LLM intelligence vs cost: logarithmic scales in plots hide the cost chasm between frontier and cheap models; actual OpenRouter prices alter the Pareto frontier.

Mushroom identification with AI: GPT-5.6-Sol, Gemini 3.8 Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash and Claude Fable 5.1 benchmarked on poisonous and edible species of FungiTastic. A lot of dangerous errors.

I have been experimenting with buying ChatGPT ads for my event seating assignment software. Here are the overall results from 05-Aug-2026 to 28-Aug-2026: Total spend on ChatGPT ads£289.52 Total cli…

This alpha build is updated to use .NET 11, and contains updated translations, new tiling modes for the new Mosaic effect, and EXTREMELY experimental support for running on WINE/Linux. For more info on the WINE/Linux stuff, go here. You can read more about…

Wage stagnation, inflation and sheer bad luck have left Gen Xers toiling into old age. Will we ever get to call it quits?

I Don’t Have a Smartphone… par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

We’re incredibly excited to announce that SteamDB has joined Nexus Mods.For anyone who plays games on PC, SteamDB probably needs very little introduction. But for those of you who might not have hea...

My Wireshark test of Firefox 148 showed that its AI kill switch disables generative features, but leaves telemetry and advertising untouched. Six months…

Why do so many tools have JSON config files‽ Commenting why options have been set the way they have is just such a basic thing to want to do… Why do tech people have such an aversion to writing things down⁇

In a long-awaited decision, a federal judge said Google must change its ad tech business to address antitrust issues, but did not disclose the measures.

We treat the internet as if it were air, ambient and ownerless, when in
reality, however, it is the exact opposite. This is a look at what
connects the world, and who builds and owns that infrastructure.

Trained for agentic workflows and optimized for competitive coding performance.

It’s becoming harder and harder to find tech employers that aren’t making everything worse.

Introducing Muse Spark 1.3, with max reasoning for challenging reasoning and agentic tasks and improved real-world usability.

Same model. Similar pass rates. 17.5x cost differences across 12 harness configurations.

It's time for another technical blog post about async Rust on embedded. This time we're going to pitch Embassy/Rust against FreeRTOS/C on an STM32F446 microcontroller.

the general consensus around being an npc is that you’re giving up your autonomy—essentially becoming a side character in someone else's story or watching li...