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Grok 4.6 sits on the cost-versus-intelligence line. That is the figure that matters.
Friday, September 04, 2026Grok 4.6 sits on the cost-versus-intelligence line, and that is the figure that matters for an office deciding what to pay. On August 12, Artificial Analysis published independent scores placing Grok 4.6 at 61 on the Intelligence Index, tying GPT-5.6 Sol at max effort.... Read More
Your Grok Bots share one computer. Ask who it can sign in as.
Thursday, September 03, 2026xAI’s Grok Bot documentation is clear: every Bot on the same account uses one persistent cloud computer, so they share files, browser sessions, and application logins. The computer is isolated to the account, not to an individual Bot.... Read More
PG&E cut electric rates a fourth time. Data centers helped.
Wednesday, September 02, 2026Pacific Gas and Electric has cut electric rates for the fourth time in two years. The latest reduction took effect on January 1, 2026. CEO Patti Poppe discussed the cuts on the company’s February 12 earnings call.... Read More
Tropical Storm Edouard: East Texas Rain Is Coming. Is the Office Ready If the Building Goes Dark?
Tuesday, September 01, 2026Tropical Storm Edouard is expected to come ashore today, with the heaviest East Texas rain arriving tonight and Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center named the system overnight. Advisory Number 4, issued at 4:00 a.m. CDT Tuesday, placed the center about 65 miles south-southeast of Cameron, Louisiana.... Read More
After a ransomware attack, the first email you receive may not be help.
Monday, August 31, 2026GuidePoint Security’s Research and Intelligence Team (GRIT) published a warning in August 2026 after several ransomware victims received unsolicited messages from a sender identifying itself as Ransom Busters. BleepingComputer reported those findings later the same month.... Read More
A grass fire closed Highway 64. Is your data backed up?
Friday, August 28, 2026A grass fire started about 2:30 p.m. Thursday near Van Zandt County Road 3406 and Highway 64, just outside Wills Point. Texas A&M Forest Service had the fire at 550...... Read More
School is back. So are the fake parent-portal emails.
Thursday, August 27, 2026East Texas classrooms filled back up this month. Athens started Monday, August 3, and Palestine ISD followed on Friday, August 7. Cumberland Academy opened Tuesday, August 11. Tyler ISD and Brook Hill in Bullard started Wednesday, August 12, and Winona ISD started Thursday, August 13. The Tyler Morning Telegraph ran the first-day pictures.... Read More
SpaceX Plans $100 Billion Starship Launch Site in Louisiana
Wednesday, August 26, 2026SpaceX announced Tuesday that it will build a $100 billion Starship launch complex in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. The company is calling the project Starbase Louisiana. The site covers roughly 125,000 acres around Pecan Island on land formerly owned by Exxon. Construction is expected to begin in 2027, with the first launch targeted for 2029.... Read More
Thomson Reuters just built its own AI model
Tuesday, August 25, 2026Thomson Reuters has released its own large language model, named Thomson. The company invested approximately $40 million to build the model in-house on an open-source foundation, training it exclusively on its own content from Westlaw, Practical Law, Checkpoint, and Reuters.... Read More
One sharing link you can change later
Monday, August 24, 2026Microsoft 365 is rolling out a single main sharing link for files and folders in OneDrive and SharePoint. Late August through October. Copy link, email it, or grab the address out of the browser — it’s the same link. You can change who it works for after you’ve already sent it, instead of making a new one and hoping people use the new one.... Read More
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