LinkLoot newsroom

Product updates and useful context

Read updates about tools and digital products, see what has changed, and find the available sources in each article. Browse the archive pages for earlier posts.

Articles and guides

Keep reading and explore a topic

Find longer articles in the blog, explore a topic through the guides, or browse earlier news.
AI & Automation
8/28/2026 5 min

Google replaces Gemini Notebook’s daily quotas with compute-based limits

Gemini Notebook will adopt five-hour and weekly compute-based limits for consumer accounts on September 2, replacing predictable daily feature quotas with a workload-sensitive meter.

Read update
AI & Automation
8/28/2026 4 min

Tencent open-sources Hy4 preview with 1M context for coding agents

Tencent has released Hy4 preview as a 770B open-weight MoE model with a 1M-token context window, global API access, and a two-week free window in WorkBuddy and CodeBuddy.

Read update
AI & Automation
8/28/2026 4 min

Ant Group releases Ling 3.0 Flash Fin for long-context finance work

Ling 3.0 Flash Fin brings a 256K context window and tool calling to financial research workflows, with free API access through September 25.

Read update
AI & Automation
8/28/2026 5 min

Anthropic previews Model Hardware Standard for AI-controlled lab equipment

Anthropic’s limited MHS preview gives model-agnostic agents a common interface for microscopes, liquid handlers, robot arms, and other programmable equipment.

Read update
Business & Career
8/27/2026 3 min

OpenAI opens commercial operations in Brazil as ChatGPT use doubles

OpenAI has opened a São Paulo office and launched commercial operations in Brazil, citing rapid ChatGPT adoption, a growing developer base, and new public-sector and education partnerships.

Read update
AI & Automation
8/27/2026 4 min

A Reset Button Mention Puts Codex and ChatGPT Work on Early Watch

Tibo Sottiaux’s August 27 post hints at a possible reset relevant to Codex and ChatGPT Work, but it confirms neither a reset event nor its timing, audience, or banked-reset behavior.

Read update