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MCP-Universe benchmark shows GPT-5 fails more than half of real-world orchestration tasks

August 26, 2025
The adoption of interoperability standards, such as the Model Context Protocol (MCP), can provide enterprises with insights into how agents and models function outside their walled confines. However, many benchmarks fail to capture real-life interactions with MCP.  Salesforce AI Research developed a new open-source benchmark it calls MCP-Universe, which aims to track LLMs as these interact with…
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NewsPhotography

Retro cameras are making a comeback. Bad photography is trending right alongside them

August 26, 2025
Blurry photos. Wild colors. Grainy images. The harshness of direct flash. Digital cameras have been slowly evolving to correct some of the most common mistakes in photography, fixing blur with stabilization, lowering grain with better processors and larger sensors, and delivering more accurate colors in camera. But then, retro cameras surged in trends. And the “terrible” images of the past…
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DefenseNews

China debuts new warship, boosts South Pacific presence

August 26, 2025
China has debuted yet another new warship built to launch amphibious landings in military exercises held this month. China’s naval branch, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy, announced it launched its fourth Type 075 Amphibious Assault Ship, CNS Hubei, during training exercises staged in the South China Sea. The Type 075 was built to conduct amphibious landings. It can deploy troops…
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US Coast Guard offloads record amount of narcotics

August 26, 2025
The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded 76,140 pounds of illicit narcotics on Monday, the largest single illegal drug dump in Coast Guard history. The illegal narcotics surrendered by the Coast Guard cutter Hamilton in Port Everglades are valued at $473 million, according to a…
ComputersNews

TCL’s new Dolby Atmos speakers can go anywhere in your living room

August 26, 2025
Dolby Atmos in your living room isn’t as easy as it sounds. Whether you’re dealing with a component A/V system or a soundbar, your speakers must be carefully positioned and calibrated to create that immersive Atmos experience—and if your furniture is in the way, you’ll just need to move it. But with its new FlexConnect technology, Dolby is looking to make its Atmos audio technology more…
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