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This week, OpenAI introduced GPT-Live, a line of voice models it claims can hold natural, real-time conversations. The models can listen to you and speak at the same time—perhaps the most natural conversational element of all—allowing you and any other human conversationalists to interrupt, change topics, or ask
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At SGF 2026, I tried out a game with visuals ripped straight from Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball and classic '80s anime. 4 min read With couch co-op games so rare, it's been lovely to see more debut at this year's Summer Game Fest. It'
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Humanoid robots learned to walk years ago. The thing still tripping them up is the hand. 1X has given its NEO home robot new hands, and they are the most interesting thing about it. A robot can stride across a stage and still be useless in a kitchen. Lifting a
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The fight over AI’s harms has played out state by state. One US senator wants to make it federal, all at once. Ed Markey has a long list of worries about artificial intelligence. Thirsty data centres. Workplace surveillance. Biased algorithms. Chatbots that prey on children. On Friday the Massachusetts
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Artificial intelligence has dramatically accelerated software development, making it easier than ever to transform ideas into working products. According to Stanford’s recent report, AI performance on a key coding benchmark jumped from 60% to nearly 100% in a single year, while organizational AI adoption reached 88%. As AI capabilities
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Most AI research tools point a language model at the web and trust the output. Saarth Shah built Sixtyfour around the opposite instinct: grade everything, ship only what improves the score. Saarth Shah keeps a scoreboard. Every build of Sixtyfour’s research agents is graded against questions a team of
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Key Takeaways * Stablecoin payments help businesses combine blockchain settlement speed with more predictable value. * The best stablecoin payment solution should support acceptance, stablecoin settlement, fiat settlement, reporting, compliance, and payout capabilities. * Stablecoins are useful for ecommerce businesses, SaaS companies, international merchants, marketplaces, affiliate networks, global payroll, and cross-border supplier payments.
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Stop vibe coding analytics — Equals AI turns questions about your business into
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Microsoft says GigaWiper combines at least 3 malware families into one modular tool A newly identified destructive Windows backdoor combines ransomware-like encryption with multiple data-wiping features, according to Microsoft. Last October, the Redmond threat-hunting team first spotted attacks using the Golang-based implant they've named GigaWiper. Its developers stuffed
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A years-long lawsuit between the college-focused social app Fizz and rival Sidechat over unfair competition practices has taken an interesting turn. In a new filing, Fizz is accusing investor Jerry Lu of the venture capital firm Maveron of meeting with Fizz under the guise of exploring a potential investment, but
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The movie-centric social network is said to be seeking new ownership. Claudio Borquez Arias/Shutterstock Letterboxd may have a new majority owner in the near future, and some eyebrow-raising names are among the potential buyers. Netflix, Sony Pictures, Paramount, private equity company TPG and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian are all
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SK Hynix opened at $170 per share as it continues to benefit from a surge in demand for memory components. by Emma Roth Jul 10, 2026, 5:31 PM UTC Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously,
