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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xAI Imagine Image 2.0 Lands at #2 on Arena Leaderboards
xAI launched Imagine Image 2.0, its next-gen image model with magic wand editing, segmentation, smart resize, and a #2 spot on the Arena leaderboards…
Cloudflare Kitesurf Is an Agent Browser With a Big Bet
Cloudflare just launched Kitesurf, a free agent browser for AI agents that runs on Workers, skips Chromium's overhead, and speaks the Chrome DevTools Protocol.
Agent Plugins 1.0: The Open Standard for Portable AI Skills
Agent Plugins 1.0 is a new open, vendor-neutral standard for packaging agent skills and MCP servers into portable plugins that work across ChatGPT, Cursor,…
Reviews
Tested gear and tools
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…
Deals
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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…
News
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DeepMind Open-Sources WeatherNext: Why It Matters
Google DeepMind is open-sourcing its WeatherNext weather models, including a cyclone model that matches three-day forecast accuracy on coarser data. Here's why it matters…
Free ChatGPT Just Got Unlimited Text Chats
OpenAI is removing the daily text limit for free ChatGPT users and making GPT-5.6 Luna the default model this week. A Think button and…
Anthropic Chips Are Coming. Here’s What Custom Silicon Means for Claude
Anthropic confirmed it's building an in-house team to design custom chips for Claude. The move targets compute costs and Nvidia dependence, but custom silicon…
Guides
Practical tech walkthroughs
How I Automate Creator Distribution and Feedback
Creator distribution automation sounds like a solved problem until you actually wire it up. I spent a full week last month mapping where a…
How to Configure a KDE Wayland Keyboard Layout Without Guessing
Configure a KDE Wayland keyboard layout through Plasma settings, understand switching policies, and separate current evidence from old X11 advice.
How to Use Git Worktrees for Parallel Coding Agents Without Making a Mess
Learn how Git worktrees for agents isolate branches, keep reviews clean, and make cleanup predictable when several coding tasks run at once.
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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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