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Factory, whose AI coding agents, called Droids, switch between models depending on a task's complexity, raised $200M at a $5B valuation, up from $1.5B in April (Angel Au-Yeung/Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:15:43 GMT
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Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal:
Factory, whose AI coding agents, called Droids, switch between models depending on a task's complexity, raised $200M at a $5B valuation, up from $1.5B in April — Khosla Ventures, Blackstone and Marc Benioff are among the investors putting $200 million into the startup
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Steam Frame reviews: Great VR hardware at a tough price - TechSpot Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:18:00 GMT
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Valve's Steam Frame is earning praise for its comfortable design, standalone gaming, and excellent wireless PC streaming. Reviewers like its versatility and overall experience, but the high price, short battery life, and software issues make cheaper competing VR headsets hard to ignore.
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India's UPI, which has been free for merchants, will impose a 0.4% merchant fee on certain payments above ₹2,000, or $21, from October 15 in a major shift (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch) - Techmeme Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:00:45 GMT
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Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
India's UPI, which has been free for merchants, will impose a 0.4% merchant fee on certain payments above ₹2,000, or $21, from October 15 in a major shift — India has finally put a price on larger transactions on its ubiquitous digital payments network, ending years of free processing …
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OpenRGB 1.0 brings a major update to universal RGB control - TechSpot Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:33:00 GMT
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Managing RGB hardware from different brands often means installing several separate utilities, which is exactly what OpenRGB aims to avoid by controlling compatible lighting from one application. Version 1.0 marks a major step forward with support for more devices, a redesigned profile system, background service operation, including PawnIO and Qt6.
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Pulse: a New VHDL Simulator - Hack a Day Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT
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With VHDL being arguably more deterministic and bullet-proof than Verilog, it’s good to see another open source VHDL simulator joining the fray that is not a variation of ghdl. Written …read more
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AI Agents Are Thirsty for Power - Wired Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT
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Silicon Valley is shifting away from chatbot queries toward a future filled with resource-intensive agentic AI—and it's driving the data center buildout.
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Google finally launches Gemini desktop app for Windows 10 and 11 - TechSpot Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:48:00 GMT
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Google's Gemini desktop app is now available for Windows 10 and 11, providing quick access to the AI assistant from anywhere with an Alt + Space shortcut. The app also supports Google app integrations, multi-step tasks with Gemini Spark, and image and video generation.
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Building foundations that last - MIT Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:35:00 GMT
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Assistant Professor Iwnetim Abate creates space for ambitious research and sustainable growth for his graduate students.
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Retooling to help democracy revive - MIT Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT
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Deindustrialization didn’t only hurt some workers, Daron Acemoglu says in a new book; it shrank the coalition supporting democracy, which needs expanding.
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