Can a cloud-based vision model compete with the big players? We put Qwen3-VL through 7 rigorous tests to find out.

I’ve spent a good chunk of my adult life reluctantly mucking around in terminal windows thanks to our decision to self-host Stark Insider many years ago. Over the years I’d find myself learning how to ...

The Canadian boys in the woods (PetaPixel) call it the “ZED RED” which I kind of like. Nikon officially calls it the ZR: as in the new Nikon RED ZR to be exact. And it might just be the best and most ...

Claude can now create and edit Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint decks, Word docs, and PDFs. File creation transforms Claude from advice-giver into active project collaborator. Available today in preview ...

Google has released EmbeddingGemma, a new open-source text embedding model designed to run right on laptops, desktops, and even phones. This can happen all locally, without the need for a datacenter, ...

Anthropic just jumped from $60 billion to $183 billion. In less than a year. Let that sink in. The four-year-old San Francisco-based AI startup raised $13 billion in one of the largest venture rounds ...

Anthropic launches Claude for Chrome as a research preview, bringing AI directly to your browser sidebar. Claude can now take actions on your behalf within browser windows. The extension handles ...

Google's Gemini AI Assistant is likely hitting your car (Android Auto) and couch (Google TV) this fall. Timeline is now tighter, but still vague. Gemini on phones and watches was just a warm-up. Grok ...

Pebble Time 2 flat on a surface, showcasing a modern segmented time display on its color e-paper screen. Eric Migicovsky this week took the wraps off the updated and near final designs of the revived ...

OpenAI has simplified ChatGPT’s model menu to just GPT-5, GPT-5 Thinking, and GPT-5 Pro. Life in the world of AI moves at a different speed. And that speed would be: extremely fast. Just a day after ...

Copilot Mode turns Edge into a browser that actually thinks. It can summarize pages, compare prices across tabs, track deals, and respond to voice or typed prompts. You get research, shopping, and ...

It started as a routine server log check. I occasionally (reluctantly) take a trip down to the IT Dungeon to see what’s going on and if starkinsider.com has any issues to address. After 20 years of ...