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Aug
19
Apple's EU per-install fee is dead. A 5 percent sales commission replaces it.
Apple's October terms replace the per-install fee with a 5 percent revenue commission, retain monthly reporting, and lock payment choices for 12 months.
4 min read
Aug
18
DuckDB v2.0 preview targets a stable release for its Quack server mode
The preview also outlines a stable extension API and new storage format, while Quack remains beta and migration details await the fall release.
3 min read
Aug
17
Stripe’s reported OpenRouter deal is a reason to audit gateway costs and lock-in
Neither company has confirmed the reported $7B deal, and the price could still change. But the two already share billing infrastructure, which gives OpenRouter users reason to audit their routing costs, data policies, and exit path.
3 min read
Aug
13
Grok 4.6 arrives with long-running coding agents in focus
xAI positions Grok 4.6 as a frontier competitor with $2/$6 token pricing. Repository-level tests will show whether that translates into cheaper completed tasks.
2 min read
Aug
12
Zuckerberg says AI should be for everyone. Muse Glimmer is Meta’s first test
Muse Glimmer is a real 30B Apache 2.0 release, but its performance on common hardware, independent benchmark results, and Meta’s promised follow-ups remain open.
3 min read
Aug
11
Claude’s output marks are here, but developers still lack the details to test them
Claude output watermarking now applies worldwide on supported Anthropic models, but code-specific testing and older-model rollout details remain unavailable.
3 min read
Aug
10
Claude Code is automating approvals because humans stopped paying attention
Claude Code will default to auto mode as Anthropic argues that automated command review is safer than permission prompts developers stop reading.
3 min read
Aug
07
AMD's Taalas deal is a bet on dedicated silicon for the right AI models
AMD plans to add Taalas technology to its roadmap, putting model churn, updateability, and the economics of dedicated inference in focus.
2 min read
Aug
06
Meta’s Muse Code bets that a coding agent needs durable state, not just a stronger model
Meta's Muse Code beta combines persistent background agents with an append-only event log, betting durable state matters more than another benchmark chart.
2 min read
Aug
05
FFmpeg 9.0 makes network access safer, but this is not a drop-in upgrade
FFmpeg 9.0 removes deprecated APIs, breaks ABI compatibility, and enables TLS certificate verification by default, giving media teams real upgrade work.
3 min read