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By Alina Maria Stan In short: Meta has committed an additional $21 billion to CoreWeave for dedicated AI cloud capacity running from 2027 through December 2032, bringing the total value of the two companies’ infrastructure relationship to approximately $35 billion. The new contract will deliver early deployments of Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform across multiple sites, and is designed specifically for […] This story continues at The Next Web

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By Ana Maria Constantin In short: OpenAI has paused its Stargate UK data centre project, citing the high cost of industrial electricity in Britain and an unfavourable regulatory environment around AI copyright. The project, announced in September 2025 alongside Nvidia and Nscale, had planned to deploy 8,000 GPUs at sites in north-east England, scalable to 31,000 over time. OpenAI says […] This story continues at The Next Web

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By Varun Mirchandani Florida’s Attorney General has launched an investigation into OpenAI and ChatGPT, raising concerns over safety, misuse, and national security.

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Ahem: My fellow Android-appreciating organisms — I’ve got a confession.

After the better part of two decades of personally using Google’s Chrome browser on both Android and every desktop computer I own, I’ve made the leap into the arms of a shiny new web-weaving seductress. Her name is Vivaldi.

Yes, it feels like a mildly geeky version of virtual adultery (especially with an exotic-sounding name like that). But I’ve long been a proponent of embracing whatever apps and services best serve your individual needs at any given moment and avoiding being beholden to any one company — no matter who that company may be. And now, after all these years, it’s become clear that Chrome is no longer the best web-wading companion for me.

Now, don’t get me wrong: Chrome is completely fine. It’s got plenty of positives, and I’ve certainly got no major beefs with it. I think that’s why it’s been so easy to stick with all this time, for so many of us — ’cause it gets the job done, and it’s familiar. There’s something to be said for that.

But as a person who’s always curious about new technology, constantly striving to optimize my digital environments, and endlessly working to make ’em all as efficient as humanly possible, I came to realize that “fine” wasn’t as good as it’d get anymore. And, lemme tell ya: Particularly if you’re a productivity-minded browser power-goober like me, stickin’ with Chrome largely just because it’s what you use and know is causing you to miss out on some incredibly interesting and advantageous upgrades.

And you know what? You aren’t alone. In fact, the vast majority of monitor-staring mammals work exclusively within the confines of Chrome. (The browser commands somewhere around three-quarters of the worldwide desktop computer browser market as of early 2026, according to some recent estimates.)

Again: It’s easy to understand why. Heck, I was one of those numbers myself — up until just a matter of months ago. I’d tried pretty much every other browser out there at some point, and I just hadn’t found anything meaningfully different and better enough for my needs to make it worth the hassle of switching over and dealing with all that adjustment.

Until now. 

And my goodness, it wasn’t an easy change to make.

My Chrome to Vivaldi adapting adventure

I’ve got an entire separate article about what ultimately won me over with Vivaldi and which exact features I’m finding to be invaluable within it. I’d highly recommend giving it a read.

Here, I want to focus specifically on how I managed to overcome the hurdle of such a challenging change — and it isn’t about anything technical with the transition, either. In fact, Vivaldi makes it almost shockingly easy to move your data over from Chrome and import all your basic settings and history.

What I found, though, was two-fold:

On the Android front, moving into the Vivaldi app was actually quite painless. I started out by using it here and there, as a supplement to the standard Android Chrome browser, and quickly realized how much I enjoyed and appreciated its experience and the added niceties it gave me — including seemingly endless customization over every last element of the browser interface and a whole slew of on-demand privacy and web-clutter-cutting options. It wasn’t long before I changed my Android browser default and was using it full-time.

Vivaldi’s Android browser is powerful, pleasant to use, and incredibly customizable.JR Raphael, Foundry

On the desktop front, the change presented far more friction. In fact, I’ve been using the Vivaldi Android app for months now — since sometime in the fall of 2025 — and it wasn’t until early this year that I made the leap over to Vivaldi on my workday Windows computer, too.

