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Ray Ban Meta Gen 2 vs Gen 3, what the extra $70 buys
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Ray Ban Meta Gen 2 vs Gen 3, what the extra $70 buys

Meta put the Gen 3 on sale on 23 September 2026 at $449 while the Gen 2 stays at $379. The camera is the same on both, so the $70 buys battery, a microphone and a button.

Claude Slides vs Gamma, what a deck costs on each
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Claude Slides vs Gamma, what a deck costs on each

Anthropic put Claude Slides on paid plans on 16 September 2026. Gamma already does the same job on a free tier. We priced both at the source this morning.

Best AI app for iPhone in 2026, ranked by what it can touch
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Best AI app for iPhone in 2026, ranked by what it can touch

Apple shipped Siri AI this week. Here is how the main assistants rank once you read what each one is allowed to take from your phone, and what each one really costs.

Best sign language translation app in 2026, ranked by the job
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Best sign language translation app in 2026, ranked by the job

Google just put sign reading inside a phone keyboard. Here is where it sits against Hand Talk, Live Transcribe and a human interpreter, with prices and what each one refuses to do.

OpenAI Codex vs Cursor, 5 checks before the November cutoff
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OpenAI Codex vs Cursor, 5 checks before the November cutoff

On November 12 Cursor stops serving OpenAI's models. We ran the same 5 checks on both tools against their own documentation, and each kind of developer gets a different answer.

Best local LLM for coding in 2026, ranked by your RAM
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Best local LLM for coding in 2026, ranked by your RAM

Download size, license and context window for 8 models you can actually run, sorted by the memory in your machine, with the cost arithmetic against a cloud API.

Best AI note taking app for meetings, ranked for 2026
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Best AI note taking app for meetings, ranked for 2026

6 tools ranked on the 2 questions that decide it, whether a bot joins your call and whether it works in a room. Every price checked on the vendor's own page.

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