Tech Pulse Daily - November 28, 2025 (Thanksgiving Edition)

Sapient Intelligence: New AI Reasoning Milestone

Sapient Intelligence, a stealth AI startup, has publicly demonstrated an AI system showing unprecedented reasoning capabilities on complex multi-step problems.

• Benchmark Results: 94% accuracy on novel mathematical reasoning tasks
• Technology: Novel "chain-of-thought synthesis" architecture
• Comparison: Outperforms GPT-5 and Claude Opus 4.5 on reasoning benchmarks
• Availability: API access planned for Q1 2026

Read the technical paper on arXiv →

AWS-Google Cloud Multicloud Interoperability Framework

In a surprising partnership, AWS and Google Cloud have announced a joint interoperability framework enabling seamless workload portability between the two platforms.

• Cross-Cloud Networking: Unified VPC peering across AWS and GCP regions
• Data Portability: Native data transfer without egress fees between platforms
• Identity: Federated identity management across both clouds
• Kubernetes: Unified control plane for EKS and GKE clusters

Read AWS-GCP partnership announcement →

Black Friday Developer Deals - Complete Guide

Today marks the biggest day for developer tool discounts. Here's our curated list of the best Black Friday deals:

• JetBrains All Products Pack: 40% off annual subscription ($299/year)
• Raycast Pro: 50% off first year ($48/year)
• TablePlus: 50% off lifetime license ($49)
• Warp Terminal Pro: 40% off annual plan ($72/year)
• Linear Premium: 3 months free for new teams
• Notion AI: 30% off annual subscription

Enterprise AI Adoption Hits 78%

A new McKinsey report reveals that 78% of Fortune 500 companies have deployed AI in production, up from 55% in 2024.

• Top Use Cases: Customer service (89%), code generation (72%), document processing (68%)
• ROI: Average 23% productivity improvement reported
• Investment: Average enterprise AI spend up 45% YoY to $12M
• Challenges: Data quality (67%) and security concerns (58%) remain top barriers

Read full McKinsey AI report →

GitLab 17.6: AI-Powered Merge Request Analysis

GitLab has released version 17.6 with enhanced AI capabilities for merge request analysis and automated code review.

• AI Review: Automated security and quality analysis for merge requests
• Suggested Fixes: AI-generated code fixes for identified issues
• Impact Analysis: Automated assessment of change impact across codebase
• Performance: 40% faster CI/CD pipeline execution

View GitLab 17.6 release notes →

Other Notable Updates

Astro 5.0: Static site generator releases major version with Content Layer and improved island architecture.

Prisma 6.0: Next-gen ORM releases with native edge runtime support and improved TypeScript integration.