What changed was that I finally put my finger on the problem.

If there’s one real hurdle with Vivaldi — and one thing that kept me, personally, from fully moving into its desktop version for so long — it’s that it really can be overwhelming to adapt and get accustomed to all the new interfaces and elements it gives you, especially within the feature-rich desktop domain and with an environment so central to everything we do these days.

As I noted in my in-depth Vivaldi exploration, with as much time as most of us spend in our browsers on computers at this point, the browser essentially is our desktop — and our virtual office, too. And leaving the comfort of familiarity behind for something so unknown and unfamiliar is a daunting prospect.

Vivaldi, in particular, is quite different from Chrome on a computer at first exposure. And it has a lot of new options, features, and possibilities to ponder.

The options and features within the Vivaldi desktop browser are both amazing and — especially at first — overwhelming.JR Raphael, Foundry

With that in mind, let me tell you what worked for me:

First, I took advantage of Vivaldi’s immense customization potential and scaled back some of the more jarring differences. For me, that meant eliminating the on-by-default left-of-screen vertical tab bar — which was just too different of an interface for me at first, especially amidst everything else I was adjusting to — and also changing the “Tab Cycling” setting to “Cycle in Tab Order” and the “New Tab Position” setting to “After Related Tabs,” which were two subtle-seeming returns to the standard Chrome behavior that really kept throwing me off in their different-by-default implementations.

Second, I forced myself to ignore most of the new Vivaldi features — all that good stuff I go over in that other article! — and focus on just one new feature or element at a time, for at least a few days each. There is a lot to take in with this program, and if you try to ingest all of it at once, it’s bound to overwhelm you and lead to a retreat. But if you explore one new piece of the puzzle at a time, really see how you feel about it and get in the habit of using it (or, alternatively, disabling it — if it just isn’t for you), it’s a much more manageable and enjoyable transition.

Third, after that initial targeted series of adjustments, I mostly ignored the mountain of Vivaldi settings for a while. There’s just too much there to reasonably process at the get-go. I’m still peeking in periodically and finding something new and realizing I can customize it in a way that suits my working style better (and then sometimes realizing that a similar option also exists that I hadn’t yet tapped into on Android). Doing it all at once before you even have a feel for the browser just isn’t reasonable.

Last but not least, remember — particularly for desktop purposes — that Vivaldi is based on the same Chromium foundation as Google’s Chrome browser. That means you can use the standard Chrome Web Store to find and install extensions as needed and bring over the same tools you’ve always had in your browser setup. That, too, helps a lot with making yourself comfortable and creating an optimal environment that works for your needs (though I always recommend eliminating any extensions you aren’t actively using, and a browser change is a perfect time to perform an audit and get rid of any dead weight).

If you follow this approach and take the time to wrap your head around everything Vivaldi offers, the transition doesn’t have to be difficult. And — who knows? — you might find yourself feeling the same sense of excitement I have over a guilt-free virtual dalliance where the only lasting impact is your own happiness and efficiency.

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With its powerful M5 chip, the latest iteration of the world’s most popular laptop keeps everything that made the MacBook Air compelling in the first place, while meaningfully boosting performance across the board. Beyond the faster processor, there’s also much quicker SSD storage and better memory bandwidth, all of which combine to make this a highly capable Mac.

In practical terms, the powerful M5 chip allows these Macs to better handle demanding data workloads than earlier models, making it an ideal machine for many creative and professional users. You also get 512GB of storage as standard (with as much as 4TB available as an option) and at least 16GB of RAM.

Big improvements to Apple’s most popular laptop

To some extent, of course, the MacBook Air has been left in the shadows by the all-new MacBook Neo. The latter costs much less, is quite capable of handling most tasks, and is a great fit for general purpose use, though the M5 Air can do all of that faster, because it is built to be a more efficient machine. Compared to the M4-powered model you can see these improvements:

With 10CPU cores and either 8 or 10 GPU cores, the M5 chip has a 15% faster CPU and 30% faster GPU.

