Nemotron 3.5 Bolt: Can a 74B Open Model Really Fit in 24GB?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt: Can a 74B Open Model Really Fit in 24GB?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt packs a 74B-parameter open model into 24GB with 2-bit quantization-aware training. Here's what it means for local AI agents on Oct 15.

Anthropic Scion: Why Claude Needed New Source Control

Anthropic built Scion, a new source control system, after daily merges jumped from 2,500 to 30,000. Claude wrote most of it; checkouts now take seconds.

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Romu RP2354A Board: A $40 Raspberry Pi Chip in a USB Stick

Romu puts the Raspberry Pi RP2354A into a 15.5 x 12 mm USB stick for $40, running MicroPython for security keys, macro pads and MIDI controllers.

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VIEWE ESP32-S31 Display: $39 Wi-Fi 6 Touch Panel for Makers

VIEWE's $38.99 4.3-inch touch display is one of the first ESP32-S31 boards, adding Wi-Fi 6, Thread, RS485 and CAN for smart home and industrial panels.

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Maya Polygon★Oct 14, 2026★10 min read

DLSS vs FSR vs XeSS: Which Upscaler Should You Use in 2026?

DLSS vs FSR vs XeSS explained: which GPUs run each upscaler, how frame generation works, and the settings that add FPS without hurting input feel.

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Maya Polygon★Oct 14, 2026★4 min read

Gran Turismo 7 Spec IV: New Cars, Sportsland SUGO and More

Gran Turismo 7 Spec IV Part 1 is free today with 6 new cars and the Sportsland SUGO track, plus an $84.99 Gran Turismo DualSense arriving December 10.

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Kai Aegis★Oct 14, 2026★4 min read

Chainguard Harness: How AI Finds and Fixes Bugs in Your Code

Chainguard Harness uses Claude Mythos 5.1 in isolated microVMs to find exploitable bugs, replay every exploit and deliver a reviewed fix for each finding.

Artificial Intelligence

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt: Can a 74B Open Model Really Fit in 24GB?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt packs a 74B-parameter open model into 24GB with 2-bit quantization-aware training. Here's what it means for local AI agents on Oct 15.

Anthropic Scion: Why Claude Needed New Source Control

Anthropic built Scion, a new source control system, after daily merges jumped from 2,500 to 30,000. Claude wrote most of it; checkouts now take seconds.

Dr. Nova Chen★Oct 13, 2026★4 min read

Gemini 4 Argon Pricing: What the $2 Intro Rate Gets You

Gemini 4 Argon is now broadly available at $2 in and $10 out per million tokens until November 30, with a 1M token limit and free access for scientists.

Dr. Nova Chen★Oct 13, 2026★4 min read

Muse Wonder Explained: Meta's Memory-First Frontier AI

Meta's Muse Wonder arrives on the Meta Model API at $4 per million input tokens, adding Active Memory and Active Focus for long-running agent work.

Nano Banana 2.1 Pricing: What Google's Image Model Costs

Nano Banana 2.1 is generally available in the Gemini API with 1K images at $0.0336, about half the old price, plus new 8:1 panoramic formats up to 4K.

Google AI Edge Foresight: Offline Meeting Notes on a Mac

Google AI Edge Foresight is a Mac app that takes meeting notes fully offline, pairing the 740M-parameter EmbeddingGemma 2 with a Gemma 4 assistant.

Cloudflare Clef-omni: A Decision Model for Audio and Video

Cloudflare's Clef-omni scores decisions from text, images, audio and video in one call for $0.15 per million tokens, with open weights under Apache 2.0.

GPT-6.1 Sol Browser Agent: How Asana Cut Costs 76x

Asana's StackAI team made a browser agent 76x cheaper and 5x faster on GPT-6.1 Sol by keeping its prompt cache intact. Here are the two fixes behind it.

Gaming

Maya Polygon★Oct 14, 2026★10 min read

DLSS vs FSR vs XeSS: Which Upscaler Should You Use in 2026?

DLSS vs FSR vs XeSS explained: which GPUs run each upscaler, how frame generation works, and the settings that add FPS without hurting input feel.

Maya Polygon★Oct 14, 2026★4 min read

Gran Turismo 7 Spec IV: New Cars, Sportsland SUGO and More

Gran Turismo 7 Spec IV Part 1 is free today with 6 new cars and the Sportsland SUGO track, plus an $84.99 Gran Turismo DualSense arriving December 10.

