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Building a Published App with Zero Code in Four Days: A Complete HarmonyOS Development Journey
A tech blogger with zero programming knowledge built a retro DV app in four days using AI tools like Cursor and Codex, and got it published on Huawei App Gallery. A full vibe coding walkthrough.
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Gemini Button Missing After Android 16 Upgrade? Three Ways to Get It Back
After upgrading to Android 16, was your Gemini shortcut replaced by Google Search? Learn why and three ways to restore it: reset the digital assistant, reactivate the Gemini app, or access it manually.
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Vivo's India Joint Venture: A New Blueprint for Chinese Smartphone Brands Going Local
Vivo's India JV signals a new era for Chinese smartphone brands. We analyze the strategic logic, geopolitical context, and what it means for OPPO, Xiaomi, and India's manufacturing ambitions.
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ChatGPT Plus/Pro Plans: A Complete Comparison of Features and Payment Methods
A detailed breakdown of ChatGPT Plus ($20) vs Pro ($100/$200) plan features, comparing credit card, gift card, and Google Play top-up methods, plus an honest look at third-party top-up risks.
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How Does AI Conquer Imperfect Information Games? A Deep Dive into Tactico
Chess and Go have been conquered by AI, but imperfect information games with hidden data are the true frontier. This article dives deep into Tactico: how imitation learning + self-play RL train AI toward Nash equilibrium.
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Hands-On With Hermes Agent's Eight Major Updates: A Complete Guide to AI Automation and Self-Evolution
The Hermes Agent gets a major upgrade with eight new features: native iMessage, parallel background sub-agents, Unreal Engine MCP support, a self-evolving Skill Hub, and more. A hands-on breakdown of the core changes and their real impact on personal AI automation workflows.
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TomoAI vs Daimon: An In-Depth AI Companion Comparison — Which One Is Worth Sticking With?
An in-depth comparison of AI companion apps TomoAI and Daimon: conversation experience, long-term memory, cross-platform support, and pricing to help you find the right AI companion.
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The Rise of Small AI Models: A Guide to Deploying Intelligence in Weak-Network and Offline Environments
Large AI models rely on stable cloud connections and struggle in weak-network, remote, or resource-constrained settings. This article explores how small AI models achieve affordable, reliable, universal AI through offline inference, distillation, and on-device deployment.
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Open-Source Writing App Hammer Seeks Translation Volunteers — No Coding Skills Required
Hammer is an MIT-licensed, local-first open-source story writing tool available cross-platform. Facing a localization manpower shortage, it seeks translation volunteers via Crowdin — no coding needed. Chinese localization remains a blank slate.
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GhostLock: A Deep Dive into the 15-Year-Old Linux Stack UAF Vulnerability
GhostLock is a stack use-after-free (stack-UAF) vulnerability affecting all major Linux distributions, lurking for 15 years. A deep dive into its mechanics, severity, scope, and practical mitigation.
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Rumored Pixel-Wide Price Hike: Watch 5 Starting Price May Rise to $399
Per French leak site Dealabs, Google's Pixel lineup may see across-the-board price hikes. The Pixel Watch 5 41mm could start at $399, with the LTE version reaching $499—nearly 15% higher than the Watch 4.
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European Parliament Members Investigating Spyware Hacked by Pegasus: The Watchdogs Become the Watched
EU spyware committee members hacked by Pegasus, exposing the regulatory crisis of commercial spyware. Deep analysis of zero-click attacks, systemic risks to democratic oversight, and the urgent need for international regulation.
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GPT-5.6 Hands-On Deep Dive: ChatGPT and Codex Merge, Full Analysis of the Sol Model
GPT-5.6 is officially released, merging ChatGPT and Codex into one app and launching the three-tier Sol, Terra, and Luna models. A detailed breakdown of 16 hands-on tests plus Worker mode and Codex dev upgrades.
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Gemini Live Integrates Nano Banana: A Complete Guide to Real-Time Camera, Image Generation, and Maps Integration
Google's Gemini Live now integrates the Nano Banana image generation model with Connected Apps like Google Maps, supporting real-time camera scene understanding and visualization. Free worldwide.
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Google's $250K Bounty: Linux VM Escape Vulnerability Sets a Historic Record
Google paid a security researcher $250K for a Linux kernel VM escape vulnerability, setting a VRP record. An in-depth analysis of VM escape principles, kCTF incentives, and cloud security impact.
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SparkyFitness: The Rise of an Open-Source, Self-Hosted Health Tracking App
SparkyFitness is an open-source, self-hosted alternative to MyFitnessPal and Flo. In one year: 4,500 users, 73 contributors, covering nutrition, sleep, women's health, GLP-1 tracking, and more.
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No-Code Smart Dictation Assistant: A WorkBuddy Case Study Breakdown
Tired of sitting through kids' dictation every day? This article breaks down a no-code smart dictation assistant built with WorkBuddy — OCR reads the textbook, TTS reads each word aloud, and kids handle it independently.
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Deep Dive: How a Local User Can Escalate to Root via an OpenBSD Kernel UAF Vulnerability
A kernel-level Use-After-Free vulnerability in OpenBSD allows local attackers to escalate privileges to root via dangling pointers. Learn how UAF works, its impact, and mitigation steps.
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Samsung's Chip Profit in a Single Year Exceeds 40 Years Combined: The AI Wave Triggers a Memory Price Crisis
Samsung's chip division is set to earn more profit in one year than in its past 40 years combined, with quarterly profit surging 19x YoY, surpassing NVIDIA. AI data centers are seizing HBM and DRAM capacity, driving up DDR5 and SSD prices.
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Running LLMs Locally: The Illusion vs. the Real Value of Open-Weight Models
Open weight ≠ runnable locally. This article breaks down the hardware barriers, VRAM limits, electricity costs, and parallelism constraints of models like GLM 5.2 and DeepSeek — revealing where open-weight models truly add value: driving cloud competition, not home replication.
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