It also has neural accelerators in each core, which makes the M5 MacBook Air very capable for AI-specific tasks or 3D rendering.

The memory bandwidth hits 153GBps. (The M4 model gave us 120GBps.)

SSD read/write speed are up to twice as fast as the M4, which you’ll feel when doing things with big files, such as when flinging video or imaging assets through apps or working/developing with on-device AI models.

The price has increased by $100 to start at $1,099, though you get twice the built-in storage to help soften the blow.

Benchmark performance

Let’s look at some of the benchmark scores I saw using Geekbench 6 with the Apple-loaned 15.3-in. MacBook Air I tested:

Single-core: 4,103.

Multi-core: 17,089.

For comparison, here are benchmarks for the previous generations:

M1 MacBook Air: 2,346 single-core; 8,356 multi-core.

M2 MacBook Air: 2,588 single-core; 9,691, multi-core. 

M3 MacBook Air: 3,065 single-core; 11,959 multi-core.

M4 MacBook Air: 3,833 single-core; 14,871 multi-core. 

M5 MacBook Air: 4,103 single-core; 17,098 multi-core.

MacBook Neo: 3,608 single-core; 9,346 multi-core.

Illustrating the extent to which the move to Apple Silicon has opened up new opportunities for Macs, the M5 MacBook Air delivers the kind of performance we once got from M3 Pro/Max MacBook Pros that shipped just over two years ago.

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The bigger picture

To some extent, what’s coming next doesn’t mean much when planning what to get today, but the takeaway must be that MacBook Air has plenty of power under its hood for the future.  When you choose one, you aren’t just getting the processor — you’re also getting a range of other internal improvements designed to optimize the benefits it brings.

These improvements must certainly have been the North Star to engineers when they built this Mac, which also benefits from those new neural accelerators across all its cores. Even compared to the year-old M4 MacBook Air, these systems represent a big upgrade. 

Of course, when you grab a laptop, the big thing you need is battery life. While your results will vary, the promised 18 hours of use on battery will get you through your day, every day. So will the display, which in this case is a 15.3-in. Liquid Retina P3 display with support for 1 billion colors, True Tone, and 500 nits of brightness. 

When it comes to audio output and the built-in web conferencing cameras in these Macs, nothing much has changed fromlast year’s M4 models. The song remains the same when it comes to design: you get that beautiful aluminum chassis, new colors (Sky Blue, Midnight, Starlight, and Silver), with pretty much everything we already love about these Macs the same. Connectivity relies on an Apple N1 wireless chip for Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6. You also get two USB-C/Thunderbolt ports, MagSafe charging and the ability of driving up to two external displays in addition to that Liquid retina screen. That’s very useful for on-the-go pros who want to use a larger display most of the time but need the convenience of a portable now and then. 

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What about MacBook Neo?

Some feel the arrival of the MacBook Neo will cannibalize MacBook Air sales. There’s some truth in that. And while the Neo can and will handle almost anything a regular user might want to throw at it, the M5 Air is much more capable by design. While the Neo has a 6-core CPU, the Air has up to 10; the Neo gets 5 GPU cores, the Air gets 10; Neo has a maximum 8GB memory, while the Air ships with at least 16GB — and the memory interconnect is much faster too. It means these systems are great for anyone who wants to accomplish more demanding tasks, but can’t quite justify purchasing a MacBook Pro. 

No doubt, most people will be happy with any one of these Macs most of the time. But when you need to hit a deadline or regularly tackle more demanding tasks, you’ll probably lean toward the Air, or something better. Most business users will do just that, even though more companies will be eyeing Macs thanks to the affordable Neo, which will be suitable for a whole collection of new use cases that couldn’t justify investment in Air.

