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Nvidia ships GeForce NOW native Linux app, opens 2,000-game library to Chromebooks
The Linux client exits beta on Ubuntu 24.04, DLSS Frame Generation gets a latency cut, and Chromebook Fast Pass throws in a free year.
Model ML wires GPT-5.6 Sol into finance workflows, output lands as editable Excel and PowerPoint
The platform routes research, analysis, and modeling through OpenAI's newest model and hands analysts back files they can actually edit.
Ford rolls out AI assistant to 8 million vehicle owners via mobile app
The chatbot answers questions about fuel levels, towing capacity and service needs. A voice version lands inside vehicles in 2027.
Anthropic flips Claude Code into auto mode by default
Starting August 14, Pro, Max, and Team accounts get an agent that stops asking permission at every step.
Meetily ships a free, local meeting transcriber that skips the cloud
The open-source app records and summarizes Zoom, Meet, and Teams calls on-device, undercutting the $10–$20/month meeting-assistant tier.
Google is force-shipping a Gemini toolbar into Docs. Here's how to turn it off.
The opt-out lives inside a Gmail setting that also kills spellcheck, smart compose, and autocorrect. A Chrome extension does it cleaner.
Cloudflare launches Kitesurf, a cloud browser built for AI agents
The serverless browser skips the visual chrome and targets CPU and memory efficiency for headless agent workloads.
Cloudflare open-sources Cloudflare OS, its internal vibe-coding platform
The sandboxed AI agent workspace runs each app instance in a V8 isolate, uses a few megabytes of memory, and ships free on GitHub.
Google Maps turns Ask Maps into an agent that orders food and books hotels
Ask Maps now handles restaurant orders through Square, Toast, and Uber Eats, and pulls from Gmail and Calendar to personalize trip planning.
Meta releases Muse Code, a terminal agent for large repositories
The beta agent fans out to parallel sub-agents in isolated worktrees, aiming at OpenAI's Codex and Anthropic's Claude Code on price.
Reddit rolls out AI moderator Rules Hub, plans to phase out Automod
The LLM-based system moves beyond keyword matching and will hit all new communities before a full 2026 launch.
Hark previews Handoff, a browser-use agent for real-world tasks
The $700M-funded startup claims its post-trained model beats GPT 5.5 and Opus 4.8 on cost and speed for browser automation.
MacPaw partners with Liquid AI to bring on-device inference to SetApp developers
The Ukraine-based developer will offer Liquid AI's Elix runtime to the 150,000 paying users on its SetApp store, with cloud model access to follow.
Wispr Flow launches AI Notetaker, extends recording to 6 hours
The dictation startup joins Granola and Otter in the meeting-transcription race, with a 60x jump in session length and a Mac-first rollout.
ESPN debuts AI tells detection at 2026 WSOP, poker pros unimpressed
The tool tracks blinks, posture, and chip handling to guess hand strength — but a small camera sample limits what it can learn.
Granola CEO refuses to give bosses access to employee meeting transcripts
The $1.5B AI notetaker keeps notes private by default and turns down CEO requests for company-wide access to what workers say in meetings.
Friend AI wearable returns at $249 with a built-in voice
Avi Schiffmann's talking necklace now costs 2.5x its original price, betting a speaker and a persona can succeed where Humane's AI pin failed.
Nvidia pitches Jetson Orin Nano Super as pocket-sized robot brain at 67 TOPS
Nvidia is targeting first-time robotics developers with a handbag-sized dev kit that runs generative AI locally, no cloud required.
Sandbar's Stream smart ring bets an AI gadget is just a microphone on your finger
The Stream ships later this year with dictation, whisper mode, and cross-device transcription — no screen, no assistant of its own, just voice input.
Perplexity brings Personal Computer agent to Windows for $200/month users
The agentic tool works across local files, Microsoft 365, and the web, targeting enterprise workflows that live on Windows desktops.
Bluesky expands Attie AI assistant with open-web research feature
Quests lets users query trending topics and influential accounts across the AT Protocol as Bluesky's growth flattens near 45.6M accounts.
OpenAI brings ChatGPT Voice to the desktop app with agent control
The macOS and Windows update lets users direct ChatGPT Work and Codex agents by voice, powered by the new GPT-Live model family.
Amazon expands Alexa Plus with MCP support and new smart-home partners
The upgraded assistant now routes requests across appliances from Bosch, Whirlpool, iRobot and Yale, with Canva, Lyft and Priceline joining via MCP.
Runway launches Media Router to pick best generative AI model per task
The startup is pivoting from frontier video model maker to orchestration layer as Google, ByteDance, and Alibaba crowd the leaderboards.
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