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Maya Polygon★Oct 13, 2026★4 min read

RimWorld 1.7 Waylith Engine: How to Try the Faster Beta

RimWorld Update 1.7 moves the colony sim to Ludeon's own Waylith Engine, with 2 to 4 times better performance in studio tests and saves that still load.

Cover illustration for Battlefield 6 Season 5: Vegas Maps, Free Trial and Dates

Maya Polygon★Oct 13, 2026★4 min read

Battlefield 6 Season 5: Vegas Maps, Free Trial and Dates

Battlefield 6 Season 5, Siege of Vegas, is live with two new maps, four weapons and the Rapid Royale mode, plus a full game trial from October 15 to 19.

Cover illustration for Steam Frame CAD Files: What Valve's Free Release Unlocks

Maya Polygon★Oct 12, 2026★4 min read

Steam Frame CAD Files: What Valve's Free Release Unlocks

Valve has released Steam Frame CAD files and electrical specs for non-commercial use, and modders are already printing straps, stands and battery mounts.

Cover illustration for Machinarium 2 Announced: Two Robots, No Text, Hand-Drawn

Maya Polygon★Oct 12, 2026★3 min read

Machinarium 2 Announced: Two Robots, No Text, Hand-Drawn

Machinarium 2 is official: Amanita Design's sequel to the 2009 puzzle classic lets you control two robots, with hand-drawn art and no text, on Steam.

Cover illustration for Marvel Tokon Year One DLC: Thor, Venom and Jubilee Dates

Maya Polygon★Oct 12, 2026★3 min read

Marvel Tokon Year One DLC: Thor, Venom and Jubilee Dates

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls adds 4 Year One DLC fighters: Phoenix Cyclops on November 2, then Jane Foster's Thor, Venom and Jubilee through summer 2027.

Cover illustration for Risk of Rain 2 Hallowed Concepts: Is the $14.99 DLC Good?

Maya Polygon★Oct 12, 2026★3 min read

Risk of Rain 2 Hallowed Concepts: Is the $14.99 DLC Good?

Risk of Rain 2: Hallowed Concepts adds 2 survivors, Trials and Hexes for $14.99, and the expansion is sitting at Very Positive on Steam after 830 reviews.

Crypto

Cover illustration for Tokenized Treasury Repo: What BNY and Citadel Just Proved

Satoshi Lens★Oct 14, 2026★3 min read

Tokenized Treasury Repo: What BNY and Citadel Just Proved

BNY and Citadel Securities settled a tokenized US Treasury in minutes, not T+1, then used it as repo collateral. Here's what it means for 24/7 markets.

Cover illustration for Bitcoin-Backed Bank Loans Arrive in Korea: How They Work

Satoshi Lens★Oct 13, 2026★4 min read

Bitcoin-Backed Bank Loans Arrive in Korea: How They Work

Jeonbuk Bank has issued South Korea's first won loan backed by bitcoin, using a registered custodian and court-supervised recovery rules from October 1.

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Satoshi Lens★Oct 12, 2026★4 min read

RLUSD Custody at Standard Chartered: What Dubai Clients Get

Standard Chartered now offers institutional RLUSD custody on the XRP Ledger from its Dubai branch, with a planned LMAX collateral link, as of October 12.

Cover illustration for Sui Hashi Mainnet: How Bitcoin Lending Gets $500M Backing

Satoshi Lens★Oct 12, 2026★4 min read

Sui Hashi Mainnet: How Bitcoin Lending Gets $500M Backing

Sui's Hashi protocol is due on mainnet this month with over $500 million in committed capital, letting bitcoin back loans without leaving Bitcoin.

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Satoshi Lens★Oct 11, 2026★3 min read

Securitize Stocks on Solana: How 12 Tokenized Shares Work

Securitize Stocks launched with 12 tokenized US equities on Solana, including Apple and Nvidia, each backed 1:1 by a real share and settled in USDC.

Cover illustration for Ethereum Glamsterdam on Sepolia: What 200M Gas Means Next

Satoshi Lens★Oct 9, 2026★4 min read

Ethereum Glamsterdam on Sepolia: What 200M Gas Means Next

Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade is live on Sepolia with in-protocol PBS, parallel validation and a near-200M gas limit, over 3x mainnet's current 60M.

Cover illustration for Samsung Wallet USDC: How 82M Galaxy Phones Will Send Money

Satoshi Lens★Oct 8, 2026★3 min read

Samsung Wallet USDC: How 82M Galaxy Phones Will Send Money

Samsung Wallet will let US users send USDC across borders over Solana from late October 2026, reaching about 82 million Galaxy devices at launch.

