Block's Dessa Learned to Talk Without Reading a Single Word — Here's Why That Matters
Block's AI research lab unveiled Dessa on October 23, a full-duplex speech model trained entirely from raw human conversation recordings, with no text in its training pipeline. »
Canva Craft Is Live: A Design-Native AI Image Model That Knows What a Poster Looks Like
Canva launched Craft on October 22, its first in-house image generation model trained on design templates — not photos. It's available now through Dream Lab. »
KDE Plasma 6.8 Ships on Its 30th Birthday and Retires X11 — Here's What Wayland-Only Means for You
On October 14, KDE marked three decades with Plasma 6.8, ending the X11 session after 30 years. Wayland is now the only supported desktop protocol. »
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Is Here — Infinity Ward Brings Back the Original Team on Day One
Modern Warfare 4 launches today on PC, PS5, Xbox, and Switch 2 with 12 maps and a fresh campaign — but no Game Pass at launch. »
Valve Opens the Steam Frame to Modders — CAD Files, Schematics, and KiCad Designs Free to Download
Just weeks after the Steam Frame shipped, Valve dropped its full hardware reference on GitLab: STEP models, expansion port specs, and two PCB reference designs — one in Altium, one in KiCad. »