2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (448+ words) Slackforce Surfaces lets teams describe dashboards, reports and other tools in plain language, then build them inside the conversation. Slack is adding a way to build dashboards, reports and other interactive tools inside a chat: Slackforce Surfaces lets users describe…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (354+ words) Omarchy M is targeting M1 and M2 Macs with a native installer, GPU support, Touch ID, external displays, disk encryption and MLX. Omarchy M is the new team behind Omarchy’s push to bring its Linux desktop to Apple Silicon Macs, with M1 and M2 machines…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (256+ words) Mark Kern says his Em-8ER team built the AI-first Kun-Zhi Engine and is developing 93 times faster than with Unreal, though the claim is unverified. Mark Kern, a former Blizzard developer, says his team replaced Unreal Engine under Em-8ER with an…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (362+ words) Apple’s SimpleDesign generates protein sequences and 3D structures together, but its results have only been tested in computer benchmarks so far. Apple researchers have introduced SimpleDesign, an AI model for SimpleDesign protein design that generates amino-acid sequences and three-dimensional structures together....

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (394+ words) Qualcomm says its next Snapdragon flagship can run 30-billion-parameter AI models locally, with a new NPU built for agentic workflows. Qualcomm says its upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 can run Mixture-of-Experts AI models with up to 30 billion parameters on a phone,…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (276+ words) Google’s Gemini Windows app brings Alt + Space access, Gemini Spark and connected Google apps to PCs running Windows 10 and 11. Google has launched the Gemini Windows app, giving users a native desktop client for Gemini on Windows 10 and Windows 11. The app…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (469+ words) OpenAI is bringing its full-duplex GPT-Live-1 voice model to developers, with live interruptions, backend delegation and pricing from $0.05 per minute. OpenAI is making GPT-Live-1 available to developers through an API, bringing full-duplex voice conversations to apps that can listen and…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (526+ words) LG rejects claims that its TVs record ambient conversations, but confirms network scanning and says its ACR viewing-data system is opt-in. LG has rejected claims that its smart TVs secretly record ambient conversations, while confirming that the sets can scan…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (337+ words) Microsoft GameInput 3.5 gives Windows developers new DualSense controls, but the helper is USB-focused and does not promise Bluetooth support. Microsoft GameInput 3.5 gives Windows developers new helper functions for Sony’s DualSense and DualSense Edge controllers, including adaptive triggers, rumble and lighting…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (409+ words) Marlan Space and Loft Orbital are expanding their Altair AI satellite constellation to 50 spacecraft, with production in Abu Dhabi and launches beginning in October. Marlan Space and Loft Orbital are leading a $1 billion programme to expand the Altair AI satellite…...