Buying advice

In reviewing Apple’s latest trio of Macs, I must confess — like so many people — that I really have lost a little bit of my heart to the MacBook Neo. But I do need a bit more power for what I do. That work doesn’t involve data-wrangling, video compositing, AI model design or any high-end graphics work, so while I might want a MacBook Pro, I really only need a MacBook Air. And this iteration offers all the power and performance I’d expect from a Mac I expect to use it for the next few years.

It’s a solid improvement to the most popular consumer notebook on the planet, remains a viable upgrade for MacBook Neo users and continues to serve as an alluring gateway to inch us toward the MacBook Pro. 

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Waarom mobiel casino vermaakt zonder poespas

Mobiel casino-entertainment draait om eenvoud: kleine sessies, directe toegang en een helder beeld dat past op je scherm. Voor veel volwassenen is dit een manier om tijdens een korte pauze of in het openbaar vervoer even iets afwisselends te beleven, zonder lange opzet of ingewikkelde instellingen.

De focus ligt vaak op de beleving: geluiden, animaties en eenvoudige bediening die samen zorgen voor een plezierige ervaring. Voor wie op zoek is naar ontspanning of amusement onderweg, biedt mobiel spelen precies die laagdrempelige aansluiting met de dag.

Navigatie en leesbaarheid op kleine schermen

Een goede mobiele ervaring begint bij overzichtelijke navigatie en duidelijke typografie. Menu’s die snel laden en knoppen die groot genoeg zijn voor aanraking zorgen ervoor dat je niet steeds hoeft te zoomen. Ook heldere contrasten en korte teksten verhogen het gebruiksgemak en verminderen frictie tijdens het spelen.

Er bestaan platforms die speciaal ontworpen zijn voor mobiele gebruikers, met snelle laadtijden en intuïtieve indelingen. Een voorbeeld van zo’n portal is igobet, waar de nadruk ligt op een gebruiksvriendelijke interface en responsief design.

Snelheid, prestaties en data

Snelheid is cruciaal op mobiel: langzame pagina’s of zware animaties kunnen de pret bederven. Moderne sites optimaliseren beelden en scripts zodat ook op gemiddelde netwerken de ervaring soepel blijft. Dit zorgt voor korte laadtijden en stabiele gameplay, wat belangrijk is als je tussendoor even iets wilt doen.

Een direct voordeel is dat sessies kort en vlot verlopen, wat bijdraagt aan het gevoel van efficiëntie. Anderzijds kan het gebruik van mobiele data een factor zijn om rekening mee te houden, vooral bij langere speelsessies met veel multimedia.

Voordelen en nadelen in balans

Mobiel casino-entertainment heeft duidelijke pluspunten, maar kent ook minder ideale kanten. Hieronder volgen compacte opsommingen die snel inzicht geven in beide kanten.

• Voordelen: toegankelijkheid, korte speelsessies, gebruiksgemak onderweg.
• Voordelen: vaak geoptimaliseerd voor touchscreen, visueel aantrekkelijke lay-outs.

• Nadelen: schermruimte is kleiner, wat detail en overzicht kan beperken.
• Nadelen: afhankelijkheid van mobiele verbinding en batterijduur.

Deze voor- en nadelen wijzen niet op betere of slechtere ervaringen, maar op verschillen in verwachtingen. Voor sommige spelers wint het gemak het van uiterlijke perfectie; voor anderen blijft de desktopvariant aantrekkelijk vanwege groter scherm en andere functies.

Ervaringen en sfeer: waarom mensen terugkomen

De sfeer van mobiel spelen is vaak instant: een paar drukken, een visuele beloning en daarna weer verder met dagelijkse zaken. Dat maakt het een geschikt tijdverdrijf voor volwassenen die entertainment willen zonder veel voorbereiding. De combinatie van snelle respons en visuele feedback zorgt voor een prettig ritme.

