Qwen3-Coder-Next offers vibe coders a powerful open source, ultra-sparse model with 10x higher throughput for repo tasks

On SWE-Bench Verified, the model achieved a score of 70.6%. This performance is notably competitive when placed alongside significantly larger models; it outpaces DeepSeek-V3.2, which scores 70.2%, ...
Hackaday

555-Based Square-Wave And Triangle-Wave Function Generator Build For Beginners

Over on YouTube [Andrew Neal] has a Function Generator Build for Beginners. As beginner videos go this one is fairly ...

Why VCs Are Going Back To School To Master Human-In-The-Loop AI Systems

As artificial intelligence continues to reshape industries at an unprecedented pace, venture capitalists face a critical ...

OpenAI says new coding model helped build itself

The new coding model released Thursday afternoon, entitled GPT-5.3-Codex, builds on OpenAI’s GPT-5.2-Codex model and combines insights from the AI company’s GPT-5.2 model, which excels on non-coding ...

The auteur of 'Strange Loop' tackles an opera like no other

The Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner is trying something new — instead of a musical for Broadway, he's written an opera, now playing in Philadelphia.
CNBC

Best budgeting apps of 2026

If making a budget is daunting, there are apps that can do the grunt work for you. A good budgeting app can save you time and energy while helping you to spend smarter and save more. CNBC Select ...