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Moto’s Tag 2 tracker is $20 for a limited time

For now, only the “Laurel Oak” color option is available for $20, not the “Arabesque” color. | Image: Motorola Announced at CES 2026, the Moto Tag 2 has finally arrived in the US. The Bluetooth tracker with improved battery life over its predecessor, plus UWB sensing for more accurate tracking, is available through Motorola’s site at a special $19.99 launch price (originally $29.99). There are plenty of trackers for Android owners to consider, but the Tag 2 seems tough to beat at this price. I

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NVIDIA Technical Blog

Designing GPU-Accelerated Query Engines with NVIDIA GQE

GPU-accelerated query engines are often constrained by memory and I/O bandwidth. NVIDIA hardware advances—including high bandwidth memory (HBM), NVIDIA... GPU-accelerated query engines are often constrained by memory and I/O bandwidth. NVIDIA hardware advances—including high bandwidth memory (HBM), NVIDIA NVLink-C2C, and dedicated decompression engines featured in NVIDIA GB200 NVL4—help remove these bottlenecks by increasing effective storage capacity, accelerating data movement between CPUs and

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GitHub Blog

How GitHub maintains compliance for open source dependencies

Explore how the Open Source Program Office uses GitHub’s new license compliance product to manage open source dependencies at scale. The post How GitHub maintains compliance for open source dependencies appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

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GitHub Changelog

Claude Sonnet 5 is generally available for GitHub Copilot

Claude Sonnet 5 is Anthropic’s latest Sonnet-class model, now available in GitHub Copilot. It brings strong coding performance to everyday development and agentic workflows, giving developers a new Sonnet-class option… The post Claude Sonnet 5 is generally available for GitHub Copilot appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

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The Verge Tech

Netflix is using an AI-generated Gene Wilder voice in its Willy Wonka reality show

A new teaser trailer confirmed that Wonka's The Golden Ticket will premiere on Netflix on September 23rd, following its Squid Game reality show in the trend of creating real competitions based on fictional torture scenarios. While the sets seen in the trailer are real and not some Glasgow-style AI fakes, the voiceover is AI-generated. Deadline reports that Netflix worked with AI audio company ElevenLabs with consent from Wilder's family, after working on productions re-creating the voice of Mic

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Rockstar workers push to unionize ahead of GTA VI’s launch

Workers at Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar Games have submitted a request for their union, the IWGB Game Workers Union, to be voluntarily recognized, according to a press release. The request follows Rockstar firing more than 30 staffers last year in a move accused of being "union busting." According to the release, IWGB members have been "actively" organizing since 2019 and "claim they now represent a significant proportion of the workforce across each of the studio's sites in Edinburgh

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