2026 · 08 · 26 · Wed

Updates for 8/26

Perplexity had the day's only news: a fully local NVIDIA agent plus enterprise MDM rollout. Seven tips round things out.

Today's moves

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Model, pricing and availability changes we actually wrote into the map and the encyclopedia.

A · Theme of the day

Perplexity goes local and enterprise-ready

A NVIDIA partnership and enterprise rollout tools both landed today.

Partners with NVIDIA for a fully local agent

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Compared to before

Until now, Perplexity Computer orchestrated 20+ models in the cloud, which meant API usage fees applied by default.

What changed

Perplexity partnered with NVIDIA on Portable Computer, a fully local agent with no API token charges.

Why it matters

Teams wanting to keep everything on-device, or dodge API metering, get a new option. Casual users likely won't notice much difference.

Comet adds MDM enterprise rollout

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Compared to before

Rolling out Comet used to mean setting up each machine individually, which was a real burden for IT.

What changed

Comet Enterprise now supports silent mass deployment to macOS/Windows via MDM, inheriting existing audit-log and retention policies.

Why it matters

IT teams doing a company-wide rollout benefit directly. Individual users won't see any change.

Today's Tips

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Practical ways to use these tools, picked up from social media and community threads.

T1 · Theme of the day

Terminal tricks speed things up again

Four small CLI and editor upgrades landed today.

Ctrl+G opens an editor for prompts

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How to do it

In Claude Code, press Ctrl+G to open your editor and compose long prompts there instead of the terminal.

Why it helps

Handy for longer, more complex instructions that are painful to type inline.

/btw asks a side question mid-run

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How to do it

In Cursor CLI, type `/btw` to ask a quick side question without derailing the agent's current run.

Why it helps

Lets you check something without interrupting the agent's momentum.

`copilot mcp` manages MCP servers

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How to do it

GitHub Copilot CLI's `copilot mcp` command adds and manages MCP servers directly from the terminal.

Why it helps

Skips hand-editing config files when wiring up a new MCP server.

Save a PR description format as a rule

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How to do it

In Windsurf, save your preferred PR description format as a Cascade rule, and it's applied automatically going forward.

Why it helps

No more re-explaining formatting each time you ask for a PR description.

T2 · Theme of the day

More gets done inside the chat window

Small new features landed in Gemini and Perplexity.

Nano Banana isolates a subject

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How to do it

Upload an image to Nano Banana and prompt it to isolate just the subject as an isometric model.

Why it helps

Skips regenerating the whole background — useful as a quick reference image too.

Temporary chat leaves no trace

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How to do it

In Gemini, open the top menu and pick "Temporary chat" for a conversation that won't appear in history or Activity.

Why it helps

Good for sensitive questions or quick experiments you don't want saved.

Check Source verifies a claim instantly

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How to do it

Highlight any text in a Perplexity answer to trigger "Check Source" and see the exact source quote behind it.

Why it helps

Verify a specific claim on the spot instead of digging through citations.

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