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Google's Gemini 4 Argon is open to developers, businesses and paid subscribers. What it claims, which benchmark figures are Google's own, and what it will cost.
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Why So Many Enterprise AI Pilots Never Reach Production
An AI demo can impress in a week, but real data, permissions and budgets take far longer. What stands between pilot and production, and how to test for it.
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Google Wants Gemini to Run the Work, Whatever Model Does It
Google's Gemini agent keeps a company's tools, memory and rules in one place and can hand jobs to Claude. Swapping the model is easy; the platform may not be.
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Torvalds Uses Claude Code on a Linux Page Cache Speedup
A new branch in Linus Torvalds' repository speeds up small reads of one file from many threads, and its cover letter credits Claude Code. What it means.
Technology
Amazon Retires the Fire Tablet: Alexa Tablets Take Aim at the iPad
Amazon’s new Alexa Tablets replace the Fire line with Android, Google Play and Alexa+, starting at $229.99 and shipping October 14. Here is how they compare.
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Gemini 4 Argon: Google’s Strongest Model Is Here, but Few Can Use It
Google’s Gemini 4 Argon leads many benchmarks at low launch prices, yet only vetted cyber defenders have access so far. Here is what is known.
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Google Play Gets a Private Shelf for Apps You Vibe-Code
Google Play now lets adults install Android apps they built in AI Studio with no developer account. The apps stay private, unreviewed and visible only to you.
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ArtCraft Adds Open-Source Word, Excel and PowerPoint Clones
ArtCraft's developer is adding WordCraft, GridCraft and DeckCraft to his free Rust suite. The official page lists them as in development. What that means.
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Why Cheaper AI Models Can Still Drive Compute Demand Up
OpenAI and Anthropic just cut prices on their newest models, yet total demand for chips and power may keep climbing. Here is how both can be true.
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Containing AI Agents: NVIDIA's OpenShell and Sentry
NVIDIA says agent safety rules must live outside the model. We look at OpenShell, Sentry and the Hugging Face breach behind them, and at what is still unproven.
AI
Midjourney Adds a Thinking Option to Rerun Images
Midjourney is testing a "Rerun (Thinking)" button on its Alpha website to improve prompt accuracy, text and coherence. How it works, and what is still unknown.
AI
OneRail Uses Nvidia AI to Pick the Cheapest Delivery Mode
OneRail's OmniSTAR uses Nvidia software to choose, order by order, the lowest-cost delivery option that meets the promised service. The speed claim is 10 times.
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Deutsche Telekom Targets €2.5 Billion in AI Savings by 2030
Deutsche Telekom expects AI to trim indirect costs by about €2.5 billion by 2030. The numbers, the use cases behind them and what is still unproven.
AI
Microsoft and the Council of Europe Sign an AI Pact That Promises Talks, Not Products
Microsoft and the Council of Europe signed a framework for AI cooperation. It commits neither side to a product or a budget. Here is what it does cover.
Mobile
Samsung Reportedly Cuts Q4 Phone Output as Memory Costs Soar
Korean reports say Samsung asked suppliers for 20–30% fewer phones in Q4 as memory prices climb. Samsung has not confirmed the numbers. Here is what we know.
AI
Claude Haiku 5.5 Cuts Small-Model Prices 90% for Short Prompts
Anthropic's new small model costs $0.10 per million input tokens on prompts up to 100,000 tokens. Here is what it does well and who should switch.
Technology
Googlebooks Are on Sale: What Google’s Android Laptops Change
Google’s first Googlebook laptops are on sale from $899, running an Android-based OS with Gemini built in. Here is what changes for Chromebook owners.
Games
Your First Prestige: What to Expect and When to Reset
Resetting your progress on purpose sounds wrong. Here is what prestige really does, what you keep, and how to know when the time is right.
Midjourney Adds a Thinking Option to Rerun Images
Midjourney is testing a "Rerun (Thinking)" button on its Alpha website to improve prompt accuracy, text and coherence. How it works, and what is still unknown.
Security
Containing AI Agents: NVIDIA's OpenShell and Sentry
NVIDIA says agent safety rules must live outside the model. We look at OpenShell, Sentry and the Hugging Face breach behind them, and at what is still unproven.
Mobile
Samsung Reportedly Cuts Q4 Phone Output as Memory Costs Soar
Korean reports say Samsung asked suppliers for 20–30% fewer phones in Q4 as memory prices climb. Samsung has not confirmed the numbers. Here is what we know.