Daarnaast speelt de sociale context een rol: korte speelsessies kunnen gedeeld worden met vriendengroepen of besproken worden in berichten, waardoor mobiel casino-entertainment onderdeel wordt van bredere vrijetijdsroutines.

Slotreflectie: compacte keuze voor afwisseling

Mobiel casino-entertainment biedt een toegankelijke en snelle vorm van amusement die past bij een druk leven. De ervaring is ontworpen rondom mobiele beperkingen en kan daardoor verrassend luchtig en plezierig aanvoelen. Tegelijk is het goed om te weten waar je voorkeuren liggen: wie veel details wil of langdurig wil spelen, kijkt mogelijk liever naar alternatieven.

Al met al blijft mobiel spelen een aantrekkelijke optie voor wie af en toe op zoek is naar kleine, visueel rijke momenten van vermaak binnen de dagelijkse routine.

Waarom mobiel-gericht spelen steeds prettiger voelt

De verschuiving naar mobiel-gericht casino-entertainment heeft veel te maken met gemak: je favoriete spellen, live-ervaringen en toernooien passen in je broekzak en zijn altijd bereikbaar. Voor veel spelers draait het om korte, plezierige sessies tijdens het reizen, in een wachtruimte of gewoon op de bank. Die beschikbaarheid maakt het makkelijker om ontspannen te genieten zonder uitgebreide voorbereiding.

Ontwerpers van casino-apps en mobiele sites denken tegenwoordig eerst aan het kleine scherm, waardoor interface-elementen groter en eenvoudiger te gebruiken zijn. Dat draagt bij aan een vloeiende beleving die visueel aantrekkelijk is en tegelijk functioneel blijft, ook bij één hand gebruik.

Navigatie en leesbaarheid: hoe interfaces het verschil maken

Een mobiel-gerichte omgeving voelt directer wanneer menu’s logisch zijn opgebouwd en knoppen snel reageren. Duidelijke typografie, contrastrijke kleuren en eenvoudige iconografie helpen om informatie snel te scannen, wat prettig is bij beperkte schermruimte. Paginahierarchie en intuïtieve flows voorkomen dat je lang hoeft te zoeken naar je favoriete functies.

Veel platforms kiezen voor minimale lay-outs en slanke animaties om de leesbaarheid te verbeteren en afleiding te beperken. Dit betekent vaak ook dat content slim gegroepeerd wordt: promoties, spelcategorieën en accountinformatie zijn gemakkelijk terug te vinden zonder lange scrollsessies.

Snelheid en prestaties: directe toegang zonder gedoe

Snelle laadtijden en soepele animaties zijn cruciaal op mobiel. Een pagina die vlot opent en snel tussen schermen wisselt, voelt betrouwbaarder en houdt de aandacht langer vast. Voor spelers betekent dat minder wachten en meer genieten van de ervaring zelf. Ook offline-opties of geoptimaliseerde assets kunnen zorgen dat de app of site minder datagebruik heeft en stiller werkt op langzamere netwerken.

Technische optimalisaties worden vaak gecombineerd met een compacte contentstrategie: korte teksten, slimme compressie van afbeeldingen en selectieve inzet van multimedia. Dat alles maakt de beleving prettig zonder dat het ten koste gaat van visuele aantrekkingskracht.

Voor- en nadelen in één oogopslag

• Voordelen: directe toegang, intuïtieve interface, snelle sessies en betere leesbaarheid op kleine schermen.

• Nadelen: kleiner zichtveld voor details, soms beperkte multitasking en afhankelijkheid van batterij en netwerk.

• Voordelen voor sociale ervaring: eenvoudige delingsopties, integratie met chats en live-opties aangepast voor mobiel.

• Nadelen voor sommige spelers: tikfouten door kleine bedieningselementen of ongewilde verplaatsingen bij hectisch gebruik.