Cover illustration for How Stablecoins Work: Reserves, Redemption and Sending Money

Satoshi Lens★Oct 8, 2026★9 min read

How Stablecoins Work: Reserves, Redemption and Sending Money

How do stablecoins work? Our guide explains the 4 types, how USDC reserves and 1:1 redemption work, and how to send a stablecoin transfer abroad safely.

Mini Computers

Romu RP2354A Board: A $40 Raspberry Pi Chip in a USB Stick

Romu puts the Raspberry Pi RP2354A into a 15.5 x 12 mm USB stick for $40, running MicroPython for security keys, macro pads and MIDI controllers.

VIEWE ESP32-S31 Display: $39 Wi-Fi 6 Touch Panel for Makers

VIEWE's $38.99 4.3-inch touch display is one of the first ESP32-S31 boards, adding Wi-Fi 6, Thread, RS485 and CAN for smart home and industrial panels.

Cover illustration for Wireless-Tag WT32P4C5-43S: A $32 ESP32-P4 Touch Display

Alex Circuit★Oct 13, 2026★4 min read

Wireless-Tag WT32P4C5-43S: A $32 ESP32-P4 Touch Display

The Wireless-Tag WT32P4C5-43S pairs an ESP32-P4 with an ESP32-C5 behind a 4.3-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen, adding dual-band Wi-Fi 6 and Thread for $32.

Cover illustration for W1700K SDR: Turn a Wi-Fi 7 Router Into a 320 Msps Radio

Alex Circuit★Oct 13, 2026★4 min read

W1700K SDR: Turn a Wi-Fi 7 Router Into a 320 Msps Radio

The open-source W1700K SDR project turns a Gemtek Wi-Fi 7 router into a wideband receiver, capturing 14-bit IQ at up to 320 Msps and streaming over 10 GbE.

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Alex Circuit★Oct 12, 2026★8 min read

Which Raspberry Pi Should You Buy? 2026 Buyer's Guide

Which Raspberry Pi should you buy in 2026? We compare the Pi 5, Pi 4, Zero 2 W, Pi 500 and Pico 2 on specs, use cases and prices from $5 to $410.

Cover illustration for M5Stack ToughC5: A $49.90 Outdoor ESP32-C5 With Wi-Fi 6

Alex Circuit★Oct 12, 2026★3 min read

M5Stack ToughC5: A $49.90 Outdoor ESP32-C5 With Wi-Fi 6

The M5Stack ToughC5 puts an ESP32-C5 with dual-band Wi-Fi 6, Zigbee and Thread in a weather-resistant case with a 2-inch touchscreen for $49.90.

Cover illustration for Ubuntu 26.10 RISC-V Desktop Images: How to Try Them Now

Alex Circuit★Oct 12, 2026★4 min read

Ubuntu 26.10 RISC-V Desktop Images: How to Try Them Now

Ubuntu 26.10 brings official desktop images to RISC-V, with SpacemiT K3 Pico-ITX support and test builds you can download before the October 15 release.

Cover illustration for GMKtec EVO-X3 Review: 128GB Local AI Mini PC With OCuLink

Alex Circuit★Oct 12, 2026★4 min read

GMKtec EVO-X3 Review: 128GB Local AI Mini PC With OCuLink

ServeTheHome's GMKtec EVO-X3 review clocks 24.7 tokens per second on Phi 4 from a 128GB Ryzen AI Max+ 395 mini PC with an OCuLink port, listed at $3,800.

Stock Trading

Cover illustration for ASML Q3 2026 Earnings: Record Sales and Demand Through 2028

Jake Trader★Oct 14, 2026★4 min read

ASML Q3 2026 Earnings: Record Sales and Demand Through 2028

ASML posted record Q3 2026 sales of EUR 11.7B and a 57.5% gross margin, and says chipmaker demand will outrun its planned capacity through 2028.

Cover illustration for Goldman Sachs Q3 2026 Earnings: Equities Revenue Jumps 72%

Jake Trader★Oct 13, 2026★4 min read

Goldman Sachs Q3 2026 Earnings: Equities Revenue Jumps 72%

Goldman Sachs reported Q3 2026 net revenues of $18.68 billion, up 23%, and EPS of $17.01, as equities revenue rose 72% and management fees grew 22%.

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Jake Trader★Oct 12, 2026★4 min read

SWI Group Raises EUR 800M: Where AI Data Center Cash Goes

SWI Group raised EUR 800 million from institutional investors at a EUR 6.1 billion valuation to expand AI data center capacity in Europe and the US.

