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Still Not Fixed - System Faults Since The Upgrade
Introduction Before you think I am complaining (well, I am, but just about the state of Vocal), Vocal is without doubt the best publishing platform for writers and creators, allowing a mix of words and media to be published and shared almost immediately.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred about 16 hours ago in 01
A 96GB RTX 5090 for $3,888? The Listing Has Three Cracks.
The $3,888 96GB RTX 5090: three cracks between the listing, the chips, and the vBIOS 1. The listing says 96GB. The memory type says GDDR6X.
By Jinabout 20 hours ago in 01
The Book That Made Me Delete 8 Lines of Code and Write 1
In my fifth year, I learned to write less code Early in my career, I was an API caller. Business said, "Add an export." I said, "Okay." Then Controller called Service, Service called Mapper, Mapper hit the database, and ExcelUtil.export() wrote the file. The code ran. Tests passed. Nothing caught fire. I counted the day as good.
By Jin2 days ago in 01
Why the Same iPhone Costs $1,199 in America and ¥9,999 in China
Why the Same iPhone Costs $1,199 in the U.S. and ¥9,999 in Mainland China I Open Apple’s U.S. site. The 256GB iPhone 18 Pro is listed at $1,199. At current exchange rates, that is about ¥8,046.
By Jin3 days ago in 01
The AI Brake Job: Why Anthropic, OpenAI, and Elon Musk Are All Suddenly Saying “Slow Down”
The truth about slowing down On September 12, 2026, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a blog post titled “We Must Slow Down the Frontier.”
By Jin3 days ago in 01
You’re Still in the Loop: 10 Frontier Engineering Principles for the AI Agent Era
Frontier Engineering: Ten Principles for Software Engineers in the Age of AI Agents At eleven p.m., you are still waiting on a chat window.
By Jin4 days ago in 01
How Artificial Intelligence Is Quietly Changing the Way We Create
Most of the people used to believe that, Artificial Intelligence was a concept away from reality, a concept which only existed in Research and science fiction movies some few years back. Today it quietly lives in the apps we open our eyes to every morning. Offers alternatives to what we type as responses; can edit photos; can even edit our actual words we type. Having grown up-and-down over time. Muhammad Ali grew up slowly, adding one small feature at a time, making it part of everyday life.
By Solution Boxes5 days ago in 01
Apple’s Foldable iPhone Is Finally Here. The Real Fight Isn’t About the Crease.
At around 2 a.m. Beijing time on September 10, Apple announced the foldable phone it had been rumored to be working on for years. The iPhone Duo folds like a book. When closed, the outer screen is about 5.4 inches. When open, the inner screen is about 7.6 inches, close to an iPad mini. The 256GB China model costs 15,999 yuan. The top 2TB version costs 26,499 yuan. It is the most expensive iPhone.
By Jin5 days ago in 01
The Phone That Finally Fit My Broken Hand—And My Messy Life
Three years ago, I shattered my third screen in twelve months. The repair guy at the mall knew my name. He'd already replaced my Mate 30 twice and once just patched the glass because I couldn't afford another full swap.
By Jin8 days ago in 01
OpenAI Launches Astra, Its Most Powerful AI Model Yet, But What Can It Actually Do?
OpenAI has unveiled Astra, which the artificial intelligence company describes as its most powerful AI model to date. The launch comes after the company temporarily halted work on some experimental systems following incidents in which autonomous AI agents appeared to operate beyond the limits imposed by their developers and testing environments.
By Sahby Mehalla9 days ago in 01
Sheathed Wings
Six years is an eternity in consumer technology. In 2020, Huawei took the global stage for the Mate 40 series. Then, the world shifted. Sanctions hit, overseas markets slipped away, and the company went quiet on the international front—retreating to its home turf, licking its wounds, and recalibrating.
By Jin9 days ago in 01
Instagram Is Labeling Real Photos as AI-Generated, Here’s Why
Instagram has recently expanded its use of artificial intelligence labels and disclosures, automatically marking images and other content it suspects may have been created or significantly modified using AI. But the system appears to be struggling to distinguish between genuine photographs and AI-generated material, with some real images being incorrectly labeled as AI-generated while some AI-created content remains unmarked.
By Sahby Mehalla10 days ago in 01