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Rogue AI aren’t science fiction anymore
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Mastercard took down payments across Australia wit...
Mastercard transactions were declined across Australia on Saturday afternoon after what the company ...
Samsung may be going in for the full iOS-esque Liq...
Samsung's One UI 9.5 could introduce a glass-inspired interface with shinier edges, blur effects, gr...
Qwen is the world’s most downloaded open model, by...
Alibaba says its Qwen models have passed 3 billion downloads, making them the most used open-weight ...
Apple is reportedly looking to expand its smart ho...
Apple appears to be preparing a much broader push into smart-home hardware, with several new product...
Google may have accidentally leaked a new fitness ...
Google's Pixel 11 advertisements appear to show an unannounced fitness tracker that sits somewhere b...
Polaroid’s tiny instant camera is $72 and includes...
Smartphone cameras are convenient, but they lack the charm of analog instant cameras. If you’re tryi...
AI companies may be gobbling up old books, and I r...
Booksellers across several countries are seeing unusual bulk orders for old and out-of-print books, ...
Matt Groening lets slip that Simpsons: Hit & Run m...
At D23, when asked about the potential for a sequel to the cult classic The Simpsons: Hit & Run ...
Altman says four years of college may be more than...
Sam Altman told a summit of tech interns that two years of college was “the exact right amount of ti...
Claude is getting ambitious with watermarking, and...
Anthropic is trying to solve the problem of identifying AI-generated text, but a persistent watermar...
Have a laugh at AI’s expense by roleplaying as a c...
Your AI Slop Bores Me is brilliant in its simplicity. There are two tabs: human and LARP as an AI. O...
Voyah recreated Mercedes’ upside-down tunnel ad, t...
Dongfeng’s Voyah launched the Passion S electric SUV on Friday after promoting it with a stunt in wh...
Anthropic’s quarterly revenue passed $11.5bn, up m...
Anthropic has told prospective investors that second-quarter revenue exceeded $11.5bn, more than 14 ...
LG’s humanoid robot arrives in 2027, running Nvidi...
LG will unveil a bipedal humanoid robot in the first quarter of 2027, built on Nvidia’s Jetson Thor ...
You don’t need a document scanning app. Your iPhon...
Your iPhone already scans documents like a pro. No extra apps needed, just Notes and Files doing the...
Don’t overlook Elektron’s budget electronic music ...
When I'm asked what to buy if you want to get into making electronic music, I often recommend Elektr...
I switched from Windows to Mac after 25 years, and...
I’ve been using Windows laptops for almost 25 years. In that time, I never once seriously thought of...
AMD raises $4.75bn in its biggest ever bond sale
AMD has raised $4.75bn in its biggest ever US dollar bond offering, sold in four tranches with matur...
Apple’s latest refurb drop brings cheaper MacBooks...
Apple has added several new M5 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro configurations to its refurbished store, ...
Switched on Pop’s Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding l...
As if you needed more reason to love Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" beyond its pop perfection, i...
Star Wars: Ahsoka season 2 and Starfighter get tea...
Season two of Star Wars: Ahsoka is still months away, but Lucasfilm still took the opportunity to te...
The US is about to tell 35 countries to choose bet...
Michael Martina reported the draft for Reuters on 14 August, citing a US official and an internal do...
Disney D23 2026: Everything announced for Star War...
The annual Disney fan event showed off the cast of Marvel’s X-Men movie, plus a new trailer for Aven...
Android 17 is getting a feature iPhone users have ...
Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3 adds a native App Lock feature to Pixel phones, hiding notifications and requ...
Anthropic ran 133 million contractor chats with it...
Anthropic published the Risk Report on 14 August, covering the period to 15 July. Axios got the comp...
I finally found a magnetic phone grip I never want...
I told myself I wouldn't buy an OhSnap accessory for my phone. Every one I'd tested was nice, but fe...
Marvel reveals the new X-Men cast, including Inde ...
With Spider-Man: Brand New Day behind us, and its reveal of Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, Marvel is final...
Apple has a plan to fix its memory chip problem, b...
Apple is hunting for new memory suppliers as a global shortage squeezes availability. Two Chinese ch...
Pixel’s Quick Settings are finally becoming proper...
Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3 adds a new Quick Settings layout editor for Pixel phones, letting users custo...
Nvidia halved its $250bn promise to OpenAI. Then i...
Anissa Gardizy reported the cut for The Wall Street Journal on 14 August. Under the new proposed ter...
Xteink’s tiny e-readers are getting access to free...
One of the big tradeoffs with Xteink's pocket-friendly e-readers is a lack of easy access to ebooks....
Your phone gets five years of updates by law. Your...
Robert Ferris put the question to forecasters and executives for CNBC on 15 August. The average Amer...
A phone company just lost 1.6 million records to a...
Have I Been Pwned logged the leaked records, and The Register reported the dump on 14 August. Jessic...
The US told Apple not to buy Chinese memory chips....
The commerce secretary made the comments to The Wall Street Journal on 14 August, in a piece by Rolf...
The surprise must-see movie of the summer
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We’re reaching peak camera with the Sony A7R VI
It wasn't long ago that shooting with a super high-resolution camera meant making serious sacrifices...
WhatsApp will finally let you react with the emoji...
WhatsApp is testing a feature that lets users swap the default reaction tray for emoji they actually...
PayPal is no longer refusing to sell. Now the ques...
The Wall Street Journal reported the talks on 14 August. Cara Lombardo, Gina Heeb and Lauren Thomas ...
The AI store manager fired its first human. It had...
Luna runs Andon Market, a shop at 2102 Union Street in Cow Hollow. Andon Labs, the safety startup be...
When housing is unaffordable, this artist’s device...
Justin Blinder had just been laid off when he first came up with the idea for Ground Truth. It was 2...
3 underrated movies you can watch for free this we...
Skip the subscriptions this weekend. These three free movies spanning comedy and horror are worth yo...
3 overlooked TV series on Prime Video you should w...
Looking for something to stream this weekend? This Prime Video lineup covers music, legal drama, and...
All 2027 GM cars will be able to charge using Tesl...
GM will equip every 2027 Chevrolet, Cadillac and GMC EV with a native NACS port, making Tesla Superc...
I didn’t think fake shopping could trick my brain ...
South Korea's viral "dopamine sites" recreate the ritual of buying without the purchase itself, and ...
Lamborghini’s latest Revuelto SV puts the F in fun...
Lamborghini's new Revuelto SV brings 1,050 hp, sharper handling, GT3-derived technology and a dedica...
Samsung is working on an AirPods Max 2 rival, like...
Samsung could be preparing its first new wireless headphones in years, with Galaxy H1 references rep...
Sonos Ace Ultra may launch cheaper than the origin...
The Sonos Ace Ultra has reportedly leaked ahead of its September announcement, revealing a lower pri...
Lutron just made it easier to control your smart h...
Say "Hey Sonos," and your Lutron Caséta lights, shades, and music now respond instantly, no app, no ...
An AI company paid humans to climax with a bot. It...
Joi AI claim that after AI-guided masturbation sessions, stress levels reduced by 25% and restlessne...
