PlayCanvas Engine 2.9.0 is here! 🚀 🏃 Major 3D... Gaussian Splat performance upgrades 🎥 New high-level camera controls API 🖼️ WebGPU Indirect Draw support ...and much more! Release Notes:show more

🚨 SplatTransform 2.0 is here!🚨 Open source CLI tool... and library for 3DGS processing NEW: Fully automated, lightning fast creation of high quality collision for your splats. Outputs: 🧊 Voxel format 🔼 Mesh format See both formats in action in the video. Links 👇show more

The (Processing) Level Required to Be Super We’ve had... clients ask us whether our 3D/4DGS capture and processing pipeline holds up in high-end VFX cinematic shots. Last year we were fortunate to work on the Superman production with Framestore (capturing Superman’s parents for a hologram), with our work shown on IMAX screens ~30 m high—so we’re confident the quality delivers. For this R&D preview, we ran test captures using an affordable off-the-shelf temporal plugin to reduce flicker and improve stability over time. We recorded @ 48fps from our 196x machine vision cameras and trained the 4DGS using Postshot at Ultra quality ~20 million splat resolution. What you’re seeing are stop-motion 3DGS frames. Each frame is an individual Gaussian Splat—processed to ~20 million splats for the full scene, then cropped and cleaned to ~6 million splats per frame. Our system—and the 3DGS process—picks up fine details like stray fine hairs, skin pores and woven cloth threads. Thanks for watching & stay super! Learn more @ #3DGS #4DGS #VFX #GaussianSplatting #IMAX #VolumetricCapture #Superman 4K Version here -show more

Release: LichtFeld Studio v0.5.3 is out! With 316 commits... merged into master, this release is a huge step forward for LichtFeld Studio. What's new in v0.5.3 • Vulkan viewer/rendering migration: New Vulkan viewport pipeline, pass graph, VkSplat renderer, Vulkan point-cloud renderer, 3DGUT/VkSplat support, improved alpha/depth composition, tighter CUDA/Vulkan interoperability, and device matching on multi-GPU systems. • RAD + LOD workflow: Added RAD file export/import, RAD LOD viewer, Spark-style GPU LOD selection, GPU-driven page prefetching, a bounded VRAM pool, out-of-core PLY-to-RAD LOD conversion, and RAD import/export speedups of approximately 3–5×. • HiGS / macro-tile inference: Added a macro-tile inference path for the Vulkan viewer, including macro sorting, batched rasterization, composition, and capacity management. • Asset Manager: Added and significantly enhanced the Asset Manager with thumbnails, SH information, faster synchronization, import-from-URL support, docked mode, data-loading popup integration, and general UI cleanup. • Viewport export: Integrated viewport export directly into the application as a toolbar/overlay tool, added fast render_view_u8-style readback paths, fixed high-resolution clipping issues, improved orthographic export parity, resolved 32K image/video export problems, and added post-export GPU resource cleanup. • Selection and tooling: Added and reworked selection toolbar controls, the Select menu, ring selection, color eyedropper, distance-from-center selection, faster point-cloud and zoomed-out selection paths, Vulkan measurement tool fixes, and drag-and-drop scene graph improvements. • UI/RmlUi platform work: Major RmlUi redesign efforts, hot reloading for RML/RCSS/Python UI files, reactive UI/store integration, viewport toolbar flyouts, improved histogram interactions, input settings enhancements, custom TRS gizmos, and numerous panel, tooltip, and localization fixes. • Windowing and UX: Added borderless window support, title bar drag/maximize/restore behavior, work-area-aware maximize functionality, resize responsiveness and performance improvements, and DPI/UI scaling fixes. • Training and data features: Added adaptive depth loss and depth gradients for the EWA rasterizer, mask loading/application fixes, a new combined Ignore+Segment mask mode, --add-splat, --freeze, improved checkpoint and training state handling, and training speed and VRAM optimizations. • COLMAP/equirectangular support: Added SPHERICAL/equirectangular camera model support and canonical EQUIRECTANGULAR handling, along with fixes for undistortion and camera export. This release will be available to all supporters as a Windows binary via approximately in about an hour. At the same time, LichtFeld Studio remains committed to being free and open source under GPLv3 and can also be built directly from source. Please consider supporting the ongoing development of LichtFeld Studio through a donation via the portal or the supporters page. Thank you to everyone who supports this project financially, contributes code, reports bugs, provides datasets, helps with the website, and contributes in countless other ways. A special thank you to our foundational sponsor Core11 and our Gold Sponsor Volinga, whose support has helped make the current state of the software possible. Thank you as well to every donor and to all of our new Bronze Sponsors. Looking ahead to v0.6 For the next major release, work will focus primarily on stability and user experience. This includes improved cleanup workflows and the ability to modify training parameters while training is in progress. I would also like to introduce a native .licht project format that allows users to save and restore their complete editor state. You can find links to our main sponsors below. Please also visit our website to discover all our Bronze Sponsors. Hint: We do not yet have a Silver Sponsor or Platinum 😉show more

Today, we’ve successfully launched Band Oracle v3 Testnet Phase... 2 — our biggest upgrade yet. This release makes BandChain faster, more transparent, and more interoperable than ever. Let’s break down what’s new👇 What did we achieve? — 3x Faster blocktime from 3s —> 1s — 10x symbols cap expand from 100 —> 300 symbols — 10x Higher Throughputs: 40k to 400k TX/day — 3x Max TXs Support/ Day: 7.2M TXs —> 21.6M TXs 🌐 New Data Tunnel routes are LIVE We’re expanding Band’s oracle reach across the multi-chain world: —> Cosmos - The Interchain ⚛️’s IBC-Hook: seamless interchain contract querying —> Router Protocol: Bridging & EVM chains & Soon on Solana —> Axelar Network: ongoing collab for cross-chain verified feeds Interoperability is no longer a wishlist — it’s real. 🛠️ Minor upgrades with major impact: — Cylinder CLI runs standalone — Signal times are now block-based (not machine time) — Auto-select TSS groups — Yoda now auto-bumps gas to avoid TX failure — Telemetry for BeginBlock/EndBlock durations It’s all about smoother ops for devs and validators. 🧪 What’s next? ✅ Recap + docs for Testnet Phase 2 ✅ More Data Tunnel stress testing ✅ Backend + validator-side optimizations 🚀 Mainnet Launch in Q3 2025 We’re almost there. Band Oracle v3 is becoming the go-to open data oracle for all ecosystems. Fast. Transparent. New standard for Multi-chain native. Thanks to the validators, devs, partners, and Band community for building this with us. Let’s keep going. Read the full announcement here:show more

🪴 GT Protocol Monthly Recap: May 2026 May focused... on launching advanced trading infrastructure, introducing AI risk-management tools, and shipping major platform upgrades. 🚀 Hyperliquid Vaults Live Run multiple algorithmic strategies on a single Hyperliquid Vault inside GT App. Enjoy automated execution, auto-rebalancing, and protocol-level security. You can find Vault trading on the Hyperliquid exchange account connection page in the Trade on Vault section. Try it in GT App 👉 🤖 AI Hedge Fund Experiment Live An experimental AI Hedge Fund powered by 5 independent LLM models is live on Hyperliquid. Each model manages $10,000 to test different AI trading personalities and allocation strategies. Discover it now here 👉 📈 Isolated Margin & AI Risk Tools Isolated Margin is live across GT App for precise risk management. Enhanced with AI-powered logic, it assists with dynamic asset monitoring and smarter strategy deployment. Try it in GT App 👉 🔥 Top Strategy Performance Top trader strategies like "lebakien" achieved over +141% profit this month. Users can explore metrics and follow the strategies of top traders directly in the marketplace. Explore Marketplace 👉 🛠 Key Product Updates ⚙️ Strategy Discovery: enhanced demo trading flows and top trader strategy integration. ⚙️ AI Strategy Chat: demoed a flow to create, launch, and test strategies via natural language chat. ⚙️ Advanced Execution: added manual safety orders for granular control over active positions. ⚙️ Testing & Validation: optimized historical data validation for more accurate strategy testing. ⚙️ Knowledge Hub: launched GT Protocol Learn and a new Knowledge Base for streamlined support. ⚙️ Performance: upgraded website structure and improved overall page responsiveness. Find all the latest GT App updates Here 👉 Discover guides, insights, and resources in Learn 👉 and Knowledge Base 👉 📰 GT Protocol AI Digests 4 new AI Digest issues (No.89–92) are live on Medium, covering AI-native hardware, data privacy, and the evolution of AI agents. Read More 👉 May brought institutional-grade AI strategy management closer to every user.show more

GM GM, it is Linn here with an updateroooni... for Nolus 🔅 ze chadderoonies have been BUSY: - ELI5 on Interest Rate Swaps: - Soon available on XT: - Introduction of Lease Ordering: - Native USDC on Nolus: - Nolus Swap: Tech & Protocol Updates: - Money Market: - Version 0.6.2 introduces the Reserve Contract for protocol insurance, covering issues like untimely liquidations and technical shortcomings - Version 0.6.3 extends ICA packet timeouts from one minute to three hours for improved cross-chain transaction reliability and efficiency - Alarms Dispatcher: - Enhanced scaling adjustment for maintaining operational capacity during high alarm activity periods - Webapp: - New token swap feature powered by Skip API Transition from USDC.axl to native USDC - Bug fixes and performance improvements for a more reliable user experience - Added sorting functionality for lease positions - Nolus-Core: - Version 0.5.3 upgrades to ibc-go v7.4.0, eliminating the need for certain mechanics and introducing support for Cosmovisor for automated binary updates - DeFiLlama: - Streamlined integration process for tracking additional data points, broadening data scope and simplifying management - Nolus App: - Swap feature fully integrated and operational for easy asset exchange within the app - Noble USDC introduced as primary stablecoin for managing leases on Osmosis DEX, enhancing stability and security - Oracle: - Price feeding mechanism updates including an extension of EMA sample period and reduction in discount factor for more stable price measurements - Refinement of Oracle swap tree for Osmosis Noble USDC to prioritize pools with higher liquidity and more advantageous fee structures for smoother and more cost-effective transactions Additionally they also provided one of the best and most comprehensive insights into their recent outage: ze team works hard, ze team is based, ze team ships an excellent producterooni and this is why linn is an ambassador for Nolusshow more

OptimAI Lite Node v1.1: Built for Scale, Designed for... You! 💕 In just 2 weeks since the launch, the OptimAI Network has seen explosive growth—130,000+ active node participants powering the future of decentralized AI. With this incredible momentum came a new challenge: ensuring our network could scale seamlessly to support massive concurrent connections and real-time participation. That’s why we’ve rolled out OptimAI Lite Node v1.1—a major upgrade focused on: + Stabilizing infrastructure to handle high traffic from a global community. + Enhancing performance for smoother data mining, validation, and edge compute participation. + Refining user experience with UI updates that make contributing effortless. Every line of code and infrastructure upgrade was made with one goal in mind: to support YOU—the builders, validators, and visionaries of the OptimAI ecosystem. Now’s the time to bring more friends into the journey. 🔥 The more we grow, the smarter and stronger the network becomes—and the greater the rewards. Let’s keep building, validating, scaling. Together we’re not just powering AI—we’re reshaping how it’s built. Join or revisit the node here: 🌐 Chrome Extension: 📱Telegram Mini-App: What’s Coming Next: OptimAI Edge Node & the Rise of Agentic AI 🔸OptimAI Edge Node (Mobile) We’re working hard on the next major release: the Edge Node for mobile, which will allow mining and AI tasks to run in the background—unlocking more earning opportunities and decentralized compute power from your smartphones. 🔸More Task Types & Missions Expect new types of contributions, from AI-enhanced data validation to edge inference and scraping automation—powered by autonomous mining agents. 🔸Expanded Rewards Program As we grow, more reward tiers, bonuses, and campaigns will be introduced. Your participation now paves the way for long-term benefits. Also, do not forget to checkout our article below and learn more about our latest Community Tips & Best Practices!👇 __________________ OptimAI Network #L2 #DePIN Reinforcement Data Network for #Agentic #AI Mine Data. Fuel AI. Earn Rewards. Turn Your Data into Tomorrow’s AI #Agent. Visit our website at:show more

What Actually is Sei Network's “Giga” Upgrade? Sei Network’s... (Sei) Giga upgrade is a major overhaul designed to make the network faster, more scalable and better suited for high-performance onchain trading. Put simply, Giga is rebuilding three critical parts of the blockchain: consensus, execution and storage. (1) The first track focuses on consensus, with upgrades such as Autobahn designed to improve how Sei validators agree on the state of the chain. (2) The Ares upgrade targets execution, the part of the blockchain responsible for actually processing transactions. (3) Eidos focuses on storage, which is becoming increasingly important as blockchain throughput rises. Why does storage matter? Every transaction a blockchain processes has to be recorded. If the database cannot write data as quickly as the network executes transactions, higher throughput eventually becomes meaningless. Eidos is designed to solve that bottleneck. (4) Sei plans to replace the traditional Merkle-tree structure used for EVM state with FlatKV, a flat key-value database where updating one piece of state requires essentially one write. A lattice hash, or LtHash, is then used to maintain a verifiable fingerprint of the entire state without repeatedly recalculating an entire hash path. (5) Eidos also separates live EVM state from other blockchain data. This means transactions accessing current state no longer have to compete with historical data for the same database resources. (6) Sei is also introducing LittDB-backed storage for blocks and receipts. These records are written once but queried repeatedly, making them a different workload from constantly changing blockchain state. Older historical data will eventually move away from active nodes into archival storage, allowing nodes to focus their resources on the data needed for real-time operations. The interesting part is how Sei plans to deploy all of this. Instead of shutting down the network and migrating the entire database at once, Eidos is designed to migrate storage while Sei continues producing blocks. The old and new systems can run side by side during the transition, with data moved in batches and integrity checks performed throughout the process. The first phase arrived on Sei mainnet with the v6.6 release in August 2026, beginning the separation of EVM state and introducing improvements to the pruning process. The broader Eidos architecture, including FlatKV, LtHash, the new receipt store and off-node archival storage, is expected to arrive through subsequent releases. Sei’s ultimate Giga target is 200,000 transactions per second. But reaching that kind of execution speed requires more than a faster transaction engine. The blockchain also needs a storage system capable of keeping up. That is essentially what Eidos is trying to build. Giga is not just about making Sei execute transactions faster. It is about rebuilding the infrastructure underneath that speed so the network can actually sustain it.show more

