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Aug 27, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Ben Funk

    Update: NVIDIA Reportedly Makes A $12.9 Billion Power Play To Buy Hugging Face (opens the original)

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    Update: NVIDIA Reportedly Makes A $12.9 Billion Power Play To Buy Hugging Face by Ben Funk — Thursday, August 27, 2026, 10:34 AM EDT The internet's largest hub for acquiring open-weight AI models has been reportedly shopping itself around, and NVIDIA may just be the company to snatch it up. Hugging Face is synonymous with model distribution (and also AI-related security incidents), and is absolutely essential in the current AI ecosystem. Reportedly, this acquisition could cost NVIDIA $12.9 billi

  2. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Ben Funk

    Perplexity Portable Computer Turns NVIDIA DGX Spark Into An Out-Of-The-Box Local AI Agent (opens the original)

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    Perplexity Portable Computer Turns NVIDIA DGX Spark Into An Out-Of-The-Box Local AI Agent by Ben Funk — Wednesday, August 26, 2026, 10:12 AM EDT Local AI is a fast-moving field, and there's a lot of confusion around how to get started with it. Most novice users start with a lot of questions, like "what models will run well on my hardware?" or "how do I serve it?" nevermind even interacting with the model, to get it to perform certain tasks efficiently. There has been traditionally a lot of setup

  3. Article · Jul 21, 2026 · Ben Funk

    The Future Of Gaming Is Digital, Whether You Like It Or Not (opens the original)

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    The Future Of Gaming Is Digital, Whether You Like It Or Not by Ben Funk — Tuesday, July 21, 2026, 01:45 PM EDT All at once in a single tweet, Sony tanked 30 years of goodwill towards the PlayStation brand. The company simultaneously announced that it would stop producing physical games on Blu-Ray discs after 2027, and also announced that it would close the PlayStation store for its PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita systems. And of course, the double-whammy set off a firestorm on the internet. T

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