This app's massive update supercharges power management on Windows 11
Battery Flyout’s latest update brings power management and detailed battery tracking straight to the Windows 11 Taskbar, complete with ARM64 support and a new widget.
The Download: AI puzzles and a path to our nearest star system
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. AI models flub these intelligence tests. Can you fare any better? Puzzles and games have always been central to AI development. The term “machine learning” was popularized in a 1959 article…
Anthropic’s Fable 5.1, Mythos 5.1 Cut Cache Cost 75% [2026]
Anthropic pushed out two new flagship models on September 1, 2026: Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1. The headline number is a 75% cut to cache-read pricing, but the more consequential story sits underneath it, in the compute buildout that makes a model like this possible in the first place. Anthropic says its run-rate…
Our new partnership brings long-duration energy storage to West Virginia.
Google is collaborating with MN8 Energy and Eos Energy Enterprises on a new clean energy project on the PJM grid.
Build a Self-Hosted Text-to-Speech API: 12 Steps [2026]
Every hosted text-to-speech API eventually hits the same wall: per-character billing that scales with your product, not your budget. ElevenLabs, OpenAI’s TTS endpoint, and Google Cloud’s voice API all work well, but none of them let you run inference on hardware you already own or keep customer audio off a third-party server. Zyphra’s ZONOS2 changes…
Claude Fable Stokes Crypto Hack Fears: $600M Lost [2026]
Crypto markets are on edge again, and this time the trigger isn’t a hack that already happened. It’s a model that hasn’t fully shipped yet. Anthropic’s push toward a public release of Claude Fable, reported by Yellow.com and picked up by outlets including Axios, Intelligent Living, 36Kr and OfficeChai, has revived a debate that security…
Anbernic vs AYANEO vs Retroid: $174 Handheld Gap [2026]
Three handhelds, three completely different bets, and a $174 gap between the cheapest and the most expensive. Between early August and late June 2026, Anbernic, AYANEO, and Retroid each shipped a device aimed squarely at the retro and budget-Android handheld buyer, and none of them are chasing the same customer. The Anbernic RG SP launched…
Chrome and Firefox Updates Patch Dozens of Vulnerabilities
The browser refreshes fix multiple use-after-free, sandbox escape, and privilege escalation bugs. The post Chrome and Firefox Updates Patch Dozens of Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Azahar vs Citra vs Lime3DS: 3DS Emulation After the $2.4M Shutdown [2026]
Nintendo 3DS emulation on PC looks nothing like it did two years ago. Citra, the emulator that defined the category for a decade, went dark on March 5, 2024, after Nintendo’s parent company Tropic Haze settled a lawsuit tied to the Yuzu Switch emulator for $2.4 million. That settlement didn’t just kill Yuzu — it…
OpenAI Astra Hits Critical Threshold: 2 Zero-Days [2026]
OpenAI said this week that its next model, code-named Astra, has crossed the company’s own “Critical” cybersecurity threshold, the highest tier in its internal risk-classification system. TechCrunch reported on September 1, 2026 that internal testing showed Astra could find previously unknown security flaws and exploit them without a human walking it through each step. Fortune’s…