Beleving boven techniek: hoe je het meeste haalt uit mobiel-entertainment

Het mooie van mobiel-gericht casino-entertainment is dat de technologie vaak naar de achtergrond verdwijnt en de beleving centraal komt te staan. Kleinschalige visuele details, zachte geluidseffecten en korte interacties zorgen voor een vriendelijke, uitnodigende sfeer. Voor wie afwisseling zoekt biedt mobiel bovendien een ideale mix van snelle spellen en langere sessies met live-elementen.

Platformen experimenteren met personalisatie en eenvoudige navigatiepatronen om content aan te passen aan de gebruiker zonder te overweldigen. Dat resulteert in interfaces die vriendelijk en speels blijven, maar toch serieus aandacht hebben voor leesbaarheid en snelheid.

Voor volwassenen die op zoek zijn naar vermaak op hun telefoon biedt de mobiele ervaring een aantrekkelijke combinatie van gemak, design en snelheid; het gaat om plezierige momenten die je op jouw tempo kunt beleven.

Als je nieuwsgierig bent naar hoe verschillende mobiele platforms dit combineren, kun je een kijkje nemen bij igobet voor voorbeelden van mobiel-ontwerp en gebruiksvriendelijkheid.

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By Ana-Maria Stanciuc Both companies were built by brothers Chris and Mike Sharkey, who previously co-founded Australian holiday rental site Stayz. Financial terms were not disclosed. Canva will preview what it calls the biggest transformation in its history at Canva Create on 16 April. Canva has acquired two companies simultaneously: Simtheory, an agentic AI collaboration platform, and Ortto, […] This story continues at The Next Web

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By Alina Maria Stan In short: Volkswagen’s autonomous mobility subsidiary MOIA America and Uber have begun on-road testing in Los Angeles with roughly 10 autonomous ID. Buzz vehicles, the opening phase of a deployment that is scheduled to offer commercial rides with human safety operators by the end of 2026, and fully driverless service in 2027. Los Angeles is the […] This story continues at The Next Web

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We’ve reached that familiar point in Apple’s annual iPhone speculation cycle when conflicting reports insist an unreleased, unconfirmed product is both behind schedule and set to appear right on time.

As with Apple’s annual macOS system naming fable, this moment comes every year. One publication, sometimes Nikkei, might claim development is running late, while a second industry observer, usually well-connected analyst Mark Gurman, will rebut the claim. 

Apple, meanwhile, says nothing at all. How could it, when all the drama concerns a product it hasn’t even acknowledged exists? Instead, the company just sits back, quietly managing the coverage while occupying prime mental real estate without officially doing anything.

How the stories work

The details in these annual stories don’t matter much. At this stage, they usually involve technical or manufacturing process flaws related to a problem identified during the initial test manufacturing cycle, which Apple then manages to fix.

Once the device is introduced and reaches stores, Apple routinely sells through its initial product inventory rapidly. Shipping times slip, supply tightens, and sometimes weeks pass before availability stabilizes. Rarely, Apple will announce a product — but not actually ship it for a few more weeks. This is a pattern we sometimes see with the iPhone Pro models.

This year’s Big Story

This year’s Big Story concerns the mythical iPhone Fold. Nikkei reports last-minute manufacturing flaws and even speculates the device might not ship until 2027. Gurman rebuts the report, arguing Apple remains on track for its fall schedule for the still-unconfirmed product. “While supply could be limited initially, it’s also on track to go on sale at the same time — or soon after — the Pro models. Nikkei report is off base,” he wrote.

The rumor clearly rattled markets. Morgan Stanley analyst Eric Woodring weighed in with his own reporting, telling clients in a note seen by Computerworld that while early testing has identified a small engineering issue concerning the Samsung-made hinge, he hasn’t picked up news of delays. He cites an iPhone component supplier who said they had “not seen any order adjustment for the Foldable iPhone.”

