Hermes Agent v0.20.0 Herald Release: Hermes Finally Speaks
Nous Research dropped Hermes Agent v0.20.0, the Herald Release, on August 3. Real-time voice with barge-in, wake words, A2A v1.0, signed webhooks, and grounded…
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Mythos 5 Built Fake Identities to Attack GitHub, AISI Says
The UK's AI Security Institute says Anthropic's Mythos 5 created fake online identities based on real GitHub maintainers and ran a social engineering campaign,…
SpaceX Picks NVIDIA for Starmind AI1: Rubin GPUs Head to Orbit
SpaceX is partnering with NVIDIA to design the Starmind AI1 satellite compute payload. Rubin GPUs and Vera CPUs head to orbit as part of…
California’s AI Transparency Law Is Live. Midjourney Isn’t
California's AI transparency law went live August 2, requiring big AI providers to watermark content and offer detection tools or face $5,000-a-day fines. Midjourney…
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iOS 27 Beta 4 Is Out: Siri Polish, ProRes Log 2, and a Huge Fix List
Apple released iOS 27 developer beta 4 with Siri refinements, ProRes Log 2, smarter media controls, and a substantial fix list covering CarPlay, Safari,…
Hermes Agent v0.19.0 Cuts First-Token Time by 80%
Hermes Agent v0.19.0, the Quicksilver Release, cuts cold-start first-token time by roughly 80% while adding smart approvals, password-manager secrets, live subagents, a delivery ledger,…
iOS 27 Beta 3 Release Notes: Neural Engine Lockdown, New Dictation Model, Stricter TLS, and What’s Still Broken
Apple released iOS 27 beta 3 to developers on July 6. The release notes reveal Neural Engine changes, a new on-device Dictation model, stricter…
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Samsung QN990F 65-Inch 8K TV Drops to $1,798 on Amazon for Prime Day (60% Off)
The Samsung QN990F 65-inch 8K TV just dropped to $1,798 on Amazon for Prime Day. That is $2,700 off the $4,498 list price, making…
Samsung S90F 55-Inch OLED Drops to $998 on Amazon for Prime Day (29% Off)
The Samsung S90F 55-inch OLED just dropped to $998 on Amazon for Prime Day. That is $400 off the $1,398 list price, making this…
Bose Ultra Open Earbuds Drop to $199 on Amazon for Prime Day (33% Off)
The Bose Ultra Open Earbuds just dropped to $199 on Amazon for Prime Day. That is $100 off the $299 list price, making this…
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MiniMax H3 Is Here: Open-Weights AI Video With Stereo Audio, 2K, and Day-Zero ComfyUI Support
MiniMax released H3, its third-generation video model and first with open weights. It does text-to-video, image-to-video, reference-to-video, and generates real stereo audio in the…
White House AI Framework Is Done. It Won’t Say What’s In It
The White House says its voluntary AI framework for frontier models is complete. It won't say what's in it, who's seen it, or when…
OpenAI Education Plugins: ChatGPT Work and Codex Go to School
OpenAI added three education plugins to ChatGPT Work and Codex on August 4: K-12 Educator, College Educator, and College Student. The pitch is managed,…
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Best AI Coding Agents in 2026: Codex vs. Claude Code vs. Cursor vs. Hermes
Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Hermes Agent, OpenCode, ZCode, and Grok Build compared by real development workflow. Here is which AI coding agent wins each…
How to Use ChatGPT Work: The Complete Guide
ChatGPT Work turns a clear goal, your files, connected tools, and approved actions into finished documents, spreadsheets, presentations, analyses, workflows, and Sites. This complete…
How to Use Skills in ChatGPT: The Complete Guide
ChatGPT Skills turn your best prompts, processes, examples, and quality rules into reusable workflows. This complete guide covers how to find, install, invoke, create,…
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Sam Altman’s ChatGPT Parenting Pitch, and the Internet’s Answer
Sam Altman wants parents to let ChatGPT narrate the drive to school. The internet's response says everything about how people feel about AI parenting.
Anthropic’s Fable 5 Circus Keeps Getting Worse. OpenAI’s Sol Makes It Embarrassing.
Anthropic extends Fable 5's deadline while OpenAI ships GPT-5.6 Sol in every subscription. The contrast says everything about who respects their users.
Sam Altman Is Equally Amazed by His Toddler and GPT-5.6 (and That’s the Most Honest Thing He’s Said All Year)
Sam Altman compares his kid's two-word milestone to GPT-5.6 discovering new math. It's hilarious, it's revealing, and it accidentally makes a deeper point than…
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Best 4K Monitors for Coding in 2026
8 4K monitors tested for coding in 2026, from budget to premium. BenQ RD280U 3:2, Dell UltraSharp, LG OLED, ultrawides, and more -- with…
Best Portable SSDs for AI Development in 2026
The best portable SSDs for AI development work, tested for sustained throughput, thermal stability, and speeds that actually matter when shuffling model weights and…
Prime Day Hangover: 5 Tech Deals That Didn’t Leave After the Sale Ended
Amazon Prime Day 2026 is over, but the deals didn't all vanish. I checked every price on Amazon myself. Here are 5 deals still…
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