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OpenAI reaches one billion active users as it cuts GPT-5.6 prices by up to 80%
Posted on Monday August 03, 2026
On July 30, OpenAI cut the price of GPT-5.6 Luna by 80%. It now costs $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens, down from $1 and $6, respectively. GPT-5.6 Terra received a smaller 20% reduction, taking its prices from $2.50 and $15 to $2 and $12. The price of Sol, OpenAI's flagship and highest-capability model, remains unchanged.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Country music stars unite against data centers spreading across rural America
Posted on Monday August 03, 2026
Paisley was among the first to draw attention to the issue, opposing a proposed data center in Nashville that would be located about 500 yards from the city's zoo. He criticized both the scale and the setting of the project. "It would be an enormous monstrosity, an absolute eyesore and...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Doom now "runs" in Microsoft Paint thanks to a wildly inventive clipboard trick
Posted on Monday August 03, 2026
Called DoomPaint, Russinovich's creation doesn't literally execute Doom inside Microsoft's drawing app. Instead, ViZDoom, a ZDoom-based platform designed primarily for AI research, runs the engine and renders it headlessly. It loads the genuine shareware DOOM1.WAD for the first episode, while maps not included with that release use the BSD-licensed Freedoom...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
der8auer tests PC chimney effect, dropping CPU temps by 19°C with a 110cm 3D-printed tower
Posted on Monday August 03, 2026
Building one meant understanding what a chimney actually does, which isn't quite what the forum posts assume. Hot air rising is just convection, and it happens around anything warm. A chimney works because that rising air is trapped inside a tall channel, so as it climbs it drags cool air...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A Coldcard firmware flaw let hackers drain $70 million in Bitcoin in 41 minutes, with losses now topping $88 million
Posted on Sunday August 02, 2026
A flaw in Coldcard's firmware has put the spotlight on a basic part of wallet security: how the device generates its seed in the first place. The issue came into focus after an attacker drained 1,196 Bitcoin addresses on July 30 in a 41-minute stretch, taking 1,082.65 BTC worth about...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AMD's new Zen 6 chips will have a low-power core built from five different generations of Zen
Posted on Sunday August 02, 2026
Patch notes that the system needs a way to properly identify these low-power cores in user space, since they currently show up as "unknown" in the CPU topology.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A Meta developer's Linux patch could boost Steam Deck frame rates by up to 32%
Posted on Sunday August 02, 2026
David Vernet, a Linux kernel hacker at Meta, recently unveiled a series of new patches for the open source kernel. He explained that the code is designed to cut down on stuttering and frame-time spikes on AMD APU-based gaming handhelds, thanks to a new operating mode added to the amd-pstate...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
This $10 bundle of 100+ DRM-free games means to support laid-off game developers
Posted on Saturday August 01, 2026
The Game Industry Hardship Fund bundle is live on itch.io through August 13. The collection currently includes more than 100 indie titles, along with a few soundtracks, assets, and other materials, all for just $10.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Scientists built night vision that shows full color instead of just green
Posted on Saturday August 01, 2026
That distinction is key. Traditional infrared imaging systems rely on detectors that capture a broad range of wavelengths but don't preserve much detail about them, so the output is typically rendered as brightness differences in a single color, often green. Effective as that is, it doesn't take advantage of how...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
New York is suing prediction market Kalshi, calling it an illegal gambling operation
Posted on Saturday August 01, 2026
In a statement, James said Kalshi violates New York's anti-gambling laws, which are designed to protect minors from betting and combat gambling addiction in adults. "No matter what they call themselves, prediction markets like Kalshi are gambling platforms, plain and simple," she said, adding that Kalshi's actions are harming the...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »