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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. Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text &
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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. Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text &
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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. Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text &
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In Brief 7:19 AM PDT · August 26, 2026 Over the weekend, the nerds were buzzing with speculation over which AI lab was behind Ox Alpha, the mysterious new open-weight AI model launched onto OpenRouter anonymously and already topping benchmarks and leaderboards against the best models. As many had expected,
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Local AI is a fast-moving field, and there's a lot of confusion around how to get started with it. Most novice users start with a lot of questions, like "what models will run well on my hardware?" or "how do I serve it?" nevermind
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Hold on to your Allen keys, Microsoft and IKEA have just unveiled a nine-piece home furnishings lineup called YXSTABY. Unveiled at the Gamescom 2026 show, the collection merges gaming vibes with the living room by turning a recognizable Xbox controller hardware into furniture. Arguably the flagship piece (for us, anyway)
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Well, that was quick. Not even a quarter of the way into an expected 19-day federal trial over Meta’s alleged failure to protect young users, the social media giant agreed to settle the case. The company has agreed to pay up to $16.7 billion to 51 US states
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Zoom’s Q2 2027 earnings are an interesting example of a company in the midst of a transition from self-serving video-conferencing business towards a broader enterprise communications, CX and productivity platform, with strong signals of success alongside more cautious guidance. As is the way, the market is only really rewarding
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Save $130: These Bose QuietComfort Ultra earbuds may be a generation old, but they’re still an absolutely amazing value at the current price. Amazon just slashed the white smoke color variant down to only $169, which means you’re getting them for a whopping 43% off. These first-gen Ultra
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Academic integrity offices across the country are making disciplinary decisions based on AI detection scores. Students are appealing grades and fighting academic misconduct charges on the strength of what those scores say. And the tools producing those scores, like Turnitin, GPTZero and the others, are operating with a confidence that
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This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewerVictoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. Oura’s getting sued. A recently filed class-action complaint against the smart ring maker alleges
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A new beta feature lets artists sell tracks directly on their profile, and SoundCloud won’t take a cut. by Jess Weatherbed Aug 26, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC Jess Weatherbed is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering
