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News · Oct 13, 2026

Google opens Gemini 4 Argon to everyone with a 1M-token limit

Google’s frontier Gemini 4 Argon model is available today via API, Antigravity, the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search for Pro and Ultra subscribers.

News · Oct 13, 2026
Anthropic: small AI models may soon self-replicate on IoT devices
A 12 October research post shows a 26B model running across 15 cheap Android TV boxes and projects small weight-based replicators by late 2026.
News · Oct 13, 2026
Microsoft unveils Maia 300 AI chip, its main inference system from 2027
Microsoft's third-generation Azure Maia chip promises 40% more tokens per megawatt than leading GPU systems and up to 7x Maia 200's rack throughput.
News · Oct 13, 2026
Intel names its Crescent Island AI chip: GPU D-Series, with up to 480 GB of memory
Intel's inference accelerator, codenamed Crescent Island, is now the GPU D-Series. The first model, the D270, uses Xe3P and is rated at 1.3 PFLOPS of FP8 within an air-cooled 350 W card.
News · Oct 13, 2026
AMD Helion is an open rack blueprint for agentic AI, with up to 32,768 CPU cores
At the OCP Global Summit AMD introduced Helion, an open rack design for AI agents. The CPU-only version uses 6th Gen EPYC 'Venice' chips, and an all-in-one version adds Instinct GPUs.
News · Oct 13, 2026
Dell adds Intel Core Ultra 7 Series 3 models to the XPS 13 in India
The refreshed 1kg ultraportable starts at Rs 1,80,990 and pairs a 2.5K 120Hz touchscreen with Wi‑Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.0.
Buying Guides · Oct 13, 2026
Buying a laptop for local AI: how much memory, GPU and NPU you really need
Want to run AI models on your own laptop? This guide explains how model size maps to memory, when an NPU helps, and which specs to prioritise.
News · Oct 12, 2026
Meta launches Muse Wonder, its most capable AI models for agents and coding
Muse Wonder is available via the Meta Model API at $4/$20 per million tokens, while the more advanced Muse Wonder Full is limited to Muse Code subscribers.
News · Oct 12, 2026
AMD's new Ryzen AI Halo packs 192 GB of unified memory for local AI
AMD's Ryzen AI Halo developer box uses the Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 with 192 GB of LPDDR5x, so models with 300B+ parameters can run on a desktop. The Linux version costs $7,299.99 at Micro Center.
Explainers · Oct 10, 2026
Wi‑Fi 7, explained: what's new and do you need it?
Multi-Link Operation, 320 MHz channels and 4K-QAM in plain English — plus how to decide whether upgrading your router makes sense.