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MiMo-V2.6-Pro is a new open-weight AI model supporting text, image, speech, and video inputs with a 1M-token context window, scoring 46 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index versus a median of 18 among comparable models. It runs at 125 tokens per second, priced at $0.43 per million input tokens and $0.87 per million output tokens, with a total evaluation cost of $206.66.
Vocci has released a titanium-coated ring, weighing under 6 grams, that lets users record meetings and conversations by double-tapping a button, with a hold-to-ask feature for querying its AI assistant through a companion app. The ring offers roughly 8 hours of recording per charge, a charging case that adds three more charges, and produces automated transcripts, highlights, and AI-generated summaries of conversations.
Checkmarx researchers uncovered a malicious npm package called 'indexed-btree,' which mimics the legitimate 'sorted-btree' library and has racked up 2 million weekly downloads. Rather than embedding malicious code in install scripts—now restricted by npm's June 2026 security measures—the attackers hid a malware loader inside the package's commonly used BTree.prototype.set() method, which activates only when called with a specific key. Once triggered, the malware gathers system data such as hostname, CPU, memory, and uptime, and sends it to attackers who reportedly control a wallet holding 109 ETH, though its link to this campaign is unconfirmed.
A new analysis reports that as generative AI tools take over drafting, analysis and content creation, founders are spending less time producing work and more time deciding what should represent their business. Citing Microsoft's 2025 Work Trend Index, the piece notes 82% of business leaders see this as a pivotal year for rethinking operations due to AI, with nearly half expecting to expand capacity through digital labor within 12-18 months. The core argument is that AI can generate output but cannot take responsibility for it, leaving leaders accountable for outcomes.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest consumer price index shows grocery costs climbed 2.7% between August 2025 and August 2026. Over a longer stretch, the same basket of food items now costs 33% more than it did in August 2019, reflecting a sustained multi-year rise in food expenses.
TypeSafe has open-sourced Jev Ultrafast, a browser automation agent that reads a page's elements as an indexed table and picks an operation-target pair in a single network round trip, calling a small language model only when text needs to be generated. In a demo, it booked a Zürich-to-London flight search on Google Flights from a single natural-language goal in 7.1 seconds, including page load waits. The code, along with a local inspector interface for watching element probabilities and executed actions, is available on GitHub.
Executives and researchers in artificial intelligence have renewed calls for caution about the technology's risks, even warnings about existential threats to humanity, but investors largely shrugged off the concerns. Major U.S. stock indexes dipped slightly, with the mixed reaction hitting some AI-linked stocks while boosting others.
Apple's iOS 27 update introduces a new search infrastructure for Spotlight and Siri, forcing iPhones to fully re-scan storage and rebuild their search index from scratch rather than simply updating it. Users will see an 'Optimizing Search and Siri' message in Settings after installing the update, a process that can take hours or even days depending on the device, though phones remain usable throughout.
After installing iOS 27, some iPhone users see an 'Optimizing Search and Siri' banner in Settings. Apple says this happens because the update overhauls the Search infrastructure announced at WWDC in June, requiring the device to rebuild its entire search index from scratch rather than simply updating the old one.
Valve has begun taking reservations for the Steam Frame, a standalone VR headset priced at $1,049, marking its first major hardware push into virtual reality since largely stepping back from the category years ago. Ars Technica's early hands-on testing found the device notably lightweight at 440 grams, about 15 percent lighter than the Meta Quest 3, thanks to a split design separating the battery pack from the lens housing.
Valve has released the Steam Frame, a VR headset that can run games independently using an onboard Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip and up to 1TB of storage, rather than relying solely on PC streaming like its predecessor, the Valve Index. The device weighs roughly half as much as the Index thanks to lighter materials, and uses six cameras for tracking, passthrough, and eye-tracking, with a price tag exceeding $1,000.
Valve developers told the BBC and other outlets that the Steam Frame VR headset was meant to launch cheaper, but rising global RAM and storage costs forced its price up to $1,059. The company said it was too late in development to redesign the device with less memory, and it may be selling the headset near cost, similar to its Steam Machine console.