PREVIEW: I was invited to a press preview of... Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced in Paris, back in April, as I previously mentioned, and I played ~3 hours🚀 Here are my impressions: 🎞️Visuals & Performance: being a remake, the visuals are quite well upgraded, making the most of modern tech and the beauty of the setting, creating a breathtaking atmosphere ✅Stunning environment ✅Dreamy natural beauty & grounded world ✅Photorealistic character models ✅Smooth animations ✅Sharp resolution ✅Runs at 60fps 🕹️Gameplay & Upgrades: The game is a faithful remake, with new gameplay systems, along with enhancements to the original formula ✅New gameplay systems ✅Faithfulness is the main priority ✅Enhanced parkour (still faithful) ✅Manual jumps and side ejects ✅Seamless exploration of cities ✅Zip-lines added ✅Dynamic weather ✅Brand new content expanding narrative ✅Quests with new secrets ✅Original modern day replace with rifts ✅Rifts explore “what if” scenarios ✅6 hours of extra gameplay ✅3 new recruitable officers ✅New storylines for the new officers ✅New chapter to play as Robert Mena ✅Extended endings for iconic characters ✅Hideout side quests ✅New collectibles ✅Forts modernized with new content ✅New voice lines for activities ✅New islands with rewarding secrets ✅New world moments ✅New content for the hideout ✅History of the villa explored ✅Heated shots new naval weapon in seq 3 ✅Explosive fire barrels w/wider effect ✅Swivel gun can now be manually aimed ✅Rebuilt combat system rewarding to skill ✅No skill trees, all unlocks from the start ✅Enemies now have defense meter ✅Meter is depleted with a perfect parry ✅New perfect parry depends on weapon ✅Heavy strike (high damage/wide area) ✅Shove to wall/ground > new take downs ✅Stealth inspired by Shadows ✅Crouch option added ✅Visibility affected by day/night & weather ✅Whistle/breaking things blow your cover ✅Rope dart unlocks in sequence 3 ✅Ambient dialogue leads to new quests ✅Raise and lower your hood option The new enhancements make the game far more entertaining compared to the original, except for one controversial change of bit having Hidden Blade combat, except in stealth assassinations/take downs Everything else effectively elevates the original design and makes gameplay either feel just as good, or more refined 🧬Changes: with this remake comes a few elements that were removed from the original, which may upset some players ✅Menus have been revamped and they don’t feature the DNA sequence tracker ✅Difficulty can be tailored with much more detail from the menu ✅Switch between and choose your favorite Sea Shanties to be performed by your crew ✅No hidden blade combat. The Hidden Blade is mainly used for stealth take-downs ✅No present day segments. I was informed that it will be replaced with new moments that explore Edward’s past with his wife, along with some “what if” scenarios like Edward siding with the Templars, for example, likely related to Juno’s involvement in the original narrative 📜Thoughts: While the demo I played featured only a portion of the map, Resynced has potential to replace the original as the definitive experience of Edward Kenway’s story I also wasn’t able to experience any of Rifts that replace the modern day, so for me, as a fan of the series’ lore and present day since 2007, the absence of a traditional modern day is the only let down that prevents me from fully replacing the original with it, as present day and sci-do elements are the DNA of the franchise and what makes it stand out It would also be great if mission replay is added later, a feature the OG had by default, like its predecessors That said, everything else very much elevated what was in the original, which made going back to replay it show how dated it feels by comparison I look forward to the final game, and to see future games inherit this formula of a defined protagonist, focused progression and no RPG elements😎show more

SERAPH: A new round of major events in Diablo... is about to begin! 🚀 Each new event is a new opportunity. Let's first review the achievements SERAPH has made before. 🏆 Seraph Achievements: Genesis NFT (Weapons) 0.06e ==》0.628e 💎 SERAPH Priority Pass Freemint ==》3.2e 🚀 In traditional GameFi, the issue of the death spiral of the initial NFT launch is often encountered. However, SERAPH achieved a tenfold floor price increase with a public sale of 0.06e and has stably maintained this position. This highlights the commendable tokenomics of the project. 📈 Additionally, SERAPH's gameplay is quite impressive. The Twitter community shows a high level of engagement, with many players sharing their gaming experiences. During the third testing phase, players were not just playing SERAPH for profit but were immersed in the game, experiencing the storyline and the thrill of gameplay. 🎮🔥 New Major Event: After the War of Light, the life fortress of Seraficia faces energy depletion. As chaos spreads, the Archangel Seraf crafted the World Ring from the souls of all life, a powerful shield against chaotic attacks. 🌌🛡️ To protect the hard-won peace, fallen heroes are bestowed with new souls, transcending the limits of time and space. Barbarians, Valkyries, Witches, and Necromancers reassemble on the lands of Seraficia. Reborn SOULs, the legends of heroes. 🌟 In the shimmering rune light, we summon the most outstanding legion of heroes to face this gradually collapsing world. ⚔️ >>Hero Series NFT The newly launched Hero Series PFP NFT primarily features human heroes such as Barbarians, Valkyries, Witches, and Necromancers. It also includes angels, demons, and other otherworldly races, showcasing numerous characters developed in the game so far. 🎭 Specific Acquisition Methods: Hero Series NFTs will be sold through a limited whitelist and public sale lottery. Whitelist distribution channels include: 【Veteran Players Exclusive】- Ongoing support from our veteran players; 【DC Exclusive】- New players participating in this DC event; 【Community Collaboration】- Communities collaborating with Seraph. 【Veteran Players Exclusive】 Veteran players will have their whitelist distribution rules, which can be followed in later project updates. 【DC Exclusive】 New players can acquire whitelist status by participating in various activities in DC, accumulating Soul shards through DC events. Ways to earn them include: 1⃣️ Participate in team-organized activities and games. 2⃣️ Create unique and high-quality content, such as videos, posts, art, to earn Soul shards. 3⃣️ During flash community events/tasks, active community members may discover additional Soul shards. 4⃣️ Interact with the Engage bot in the 💠│engage channel. 5⃣️ Warriors making genuine contributions to the community may receive random Soul shard rewards. 【Community Collaboration】 Members of gaming communities can participate in special activities in their own communities to obtain whitelist spots. T1 labs will also have a series of events to secure whitelist spots. 🤝 SERAPH Elite Test Server Note: The test server does not involve digital assets, and all data will be uniformly deleted after the test. 🧪 To welcome the new content, the game's official release includes a small-scale test. This test is mainly for early experience and bug testing, providing an opportunity to explore new features. Players are encouraged to actively participate and explore to get a glimpse of what's to come. 🌐 Test Start Time: February 5, 2024, 11:00 (UTC+8) 📅 Test Method: Limited invitation using activation codes 💌 Invitation Targets: Top-ranking users from the previous three game tests; Active users involved in SERAPH community building. 🎉 Test Content: Significant structural and numerical optimization of the economic system; All-new concepts for NFT treasures; Comprehensive adjustments to skill balance and numerous detailed optimizations and bug fixes, etc. This test is open for PC/IOS/Android, allowing testing across multiple platforms simultaneously. 🕹️📱💻 Research Analyst: 比特狸狸show more

BREAKING: SpaceXAI has released a major new update for... Grok Build (v1.0.13). The update improves reliability with automatic retries and recovery from truncated responses, inference failures, oversized images and session-saving issues. It also adds smarter hooks, better Windows support, faster MCP and session startup, improved scheduled tasks and quicker compressed CLI downloads. Features • Length-truncated responses now continue automatically instead of failing the turn. • Hooks can now ask the user to confirm a tool call instead of always allowing or denying. • Hooks can now request deferral or add context shown to the model after a tool runs. • Session close now records detailed timing data for performance analysis. • Credit limit upsell now offers a Try Again button to retry the last prompt. • Pasted images now show a live pixel preview in the prompt box on iTerm2. Bug Fixes • Transient inference failures (stalls, drops, 5xx) now retry automatically instead of ending the turn. • Windows users can now correctly open ~/.grok and worktree sessions. • Session data is now more reliably saved after prompts and on power loss. • Compaction failures now show the actual error instead of a generic message. • Truncation error messages now show the right guidance instead of suggesting an unhelpful retry. • Truncated tool calls are now executed instead of failing the turn when arguments are complete. • Images larger than 2000px no longer brick sessions on many-image requests. • Wrapped hyperlinks in the pager now remain fully clickable on Windows Terminal instead of only the first line. • Recurring scheduled tasks now include a reminder to stop the monitor when work finishes. • Scheduled task IDs are now full UUID strings, preventing collisions when tasks are created in the same millisecond. Performance • Subagent spawning is faster when connections drop during bursts. • Session startup with MCP servers is now much faster when auth is already configured. • MCP server startup no longer stalls behind a fixed batch size. • CLI downloads are now compressed, making fresh installs and updates substantially faster. Download Grok Build: Update to the latest Alpha release: grok update --alpha Update to the latest Stable release: grok updateshow more

This app has completely transformed over the last three... years and it is amazing to see how far it has come. - Launched X Chat and encrypted DMs - Launched Video/Audio calling - Launched Ad revenue share program for the creators - Reached a new alltime high of userseconds - Launched Community Notes - Community Notes passed 1M contributers mark - Launched the AI driven algo - Paid millions to the creators - Integerated Grok within the app - Rebranded as 𝕏 - Open sourced the recommendation algorithm. - Over 500 million posts everyday - Over 100 billion impressions daily - 650+ million users - 400000+ communities - #1 News App in 155+ countries - 2 billion+ app downloads - People are spending more time on X - 6th most visited website - Launched X Pro - Announced X Payments - Reduced child sexual abuse material by around 95 since the acquisition - Released subscriptions for creators - Removed legacy checkmarks - Prioritized the verified accounts to fight spam bots - All time low hate speech levels - Released new features in the shortest time period in Xs history - Exposed truth via Twitter files - Removed censorship - Restored free speech - Launched long form posts / Articles. - Improved the live streaming quality - Started paying the creators twice in a month - Added live chat to live streams - Enhanced the Community Notes algorithm - Added an ability to post timestamps while uploading videos - Added an edit post feature - Added view counts on posts publicly - Enhanced the support for Premium users - Added similar posts button - Added new app icons for premium users - Launched different tiers for Premium - Launched Verified Organizations - Added bookmark button on home timeline for posts - Over Ninety percent of the top 100 advertisers have returned to X - Video views are up as compared to previous years - All time high platform usage - Added more privacy options for calling - Introduced recruitment jobs feature for verified organizations - Expanded the community notes in more countries worldwide - Improved ad experience - Increased group chat size to 200 people - Lowered the eligibility threshold for ads revenue sharing from 15M to 5M - Rolled out vertical video ads for brands - Improved communities experience - Announced the removal of tweepcred system - Added live streams on the top bar of the feed - Improved live streaming tested game streaming - Launched the immersive video player - Made the process of reporting a post easier - Improved the UI - Announced the ability of group calling - Announced the removal of block feature except for DMs - Major upgrades to videos and media - Secured money transmission license in multiple states for payments - Introduced video downloads for verified users - Added an ability to limit replies to verified users only - Launched expanded bios - Made communities accessible in more countries - Added ID verification - Added an ability to hide likes - Added a tab for verified followers on user profiles - Added an ability to accept dms from verified users only to prevent spam - Introduced dm support for the ad customers - Announced that X will fund legal representation for users fired from their jobs for their posts - Included posts from communities in for you feed - Renamed notes feature to articles that will have no character limits - Added highlights tab to the profiles - Improved account analytics - Added an ability for community admins to spotlight their community in the profile - Introduced voice dms - Deleted millions of bot accounts - Introduced an ability to upload long videos - Improved advertisement brand safety - Introduced formatting for long form posts - Extended the community notes availability to more countries - Introduced individual reply to dms custom emoji reactions - Launched faster playback mini player for videos - Added an ability to allow dms from subs only - Continued UX/Ui improvements - Added air play button for videos on iOS - Added an ability to fast forwardrewind videos on - Became the most downloaded news app in multiple countries - Improved ad relevance - Removed child po*n - Introduced rate limits to prevent data scraping - Added fast forward backward feature to videos - Launched subscriber only replies - Launched spaces on web - Added an ability to hide the blue checkmark - Reduced scam accounts - Improved engagements for advertisers - Reinstated a multitude of suspended accounts - Introduced Multiple organization affiliate badges - Improved post analytics - Community notes debunking propaganda misstatements - Introduced verified badges for organizations - Launched X TV and many more features.show more