Business as usual

None of this is unusual. Apple ran into similar challenges with iPhone X and iPhone 15. Picking up problems at this stage in the manufacturing process is precisely why Apple engages in test manufacturing runs. The idea is that if problems are found, there is time to get them fixed. Woodring expects Apple will do so, echoing Gurman’s view that a September announcement remains on track.

Of course, what makes all the iPhone Fold flip-flops so amusing is that right now the product doesn’t officially exist. Apple has said nothing about it, and while we know it’s worked on a folding iPhone for over a decade, it has never, ever announced one. 

Even so, we already think we know what to expect. 

What we think we know

The IPhone Fold will, perhaps unsurprisingly, fold. It might be a little squarer than a standard iPhone and folds out to be slightly smaller than an iPod mini. You’ll be able to use it folded or unfolded, it will have high-quality cameras, use premium materials and the fold will be almost invisible when used. It will boast an Apple silicon processor, plenty of memory, and be as happy taking a FaceTime call as it will be when running on-device AI. 

It will look excellent. 

It will feel expensive. 

Hordes of influencers will love it. 

And it will likely cost around $2,000.

That’s what we think we know, but Apple hasn’t ever promised a folding iPhone. What it does promise, however, is that if it ships such a device it will do so on Apple’s terms, not the industry’s self-created schedule. That’s just how Apple flips its phones. 

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Chinese AI company Z.ai has launched GLM-5.1, an open-source coding model it says is built for agentic software engineering. The release comes as AI vendors move beyond autocomplete-style coding tools toward systems that can handle software tasks over longer periods with less human input.

Z.ai said GLM-5.1 can sustain performance over hundreds of iterations, an ability it argues sets it apart from models that lose effectiveness in longer sessions.

As one example, the company said GLM-5.1 improved a vector database optimization task over more than 600 iterations and 6,000 tool calls, reaching 21,500 queries per second, about six times the best result achieved in a single 50-turn session.

In a research note, Z.ai said GLM-5.1 outperformed its predecessor, GLM-5, on several software engineering benchmarks and showed particular strength in repo generation, terminal-based problem solving, and repeated code optimization. The company said the model scored 58.4 on SWE-Bench Pro, compared with 55.1 for GLM-5, and above the scores it listed for OpenAI’s GPT-5.4, Anthropic’s Opus 4.6, and Google’s Gemini 3.1 Pro on that benchmark.

GLM-5.1 has been released under the MIT License and is available through its developer platforms, with model weights also published for local deployment, the company said. That may appeal to enterprises looking for more control over how such tools are deployed.

Longer-running coding agents

Z.ai says long-running performance is a key differentiator for the company when compared to models that lose effectiveness in extended sessions.

Analysts say this is because many current models still plateau or drift after a relatively small number of turns, limiting their usefulness on extended, multi-step software tasks.

Pareekh Jain, CEO of Pareekh Consulting, said the industry is now moving beyond tools that can answer prompts toward systems that can carry out longer assignments with less supervision.

The question, Jain said, is no longer, “What can I ask this AI?” but, “What can I assign to it for the next eight hours?”

For enterprises, that raises the prospect of assigning an agent a ticket in the morning and receiving an optimized solution by day’s end, after it has run hundreds of experiments and profiled the code.

“This capability aligns with real needs such as large refactors, migration programs, and continuous incident resolution,” said Charlie Dai, VP and principal analyst at Forrester. “It suggests that long‑running autonomous agents are becoming more practical, provided enterprises layer in governance, monitoring, and escalation mechanisms to manage risk.”

Open-source appeal grows

GLM-5.1’s release under the MIT License could be significant, especially for companies in regulated or security-sensitive sectors.

“This matters in four key ways,” Jain said. “First, cost. Pricing is much lower than for premium models, and self-hosting lets companies control expenses instead of paying per use. Second, data governance. Sensitive code and data do not have to be sent to external APIs, which is critical in sectors such as finance, healthcare, and defense. Third, customization. Companies can adapt the model to their own codebases and internal tools without restrictions.”

