Intel Is Teaching SteamOS to Use the GPU It Already Bought

Intel is adding XMX-accelerated XeSS to Proton, potentially making Arc handhelds faster on Linux. The upgrade is smart, unfinished, and gloriously invisible.

Money20/20 USA 2026’s Five Weirdest Finds Include IV Drips and Fraud Escape Rooms

Money20/20 USA 2026’s weirdest first-full-day finds: IV drips, fraud-company escape rooms, robot portraits, golden licenses, merch coins, and Timbaland.

Analogue Relaunched Two 16-Bit Consoles to Make Nostalgia Buy USB-C

Analogue’s Super Nt+ and Mega Sg+ revive FPGA cartridge consoles with wireless controllers and USB-C. Smart preservation or premium nostalgia?

HiBy Built a $439 Music Player With No Internet and 4TB of Peace

HiBy’s $439 RS2 II skips Wi-Fi and streaming for R2R audio, dual card slots, and 4TB of local music. It is gloriously focused—and deliberately inconvenient.

BILL Gives Finance AI an Off Switch. Accountants May Finally Exhale.

BILL rolls out AI invoice checks and finance controls. Here’s what the launch promises, what its savings claims miss, and why accountants still hold the keys.

MiniMax Cuts the AI Agent Bill. The Supervisor Still Costs Extra.

MiniMax launches M3.1 Flash with bargain token rates and ambitious agent benchmarks. Cheap attempts matter; correctly finished work matters more.

This Week in Snark: Flying Roadsters, Gold-Plated Walkmans, and Crypto Discovering the Term Deposit

A Tesla flew, a Walkman got gold screws, and crypto bought a bank. The future arrived this week, mostly with an asterisk and a withdrawal clause.

Meta’s Muse AI Comeback Gives OpenAI a Problem With Suspiciously Soft Fur

Meta’s Muse launches put it back in the AI race. Inside Wonder, Spark Open, the rivals preparing their next moves, and the suspiciously cuddly mascot.

Tesla’s Flying Roadster Escapes Gravity. Its Delivery Date Remains Grounded.

Tesla’s flying Roadster demo delivers airborne absurdity, cold-gas thrusters, and a 2028 production target. The Rocket version has some earthly limits.

Sony Gold-Plated the Walkman and Charged $5,900 for Musical Purity

Sony’s new Walkmans start at $1,900 and peak in gold-plated copper. They are absurdly expensive, obsessively engineered, and annoyingly coherent.

The IRS Clears a Path to Direct Card Payments. Fees Survive.

New IRS card-payment rules enable a more direct checkout, but processing fees still reach taxpayers. What changed, what costs remain, and what comes next.

Meshy Edit Removes the Wizard’s Hat. His Face Would Like to Stay.

Meshy Edit promises to change one part of a 3D model for 20 credits. A useful revision tool, provided the wizard gets to keep his face.