InterLink’s Early Vision for NIST-Standardised Post-Quantum Cryptography 🔐✨ The... next five years may bring a much clearer answer to a question that has long been difficult to judge: Is a digital asset truly secure? 🤔 For InterLink, the answer may increasingly depend on one critical factor: whether it is quantum-resistant and aligned with NIST standards 🧬🔒 Why this matters now ⚠️ Two fast-moving technologies are reshaping digital security: • AI is improving the ability to discover weaknesses in systems 🤖 • Quantum computing is advancing towards the point where today’s cryptographic foundations could become vulnerable ⚛️ For InterLink, this is not just a theoretical discussion. It is a reminder that blockchain networks, wallets, and custody systems must prepare now for the post-quantum era ⏳🛡️ Why NIST is central to InterLink’s approach 📘🏛️ Many in the InterLink community already know NIST. NIST, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, plays a major role in defining and evaluating security standards, including those for post-quantum cryptography. Its work matters because it helps shape what “secure” will mean in a quantum-capable future 📊🔍 In practical terms, InterLink’s long-term security vision is closely tied to whether its cryptographic design can withstand post-quantum threats 🚀 The risk for blockchain networks and digital assets 🔎💥 Recent research and experiments from major organisations, including Google, have highlighted a growing concern: what was once considered extremely difficult, using quantum computing to threaten cryptographic systems, is no longer something that can be ignored 🧪⚠️ That does not mean current systems are broken today. It does mean that networks which fail to prepare for post-quantum threats could face serious risks later 📉 For InterLink, this is exactly why early research matters 🧠✨ If sufficiently powerful quantum computers become available, some current cryptographic methods may become vulnerable. For any network storing value, identity, NFTs, or permissions, that is a major issue 💳🖼️🧾 InterLink’s early work on post-quantum readiness 🧠🔐 InterLink Foundation has already been researching: ✅ digital signatures ✍️ ✅ cryptographic algorithms 🔣 ✅ migration mechanisms for future security upgrades 🔄 One of the most notable areas of work is the ability to generate new private keys from an existing seed phrase 🌱➡️🔑 This matters because it offers a pathway to improve security without forcing users to abandon access to their assets 🙌 Address Alias: preserving continuity during migration 🪪🔗 Another important InterLink mechanism is Address Alias. This is designed to let users: ✓ retain their existing wallet addresses 🧾 ✓ preserve associated tokens and NFTs 🖼️💰 ✓ migrate to a new cryptographic security architecture 🔐➡️🛠️ That is a practical and user-friendly design choice. Security upgrades are often hard to adopt when they break continuity. InterLink’s approach aims to solve that problem 🌉 Bringing post-quantum protection into smart contracts 🛡️📜 InterLink is also implementing SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s (FIPS 205) within IRC smart contracts. This adds another layer of protection for: • vaults 🏦 • high-value assets 💎 • long-term storage 📦 • sensitive on-chain operations ⚙️ The goal is not only to protect wallets, but also to strengthen the systems that govern custody and transaction security across the network 🧱🔒 Testing on the Taj Mahal Testnet 🧪🛰️ These experiments are currently being conducted on the InterLink Taj Mahal Testnet. According to InterLink, the experimental implementations have passed the NIST-based simulation tests carried out so far ✅📈 That is an encouraging early signal, although broader testing and real-world validation will remain important as development continues 🔍 Looking ahead to 2027 🚀🌍 InterLink’s stated goal is to fully integrate this architecture into the Open Mainnet in 2027. If achieved, that would bring InterLink closer to a future where security is defined not only by current best practice, but by resilience against quantum-era threats 🛡️⚛️ The bigger takeaway 🌍✨ The key lesson is simple: In the quantum era, security will not only mean protecting your private will mean asking whether the cryptography behind that key was built to survive the next generation of computing 🔐⏭️ For InterLink, this is a strategic direction with long-term significance 📌 Final thought 💡 Post-quantum readiness is no longer just a technical topic for specialists. For InterLink, it is becoming part of the broader conversation about long-term digital asset security 🧠🔒 NIST-aligned cryptography, practical migration paths, and user-preserving design may soon define the networks people trust most 🌟 InterLink Labs 👤 + 🌐 KV Reina | InterLink Labs InterLink Foundation #InterLink #ITLG #ITL #WeAreTheFirst10MLinkers Join me on InterLink 😁 Start mining now and use my invitation link: 💰 My code is: 111222777888 💰 Please DM me once you have used my code. 👍show more

🌟 Fortnite Ecosystem v41.00 Update Summary 📅 June 5,... 2026 🎮 Major Creator Updates: 1️⃣ Sidekicks as NPCs in UEFN Sidekicks are now available as scriptable NPCs in UEFN. Creators can customize how they look, animate them, script behavior with Verse, and even bring a player’s own Sidekick into an island experience. Important note: 🔹 Publishing islands with Sidekick NPCs opens July 23 🔹 Creature based islands may get new Discover opportunities 🔹 Great for monster battlers, cozy farming games, creature RPGs, companion adventures, and more 🔹 Epic plans to feature creature-based islands in a new creature-based Collection page 2️⃣ Custom Weapon Templates Creators can now use Scene Graph weapon templates for: 🔸 Pistol 🔸 SMG 🔸 Assault Rifle 🔸 Shotgun You can customize how weapons look, sound, and play, including mesh, VFX, audio, damage, fire rate, spread, and recoil. Important note: These Scene Graph entities are not compatible with older saving methods like the Save Point device. Epic says to use Verse persistence. 3️⃣ Mobile Controls Upgrade (Experimental) Big step for mobile friendly Fortnite games. 🔹 Touch Input Gestures 🔹 Custom touchscreen control layouts 🔹 Tappable custom HUD widgets 🔹 Verse API to detect touch enabled devices 🔹 New Designing for Mobile guide This should help genres like tycoons, puzzle games, menus, inventories, and mobile first UI feel way better. 4️⃣ Community Events Starting June 8, creators can create events in Fortnite Communities and share them in game. Events can show in: 🔸 Following tab 🔸 Creator Profile page 🔸 Island page 🔸 Island Lobby, if enabled Epic is also testing a Community Events row in Discover, but it will not show for all players and placement is not guaranteed. 🛠 UEFN Workflow Updates: 🔸 Push Changes now incrementally cooks only modified project parts 🔸 New Edit List Panel shows what is live and what still needs a push 🔸 Launch Session now combines multiple session actions 🔸 New Session Inspector gives better visibility into launch and Live Edit status 🔸 New Publishing Report helps catch issues before publishing 🔸 Improved Verse warning panel with direct VS Code links 🔸 New Editor Gizmo System 🔸 Physics setting moved into Island Settings 🔸 New Memory Snapshot tools help identify asset memory costs 🔸 Asset validation now warns when static meshes exceed 30k vertices at LOD0 Important Live Edit note: Live Edit is improved, but some changes can still require Push Changes. The new tools make it clearer what is already live and what still needs to be pushed. ⚠️ Important Publishing Change: Illegal Property Override warnings are now errors in v41.00. That means new or updated islands with these errors are blocked from publishing. Current published versions where the warning appeared will stay live. 👤 Follow a Developer Update: In v41.10, Epic will remove the Follow a Developer button from the Developer Profile Link device. The device itself will still be usable, and existing follower counts are not affected. If your island currently tells players to follow you through that device, update those callouts before v41.10. 🧑‍🚀 Hero Device Star Wars Update: More Star Wars characters have been added to the Hero device for Star Wars islands: 🔹 Luke Skywalker 🔹 Obi-Wan Kenobi 🔹 Mace Windu 🔹 Kylo Ren 🔹 IG-11 🔹 Moff Gideon 🔹 Boba Fett 🔹 Mandalorian (Pen & Ink), Clone Wars Anakin, and Clone Wars Ahsoka were also added to cosmetic-based devices 📦 New Content: 🌾 Cozy and Creature Tools 🔸 Plumpton Architecture Kit 🔸 Plumpton Farm Gallery 🔸 Pet Props Gallery 🔸 Updated foliage 🔸 Plumpton Feature Example ☕ New Prefabs and Galleries 🔹 Latte Landing Prop Gallery 🔹 Latte Landing Bun Store 🔹 Latte Landing Big Shots Cafe 🔹 Latte Landing Krunchy Krickets 🔹 Latte Landing Espresso Experiments 🔹 Latte Landing floors, walls, and roofs 🔹 More Plumpton props, plants, farm, pet shop, tavern, farmhouse, and more 🔫 New Weapons and Items: Weapons: 🔸 Vanguard Burst Rifle 🔸 The Voidblade’s Burst Rifle 🔸 Extending Focus Shotgun 🔸 Reacher Extending Shotgun 🔸 Chaos Exploder Rifle 🔸 Dark Voyager’s Chaos Rifle 🔸 Exotic Overdrive Pulse Rifle 🔸 Exotic Recon Bow 🔸 Exotic Leaping Lightning Gun Items: 🔹 Seven Sliders 🔹 Limitless Seven Sliders 🔹 Brick-a-Bunker 🏃 Player Movement Device Update: More movement settings are now available directly in the Player Movement device, giving creators better control over which players are affected. Includes: 🔸 Jump Fatigue 🔸 Slide Kick 🔸 Shoulder Bashing 🔸 Wall Kick 🔸 Roll Landing 🔸 Glider Redeploy 🔸 Player Flight 🔸 Flight Speed 🔸 Infinite Wall Kicks 🔸 Sprint and boosted jump energy costs 🧪 Experimental and Beta Updates: 🔹 Skeletal Animation in Scene Graph is now experimental 🔹 Physics remains Beta 🔹 Mobile touch controls and gesture support are experimental 🔹 Skeletal Animation in Scene Graph cannot be used in published islands yet 🛠 Community Bug Fixes: 🔸 Fixed server degradation from adding and removing entities 🔸 Fixed some Physics Materials not being exposed 🔸 Fixed some session launch cook errors 🔸 Fixed Fortnite not closing properly after launching a session through UEFN 🔸 Fixed crashes after repeated entity spawning and despawning 🔧 More Fixes: 🔹 Fixed quickbar and phone tool freezes 🔹 Fixed thumbnail capture preview actor issues 🔹 Fixed building on Instanced Static Meshes 🔹 Fixed Live Edit visual update issues 🔹 Fixed several editor crashes and performance issues 🔹 Fixed inventory UI not showing Fortnite item info correctly 🔹 Fixed multiple physics, movement, swimming, gliding, and launch pad issues 🔹 Fixed Scene Graph prefab and Verse path issuesshow more

