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💻 China’s LineShine Tops Supercomputer List Without GPUs China’s LineShine from Shenzhen leads the TOP500 supercomputer ranking with 2.19 exaflops , 22% faster than the US’s El Capitan . LineShine uses nearly 14 million computing cores and a custom design without GPUs, avoiding US export limits. It combines scientific computing and AI, running a decade of weather forecasts over East Asia in 15 ho…

🤖 OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol Beats Claude Mythos OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol edges out Claude Mythos 5 in agent coding with 88.8% vs. 88% on Terminal-Bench 2.1. The Sol Ultra variant scores 91.9%. Sol matches Anthropic’s model in cybersecurity using three times fewer tokens. The US government restricts its release, which OpenAI opposes. OpenAI plans wider API and Cerebras access in July. Officials previously…

🔍 Android 17 adds virtual gamepad for foldables Android 17 introduces a gaming mode for foldable phones that turns half the unfolded screen into a virtual gamepad with touch buttons. It arrives in the coming months. The virtual controller works at the system level, supporting any game with physical gamepad compatibility. It offers a full set of controls : D-pad, sticks, A, B, X, Y buttons, bumper…

❄️ Adidas unveils clothing with built-in air conditioning Adidas has introduced a new collection featuring built-in cooling systems . Oversized jackets and shorts inflate while integrated fans circulate air inside the garments to keep the wearer cool. The concept is inspired by cooling equipment used by Formula 1 drivers and professional football players, adapting the technology for everyday clot…

🤖 OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 trio OpenAI released three GPT-5.6 models: Sol , Terra , and Luna . Sol is the largest, outperforming Mythos with half the cost and three times fewer tokens, offering 5-6x efficiency. Terra is mid-tier, three times cheaper than Mythos and better than Opus 4.8. Luna is the cheapest and fastest, still solid. Access is limited to testers for now, with wider rollout in weeks…

🤖 Notion Integrates Claude Agents in Beta Notion added support for Claude agents in its beta, letting users work with Claude directly inside their workspace. The new Agents section in the sidebar lets you pick Claude, start from a template or scratch, and set instructions and triggers. Claude agents can answer chat questions, handle documents and task boards, and create or edit content. They only…

🍏 Apple raises prices across most devices Apple increased prices on nearly all hardware. 🔸 MacBook Neo rose $100 to $700 🔸 MacBook Air $200 to $1300 🔸 MacBook Pro $300 to $2000 🔸 iPad Pro went up $200 to $1200 🔸 HomePod mini $30 to $130 The lineup includes laptops, tablets, smart speakers, and the Vision Pro headset, which rose $200 to $3700. iPhones kept current prices, but the iPhone 18 series…

🤖 OpenAI Codex Now Dominates Output Tokens Inside OpenAI , Codex accounts for 99.8% of output tokens, while ChatGPT makes up just 0.2%. Business users generate about 64% of their token consumption through Codex . The top 1% of Codex users run agents for an average of 71 hours daily across all agents. Tasks requiring around 8 hours of human work now represent over 25% of prompts, up from just over…

📱 Nothing unveils fan-made Dream Phone concept Nothing revealed the Dream Phone , a compact concept under 6 inches built from community requests. It brings back a 3.5mm headphone jack and a microSD slot, features rare in modern phones. The front camera hides in a pop-up module with two sensors, leaving the screen uninterrupted by notches or holes. The rear camera block is flush with the body, pre…

🤖 Anthropic launches Claude Tag for team workflows Anthropic introduced Claude Tag , a team mode where one Claude bot lives in a channel and handles tasks from any member, breaking work into steps and replying in threads. Claude Tag remembers channel context , runs projects over hours or days, and highlights key points. Admins control access , set roles, and track all actions with spending limits…

🤖 OpenAI unveils first custom AI chip OpenAI introduced its first in-house chip called Jalapeño , designed solely for inference tasks. It is currently in testing and reportedly outperforms competing chips in efficiency. The chip was developed with Broadcom , known for making AI chips for Meta and Google TPU, and Anthropic also collaborates with them. Integration into full servers is pending since…

⚡ FAW Jiefang tests sodium-ion electric truck FAW Jiefang ran an electric truck with a 339 kWh sodium-ion battery over 15,000 km in real conditions. The battery kept over 90% capacity at −40 °C and charged fully in 20-25 minutes. The truck’s battery was developed with Zhongke Haina and offers more than 8,000 fast charge cycles . Sodium-ion chemistry is cheaper and more stable under heat than lith…