Software Digest: Benchmarks, Console Ports, and Compression

Gemini 4 Carbon Tops AI Intelligence Index

Gemini 4 Carbon tops the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index with a score of 59 and trails only the leading Claude model on coding-agent benchmarks. Google is rolling it out to selected users, not the public. — artificialanalysis.ai

Classic Mac OS Reaches Desktop on Wii

A developer ported classic Mac OS to the Nintendo GameCube and Wii, reaching a usable desktop on real hardware — a feat not seen since the CHRP clone era. The port remains far from a public release. — virtuallyfun.com

CC Switch Unifies AI Agent Provider Management

CC Switch is a cross-platform desktop app that handles provider switching and configuration for twelve AI coding agents, replacing hand-edited config files with a central home for add-on tools, skills, and prompts. — github.com

H.264 Squeezes Video With Perceptual Tricks

H.264 compresses video by discarding detail the eye can't perceive, sampling color coarsely, and encoding motion between frames rather than every frame, so a short clip can be smaller than a still image. — sidbala.com

Magpie Routes Any Model to Any Agent

Magpie is a local gateway for AI coding agents that lets each agent use any model from any provider, share paid subscriptions across agents, and mask secrets before requests leave the computer. — github.com