Crafted with Seedance 2.0 + GPT Image 2 Pollo... AI Storyboard Prompt: Create a raw kung fu performance storyboard focused on extreme physical action. Use reference image for the character. 16:9 storyboard sheet, 12 cinematic panels. The actual storyboard drawings must be black and white only: rough pencil lines, minimal detail, fast gesture drawing energy, simple anatomy construction and strong silhouette readability. Keep the artwork lightweight, dynamic and unfinished like early fight choreography previs. Start directly in action. Do not begin with a calm stance, preparation shot or slow introduction. A solitary female performer executes an aggressive Tibetan kung fu master-style routine inside a vast ancient temple. The choreography is exaggerated, explosive and constantly escalating: flying diagonal kicks, monk-style low stances, rapid palm strikes, spinning cloth-like body turns, animal-form hand shapes, deep lunges, aerial twists, floor-level sweeps, sudden drops, claw-like blocks, back-arched jumps, sliding recoveries and violent sculptural impact poses. Every panel must contain visible motion and strong body momentum. Avoid static standing poses. The performer should feel like a ritual warrior moving with discipline, fury, spiritual pressure and total body control. Action progression: 1. begin mid-air with a flying diagonal kick already in motion 2. handheld close-up palm sweep cutting through air 3. orbiting wide shot of a full-body spin 4. low-angle impact palm strike with shockwave 5. long-lens side profile spinning kick 6. top-down aerial turn with body, hair and fabric flaring outward 7. hard floor stomp cracking the temple stone 8. sliding low sweep across the floor 9. aggressive close-up flurry of elbows, palms and backfist strikes 10. extreme low monk-style beast stance with energy rising 11. spinning elemental vortex around the body 12. final airborne action pose, suspended above the temple floor, body twisted in a powerful kung fu strike, all elements converging around her before impact Add selective elemental energy effects as VFX-style storyboard accents. The effects should feel spiritual, ritualistic and cinematic, not superhero-like: air bursts around spins and flying kicks, dust and stone fragments lifting from stomps, water-like floor ripples during slides, fire-like trails around explosive strikes, heat distortion around high-intensity movement, elemental vortex near the climax. Element progression: early panels: subtle wind, dust and pressure lines middle panels: stronger stone fragments, floor ripples and air shockwaves late panels: controlled fire trails and energy spirals final panel: the strongest combined elemental surge while the performer is still airborne Use cinematic arthouse action camerawork: handheld energy, whip-pan feeling, orbiting camera moves, overhead shots, side silhouettes, aggressive close-ups, long-lens compression, extreme low angles, wide negative space, strong parallax. Keep the temple environment minimal and atmospheric: towering stone columns, worn temple floor, drifting incense smoke, hanging fabric, harsh light shafts, faint dust in the air, subtle wet floor reflections. Do not overcrowd the frames. Annotation color system: red arrows = body movement blue arrows = camera movement green marks = framing / composition notes orange marks = lighting direction yellow marks = elemental VFX / energy effects black text = short lens notes and panel labels No timestamps. No dialogue. No singing. No extra characters. No enemies. No logos. No watermark. Seedance video prompt: Video Prompt Seedance 2.0 Create a 15-second cinematic kung fu performance video. Use Image1 as the fixed character sheet reference. The character must strictly match the character sheet. Use Image2 ] as the storyboard reference. Follow the storyboard shot by shot as the main source for action order, camera rhythm, body movement, framing, movement direction, camera angles and visual progression. Treat each storyboard panel as a sequential keyframe. Preserve the shot order and make the video feel like the storyboard has been translated into continuous live-action motion. The sequence must end on a frozen final frame while the performer is still airborne. Do not add text, captions, storyboard labels, arrows, UI, logos or watermarks. Do not treat the storyboard as a single image. Do not redesign the character, change the costume or alter the face. Do not begin with a calm stance, preparation pose or slow introduction. Do not make the elemental effects look like superhero powers or excessive fantasy glow. Visual style: stylized cinematic realism, high-end 3D painterly animation quality, dynamic cloth simulation, expressive silhouette design, rich cinematic lighting, controlled color palette, natural motion blur, dramatic scale, beautiful but aggressive physicality, premium feature-animation aesthetic. Environment: vast ancient temple, towering stone columns, worn temple floor, drifting incense smoke, hanging fabric, harsh light shafts, faint dust in the air, subtle wet floor reflections, high contrast shadows. The performance is a solitary female kung fu routine inside a vast ancient temple. The routine starts immediately in action, with no calm stance, no preparation pose and no slow introduction. The movement should feel aggressive, ritualistic, disciplined, physically extreme and spiritually charged. This is not a fight against an enemy. It is a solo performance of force, control, exhaustion, fury and release. Follow story board for choreography direction. Element progression: early sequence: subtle wind, dust and pressure lines responding to movement. middle sequence: stronger air shockwaves, stone fragments, floor cracks and water-like ripples across the temple floor. late sequence: controlled fire trails, heat distortion and energy spirals around explosive strikes and kicks. climax: wind, dust, stone, water ripple and fire accents combine into a stronger elemental vortex. final beat: the performer is airborne above the temple floor in a powerful kung fu strike, body twisted mid-air, hair and fabric flaring outward, with all elements converging around her before impact. Elemental VFX must feel spiritual, ritualistic and cinematic. The effects should be integrated with the choreography and motivated by physical movement. Keep the energy raw, elemental, atmospheric and grounded in the temple environment. Use Laban movement logic throughout: weight: strong, heavy, grounded during impacts, with brief lightness during jumps and aerial twists time: quick during strikes, kicks, drops and turns, sustained during suspended holds and recovery transitions space: direct during attacks, blocks and lunges, indirect during spinning turns and elemental vortex moments flow: bound during rooted stances and precise strikes, free during aerial motion, spinning fabric movement and elemental releaseSee lessshow more