Cover illustration for OPay IPO Filing: Revenue Up 137% Ahead of NYSE Listing

Jake Trader★Oct 12, 2026★4 min read

OPay IPO Filing: Revenue Up 137% Ahead of NYSE Listing

OPay has filed for a NYSE IPO under the ticker OPAY, reporting first-half revenue of $467.1 million, up 137%, and net income of $90.9 million.

Cover illustration for Applied Digital Q1 Revenue Jumps 322% on AI Data Centers

Jake Trader★Oct 11, 2026★4 min read

Applied Digital Q1 Revenue Jumps 322% on AI Data Centers

Applied Digital (APLD) reported fiscal Q1 2027 revenue of $341.9 million, up 322%, with 1.41 GW of AI data center capacity leased and $36B contracted.

Cover illustration for Samsung Q3 2026 Profit: How AI Memory Drove a ₩107T Record

Jake Trader★Oct 9, 2026★3 min read

Samsung Q3 2026 Profit: How AI Memory Drove a ₩107T Record

Samsung guided Q3 2026 operating profit to a record ₩107.4 trillion (about $80B), up 782.5% year on year on surging AI memory demand and chip prices.

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Jake Trader★Oct 8, 2026★3 min read

TSMC Q3 2026 Revenue: Record Quarter Beats Guidance

TSMC posted record Q3 2026 revenue of about NT$1.49 trillion, beating guidance, as September sales rose 54.6% on AI chip demand ahead of its Oct 15 call.

Cover illustration for Foxconn Record Revenue: What a NT$1 Trillion Month Signals

Jake Trader★Oct 7, 2026★3 min read

Foxconn Record Revenue: What a NT$1 Trillion Month Signals

Foxconn topped NT$1 trillion in monthly sales for the first time in September, and Q3 revenue rose 47% to NT$3.03 trillion on AI server demand.

AI Security

Kai Aegis★Oct 14, 2026★4 min read

Chainguard Harness: How AI Finds and Fixes Bugs in Your Code

Chainguard Harness uses Claude Mythos 5.1 in isolated microVMs to find exploitable bugs, replay every exploit and deliver a reviewed fix for each finding.

Cover illustration for Firefox Enterprise: Self-Hosted Controls for Shadow AI

Kai Aegis★Oct 13, 2026★4 min read

Firefox Enterprise: Self-Hosted Controls for Shadow AI

Mozilla's Firefox Enterprise pairs the browser with a self-hosted management console, giving IT teams per-group AI controls and paste and upload rules.

Cover illustration for Strands Box: How AWS's Open Sandbox Reins In AI Agents

Kai Aegis★Oct 12, 2026★4 min read

Strands Box: How AWS's Open Sandbox Reins In AI Agents

AWS released Strands Box, an Apache 2.0 sandbox for AI agents that enforces Dogwood policies across shell, Python, MCP and network actions on macOS.

Cover illustration for DNS Root Key Rollover: What KSK-2024 Means for Resolvers

Kai Aegis★Oct 12, 2026★4 min read

DNS Root Key Rollover: What KSK-2024 Means for Resolvers

The DNS root is scheduled to switch to a new DNSSEC key, KSK-2024, on October 11, 2026. It is only the second rollover ever. Here is what to check.

Cover illustration for Pwn2Own Ireland 2026 Results: 98 Zero-Days, AI Tools Tested

Kai Aegis★Oct 11, 2026★4 min read

Pwn2Own Ireland 2026 Results: 98 Zero-Days, AI Tools Tested

Pwn2Own Ireland 2026 paid researchers $1,262,000 for 98 zero-days in phones, smart home gear and AI tools, all reported to vendors under a 90-day deadline.

Cover illustration for Anthropic OSS Scanner: Free AI Bug Scans for Open Source

Kai Aegis★Oct 9, 2026★4 min read

Anthropic OSS Scanner: Free AI Bug Scans for Open Source

Anthropic's OSS Scanner gives open-source maintainers free AI vulnerability scans with fixes; 85 of 97 tested severe findings met its disclosure bar.

Cover illustration for What Is Prompt Injection? A Plain-English Defense Guide

Kai Aegis★Oct 9, 2026★9 min read

What Is Prompt Injection? A Plain-English Defense Guide

What is prompt injection? Learn direct vs indirect attacks, 9 real scenarios, and the 7 OWASP-backed defenses that keep AI assistants and agents safe.

Cover illustration for GitHub AI Secret Detection: How Push Protection Gets Smarter