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Gemini 4 Argon vs. Claude Opus 5.5: Half the price and about half as accurate

When Google announced Gemini 4 Argon to a small group of testers on September 30, it came with a benchmark
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The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Amanda Caswell
Liquid AI caught its model cheating on coding tests — then it recognized the sandbox

Liquid AI’s new reasoning model was built to solve coding problems, but during training it kept combing Git history, GitHub,
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Paul Alexis Reading at Zola's House, 1870 #paulcezanne #romanticism
Mark Gurman is pretty down on the iPhone Duo launch:
Apple has dealt with launch shortages before, but a three-month wait for a new iPhone is practically unprecedented.
Doesn’t bother me, but I know some developers are annoyed that they can’t test their apps for months.
Along the Mississippi River as we head out of Minneapolis. 🚂
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• John Scalzi
What a Good “AI” Policy Looks Like
Subvert is a creator-owned music platform, catering primarily to indie musicians; think of it as Bandcamp if it was a co-op. Subvert recently released a policy on the use of “AI” in the music that’s released on the site, and for anyone who is curious about things like this, I really think it’s worth a […]
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• Jo Borrás
Tiny Titan: new residential battery system from EcoFlow starts small

EcoFlow is hoping to make a titanic splash with its new, smaller (but scalable!) residential energy storage lineup that the company is calling a more approachable entry point to its backup battery offerings.
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• Jo Borrás
E-quipment highlight: LEAPTING launches electric autonomous forklift

Chinese PV and solar equipment brand LEAPTING has taken the wraps off its new, battery-powered Auto-Navigation Forklift Robot (AFR) designed to speed up the installation of large, utility-scale solar power projects.
more…I’m feeling so lucky that I get to build software for people like @patrickrhone. We were able to catch up this morning as my train stopped just long enough at the Minneapolis - St. Paul station.
The San Francisco Standard
• Stan Oklobdzija
To fix California, make its politicians afraid to lose
The state has the nation’s largest homeless population and some of its most expensive housing — yet incumbents rarely pay a price. A slew of new parties is the answer.
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• Jessica Blough
Seven friends took a gamble on a Mid-Market ‘communal living room.’ Now what?
A group of twentysomethings turned an empty loft into a hub for dance classes, “bad art,” and science shows. Burnout nearly shut it down.
The San Francisco Standard
• Rachyl Jones
Sexy, texts back, and is really into your job? You might be dating a spy
Spies are targeting tech workers in the Bay Area. We asked experts how to recognize when it’s love, friendship, or espionage.
The San Francisco Standard
• Zara Stone
So you’re about to be a Bay Area billionaire. Here’s some advice
An expert on the mega-rich answers our burning questions about freeloading friends, nepo babies, and whether money can actually buy happiness.