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Hardware#14.4x usual56MacApple's line of personal computers. Why now: Mac Studio M5 Ultra 512gb Starts at $22,299.00 USDCompany#22.3x usual40GoogleThe search, cloud, Android and Gemini company, part of Alphabet. Why now: Finland investigate Google over destruction of 250k treesModel#34.5x usual27Gemini 4 CarbonA version of Google's Gemini models. Why now: Gemini 4 Carbon is the new #1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5Model#44.5x usual27Mistral Large 4A version of Mistral AI's models. Why now: Mistral Large 4 (Le Chonk) is now Open WeightCompany#51.6x usual26NvidiaThe chipmaker whose GPUs train and run most AI models. Why now: IT vendor lists massive $60 million AI supercomputer on eBay with 9,600 Nvidia A100 GPUs and 4,200 AMD EPYC CPUs, plus…Company#62.2x usual25AppleThe maker of the iPhone, the Mac and Apple Intelligence. Why now: Linus was Right - Apple (probably)Developer tool#73.0x usual25AndroidGoogle's mobile operating system. Why now: Zero click, silent, remote Android DoSModel#83.1x usual24Gemini 4A version of Google's Gemini models. Why now: Gemini 4 Carbon is the new #1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5Developer tool#94.7x usual24ChonkLe Chonk, the nickname of Mistral's Large 4 open-weight model. Why now: Mistral Large 4 (Le Chonk) is now Open WeightAI product#1020ChatGPTOpenAI's AI assistant. Why now: They just merged my normal ChatGPT with ChatGPT Work...Company#111.6x usual19MicrosoftThe company behind Windows, Azure, GitHub and Copilot. Why now: Forging a Microsoft Edge Full Chain with Logic Bugs OnlyModel#121.7x usual18QwenAlibaba's family of open-weight AI models. Why now: HemmingwayAI/Hemmingway-1.5 (Qwen finetune)AI product#131.6x usual18CodexOpenAI's coding agent. Why now: Reset Alerts: Codex Reset Alerts via Text (Use it Before You Lose It)Model#1418ClaudeAnthropic's family of AI models and its assistant app. Why now: Is Claude truly better than ChatGPT?Model#152.5x usual17GeminiGoogle's family of AI models and its assistant app. Why now: 🪴 Building an autonomous plant rover with Gemini LiveModel#163.5x usual16Qwen3.5A version of Alibaba's Qwen open-weight models. Why now: Qwenputer: A functioning, deterministic RISC-V CPU inside Qwen3.5Company#172.8x usual15Mistral AIThe French AI lab behind the Mistral open-weight models and Le Chat. Why now: mistralai/Mistral-Large-4-1T-A52B · Hugging FaceAI product#1815Claude CodeAnthropic's coding agent that works in the terminal and the editor. Why now: Claude Code regularly sends each background agent’s transcript to its modelModel#192.2x usual15GrokxAI's family of AI models and its chatbot in X. Why now: Democrats Ask Trump: Did You Use Elon Musk's Grok AI Chatbot to Help Plan Maduro Kidnapping?Company#202.2x usual14ProtonThe Swiss privacy company behind Proton Mail and Proton VPN. Why now: Manifestos, Fear, and 'Loser Thinking': Inside Proton's AI Reckoning
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1MacApple's line of personal computers. Why now: Mac Studio M5 Ultra 512gb Starts at $22,299.00 USDHardware4.4x usual56
2GoogleThe search, cloud, Android and Gemini company, part of Alphabet. Why now: Finland investigate Google over destruction of 250k treesCompany2.3x usual40
3Gemini 4 CarbonA version of Google's Gemini models. Why now: Gemini 4 Carbon is the new #1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5Model4.5x usual27
4Mistral Large 4A version of Mistral AI's models. Why now: Mistral Large 4 (Le Chonk) is now Open WeightModel4.5x usual27
5NvidiaThe chipmaker whose GPUs train and run most AI models. Why now: IT vendor lists massive $60 million AI supercomputer on eBay with 9,600 Nvidia A100 GPUs and 4,200 AMD EPYC CPUs, plus…Company1.6x usual26
6AppleThe maker of the iPhone, the Mac and Apple Intelligence. Why now: Linus was Right - Apple (probably)Company2.2x usual25
7AndroidGoogle's mobile operating system. Why now: Zero click, silent, remote Android DoSDeveloper tool3.0x usual25
8Gemini 4A version of Google's Gemini models. Why now: Gemini 4 Carbon is the new #1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5Model3.1x usual24
9ChonkLe Chonk, the nickname of Mistral's Large 4 open-weight model. Why now: Mistral Large 4 (Le Chonk) is now Open WeightDeveloper tool4.7x usual24
10ChatGPTOpenAI's AI assistant. Why now: They just merged my normal ChatGPT with ChatGPT Work...AI product20
11MicrosoftThe company behind Windows, Azure, GitHub and Copilot. Why now: Forging a Microsoft Edge Full Chain with Logic Bugs OnlyCompany1.6x usual19
12QwenAlibaba's family of open-weight AI models. Why now: HemmingwayAI/Hemmingway-1.5 (Qwen finetune)Model1.7x usual18
13CodexOpenAI's coding agent. Why now: Reset Alerts: Codex Reset Alerts via Text (Use it Before You Lose It)AI product1.6x usual18
14ClaudeAnthropic's family of AI models and its assistant app. Why now: Is Claude truly better than ChatGPT?Model18
15GeminiGoogle's family of AI models and its assistant app. Why now: 🪴 Building an autonomous plant rover with Gemini LiveModel2.5x usual17
16Qwen3.5A version of Alibaba's Qwen open-weight models. Why now: Qwenputer: A functioning, deterministic RISC-V CPU inside Qwen3.5Model3.5x usual16
17Mistral AIThe French AI lab behind the Mistral open-weight models and Le Chat. Why now: mistralai/Mistral-Large-4-1T-A52B · Hugging FaceCompany2.8x usual15
18Claude CodeAnthropic's coding agent that works in the terminal and the editor. Why now: Claude Code regularly sends each background agent’s transcript to its modelAI product15
19GrokxAI's family of AI models and its chatbot in X. Why now: Democrats Ask Trump: Did You Use Elon Musk's Grok AI Chatbot to Help Plan Maduro Kidnapping?Model2.2x usual15
20ProtonThe Swiss privacy company behind Proton Mail and Proton VPN. Why now: Manifestos, Fear, and 'Loser Thinking': Inside Proton's AI ReckoningCompany2.2x usual14

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