Perplexity partners with Nvidia to launch Portable Computer, a fully local AI agent with zero token costs

Perplexity is launching Portable Computer today, a version of its agentic "Computer" platform that runs entirely on hardware users already own — starting with Nvidia's DGX Spark deskt [...]

Your enterprise AI agents should automatically remember which model is right for which task. Mindstone built the capability with Rebel

AI agent orchestration platforms are popping up like weeds these days, but London-based AI transformation startup Mindstone's Rebel might be among the most promising I've come across. That&# [...]

Perplexity AI unveils hybrid local-cloud inference system at Computex 2026

Perplexity AI, the fast-growing search startup now valued at $20 billion, unveiled what it calls the first hybrid local-server inference orchestrator at Computex 2026 on Monday night, demonstrating so [...]

Block’s new Apache 2.0 agent workspace Berd works across models and harnesses, stores conversation history locally

Block, the technology company founded by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey that owns Square, Cash App and the music streaming service Tidal, is open-sourcing Berd, a desktop application it originally bui [...]

Meta returns to open source with Muse Glimmer, an Apache 2.0 licensed 30B parameter AI model optimized for agents — available now

Meta today released Muse Glimmer, a 30-billion-parameter open-weight model designed to run autonomous AI agents directly on consumer hardware — pushing agentic workloads that normally depend on clou [...]

How to use Magnifier on a MacBook to zoom in on faraway text

One of the iPhone’s many accessibility features is something Apple calls "Magnifier," which uses the smartphone's cameras to magnify and identify objects in the world around you. For [...]

Ancient skull may have been half human, half Neanderthal child

CT scans hint at hybridization, but it will take extracting and analyzing a DNA sample to be certain. [...]

Fermented meat with a side of maggots: A new look at the Neanderthal diet

Researchers reconstruct ancient diets by studying stable nitrogen isotope ratios. [...]

Neanderthal brains measure up to ours—literally

The differences between our brains and Neanderthals' were likely cosmetic. [...]