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I started using DeepSeek’s API about three weeks ago. Not because I needed another AI tool — I already pay for a few — but because a friend kept mentioning how cheap it was. I figured I’d burn a few bucks, test it out, and forget about it. I didn’t forget about it. But I … Read more
I’ve been quietly watching Tencent’s WorkBuddy for a few months. It’s not the flashiest AI tool out there, but the numbers are hard to ignore. Over 20 million desktop visits in June alone. That’s not nothing. Now they’re about to drop Hy4 into it. Here’s the short version: Tencent’s new flagship model, Hy4, was spotted … Read more
DeepSeek Harness just got another update. RC.8 landed two days after RC.7, and it’s not just a bug-fix release. This one changes how the whole thing works. The short version: DeepSeek Harness is turning into a dispatch layer for AI agents. You give it a task, it works out which agent should handle which part, … Read more
The first batch ships this month. The company says it can zap a mosquito in 0.003 seconds. And honestly? I’m not sure if I’m terrified or impressed. Let me back up. This runs into the same wall Xiaomi hits in the US, incidentally. The phones are perfectly legal, you just can’t buy one. What the … Read more
I will be honest about my first reaction. When I saw DeepSeek Harness (DSH) trending on GitHub, I assumed it was another AI repository riding a wave of hype. GitHub star counts can mean several different things. Sometimes they reflect respect for the founder. Sometimes people bookmark a repo to read later and then forget … Read more
Google keeps shipping AI features that look great in a keynote and then quietly disappear from my life. So when Chrome started baking Gemini straight into the browser, I assumed Auto Browse would be another one of those. Then I read the fine print. This isn’t a summarize-the-page button — it’s an agent that can … Read more
Macs have a reputation for being untouchable. People assume there are no viruses, no hackers, and nothing bad ever happens to them. That reputation is wrong, and this month is a good example of why. Apple released an emergency update on August 6 for macOS Tahoe 26.6.1, Sequoia 15.7.9, and Sonoma 14.8.9. The patch fixed … Read more
I haven’t installed iOS 26.6.1 yet. I’ll be honest, I usually wait a few days. Let other people find the bugs. But I read through Apple’s security notes this morning, and what’s in there is worth paying attention to. Apple released iOS 26.6.1 today. No new features. No redesigned Lock Screen. No AI emoji generator. … Read more
I’ve been using GitHub Copilot for about a year now. It’s good. Really good. But not everyone wants to pay $10 a month for autocomplete. Some people code once a week. Some are students. Some just want to see if AI-assisted coding actually helps them before committing to a subscription. So I spent the last … Read more
Got a bunch of these emails this morning. “Password reset request for your account.” Over and over. From my own site. I didn’t ask for any of them. Someone, or something, was poking the “lost password” button on piall.com. Annoying? Yes. Scary? Not really. At least not after I looked closer. Here’s the thing. WordPress … Read more