Microsoft offers devs a better way to control AI agent behavior

The specification lets developer, compliance, and security teams define their own policies for agents to follow in portable ...
Business Insider

U.S. Personal Care Products Industry Drives Nearly $500 Billion in Economic Output, Supports More Than 2.6 Million Jobs, New Report Finds

Washington, D.C., May 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Personal Care Products Council (PCPC) today released its latest economic impact report, Beyond Beauty: Economic Impact of the U.S. Personal Care ...
Crude Oil Prices

Petrobras Hits Record Output as Refining Gains Reduce Imports

Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant Petrobras delivered record upstream production and stronger downstream performance in the first quarter of 2026, underscoring the company’s continued operational ...
Paste

Meta is cutting 14,000 jobs and using the survivors as AI training dummies

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta might be lagging behind its competitors in terms of the most obvious marks of artificial intelligence success—i.e., getting people hooked on its particular set of ...
TechCrunch

Microsoft is working on yet another OpenClaw-like agent

Microsoft is testing ways to integrate OpenClaw-like features into its existing Microsoft 365 Copilot tool. The new features, which the company confirmed to The Information, would be geared toward ...
InfoQ

Anthropic Designs Three-Agent Harness Supports Long-Running Full-Stack AI Development

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...
The Business Journals

Pennsylvania data center boom projected to add $12B in annual output, 19,400 jobs by 2036

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min The projection includes 8,500 ...
GitHub

run-a-powershell-v3-script-from-a-sql-server-agent-job.md

The other issue to be aware of is the warning from Microsoft, which says, "Each SQL Server Agent job step that runs PowerShell with the sqlps module launches a process which consumes approximately 20 ...
The Verge

Claude Code leak exposes a Tamagotchi-style ‘pet’ and an always-on agent

The more than 512,000 lines of leaked code appear to show unreleased features, instructions for Claude, and more. The more than 512,000 lines of leaked code appear to show unreleased features, ...
The Business Journals

Viewpoint: North Carolina's manufacturing output hasn't shrunk — it's grown

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min North Carolina's manufacturing ...
Nature

Motherhood derails women’s academic careers — these data reveal how and why

Becoming a parent is much more detrimental to women’s academic careers than it is to men’s, lowering their chances of getting university jobs and tenure, and reducing their publication output, finds a ...