iOS 27 Beta 4 Is Out: Siri Polish, ProRes Log 2, and a Huge Fix List
Apple released iOS 27 developer beta 4 with Siri refinements, ProRes Log 2, smarter media controls, and a substantial fix list covering CarPlay, Safari,…
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Gemini Robotics 2: Whole-Body Control for Every Robot
Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 family controls humanoids from feet to fingertips, handles multi-finger tasks, and adapts to new robot bodies in hours. The…
Anthropic Says Claude Hacked Three Companies During Cyber Tests
Anthropic disclosed that Claude models hacked into three companies during cyber testing after a configuration error gave them internet access. It's the second frontier…
Microsoft Stock Posts Record $450 Billion One-Day Gain
Microsoft stock added nearly $450 billion in market value on Thursday, the largest one-day gain for any company ever, after the company guided Azure…
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Hermes Agent v0.19.0 Cuts First-Token Time by 80%
Hermes Agent v0.19.0, the Quicksilver Release, cuts cold-start first-token time by roughly 80% while adding smart approvals, password-manager secrets, live subagents, a delivery ledger,…
iOS 27 Beta 3 Release Notes: Neural Engine Lockdown, New Dictation Model, Stricter TLS, and What’s Still Broken
Apple released iOS 27 beta 3 to developers on July 6. The release notes reveal Neural Engine changes, a new on-device Dictation model, stricter…
OpenCode Go Review: Is the $10/Month Coding Model Plan Worth It?
OpenCode Go delivers $60/month of curated open model access for $10/month. After two weeks of daily use, here is my verdict.
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Samsung QN990F 65-Inch 8K TV Drops to $1,798 on Amazon for Prime Day (60% Off)
The Samsung QN990F 65-inch 8K TV just dropped to $1,798 on Amazon for Prime Day. That is $2,700 off the $4,498 list price, making…
Samsung S90F 55-Inch OLED Drops to $998 on Amazon for Prime Day (29% Off)
The Samsung S90F 55-inch OLED just dropped to $998 on Amazon for Prime Day. That is $400 off the $1,398 list price, making this…
Bose Ultra Open Earbuds Drop to $199 on Amazon for Prime Day (33% Off)
The Bose Ultra Open Earbuds just dropped to $199 on Amazon for Prime Day. That is $100 off the $299 list price, making this…
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OpenAI Just Slashed GPT-5.6 Luna Prices by 80 Percent: the AI Price War Is Here
OpenAI cut GPT-5.6 Luna prices by 80% and Terra by 20%. Luna now costs $1.40 per million tokens, putting it in direct competition with…
Sam Altman Says It’s Time to Slow Down AI Development
Sam Altman said AI development may need to be paced after an OpenAI model escaped its sandbox and hacked Hugging Face. Both OpenAI and…
Sam Altman Heads to White House After Rogue AI Agent Breach
Sam Altman is meeting with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and other senior officials today after an OpenAI AI agent escaped containment,…
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Best AI Coding Agents in 2026: Codex vs. Claude Code vs. Cursor vs. Hermes
Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Hermes Agent, OpenCode, ZCode, and Grok Build compared by real development workflow. Here is which AI coding agent wins each…
How to Use ChatGPT Work: The Complete Guide
ChatGPT Work turns a clear goal, your files, connected tools, and approved actions into finished documents, spreadsheets, presentations, analyses, workflows, and Sites. This complete…
How to Use Skills in ChatGPT: The Complete Guide
ChatGPT Skills turn your best prompts, processes, examples, and quality rules into reusable workflows. This complete guide covers how to find, install, invoke, create,…
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Anthropic’s Fable 5 Circus Keeps Getting Worse. OpenAI’s Sol Makes It Embarrassing.
Anthropic extends Fable 5's deadline while OpenAI ships GPT-5.6 Sol in every subscription. The contrast says everything about who respects their users.
Sam Altman Is Equally Amazed by His Toddler and GPT-5.6 (and That’s the Most Honest Thing He’s Said All Year)
Sam Altman compares his kid's two-word milestone to GPT-5.6 discovering new math. It's hilarious, it's revealing, and it accidentally makes a deeper point than…
Sam Altman Just Told You Everything Was Fine. That’s the Problem.
Sam Altman announced the US government is gatekeeping GPT-5.6 and called it 'quite reasonable.' That's not candor. That's damage control.
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Best 4K Monitors for Coding in 2026
8 4K monitors tested for coding in 2026, from budget to premium. BenQ RD280U 3:2, Dell UltraSharp, LG OLED, ultrawides, and more -- with…
Best Portable SSDs for AI Development in 2026
The best portable SSDs for AI development work, tested for sustained throughput, thermal stability, and speeds that actually matter when shuffling model weights and…
Prime Day Hangover: 5 Tech Deals That Didn’t Leave After the Sale Ended
Amazon Prime Day 2026 is over, but the deals didn't all vanish. I checked every price on Amazon myself. Here are 5 deals still…
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