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Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open source duck robot, Microduck (3 minute read)
Hugging Face has unveiled a cute little duck-like robot called the Microduck that will ship before Christmas. The 25-centimeter-tall open-source robot will sell for $399. It can waddle, pick up objects up to 800 grams with its beak, get up when it falls, crouch, and even roller skate. The robot's behaviors can be trained in simulation and then directly deployed on the robot. The SDK, simulation, and full RL training stack are available on GitHub.
Aug 27 | Blog
The Agentic Survival Guide: How Security and Marketing Leaders Can Learn to Trust AI Agents
AI agent traffic grew 7,851% in 2025. Security and marketing teams are both flying blind, and the fix runs through visibility, identity, and governance, in that order.
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Aug 28 | AI
Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash (4 minute read)
Google introduced Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash with new controls for extending scenes, interpolating first and last frames, 4K upscaling, and faster video iteration through the Gemini API.
Aug 28 | It
Nvidia is reportedly buying Hugging Face for $12.9B (4 minute read)
Nvidia has reportedly agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, though conflicting reports say a deal may not yet be signed. The acquisition would give Nvidia control of one of the largest open-source AI ecosystems and another route into cloud compute.
Aug 28 | Design
The Xiaomi 18 Fold leaks, ahead of the iPhone Ultra launch (1 minute read)
The smartphone industry appears to be coalescing around the book-style foldable design, where a phone unfolds into a small tablet, rather than the flip-phone format that folds a standard phone in half. Samsung's latest Galaxy Z Fold, Apple's rumored iPhone Ultra, and leaked images of Xiaomi's upcoming 18 Fold all point to growing momentum behind larger-screen foldables, suggesting that this form factor is emerging as the preferred direction for premium folding phones.
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