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AMD's Threadripper Halo: On-Prem Frontier AI for When Your Data Can't Leave the Building
AMD's Threadripper Halo pairs a 96-core CPU with up to 576GB of HBM3e — the first deskside box that can hold a trillion-parameter model without a datacenter. Here's what that memory actually buys, what it costs, and who should seriously consider it.
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GPT-6 Astra's Price Tag — and How Architecture Keeps It Off Your SME Bill
GPT-6 Astra is being reported at roughly $10 in / $50 out per million tokens with a ~1M-token context window — flagship-grade money. Here is the honest math on why that bill is set by your architecture, not the model, and how to keep it affordable.
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OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Just Moved the Goalposts — Here's What It Means for Your Business
OpenAI's new flagship GPT-6 Astra claims state-of-the-art computer use, coding, and cybersecurity — 99.9% on ARC-AGI-3, 98% on FrontierMath Tier 4, 100% on ExploitBench, and ~47% faster at driving a computer. What the numbers actually mean for a small business, the honest trade-offs, and when you can use it.
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Passkeys in 2026: Your Customers Already Use Them — Does Your Website Let Them In?
FIDO's 2026 report: 5 billion passkeys in use, 90% consumer awareness, and 47% of people more likely to abandon a purchase over a forgotten password. What a passkey actually is, what it costs to add, and when it's worth it for your business.
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