#Code Assistants
AICursor Acquires Firetiger to Bring Production Monitoring Into the Coding Agent Loop
Cursor acquired Firetiger on August 13 to close the gap between writing and running code. Agents will monitor deployments and flag what breaks in production.
AISpaceX Closes Its Cursor Acquisition - Cursor Now Has Access to the World's Largest GPU Fleet
SpaceX closed its Cursor acquisition August 15. Cursor cites GPU access as the path to cheaper, more capable coding models - Grok 4.6 already runs inside it.
AIDeepSeek V4-Flash API Hits Public Beta With Agent Benchmarks That Beat V4-Pro-Preview
DeepSeek V4-Flash API entered public beta on July 31 with agent benchmarks that beat V4-Pro-Preview on every task and native Codex compatibility.
AIGrok Build Mode Lets SuperGrok Heavy Subscribers Build and Host Apps From a Chat Prompt
Grok Build Mode launches in Early Beta for SuperGrok Heavy - describe a website, app, or game and Grok builds and hosts it on a shareable grok.me link.
HardwareHow to Set Up Codex Micro: What Every Key, Dial, and Joystick Should Do
Codex Micro costs $230 with 32 icon keycaps included. Setup is where it earns its place on your desk - here is what to map to each key, joystick, and dial.
AIKimi K3 Is the World's First Open 3T Model - Beats GPT-5.6 Sol on Coding at $3 Per Million Tokens
Kimi K3 is live today - Moonshot's 2.8T open model beats GPT-5.6 Sol on GPU kernel work, offers a $3/MTok API, and drops full weights July 27.
AICursor Pricing 2026: Hobby, Pro, Ultra, and What $20 Actually Buys
Cursor charges $0 to $200 a month, and the difference is a credit pool that runs dry. Every plan, the team seats, and the catches, verified July 10.
AIGitHub Copilot Pricing 2026: Plans, AI Credits, and What Changed June 1
GitHub Copilot moved to usage-based AI Credits on June 1. What Free, Pro, Pro+, Max, and Business actually cost now, verified July 10, 2026.
AIAlibaba Bans Claude Code After Reverse Engineers Find User-Detection Code in April Release
Alibaba classified Claude Code as high-risk software and will ban it from July 10, after researchers found code that could identify Chinese users of the tool.
AIOpenAI Reveals Codex Micro: A 13-Key Macro Pad for Developer AI Workflows
OpenAI unveiled its first hardware product: the Codex Micro, a 13-key macro pad co-built with Work Louder for developers running AI coding sessions.
AppsCursor Launches iOS App in Public Beta to Run AI Agents From Your Phone
Cursor for iOS launched in public beta June 29 for all paid plans. Launch cloud agents, track them on your lock screen, and merge PRs from your phone.
AIGitHub Copilot's First Metered Bill Just Landed. Developers Are Furious.
June 30 closes GitHub Copilot's first metered billing cycle. Developers on $39 plans are seeing charges over $750 from agentic sessions costing $30-40 each.