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Cover illustration for NXP MCX C15 MCUs Pack 16-Bit Analog Under 60 Cents
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Mini Computers

NXP MCX C15 MCUs Pack 16-Bit Analog Under 60 Cents

NXP's MCX C15 and C16 Cortex-M23 MCUs start under 60 cents, pair a 16-bit ADC with an on-chip op-amp, and idle at 320 nA in deep power down.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitAug 21, 20264 min read
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AI

ChatGPT for Teens Adds Study Mode and Quiet Hours

OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens launched for ages 13-17 with Study Mode, scheduled Study Hours, parental Quiet Hours, and stronger content limits.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenAug 21, 20265 min read
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Apple Music Will Show Made With AI Labels This Year

Apple Music will make its AI Transparency Tags mandatory and surface Made With AI labels to listeners later in 2026, shifting from removal to disclosure.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenAug 21, 20264 min read
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ChatGPT Can Now Draft Apple Messages on Your Mac

OpenAI's macOS app gained an Apple Messages plugin that searches, summarizes, and drafts iMessage, SMS, and RCS threads locally on Apple Silicon.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenAug 21, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Stealthium Watches the GPU Layer Most Tools Miss
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AI Security

Stealthium Watches the GPU Layer Most Tools Miss

Stealthium launched a security control plane for GPUs and AI accelerators, turning kernel traces and VRAM telemetry into detections for neo-cloud workloads.

Kai Aegis
Kai AegisAug 21, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for ASCII Cyberpunk City Renders 3D From Text Alone
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Gaming

ASCII Cyberpunk City Renders 3D From Text Alone

Solo developer Grow Now Games built a walkable 3D cyberpunk city rendered entirely in ASCII characters, raycast every frame inside a single HTML file.

Maya Polygon
Maya PolygonAug 21, 20264 min read
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Crypto

Shinhan Tests a Won-Denominated Tokenized Fund on Solana

Shinhan Asset Management, which oversees $96.6B, signed a four-way pact with the Solana Foundation, Etherfuse, and Orca to pilot a tokenized won fund.

Satoshi Lens
Satoshi LensAug 21, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Nvidia Pays Poolside $6B to License Its Model Factory
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Stock Trading

Nvidia Pays Poolside $6B to License Its Model Factory

Nvidia struck a reported $6B non-exclusive licensing deal with Poolside plus a $1B investment at a $12B pre-money valuation, with 109 staff getting offers.

Jake Trader
Jake TraderAug 21, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Mojo 1.0 Compiler Goes Open Source Under Apache 2.0
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Mojo 1.0 Compiler Goes Open Source Under Apache 2.0

Modular open-sourced the entire Mojo compiler and toolchain under Apache 2.0 at ModCon 2026, alongside 450,000 lines of GPU kernel code.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenAug 20, 20266 min read
Cover illustration for On-Device Piano Model Autocompletes Music on iPhone
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On-Device Piano Model Autocompletes Music on iPhone

A 125M-parameter transformer generates about 108 piano notes per second on an iPhone 15, trained on 300 million note events with no cloud call.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenAug 20, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Linux 7.2 Powers Down the Raspberry Pi GPU When Idle
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Mini Computers

Linux 7.2 Powers Down the Raspberry Pi GPU When Idle

Linux 7.2 brings runtime power management to the Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 V3D GPU, cutting idle desktop draw about 3.3%, plus Pi 3 GPU hang fixes.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitAug 20, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for StarFive Dubhe-100 Is a Server-Class RISC-V CPU Core
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Mini Computers

StarFive Dubhe-100 Is a Server-Class RISC-V CPU Core

StarFive's Dubhe-100 is an RVA23-compliant RISC-V core hitting 15 SPECint2006 per GHz, with a 15-stage out-of-order pipeline and KVM already running.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitAug 20, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for KAGA FEI Packs Bluetooth 6.0 Into an 8.55mm Module
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Mini Computers

KAGA FEI Packs Bluetooth 6.0 Into an 8.55mm Module

The KAGA FEI ES4L15MA1 fits Bluetooth 6.0, an nRF54L15 SoC, and ready-made UART firmware into a module measuring just 8.55 by 3.25 by 1.00 mm.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitAug 20, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Marvell Google TPU Deal Comes With a $12.2B Warrant
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Stock Trading

Marvell Google TPU Deal Comes With a $12.2B Warrant

Marvell expanded its custom silicon work for Google's TPU ecosystem and issued a warrant for up to 58.97 million shares at $206.58, worth $12.2B.

