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August 27, 2026
Report: Nvidia to acquire AI model repository Hugging Face for $13 billion
Nvidia is nabbing critical infrastructure for open models as interest grows.
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August 26, 2026
IBM's new Granite 4.2 models ride the wave of interest in local LLMs
The focus is on agentic capability and predictable enterprise deployment.
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August 25, 2026
Apple's new desktop computers are designed specifically for local AI development
Folks have been daisy-chaining Macs for AI—this refresh keeps that in mind.
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August 10, 2026
With new open models, Meta pitches another reboot of its struggling AI strategy
Meta has been trailing competitors. Zuckerberg thinks he's found a way forward.
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August 7, 2026
New official 30th anniversary Quake mission pack adds new maps and mechanics
19 new maps continue the story from MachineGames' other campaign additions.
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August 6, 2026
Anthropic will design its own hardware to power Claude
Anthropic and OpenAI are racing to scale up while reducing dependence on Nvidia.
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August 1, 2026
As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google's AI Overviews
Reddit may still be considering ending its licensing deal with Google.
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July 30, 2026
Tim Cook passes the baton in Apple's Q3 2026 earnings call
The iPhone and Mac sold well, but memory costs threaten further price increases.
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July 30, 2026
New MCP specification addresses the main barrier to enterprise adoption
Plus, a new deprecation policy ensures features aren't removed suddenly.
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July 27, 2026
iOS and macOS 26.6 arrive today, paving the way for iOS and macOS 27
These are likely the last updates of note before Apple's bigger fall updates.
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July 24, 2026
Anthropic's Opus 5 is about token efficiency, not a capability leap
Models are improving quickly, but the cheaper options are often good enough.
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July 20, 2026
Beyond grep: The case for a context-rich AI coding harness
Augment Code's Vinay Perneti talks models, harnesses, and context.
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July 15, 2026
Engineer identifies and explains every '90s computer seen in Jurassic Park
Yes, it was, in fact, a Unix system.
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July 13, 2026
Simulating everything, sort of: The promise and limits of world models
Experts explain how they work, what they can do, and what's still unsettled.
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July 7, 2026
Facing US export controls, China's DeepSeek plans to make its own chips
It's early, but the plan is to reduce dependency on Nvidia and Huawei.
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June 24, 2026
Hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI will cost more than other AAA games
GTA6 might be an outlier, though—at least for now.
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June 24, 2026
OpenAI and Broadcom announce chip designed for LLM inference at scale
The silicon race is heating up amid the struggle to keep up with demand.
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June 16, 2026
SpaceX to acquire AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion
Separately, neither could compete. Now they hope they can.
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June 12, 2026
Here's what Jeff Bezos' new startup Prometheus will do
It isn't the only startup tackling physical AI, but it's one of the best-funded.
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