Your GPU Was Sandbagging β NX Tech Tips SHORT π± (Oct 26, 2026)
Four tech stories that broke today, each one wrapped in a joke. The vertical cut β tap play, thank us later.
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The Stories
1. Your RTX 30-series card was sandbagging β a free tool just found the hidden gear
An open-source project called gpu-unlock, built by GitHub user Zagitta, lifts Nvidia's firmware cap that halves Tensor Core AI throughput on consumer RTX 30-series cards β no VBIOS flashing, no patched driver. In community testing, an RTX 3090's BF16 throughput jumped from 77.5 to 129.6 TFLOPS, with some workloads gaining up to 80%. Your card had a second gear this whole time, and one guy with a GitHub account found the switch. (Experimental β but so was everyone's first overclock.)
Sources: tech-insider.org Β· TechTimes Β· Notebookcheck (Oct 24) Β· Wccftech
2. Anthropic filed to go public β ticker: ANT
The Claude lab publicly filed its S-1 with the SEC on October 26, 2026: Nasdaq listing under ticker ANT, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley leading a 22-bank syndicate, and $16.3 billion in first-half revenue disclosed. It's the only stock on the exchange you can physically step on. The AI boom has an IPO now.
Sources: Anthropic (primary) Β· CNBC live updates Β· Yahoo Finance
3. The iPad mini went OLED β and it's tub-proof
Apple's smallest-and-mightiest tablet got its biggest refresh: an 8.5-inch OLED display (nano-texture option, 2x+ peak brightness), A20 Pro chip, 5.4mm thin, and β the sleeper feature β IP67 water and dust resistance. Starts at $699. Apple's own words: "biggest update ever." Translation: it survives the tub. Bath gamers, rejoice.
Sources: Apple Newsroom (primary) Β· MacRumors Β· TechCrunch
4. OpenAI shipped GPT-6.1 Terra
Rolling out today in ChatGPT Work, Codex, and the API: GPT-6.1 Terra β visual reasoning, computer use, and writing per OpenAI's own task list, with an error rate at max effort down 18 points to 4.3%, nearly matching GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol. Astra, Sol, and now Terra β the sky's claimed, and they're coming for the ground. Somewhere an intern is still begging for Poseidon.
Sources: OpenAI model release notes (primary) Β· 9to5Mac
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