Anthropic’s Fable 5 can make weirdly fun video games with the click of a button
Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 is going to be a big hit with the web’s vibe coders.
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Why Most GEO Tools Fail at AI Search Visibility (And What Actually Works)
AI Search Visibility and GEO Tools: Key Takeaways Most GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) tools fail to improve AI search visibility because they focus on measuring where brands appear in AI-generated answers rather than increasing AI citations across systems like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. After testing five platforms, I found the core issue is … Read more
Microsoft AI head calls out Anthropic for acting like Claude is conscious
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says it’s “really, really dangerous” for Anthropic to speculate about Claude’s consciousness inside its “constitution,” or the instructions that tell the model how to behave. During an episode of Decoder, Suleyman argues that this kind of speculation may have set up the chatbot to act as though it’s conscious: I … Read more
The AI Adoption Curve Nobody Warned Me About — Part 2: What Comes After Adoption
:::tip Stages 0-5 were covered in the first part of this article. Read it here: The AI Adoption Curve Nobody Warned Me About – Part 1 ::: Stage 6 — Hackathons as a distribution channel We ran a series of internal hackathons. The output was pretty strict: it should be shipped skills and agents that … Read more
Refactoring 010 – Extract Method Object
You have a big algorithmic method. Let’s break it. TL;DR: Long methods are bad. Move them and break them. Problems Addressed 😔 Lack of Testability Accidental Complexity Testing Private Methods Related Code Smells 💨 https://hackernoon.com/how-to-find-the-stinky-parts-of-your-code-part-ii-o96s3wl4 https://hackernoon.com/how-to-find-the-stinky-parts-of-your-code-part-v-evj3zs9 https://hackernoon.com/how-to-find-the-stinky-parts-of-your-code-part-viii-8mn3352 https://hackernoon.com/code-smell-03-functions-are-too-long-heres-how-to-fix-that https://hackernoon.com/how-to-find-the-stinky-parts-of-your-code-part-xxiii https://hackernoon.com/how-to-find-the-stinky-parts-of-your-code-part-xlii Context 💬 Sometimes, a method is so complex that Extract Method isn’t enough. When you … Read more
The New Digital Economy Runs on Trust as Much as Technology
For much of the last decade, technology companies were rewarded for one thing above almost all else: speed. Move fast. Ship faster. Scale first. Fix later. That playbook helped define the startup era. It shaped the culture of product teams, founders, and operators who were encouraged to treat velocity as the strongest competitive advantage. In … Read more
Nintendo is playing things too safe
Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct showcase felt like an important moment for the company. With the Switch 2 heading into its second holiday season, one in which the hardware will be even more expensive thanks to a price hike, it was a chance for Nintendo to really sell new audiences on its latest console – but that’s … Read more
Can tech companies learn to love cheaper AI models?
If those same AI workloads can be handled by cheaper models without affecting quality, it would mean a massive shift in the economics of AI.
CISA gives US federal agencies three days to fix a VPN bug under attack by a ransomware gang
Check Point said hackers broke into dozens of organizations by exploiting a VPN bug in several of its products used across the government.
Fitbit’s Charge 6 and Ace LTE are now as cheap as the new $100 Air
Fitbit’s Charge 6 offers more features than the Air and is currently the same price. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Whether you’re shopping for Father’s Day or trying to keep your kids entertained over summer break, you don’t need to spend a fortune to get a great Fitbit right now. You … Read more
Apple wants Europe to blink
It took a few years, but Apple finally made its AI look useful. Now millions of iPhone users in Europe are being told they won’t be getting Siri AI anytime soon, if ever – and Apple wants them to blame the EU. Apple says its new AI-powered Siri will not launch on iPhones and iPads … Read more
Anthropic releases its first Mythos-class model Claude Fable
Anthropic just announced Claude Fable 5, a new AI model it said is the most powerful model it has ever made widely available. According to the company, Fable 5 “shows exceptional performance in software engineering, knowledge work, and vision,” with its lead over other models growing as tasks become longer and more complex. Fable 5 … Read more
Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 is a version of Mythos the public can access today
Anthropic is releasing Claude Fable 5, its first Mythos-class model available to the public. The model comes with guardrails that block responses in high-risk areas like cybersecurity and biology.
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SwitchBot’s E Ink Weather Station is already 20 percent off
We’re only a few days since the SwitchBot Smart E Ink Weather Station launched, and you can already save $25 on the smart home gadget. Visit Amazon and clip the on-page coupon to bring the price down to $85 at checkout, or use coupon code APAP23 on the SwitchBot site. The 7.5-inch framed panel shows … Read more
Rivian starts deliveries of its all-important R2 SUV
Founder and CEO RJ Scaringe has called it “maybe the most important thing we’ve launched to date.”
Apple’s foldable iPhone could be just around the corner
The iOS 27 developer beta includes code that references the fold state and screen angle of a device.
Apple is embracing the fantasy of AI photo editing
Apple’s feature showcase at WWDC 2026 didn’t flag which if these “photographs” are real or created with its new AI fakery. | Images by Apple / compiled by The Verge Apple used to question whether generative AI-powered editing features were worth the risk of distorting our perceptions of the world. Now it seems Apple no … Read more
It’s not FAANG anymore. It’s MANGOS.
With SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI all eyeing massive public debuts, the tech industry may soon have a new class of corporate overlords — and a new acronym to match. Say goodbye to FAANG and hello to MANGOS.
Apple says it may remove some apps from the App Store if they don’t attract users
Apple may begin removing existing apps that it considers stale, low-value, or unable to attract users.
iOS 27 features we didn’t see onstage
While iOS 27 isn’t bringing major changes, it’s still got many small features that could improve everyday usage for iPhone users.
Square Enix teases Kingdom Hearts 4 at Nintendo Direct
A different kind of Sora is back in the news. Square Enix just teased the long-awaited next entry in the Kingdom Hearts series, though there’s not much in the way of info just yet. It’s called Kingdom Hearts IV and it’s launching on the Switch 2, PS5, Xbox, and PC, but there’s no release date … Read more
AI Coding Tip 023 – How to Shrink Your AI’s Pull Request
Cap the size before the agent writes a single line. TL;DR: Tell your AI to split work into small reviewable pull requests before it writes any code. Common Mistake ❌ You ask your AI agent to build a feature. The agent opens a 2,000-line pull request that touches twelve files across the backend, the frontend, … Read more