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Amazon rolls out 1-hour, 3-hour delivery as ultrafast shipping trend grows in the US (3 minute read)
Amazon is rolling out one-hour and three-hour deliveries in parts of the US. Three-hour delivery will be available in about 2,000 cities and towns, while one-hour delivery will be available in hundreds of areas. More than 90,000 products are eligible for the service. Shoppers will be able to filter search for products that can be delivered in three hours or less.
OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 mini and GPT-5.4 nano on APIs (2 minute read)
OpenAI has released GPT-5.4 mini and GPT-5.4 nano. GPT-5.4 mini is live on the API, Codex, and ChatGPT, while the nano model is reserved for API users only. Both models are designed for workflows where response time shapes the product. GPT-5.4 mini is priced at $0.75 per million input tokens and $4.50 per million output tokens, while GPT-5.4 nano lands at $0.20 and $1.25.
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See how Unblocked works.Open SWE: An Open-Source Framework for Internal Coding Agents (7 minute read)
Open SWE is an open source framework that provides the core architectural components for coding agents. It provides isolated cloud sandboxes, curated toolsets, subagent orchestration, and integration with developer workflows. The framework is intended as a customizable foundation rather than a finished product. Every major component is pluggable.
Lessons from Building Claude Code: How We Use Skills (16 minute read)
Skills have become one of the most used extension points in Claude Code due to their flexibility, ease of creation, and how simple they are to distribute. This flexibility can make it hard to know what works best. Anthropic has been using skills in Claude Code extensively, with hundreds of them in active use. This post details lessons Anthropic's team learned when using skills to accelerate development.
OpenAI Has New Focus (on the IPO) (9 minute read)
OpenAI's recent announcement that its leadership wants the company to focus is likely related to its upcoming IPO. Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX are all planning imminent IPOs. If all three just offer 15% of their shares, the combined sum would roughly equal every dollar raised across all American IPOs over the last decade. The first company to IPO would gain a large advantage in the market.
An Interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang About Accelerated Computing (40 minute read)
This article contains an edited transcript of an interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. The interview covers Huang's GTC 2026 keynote, changes in AI over the past year, Nvidia's approach to business, the AI stack and how it affects Nvidia, the China question, and Huang's frustration with doomers and their influence in Washington.
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