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Microsoft Just Made It Way Easier to Plug AI Agents Into Your Database
Microsoft Just Made It Way Easier to Plug AI Agents Into Your Database Microsoft has announced the general availability of the MCP Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB (v1.1.2), giving developers a standardized way to connect AI agents and copilots directly to their operational data. The toolkit, which first appeared in preview at Ignite 2025, is…
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Azure Functions Can Now Run AI Agents Declared in Markdown Files
At Microsoft Build 2026, the Azure Functions team shipped something that blurs the line between serverless compute and autonomous AI. The serverless agents runtime is now in public preview, letting developers define entire AI agents in .agent.md markdown files and deploy them like any other function app. You write the agent’s instructions in plain text,…
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Claude Fable 5 Lands in Microsoft Foundry, and It Actually Works Autonomously
Anthropic dropped Claude Fable 5 on June 9, 2026, and it is already live inside Microsoft Foundry. That means Azure developers can now call a frontier-grade, long-horizon reasoning model through the same enterprise fabric they already use for OpenAI models, internal deployments, and agent orchestration. No separate vendor contract. No custom integration layer. What is…
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The UN Charter Turns 81 Today — June 27, 2026
The UN Charter Turns 81 Today. Here’s Why Tech Leaders Should Care About Its Broken Enforcement Promise. June 27, 2026 | Geopolitics & Technology Summary: What Happened Today marks the 81st anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations, signed on June 26, 1945 in San Francisco. Secretary-General António Guterres and General Assembly President Annalena…
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Squeezes: A Free Bulk Image Compressor That Runs Entirely in Your Browser (27 June 2026)
Squeezes: A Free Bulk Image Compressor That Runs Entirely in Your Browser (27 June 2026) If you have ever needed to shrink a batch of images before uploading them to a website, email, or cloud drive, you know the pain. Most free tools either cap you at five files, watermark your output, or upload your…
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Azure Architects’ Buzz: June 2026 AI and Cloud Rollercoaster
Tech digest Hold onto your servers folks. This month’s digital rollercoaster offers a wild ride through the intriguing world of AI models playing peek-a-boo and CEOs doing AI-inspired staff cuts. Claude Fable 5 and its Invisible Chains Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5, an AI model capable of astonishing feats in various fields—but it comes with…