Shell in the Spotlight Again as More Motorists Blame... Contaminated Fuel Sold at Their Stations for Engine Damage Fuel service stations operated under the Shell brand, which is managed by Vivo Energy Kenya, are once again on the spot after another frustrated motorist blamed poor-quality fuel for allegedly damaging his car engine. The incident reportedly happened just moments after the driver refueled at Shell Links Road in Mombasa when the vehicle began losing power on the way to Voi. Despite pushing forward, the problem worsened, and the car eventually stalled a few kilometres before Kitui, forcing the motorist to seek emergency mechanical assistance. A mechanic from Kitui ran a diagnostic test and found severe engine damage, including a completely worn-out piston, citing contaminated fuel as the likely cause of the problem. With no alternative, the motorist had the vehicle towed back to Mombasa and reported the matter to Vivo Energy Kenya. A representative from the company requested a fuel sample for testing at their laboratory. On Tuesday, they informed her that the sample had passed all tests. The motorist, dissatisfied with Vivo Energy’s response, instructed his mechanic to conduct a more thorough inspection of the engine to determine the extent of the damage. Upon dismantling the engine, the mechanic once again confirmed that one piston was completely worn out, an issue he attributed to contaminated fuel. According to the mechanic, the level of damage was consistent with prolonged exposure to poor-quality fuel, suggesting that the problem began soon after refueling. The motorist, convinced that bad fuel was responsible, claims to have gathered video evidence showing the fuel sample in a mixed and compromised state. She insists that the sample, which was taken directly from her vehicle, appeared discoloured and inconsistent with what is expected of high-grade V-Power petrol. Despite presenting this evidence, Vivo Energy reportedly maintained that their tests found no issues with the fuel. The motorist is now escalating the matter, determined to hold Vivo Energy accountable for the damage. She has shared video evidence, showing the contaminated fuel and is calling for independent testing to verify its quality. Frustrated by what she sees as the company’s unwillingness to take responsibility, she is considering legal action and has reached out to consumer rights groups for support. This case adds to growing complaints from Kenyan motorists about fuel quality, with recent independent tests exposing major discrepancies in octane levels at several stations. An automotive content creator Kim JH of Tanuki Garage recently went around Nairobi, purchasing fuel samples from different stations and conducting on-the-spot octane tests. The findings revealed that some premium fuels, including Shell V-Power, underperformed compared to standard fuels. For instance, Total Limuru Road recorded the highest performance with a PON of 92, while Shell V-Power scored lower, challenging the common perception of premium fuel superiority. His findings, shared widely on social media, sparked outrage, with motorists demanding accountability from fuel retailers. Following the viral exposé, oil marketers, including Vivo Energy rushed to dismiss the findings, arguing that independent tests lacked credibility and did not follow industry-approved procedures. Shell Kenya, through Vivo Energy, insisted that its fuel met regulatory standards, pointing to tests conducted by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA). However, the issue has refused to die down as more motorists continue to report unusual engine problems after refueling from previously reputable stations. Meanwhile, consumer advocacy groups have joined the debate, urging EPRA to conduct random and independent fuel quality tests at petrol stations across the country. They argue that the current reliance on oil marketers’ internal tests is inadequate and fails to protect motorists from potentially damaging fuel. The controversy has also drawn the attention of lawmakers, with some calling for stricter oversight and stiffer penalties for companies found selling substandard fuel. For motorists like the one affected at Shell Links Road, the issue is not just about technical standards but about accountability and compensation for the damage suffered. "Hi Nyakundi. I am Here to seek your intervention I fueled at shell links road ,vpower on Saturday, by the time I reached voi my car lost power I kept going but got worse as I moved. A few kms before kitui,the car stalled...I called a mechanic from kitui who came with a diagnosis machine and from what he said,I had put bad fuel. I towed the car back to msa. I reported to vivo. A guy from vivo by the name Brian mbaabu called and asked me to take the fuel for tests in their lab. He then called yesterday, on Tues and said that the sample passed all tests.... I asked my mechanic to open up the engine and to our surprise one piston is totally worn out an indication of bad fuel I will attach all I have including videos as I got the sample and it's all mixed up"show more

home page hero ✨ Design notes: - "Forever" hero... text dot pixel FX done in Unicorn Studio. (I will do a whole tutorial on this later. Unicorn's WebGL engine is absolutely wild and very powerful / robust) - built in Framer - I wanted to recreate the iOS unlock effect where your home screen icons cascade into place in a beautifully timed choreography. This took a lot of careful timing using Framer's "Appear" effect on the hero text and surrounding avatars because it was super important that we didn't lose the legibility of our main message ("Build Your Forever Audience") with all the animations. - If you look closely, the choreography is setup to lead your eye through the hero text first starting with "Build Your" then "Forever" and finally "Audience." - With those text layers in place + the surrounding avatars, there is a slight 1 sec pause before the remaining elements slide in below and above (How it works, CTA buttons, announcement badge, and lastly the main nav). - All told the entire loading sequence is 6 seconds - Custom particle system powers the interactive star field (the stars slowly gravitate to your pointer position, and the star field perspective changes ever so subtly as you move your mouse around on the page) - I have 3 shooting stars made of small white line layers that start out off canvas rotated at different angles that shoot across to another point off canvas at random times on a loop effect. - Given this hero scene is in space, I wanted the surrounding avatar elements to "float" in low gravity mode. For this I used Framer's loop effect that slowly oscillates the layer's y position. I then offset the delay of each element randomly to stagger the floating loop so each avatar floats independently/randomly - The final major treatment for this hero scene was the scroll animations on the avatars. I wanted to create a bit of a warp speed effect when you scroll down, as if the avatars were being pulled or sucked into a worm hole as you scroll down below this hero fold. - To accomplish this, I applied Framer's scroll transform affect set to "section in view" on each of the floating avatars, and set the "scroll to" position of the upper avatars to be much, much further away on the y-axis than the "scroll to" position of the lower avatars. (eg. -1700px on upper most avatars vs. -600px on lowest positioned avatars). This effectively causes the upper avatars to slide up off the hero canvas with much greater velocity than the lower positioned avatars. - And when you scroll back up to the hero section, the inverse happens where the lower positioned avatars "arrive back in place" from up above the hero canvas before the upper avatars come back into the scene and settle in place. - Overall I wanted this hero section to feel alive. The floating avatars, particle system with very subtle star movements, and the Caustics effect on the "Forever" text all sort of move at the pace of slow breathing - which is a great pace to create a sense of life and comfort in your scene. Conversion Results (so far) - When this new Framer site launched along with Calaxy v1.9 release on Base a couple weeks ago, we saw a surge in traffic, around 20k page views in the first few days. - Of those 20k hits, 11k visited the app install page ( - which is our main CTA - We saw around 10K new users in the first week after v1.9 launch Overall I'm very happy with the new site and early performance metrics. Lots of tweaking to do but its a good start. If you are a designer building in Framer - hit me with any questions on the above hero notes. Happy to share more specifics! 👾show more

