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Cover illustration for Local LLM Servers Compared: Ollama vs vLLM vs llama.cpp
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Local LLM Servers Compared: Ollama vs vLLM vs llama.cpp

Ollama, llama.cpp, vLLM and LM Studio all serve local models. Here's which one fits your hardware, from a 16GB laptop to a four-GPU workstation.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenAug 4, 202610 min read
Cover illustration for Octopus 16 Puts 16-Channel EEG on a $250 Open Board
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Mini Computers

Octopus 16 Puts 16-Channel EEG on a $250 Open Board

The $250 Octopus 16 packs 16 EEG channels into a 26mm board and turns brain signals into BLE gamepad input, with fully open Arduino and Python code.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitAug 4, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Stream32 Builds an Open-Source Stream Deck on ESP32
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Stream32 Builds an Open-Source Stream Deck on ESP32

Stream32 pairs an ESP32 with a 4-inch or 10.1-inch touchscreen to make a fully customizable open-source Stream Deck alternative you can reflash yourself.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitAug 4, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for VIEWE 7.6-Inch Square HDMI Touch Displays Start at $85
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VIEWE 7.6-Inch Square HDMI Touch Displays Start at $85

VIEWE's 7.6-inch square HDMI panels reach 1200x1200 at 1,000 nits and plug into a Raspberry Pi or Jetson over mini HDMI, starting at $85.29.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitAug 4, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Chrome's Gemini Bug Hunter Found a 13-Year-Old Flaw
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Chrome's Gemini Bug Hunter Found a 13-Year-Old Flaw

Google's Gemini-based scanner surfaced a Chrome sandbox escape hidden for 13 years, and AI triage now helps the team ship two security releases a week.

Kai Aegis
Kai AegisAug 4, 20266 min read
Cover illustration for Project Agorá Settles Real Money Across Six Currencies
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Project Agorá Settles Real Money Across Six Currencies

28 banks and 5 central banks moved $1M of real tokenized money across six currencies in BIS Project Agorá, settling in about 80 seconds on average.

Satoshi Lens
Satoshi LensAug 4, 20265 min read
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Nasdaq Managed Volatility Indexes Explained in Plain English

Nasdaq launched two Nasdaq-100 managed volatility indexes on July 31 with 4% and 6% decrements. Here's what those numbers actually mean for investors.

Jake Trader
Jake TraderAug 4, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Super Mario Sunshine Joins Switch Online on August 13
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Super Mario Sunshine Joins Switch Online on August 13

Super Mario Sunshine hits Switch Online's GameCube library on August 13, and two unreleased Virtual Boy games including Zero Racers arrive August 4.

Maya Polygon
Maya PolygonAug 4, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for ESP32-S3 Runs a 28.9M-Parameter LLM at 9 Tokens/s
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ESP32-S3 Runs a 28.9M-Parameter LLM at 9 Tokens/s

A developer got a 28.9M-parameter language model generating 9 tokens per second on an $8 ESP32-S3, using 4-bit weights and per-layer embeddings in flash.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitAug 4, 20266 min read
Cover illustration for ASUS UGen300 Puts 40 TOPS of AI on a USB-C Stick
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ASUS UGen300 Puts 40 TOPS of AI on a USB-C Stick

The $299.99 ASUS UGen300 pairs a Hailo-10H chip with 8GB LPDDR4 to deliver 40 TOPS over USB-C at 2.5W, adding local AI to Windows, Linux or Android hosts.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitAug 4, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Aliensense NXS Sends Robot Camera Data 15m on One Cable
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Aliensense NXS Sends Robot Camera Data 15m on One Cable

The $199 Aliensense NXS carries camera video, power and CAN-FD control over a single GMSL2/3 coax up to 15 meters, with a mikroBUS socket for expansion.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitAug 4, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for AI Accelerator Sticks Compared: Hailo, Coral, Jetson
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AI Accelerator Sticks Compared: Hailo, Coral, Jetson

A practical guide to bolting AI acceleration onto hardware you already own — Hailo-8L at $70, Coral USB at 4 TOPS, and when a Jetson is the better buy.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitAug 4, 20269 min read
Cover illustration for MiniMax H3 Makes 2K Video With Native Stereo Audio
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MiniMax H3 Makes 2K Video With Native Stereo Audio

