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xAI released Grok 4.7 on September 21, 2026 at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens - the same headline price as Grok 4.6 but with a 500K token context window, multimodal text-and-image input, and stronger agentic-coding performance on CursorBench 4.0. Here is the pricing, the benchmarks, and how to access it.
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OpenAI launched GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna on September 22, 2026 at $5 and $1 per million input tokens - 50% cheaper than the GPT-5.6 series, with a 1.05 million token context window, a new thought slider for Plus/Pro users, and a Luna-for-Free rollout. Here are the prices, the benchmarks, and the day-one rollout.
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Beats 360 over-ear headphones launched September 22, 2026 at $349.99 with swappable Performance Knit and UltraPlush cushions (256 combinations), 1.75x stronger ANC than Beats Studio Pro, 32-hour battery, IPX4 sweat resistance, and dual Apple/Android support. Here is the full spec, the cushion pricing math, and how it compares to Sony WH-1000XM6 and Bose QC Ultra.
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Meta Connect 2026 starts September 23 with expected reveals: the Watermelon model family, Muse Spark open weights, and Muse Video / Voice Playgrounds for developers. Here is what Meta has already shipped in the Muse family, what is rumored for the keynote, and why the Watermelon model matters for the frontier race.
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Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5 on September 22, 2026 at $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens - 40% cheaper than Opus 5, with adaptive thinking always on and the strongest alignment score of any Anthropic model. Here is the pricing, the benchmark movement, and the 5.5 family roadmap.
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Anthropic announced (Sep 16) it will open a Singapore office next month — its fifth Asia-Pacific location — after Anthropic Economic Index data ranked Singapore second globally of 121 countries for Claude usage per capita, with local adoption 5.81x higher than expected for its population. Dale Finlay has been appointed GM of ASEAN.
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Databricks announced (Sep 16) a US$350M+ investment in Singapore over three years — doubling its workforce to 500+, a new 32,000 sq ft office at IOI Central Boulevard Towers, and a partnership with IMDA and EDB to train 20,000 people in data and AI skills, backed by an SMU curriculum collaboration.
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RBA deputy governor Andrew Hauser says the AI data-centre investment boom means rates will rise 'further than otherwise'. Business investment is 12.6% of GDP — the highest since the mining boom (CEDA) — and markets price 75% odds of a September hike to 4.6%.
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Matillion pricing 2026: Developer free trial; Teams $20K-$35K/yr for small teams (5 dev users, annual); Scale $100K-$300K+/yr enterprise (5 dev users, SSO, hybrid, CDC); credit-based consumption; warehouse compute separate.
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Hightouch pricing 2026: Basic Reverse ETL Free $0/mo with 2 active syncs; Composable CDP usage-based $450-$800/mo entry; Enterprise custom $10K-$100K+/mo; row overage $0.003-$0.01/row.
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Astronomer Astro pricing 2026: Developer $0.35/hr deployment; Team $0.42/hr deployment; Business and Enterprise annual commit; workers from $0.13/hr; dedicated clusters from $2.40/hr; scale-to-zero workers.
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dbt Cloud pricing 2026: Developer free (1 seat, 3K models/mo); Starter $100/developer-seat/mo (5 seats included, 15K models/mo); Enterprise $200-$400/seat/mo negotiated; new Enterprise+ tier with unlimited projects and PrivateLink.
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