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  "id": 1872977,
  "title": "Block releases Berd, a desktop app it built to give its employees a single environment for working with AI agents across different models, under Apache 2.0 (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/block-releases-berd-a-desktop-app-it-built-to-give-its-employees-a",
  "topic": "ai",
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  "published": "2026-08-19T05:15:01.000Z",
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  "summary": "Block, the technology company founded by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey that owns Square, Cash App and the music streaming service Tidal …",
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        "title": "Block’s new Apache 2.0 agent workspace Berd works across models and harnesses, stores conversation history locally",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/blocks-new-apache-2-0-agent-workspace-berd-works-across-models-and",
        "published": "2026-08-18T23:23:22.000Z"
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