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ANTHROPIC INTRODUCES CHEAPER, MORE POWERFUL, MORE EFFICIENT OPUS 4.5 MODEL

Anthropic has released its latest frontier model, Opus 4.5. The model brings improvements in coding performance and user experience. The Opus 4.5 API costs $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens. Anthropic's developer platform now includes a new 'effort' parameter that allows developers to more precisely tune the balance between efficacy and token usage. Claude Code is now available in the desktop Claude apps.

AMAZON TAKES AIM AT STARLINK WITH SATELLITE BETA PROMISING GIGABIT SPEEDS

Amazon has made a promise that its Leo satellites will offer gigabit satellite internet speeds. The company has opened a preview program to select enterprise customers to beta test its Starlink competitor. Amazon's Leo Ultra satellite dish provides download speeds of up to 1Gbps and upload speeds of up to 400Mbps simultaneously. A wider commercial rollout won't happen until next year.

BLUE ORIGIN TO BUILD A "SUPER HEAVY" ROCKET TO COMPETE WITH STARSHIP

Blue Origin plans to make a super-heavy version of its New Glenn system to rival SpaceX's Starship. Named the New Glenn 9x4, it will feature a larger payload fairing and be able to deliver 70 metric tons to Low Earth Orbit, 14 metric tons to Geosynchronous Orbit, and 20 metric tons to the Moon. Blue Origin plans to conduct launches using both the enhanced and super-heavy versions of its New Glenn rocket to improve performance and launch cadence.

BOY WITH RARE CONDITION AMAZES DOCTORS AFTER WORLD-FIRST GENE THERAPY

Hunter syndrome is an inherited condition that causes progressive damage to the body and brain. The effects are sometimes described as a type of childhood dementia, and patients with the disease usually die before the age of 20 in the most severe cases. Medical staff in Manchester have halted the disease in a three-year-old boy by altering his cells using gene therapy. It has only been a year since starting the treatment, but the boy appears to be developing normally.

REALLY GOOD SEARCH IS REALLY HARD

Search remains a highly open problem. This post looks at how to design information systems for agents. Agents need to have ready access to information without a human in the loop. Systems that plug AI in require highly configurable behavior and properties that aren't always conventional.

HOW WE BUILT THE V0 IOS APP

Vercel recently released its first mobile app, v0 for iOS. Building a native app was new territory for the company. It built dozens of iterations of the app before its public beta, experimenting with drastically different tech stacks and UI patterns each time. This post provides a technical breakdown of how the app was developed.

EXECS SAY OPENAI HAS FIRST HARDWARE PROTOTYPES, PLAN TO REVEAL DEVICE IN 2 YEARS OR LESS

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that the company has finished its first prototypes for hardware devices. The company has yet to reveal any details about what the device is or what it does. OpenAI's hardware plans are being closely watched by rivals. A successful device launch from OpenAI could threaten Apple, which has had trouble rolling out its AI features.

GOOGLE'S NEW 'ALUMINIUM OS' PROJECT BRINGS ANDROID TO PC: HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW

Google is unifying ChromeOS and Android into a single desktop platform codenamed 'Aluminium OS'. Aluminium OS will feature deep integration with Gemini at the core. There is little information on what features Gemini will enable on Android PCs. Gemini already powers an array of on-device AI features on smartphones. The operating system will eventually be extended to detachables, tablets, and mini-PCs.

VIBE CHECK: OPUS 4.5 IS THE CODING MODEL WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR

Opus 4.5 holds the thread across complex flows, course-corrects when needed, and executes like a senior engineer who knows what they're building.

NO FREE LUNCH IN VIBE CODING

As long as absolute control remains a requirement, there's no way around addressing the resulting complexity.

THE UNPOWERED SSDS IN YOUR DRAWER ARE SLOWLY LOSING YOUR DATA

SSDs can suffer from corrupted or lost data if left unpowered for extended periods.

PEBBLE WATCH SOFTWARE IS NOW 100% OPEN SOURCE + TICK TALK #4 - PT2 DEMOS!

Pebble owners now have all they need to build, run, and improve the software behind their devices.

GOOGLE REVISITS JPEG XL IN CHROMIUM AFTER EARLIER REMOVAL

JPEG XL is a replacement for JPEG that introduces animation support and also reduces file size without a loss in visual quality.

META, GOOGLE DISCUSS TPU DEAL AS GOOGLE TARGETS NVIDIA'S LEAD

Meta is reportedly in discussions to spend billions to integrate Google's TPUs into its data centers starting in 2027 and also rent TPU capacity from Google Cloud.