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Perplexity makes it easier to run AI workflows entirely on your own Mac
A Mac with at least 36GB of RAM can now run Perplexity AI workflows locally. A Mac with at least 36GB of RAM can now run Perplexity AI workflows locally.
A Mac with at least 36GB of RAM can now run Perplexity AI workflows locally. A Mac with at least 36GB of RAM can now run Perplexity AI workflows locally.
Autonomous agents are the hottest thing in AI. OpenAI, Meta, Google, Instinct, and others promise their agents can scour the internet on your behalf, doing anything from booking a dinner reservation and cleaning out your inbox to buying new shoes. But what happens when the rest of the internet won't play nice? In recent weeks, users of services like Meta's Muse, xAI's Grok, OpenAI's Dots, and Inst…
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Bluesky expands Attie, its AI tool for building custom feeds, with a “social vibe coding” feature to create sites, games, quizzes, and more on the AT Protocol — Open social network Bluesky is once again expanding beyond its flagship app. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on Thursday …
Nieman Lab : Experts say Meta's new terms of use will allow scraping of websites, including news sites, “associated with” business accounts on its platforms, with no opt out — Starting October 30, business accounts will consent to Meta scraping their websites if they continue using Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp.
Jaspreet Singh / Reuters : Thoma Bravo-owned cybersecurity company Proofpoint plans to buy data security firm Varonis Systems in an all-cash deal valued at about $6.3B — Thoma Bravo-owned cybersecurity company Proofpoint will buy data security firm Varonis Systems (VRNS.O) in all-cash deal valued at about $6.3 billion, the companies said on Thursday.
Kate Sullivan / Bloomberg : A US official says Trump didn't order any limitations on Ukraine's access to SpaceX's Starshield; Elon Musk said any limits are ultimately decided by POTUS — President Donald Trump didn't order any limitations on Ukraine's access to SpaceX's Starshield satellite technology, according to a senior US official.
When someone asks ChatGPT about you, they don’t get a page of links to scroll through. They get a one-paragraph summary instead. That answer is fast becoming your first impression, and you can’t scroll past it or push it to page two. The good news is that you can influence it. AI tools don’t invent […] This story continues at The Next Web
<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/09/cobbledb-perplexity/en/headerimage/headerCobble-1790251452770.jpg"/><p>Perplexity has migrated its search infrastructure from Amazon DynamoDB to CobbleDB, an internally developed key-value store in Rust. This change reduced latency and costs associated with handling large document batches. The new architecture supports high query volumes more efficientl…
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