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GPT-5.6 Sol vs Terra vs Luna: 20x Price Gap [2026]

OpenAI stopped shipping one flagship model at a time back in July 2026. GPT-5.6 arrived as a three-tier family instead: Sol, Terra, and Luna, each aimed at a different budget and a different job. Seven weeks later, that pricing structure has already been cut twice, the free ChatGPT tier has switched its default model, and…

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The Download: a secretive antiaging drug and joining virtual power plants

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A startup claims it’s found a drug to make your blood young —Antonio Regalado I knew I’d officially become a “longevity influencer” when a company called Generation Lab offered me the…

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Steam Controller vs Xbox vs DualSense: 34-Hour Gap [2026]

Valve’s redesigned Steam Controller sold out inside an hour of its May 4, 2026 launch, and eight months later it is still the hardest gamepad to actually buy. That scarcity has pushed a lot of PC and Steam Deck owners back toward the two controllers everyone already owns: Microsoft’s Xbox Wireless Controller and Sony’s DualSense.…

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Atari Gamestation Go vs Super Pocket: 288-Game Gap [2026]

Not every retro handheld wants you to load a ROM. A small but growing corner of the handheld market skips emulation folders and cartridge slots entirely, shipping instead with a fixed library of licensed games baked straight into the hardware. Turn it on, and the games are already there. In August 2026, three devices define…

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Meta Muse Glimmer: 30B AI Model Fits in 20GB VRAM [2026]

Meta put a number on the table on August 10, 2026, and the number is 30 billion. That is the parameter count of Muse Glimmer, an open-weight AI model that Meta Superintelligence Labs says is small enough to run on a single consumer GPU, no data center required. The release, detailed on Meta’s official research…

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