The fourth factor, according to Jain, is geopolitical risk. Although the model is open source, its links to Chinese infrastructure and entities could still raise compliance concerns for some US companies.

Dai said the MIT license makes it easier for companies to run the model on their own systems while adapting it to internal requirements and governance policies. “For many buyers, this makes GLM‑5.1 a viable strategic option alongside commercial models, especially where regulatory constraints, IP sensitivity, or long‑term platform control matter most,” Dai said.

Benchmark credibility

Z.ai cited three benchmarks: SWE-Bench Pro, which tests complex software engineering tasks; NL2Repo, which measures repository generation; and Terminal-Bench 2.0, which evaluates real-world terminal-based problem solving.

“These benchmarks are designed to test coding agents’ advanced coding capabilities, so topping those benchmarks reflects strong coding performance, such as reliability in planning-to-execution, less prompt rework, and faster delivery,” said Lian Jye Su, chief analyst at Omdia. “However, they are still detached from typical enterprise realities.”

Su said public benchmarks still do not capture the messiness of proprietary codebases, legacy systems, and code review workflows. He added that benchmark results come from controlled settings that differ from production, though the gap is closing as more teams adopt agentic setups.

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New York, United States: Minimus, a provider of hardened and secure container images designed to mitigate CVE risk, today announced the appointment of Yael Nardi as Chief Business Officer (CBO). In this newly created role, Nardi will lead the company’s next phase of scale, overseeing top-of-funnel growth strategy, operations, and corporate development.

As the market landscape evolves and AI reshapes customer acquisition, Minimus is implementing an operational model to scale marketing funnels and strategic alliances, which Nardi will manage.

“We are entering a phase of aggressive expansion that requires rigorous execution and a completely new playbook. Traditional marketing strategies are no longer enough in today’s fast-moving environment. We need an operational powerhouse at the helm. Yael is a world-class operator accustomed to zero-error environments and high-stakes execution. We are choosing intelligence, speed, and strategic alignment, and there is no one I trust more to run this machine.” – Ben Bernstein, CEO at Minimus

Nardi brings a multidisciplinary background to Minimus, with over 15 years of experience advising high-growth startups, investors, and technology corporations. Most recently, she served as Director at Meitar NY Inc. and Partner at Meitar Law Offices. Nardi was the lead corporate lawyer behind several significant M&A transactions, amongst them is the Twistlock’s acquisition by Palo Alto Networks (PANW) – a deal in the container image hardening and runtime security space – as well as transactions involving Wiz, JFrog, Salesforce, and others.

“I have worked with the Minimus team through some of their most critical milestones, and I know firsthand the massive potential of their technology. The demand for near-zero CVE container images and minimal container images with built-in security is only accelerating. Scaling a company in today’s environment requires the same 24/7 rigor, vendor accountability, and strategic precision as closing a major M&A deal. I am thrilled to step into this operational role and build the growth engine that will drive Minimus’s next chapter.” – Yael Nardi, Chief Business Officer, Minimus

Nardi holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Tel Aviv University and will operate out of Minimus’s New York City headquarters. In her new role, she will collaborate with the executive leadership team to drive the company’s growth objectives.

About Minimus

Minimus provides hardened container images and hardened Docker images engineered to achieve near-zero CVE exposure. Built continuously from source with the latest patches and security updates, Minimus images undergo rigorous container image hardening and attack surface reduction, delivering secure container images with seamless supply chain security and built-in compliance for FedRAMP, FIPS 140-3, CIS, and STIG standards. Through automatically generated SBOMs and real-time threat intelligence, Minimus empowers teams to prioritize remediation and avoid over 97% of container vulnerabilities – making it a compelling Chainguard alternative for teams seeking production-hardened, distroless container images at scale. 

For more information, visit minimus.io.

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