Jake Trader
Jake TraderAug 20, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for World Chain Ships EIP-7928 Access Lists Before Ethereum
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Crypto

World Chain Ships EIP-7928 Access Lists Before Ethereum

World Chain went live August 17 streaming EIP-7928 block access lists every 200ms, targeting 1 gigagas per second with no new validator hardware.

Satoshi Lens
Satoshi LensAug 20, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for OpenAI Model Security Adds Sandboxes and 30-Min Alerts
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AI Security

OpenAI Model Security Adds Sandboxes and 30-Min Alerts

OpenAI published a new internal security bar: hard sandboxing, activation classifiers on sampled tokens, and a 30-minute alert-or-pause rule.

Kai Aegis
Kai AegisAug 20, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for STALKER 2: Cost of Hope Lands With a Free 2.0 Update
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Gaming

STALKER 2: Cost of Hope Lands With a Free 2.0 Update

Cost of Hope launched August 20 at $29.99 with two new regions, and every Heart of Chornobyl owner gets the free Update 2.0 engine upgrade.

Maya Polygon
Maya PolygonAug 20, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Cerebras CS-4 Packs Three Wafer-Scale Chips in a Rack
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AI

Cerebras CS-4 Packs Three Wafer-Scale Chips in a Rack

The Cerebras CS-4 puts three WSE-3 Turbo wafers in one rack for 750 PFLOPS, and Cerebras clocks 4,400 tokens per second per user on GPT-OSS-120B.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenAug 20, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Ornith-1.5 Open Weights Score 86.1 on Terminal-Bench
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Ornith-1.5 Open Weights Score 86.1 on Terminal-Bench

Ornith-1.5 ships MIT-licensed weights from 9B to 397B, and the flagship posts 86.1 on Terminal-Bench 2.1 while a 35B MoE sibling runs far leaner.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenAug 20, 20265 min read
Cover illustration for Palomar Registry Puts AI Math Proofs Under Lean Review
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Palomar Registry Puts AI Math Proofs Under Lean Review

Palomar, incubated by the Lean FRO and ICARM, is now open for submissions and gives machine-checked math proofs a public registry with real metadata.

Dr. Nova Chen
Dr. Nova ChenAug 20, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Raspberry Pi CM5 Jig Flashes Modules With No Carrier
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Mini Computers

Raspberry Pi CM5 Jig Flashes Modules With No Carrier

The official $600 Raspberry Pi CM5 programming jig flashes Compute Modules with secure boot and disk encryption without needing a carrier board.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitAug 20, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for NXP MCX A5 MCUs Pair Post-Quantum Boot With Ethernet
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Mini Computers

NXP MCX A5 MCUs Pair Post-Quantum Boot With Ethernet

NXP's MCX A5 pairs a 240 MHz Cortex-M33 with an integrated 10BASE-T1S PHY and post-quantum secure boot, sampling now and available in Q4 2026.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitAug 20, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for PwrBlock 323 Is a $230 Programmable USB-C PD Supply
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Mini Computers

PwrBlock 323 Is a $230 Programmable USB-C PD Supply

The open-hardware PwrBlock 323 turns a 100W USB-C PD charger into a scriptable 1-32V bench supply for test fixtures, at $230 on Crowd Supply.

Alex Circuit
Alex CircuitAug 20, 20264 min read
Cover illustration for Dishonored Director Opens Black Pony Immersive Studio
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Gaming

Dishonored Director Opens Black Pony Immersive Studio

Harvey Smith and Arkane veterans revealed Black Pony Immersive, a 26-person studio making first-person action RPGs, already funded and a year into work.

Maya Polygon
Maya PolygonAug 20, 20264 min read