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Apple debuts its ‘most powerful chip ever’ in M5 Ultra and M6

Apple introduced the M5 Ultra and M6 chips, its newest processors, with the M5 Ultra designed for intensive AI workloads and the M6 for everyday users, emphasizing on-device AI processing.

25 Aug3 min read

Valor, Point72 back General Intuition at $6B valuation as AI startup pushes into robotics

General Intuition, an AI startup developing a foundation model for generalized AI agents, is reportedly raising funds at a $6 billion valuation to advance its robotics focus and improve its general model.

24 Aug2 min read

9to5Google

Moto Tag 2’s ‘limited time’ discount to $20 is still live, on Amazon right now too [U]

The Moto Tag 2, an Android Find Hub tracker with UWB, remains available for $20 on Amazon and Motorola's website, despite its initial "temporary" launch discount.

9to5Google

GrapheneOS support coming to Motorola Razr Fold & Ultra next year, Pixel 11 series too

GrapheneOS will expand its privacy-focused Android support to Motorola Razr Fold and Ultra phones, as well as the Pixel 11 series, starting next year.

Anna's Archive Owes $340 Million, Lost Several Domains, but It's Still Online

Anna's Archive, a shadow library, has accumulated $340 million in default judgments and lost several domains due to lawsuits, yet it remains online using domains registered outside U.S. jurisdiction.

Xiaomi: New CPU matches Apple cores single threaded, much faster multithreaded

Xiaomi's new Xring O3 CPU reportedly matches Apple's single-threaded performance and significantly surpasses it in multi-threaded tasks, featuring extensive cache and advanced execution units.

ESPN streaming plans are getting more expensive

ESPN is increasing the price of its standalone streaming subscriptions and some Disney Plus bundles starting September 17th, marking the first price hike for ESPN's streaming service since its launch.

OpenAI is building AI agents for everything. Will everyone use them?

OpenAI is developing AI agents, like ChatGPT Work, to automate multi-step projects for white-collar professionals beyond software engineers, aiming to expand AI's reach and commercial viability.

24 Aug15 min read

Ars Technica

Trump tried to curb clean energy. It’s booming anyway.

Despite Trump's efforts to curb clean energy, US capacity is booming due to rising electricity demand, expiring tax credits, and the cost-effectiveness of solar and wind.

24 Aug4 min read

Brake problems in GM EVs draw greater federal scrutiny

Federal regulators are intensifying scrutiny of brake problems in over one million General Motors vehicles, including EVs, after hundreds of incidents, crashes, and injuries.

Apple’s four-pack of second-gen AirTags is $20 off

Apple's second-generation AirTags four-pack is available for $79 at Amazon and Target, marking its lowest price yet for the updated model with improved tracking and a louder speaker.

24 Aug4 min read

How GoFundMe became America’s backup plan

GoFundMe's CEO discusses how the platform became a critical, for-profit social safety net, particularly for medical expenses, amid the pandemic and global conflicts.

24 Aug57 min read

Netflix reportedly considers opening its app to other streamers

Netflix executives are reportedly considering integrating third-party streaming services like Peacock and Fox One directly into its app, a significant shift from its current bundling strategy.

Migrating a Synology NAS to a UniFi UNAS Pro 8 with Robocopy, SMB Multichannel

Migrating a Synology NAS to a UniFi UNAS Pro 8 with Robocopy revealed that Alternate Data Streams, an old Windows filesystem feature, caused unexpected file transfer failures.

Everything I own, owned

An individual used AI agents to reverse engineer personal peripherals, gaining full control over devices like a microphone, webcam, and key light, demonstrating security vulnerabilities in common hardware.

23 Aug10 min read

9to5Google

Samsung reportedly bringing this major redesign back from the dead with Galaxy S27 [Gallery]

Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S27 Ultra is rumored to revive a camera bar design previously intended for the canceled Galaxy S26 Edge, featuring two lenses and a pill-shaped cutout for a third.

Implementation of GPT-2 in pure CMake

A new project implements OpenAI's GPT-2 model entirely in CMake, demonstrating an unconventional approach to deploying large language models within a build system.

23 Aug3 min read

Who’s behind the new ‘stealth model’ Ox Alpha?

A new anonymous AI model, Ox Alpha, has sparked widespread speculation about its creators, with theories ranging from Chinese companies to an unreleased Microsoft MAI version.

23 Aug2 min read

Two years after launch, Walmart’s Flipkart is closing in on India’s quick-commerce leaders

Walmart-owned Flipkart's quick-commerce service, Flipkart Minutes, now delivers over one million orders daily, rapidly closing the gap with India's established market leaders.

NanoGPT Speedrun Frontier

Researchers conducted 153 autonomous runs across 18 frontier models to evaluate their performance on the nanoGPT optimizer speedrun, comparing their efficiency in closing the gap to a human record.

22 Aug2 min read

Harvard’s $699 startup bootcamp offers AI avatars of its instructors

Harvard Business School's new eight-week, $699 HBS Foundry bootcamp for entrepreneurs uses AI avatars of its instructors to provide personalized feedback during practice pitches.

22 Aug2 min read