MiniMax H3 generates 15-second 2K clips with native stereo sound and tops the video editing leaderboard at 1,130 Elo, priced at 0.8 yuan per second.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenAug 4, 20266 min read
Cover illustration for Oracle Puts Gemini Models Inside Fusion AI Agents
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Oracle Puts Gemini Models Inside Fusion AI Agents

Oracle is bringing Google's Gemini models into Fusion Applications AI Agent Studio, letting thousands of enterprise customers build agents on Gemini.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenAug 4, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for NVIDIA SkillSpector Scans AI Agent Skills for Risk
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NVIDIA SkillSpector Scans AI Agent Skills for Risk

NVIDIA's open-source SkillSpector checks AI agent skills for 64 vulnerability patterns before install, scoring risk 0-100 and exporting SARIF for CI.

Kai Aegis
Kai AegisAug 4, 20266 min read
Cover illustration for Beast of Reincarnation Launches on Game Pass Day One
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Beast of Reincarnation Launches on Game Pass Day One

Game Freak's first non-Pokemon AAA game arrives August 4 on PS5, Xbox and PC, day one on Game Pass, with a Famitsu 35/40 and a dog who parries for you.

Maya Polygon
Maya PolygonAug 4, 20266 min read
Cover illustration for BlackRock Expands Tokenized Cash for Stablecoin Reserves
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BlackRock Expands Tokenized Cash for Stablecoin Reserves

BlackRock added two blockchain-based money market vehicles built to qualify as GENIUS Act reserve assets, from a cash business managing $1.073 trillion.

Satoshi Lens
Satoshi LensAug 4, 20266 min read
Cover illustration for ICE to Buy MarketAxess in a $6 Billion Bond Deal
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ICE to Buy MarketAxess in a $6 Billion Bond Deal

Intercontinental Exchange agreed to acquire MarketAxess for $167 a share in cash, a $6 billion deal at a 33% premium with $100 million in cost synergies.

Jake Trader
Jake TraderAug 4, 20266 min read
Cover illustration for OpenAI Cuts Luna Prices 80% After AI Rewrote Its Kernels
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OpenAI Cuts Luna Prices 80% After AI Rewrote Its Kernels

OpenAI dropped GPT-5.6 Luna to $0.20 per million input tokens after Sol rewrote its own GPU kernels, cutting end-to-end serving costs by 20%.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenAug 1, 20266 min read
Cover illustration for Qwen3.7 Flash Brings 1M-Token Vision at $0.03 per Million
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Qwen3.7 Flash Brings 1M-Token Vision at $0.03 per Million

Alibaba's Qwen3.7 Flash is a native vision-language model with a 1M-token context window, priced at $0.03 per million input tokens with tool calling.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenAug 1, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for GPT-Live Audio Gets SynthID Watermarks and a Verify API
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GPT-Live Audio Gets SynthID Watermarks and a Verify API

OpenAI now embeds Google DeepMind's SynthID watermark in all GPT-Live audio and opened a verification API so any team can check provenance automatically.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenAug 1, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for CISA C4 Framework Scores Open Source Project Trust
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CISA C4 Framework Scores Open Source Project Trust

CISA's new 35-page open source security guide introduces the C4 Framework — Code, Community, Controls, Continuity — plus SBOM and open AI model practices.

Kai Aegis
Kai AegisAug 1, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Thingino Open Firmware Now Supports 166 IP Cameras
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Thingino Open Firmware Now Supports 166 IP Cameras

Thingino replaces the stock firmware on Ingenic-based IP cameras with open-source Linux, adding RTSP, MQTT, VPN and Home Assistant on 166 supported models.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitAug 1, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Luxonis M8 Controller Box Adds Relays and CAN to OAK4
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Luxonis M8 Controller Box Adds Relays and CAN to OAK4

The $249 Luxonis M8 Controller Box gives OAK4 edge AI cameras 16 GPIOs, four 16A relays, CAN 2.0 and RS232 so vision systems can drive machinery directly.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitAug 1, 20265 min read