block came in response to a request from Telefónica made on Thursday, May 27, 2025.Many similar incidents throughout the year led Cloudflare's Co-founder and CEO, Matthew Prince, to strongly criticize the online blockade enforced by Spain's La Liga online."The strategy of blocking broadly through ISPs based on IPs is bonkers because so much content, including emergency services content, can be behind any IP. The collateral damage is vast and is hurting Spanish citizens from accessing critical resources," he wrote in a post on X."It's only a matter of time before a Spanish citizen can't access a life-saving emergency resource because the rights holder in a football match refuses to send a limited request to block one resource versus a broad request to block a whole swath of the Internet."What's next?As mentioned earlier, Cloudflare decided to bring the case to Spain's higher Court by presenting an appeal. The provider seeks to prove in front of a judge that what La Liga and Telefonica are doing shouldn't be legal."They presented to the Court that there would be no collateral effect, which obviously is not correct," Starzak told TechRadar. "The main point for us is this misrepresentation. Even though these orders sort of ended with the season, we still have the ability to challenge the underlying basis for that order."On its side, La Liga issued an official statement on February 15, 2025, accusing Cloudflare of "actively enabling illegal activities."The organization wrote: "Google, Cloudflare, VPN providers, and other entities facilitating piracy are responsible for the illegal activities they enable and profit from. LALIGA, backed by the justice system, will not relent in its efforts to protect football and the interests of its clubs against criminal actions related to audiovisual fraud and digital laundering."NordVPN, ExpressVPN, Surfshark, Proton VPN, and CyberGhost have so far been targeted with the blocking order issued by the Paris Judicial Court on May 15, 2025. (Image credit: Future + Photo by MAGALI COHEN/Hans Lucas/AFP; Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)While we now have to wait to see what will happen next in the fight against sports piracy in Spain, we are likely to see similar legal battles flaring up.For example, after a successful legal action against DNS services last year, Canal+ managed to score a victory against VPN providers in France. In what comes as a legal first, on May 15, 2025, the Paris Judicial Court ordered five of the best VPN providers on the market to block access to over 200 illegal sports sites.Italy has also shared plans to extend anti-piracy obligations to DNS and VPN providers. Portugal and Belgium are also exploring similar anti-piracy tactics.These measures may be set to increase now that streaming giants have also called on the EU to press VPN, CDN, and DNS services to have a role in the anti-piracy row in Europe.Yet, Spain remains the main priority for Cloudflare."If you think that you can create a blocking regime like this and you don't care about the effects on normal Internet users, you may have a problem," said Starzak. "We really want to make sure that the EU, in particular, understands that some of the methods that are being proposed have, significant effect on the ability of normal internet users to browse the internet."You might also like"A dangerous precedent" – The VPN industry reacts to France’s order to block illegal streaming sitesExperts warn against the risks of growing internet blocking"Network blocking is never going to be the solution" – Cloudflare slams anti-piracy tactics