Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.2 today, the most recent version of its model designed for rigorous technical tasks. Regular users benefit from faster responses, clearer writing, and a price reduction that reduces the cost down to $8 per million input tokens and $40 per million output tokens. An optional fast mode doubles those rates in exchange for generating speeds that are two and a half times faster than the usual setting.
DEEPX, a South Korean chip designer, has been showing off its DX-M1 neural processing unit by placing ordinary sticks of butter directly on the silicon while it runs AI workloads. In side-by-side tests against other AI chips, the butter on the DX-M1 stays firm and unchanged. On the competing chips, the same butter softens and melts within seconds under identical conditions. Company founder and CEO Kim Nok-won has stated that the DX-M1 runs 25 to more than 40 degrees Celsius cooler than the alternatives during those runs.
MacBook owners have spent years treating the black camera cutout at the top of their screens as little more than dead space. A small new utility called Archie finally assigns that empty area a clear purpose by turning it into a temporary shelf for screenshots. Independent designer Artiom Piatrykin built the native macOS app so captured images stay within easy reach instead of scattering across the desktop or vanishing into a crowded folder. Once installed, Archie watches the usual screenshot location and pulls new captures into the notch area automatically, ready for quick use without any change to the standard keyboard shortcuts everyone already knows.
Boston Dynamics recently swapped the feet on one of its electric Atlas humanoids for scooter wheels and let a learned controller take over. A single custom adapter mounts an off-the-shelf scooter rim straight onto each existing ankle actuator, and that adapter is the only new part in the entire build. Because the robot was already designed for high-volume production and easy service, the change took about as much effort as swapping a bicycle wheel. In software the team simply modeled each wheel as a spinning ankle, then trained the same whole-body controller they use on the walking version.
Michael Alm is no stranger to building furniture and shop tools that feel both useful and carefully made. For this project he turned that same approach toward something smaller and more playful: a portable arcade that folds shut like a suitcase and can travel to a friend’s house or a weekend trip. The finished piece is compact enough to carry by a strap handle, yet it opens to reveal a 15.6-inch screen, real Sanwa controls, and a full set of classic games ready to play.