Grok Bot is not just another chatbot. It is... an always-on AI teammate with its own computer. It can sign in to your tools, work across apps, inboxes and websites, keep working 24/7 and return with finished work. Here are 100 useful tasks you could give Grok Bot: Sales: • Research companies, customers, leads and competitors • Build targeted lists of potential customers • Find and score high-intent sales prospects • Enrich contact details and company records • Draft personalized emails and LinkedIn messages • Turn call transcripts into CRM notes and follow-ups • Prepare detailed account briefs before meetings • Keep CRM records and customer details updated • Flag stalled deals, risks and overdue next steps • Prepare weekly sales reports and pipeline scoreboards Marketing and content: • Research content ideas and trending topics • Prepare marketing campaign briefs • Create and manage campaigns across different tools • Research competitors’ marketing strategies • Build weekly or monthly content calendars • Repurpose content for social media, email and other platforms • Draft social posts, newsletters and blog content • Create multiple versions of advertisements and copy • Monitor brand mentions and prepare responses • Prepare campaign performance reports Inbox and administration: • Monitor your inbox and organize emails • Draft replies in your preferred writing style • Create a daily summary of important messages • Extract tasks, deadlines and action items from emails • Follow up on stalled conversations and forgotten tasks • Prepare meeting agendas and discussion points • Turn meeting notes into tasks and follow-ups • Organize email attachments and cloud files • Enter information into forms and internal systems • Update project trackers, documents and dashboards Finance and operations: • Process invoices received through Gmail • Extract invoice information automatically • Match invoices with purchase orders • Track expenses and prepare finance updates • Organize receipts and expense claims • Clean and reconcile financial spreadsheets • Compare vendor prices and prepare recommendations • Monitor software subscriptions and renewals • Track inventory and flag low supplies • Handle repetitive office operations Hiring and HR: • Help onboard new employees • Organize seating, accounts and equipment for new hires • Draft job descriptions • Research and identify potential candidates • Organize applications and candidate information • Coordinate interview schedules • Prepare candidate briefs before interviews • Combine interview feedback into one report • Create training materials and onboarding guides • Prepare employee offboarding checklists Customer support and success: • Monitor incoming customer requests • Create and categorize support tickets • Prioritize urgent customer issues • Draft customer support replies • Search internal documentation for answers • Escalate important problems to the correct team • Send product updates to customers • Keep follow-up tasks synchronized across tools • Prepare customer health and renewal reports • Turn customer feedback into clear themes Product and engineering: • Prepare and test product demo environments • Fix stale demo data and create readiness checklists • Reproduce software bugs inside the product interface • File detailed bug reports with steps and evidence • Hand bugs to another debugging Bot to work on fixes • Test websites and apps for common problems • Run repetitive quality-assurance checks • Test logins, forms, buttons and checkout flows • Update project boards and release notes • Turn user feedback into organized feature requests Research and reporting: • Conduct detailed web research • Collect sources and prepare cited summaries • Compare competitors’ products and pricing • Monitor industry news and important announcements • Organize research findings into tables • Clean and analyze large spreadsheets • Create daily, weekly or monthly reports • Update internal dashboards with new information • Prepare presentation outlines and meeting briefs • Summarize long documents, emails and transcripts E-commerce and online business: • Update product listings across platforms • Check inventory 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tasks without being taught again • Learn your voice, preferences and edge cases • Manage several specialist Bots simultaneously • Let Bots communicate and share information • Place Bots in group chats to coordinate work • Use one chief-of-staff Bot to manage the others • Run research, reporting and other jobs overnight • Ask for your approval only when a decision requires you You can message Grok Bot like a coworker, teach it how you prefer things done and let it improve over time. The real value is not just getting an answer. It is handing off an entire job and getting finished work back.show more

50% more context unlocked for Qwen 3.8 27b Q4_K_XL... dflash 2 on a single RTX 4090 (24 GB VRAM) I found a hidden VRAM tax in llama.cpp. By combining my custom 2 bit DFlash 2 drafter with one overlooked server flag, I just unlocked another +80,000 tokens of context. Qwen3.8-27B is now running a massive 250,000 context at 75 tokens/s on a single RTX 4090. Here is the secret: By default, `llama-server` reserves massive chunks of your VRAM to handle multiple concurrent users (batching). If you are running a single user session, you are bleeding memory for features you aren't using. By passing the `--parallel 1` flag, you force the engine to dedicate 100% of your 24GB VRAM buffer to a single user. When we combine the VRAM saved by our Q2_K 2-bit drafter with the VRAM saved by `--parallel 1`, the context ceilings absolutely explode: Note: all benchmarks carried out with a massive 28k prompt. Ubuntu 22. ### THE NEW 24GB PHYSICAL LIMITS (Single RTX 4090): # 1. The "Repo Swallower" (Q4 KV Cache): - Context: 250,000 tokens (Up from 170k!) - Speed: 73.66 t/s decode | 1,608 t/s prefill - Peak VRAM: 23.8 GB # 2. The "High-Precision SWE" (Q8 KV Cache): - Context: 150,000 tokens (Up from 100k!) - Speed: 75.01 t/s decode | 1,667 t/s prefill - Peak VRAM: 23.9 GB # 3. The "Pristine Attention" (Unquantized FP16 KV): - Context: 90,000 tokens - Speed: 80.58 t/s decode | 1,699 t/s prefill - Peak VRAM: 23.92 GB ### HOW TO RUN THE 250K GOD STACK TODAY: (Requires PR #27342 + my Q2_K Hugging Face drafter) llama.cpp flags: ./build/bin/llama-server -m Qwen3.8-27B-UD-Q4_K_XL.gguf -md Qwen3.8-27B-DFlash2-Q2_K.gguf --spec-type draft-dflash --spec-draft-n-max 3 -c 250000 -ngl 99 --parallel 1 --port 8080 -ctv q4_0 -ctk q4_0 We are pushing a quarter million tokens of context with speculative DFlash 2 decoding at 73 tokens/second on a single consumer gaming GPU. I dropped my custom 2 bit Hugging Face GGUF links, visual performance graphs, and the PR #27342 build instructions in the replies below. If you own a single RTX 3090 or 4090, it is officially time to cancel your API subscriptions and let local silicon eat the cloud. how much monthly API spend does an optimized 4090 rig like this actually replace for you?show more