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Agent Memory Tuning Adds 16 Points for 5% More Tokens
IBM Research's ALTK-Evolve lifted agent task completion 16.1 points at only 5% more tokens, showing memory is a dose you calibrate per model.
Microsoft Teams Blocks External Meeting Bots by Policy
A new Microsoft Teams admin policy automatically blocks identified external meeting bots, with general availability due by late September 2026.
Valve Turns 30: Half-Life, Steam, and a Handheld Era
Valve was founded on August 24, 1996. Thirty years on, Half-Life, Steam, the Steam Deck, and a $1,049 Steam Machine map three decades of PC gaming.
Fasset Reaches $1B Valuation on a $68M SBI-Led Round
Fasset's $68M Series C led by SBI Group values the stablecoin neobank at $1B, lifting its 2026 total to $119M across 100+ banking corridors.
Rillet Raises $100M at a $1B AI Accounting Valuation
Rillet's $100M Series C led by ICONIQ values the AI-native ERP at $1B, with 600+ customers and new ARR doubling in the last three months alone.
GPT-5.6 Sol API Price Falls to $4 Per Million Tokens
OpenAI cut GPT-5.6 Sol API pricing on August 21: input drops 20% to $4 and output falls 33% to $20 per million tokens through November 21, 2026.
Framework Laptop 12 Upgrade Adds 70% More Battery
Framework's Laptop 12 gains an Intel Core Series 3 mainboard, Thunderbolt 4, and Wi-Fi 7, with DIY kits from $549 and Fedora prebuilts at $699.
Bosgame M5 Brings 128GB Local AI to a Mini Desktop
ServeTheHome's Bosgame M5 review finds a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 box with 128GB of LPDDR5X that undercuts comparable local AI desktops by $500 or more.
Speech Recognition Benchmarks Get a Three-Test Audit
A Hume AI study of 11 open speech models introduces three diagnostics that separate genuine transcription skill from memorized benchmark patterns.
Fortinet Buys Virtue AI to Red-Team Your AI Agents
Fortinet acquired Virtue AI on August 17, adding agentic red-teaming across 50 sandboxed environments and 1,000 risk categories to its security fabric.
Laser Digital Wins Japan's First Crypto Nod in 4 Years
Nomura's Laser Digital Japan registered as a Crypto Asset Exchange Service Provider on August 21, the country's first new approval since October 2022.
Double Fine Amnesia Fortnight Lets Fans Pick the Game
Double Fine revives Amnesia Fortnight on August 31: backers vote on four prototypes, one becomes a real game, and 2 Player Productions films it all.
Nvidia Q2 FY27 Earnings: $91B Guidance Meets Aug 26
Nvidia reports Q2 fiscal 2027 results on August 26 against its own $91 billion guidance, roughly double the $46.7 billion it posted a year earlier.
ESP32-S31 Linux BSP Boots Real Linux on 16MB PSRAM
Espressif released a Linux 6.18 BSP developer preview for the ESP32-S31, fitting a bootable image into roughly 13.7MB of flash on a $10-class chip.
Quectel Android 16 Modules Bring 5G to IoT Devices
Quectel's SH602FA and SE505FE put production-ready Android 16 on MediaTek silicon, with 5G downlinks up to 3.27 Gbps and 32MP camera support.
Nvidia KV Cache Transfer Skips 7-Second Re-Prefills
Nvidia researchers moved a 32,768-token KV cache between model sizes in 278 milliseconds, replacing a 7-second re-prefill with closed-form linear math.
LFM2.5-DSpark Speeds Local AI Inference Up to 3.2x
Liquid AI released ~300M-parameter draft models for the LFM2.5 family, delivering up to 3.18x GPU throughput and 57% lower function-calling latency.
TrueForge Open Source Agent Harness Cuts Costs 75%
TrueFoundry's MIT-licensed TrueForge harness completed Enterprise-Bench tasks for $2.90 against $11.80, a 75% cost cut driven by context engineering.
Mandiant AI Agents Found 100 Critical Flaws in 2 Days
Google's Mandiant published its AVDH blueprint after the agent pipeline verified 100+ critical vulnerabilities in 48 hours and produced 12 assigned CVEs.
Grayscale Zcash ETF Filing Moves to Amendment Five
Grayscale filed a fifth amended S-3 for a Zcash ETF on August 21, naming NYSE Arca, ticker ZCH, and a 2.5% sponsor fee for a first-of-its-kind US fund.
SK Hynix Buyback Hits 40 Trillion Won in Korean First
SK hynix approved a 40 trillion won buyback and cancellation of 24.07 million shares, the largest treasury share cancellation by a Korean listed company.
Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026: What to Expect
Gamescom Opening Night Live returns August 25 with a two-hour Geoff Keighley showcase, a 30-minute pre-show, and Final Fantasy VII Revelation confirmed.
M5Stack Paper Mono Packs LoRa and NFC Into $65 E-Paper
M5Stack's $65 Paper Mono pairs a 3.97-inch e-paper touchscreen with LoRa, NFC, and an ESP32-S3, plus a 1,150 mAh battery in a shell just 8mm thick.
AAEON uCOM-Q6490 Puts 12 TOPS on a SMARC 2.1 Module
AAEON's uCOM-Q6490 packs a Qualcomm Dragonwing QCS6490, 12 TOPS of AI, and up to 16GB LPDDR5 onto an 82x50mm SMARC 2.1 module that weighs just 20 grams.