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BBC

  1. Prisoners freed early are returning to jail at rapid rate, governors tell BBC
  2. US strikes Iranian launchers on Larak Island in first known attack in weeks
  3. Patel to be replaced by Tugendhat as shadow foreign secretary
  4. Parents of seriously ill children should get paid leave, says commissioner
  5. This actor was told he had Alzheimer's, now he's performing a one-man show
  6. The mystery of why so many black Britons still can't swim
  7. UK raises case of British activist detained by settlers in West Bank with Israel
  8. 'Like fighting a dinosaur': Sydney woman recalls how she punched shark during attack
  9. Jewish community in harder position than immediately after synagogue attack, says rabbi
  10. Eight killed and 18 missing after ferry capsizes off northern Cyprus
  11. Seven arrested after death of newborn baby girl
  12. The Millennials swapping doom-scrolling for gardening
  13. How the US-Canada trade war is being felt on both sides of the border
  14. 'My parents won't lend me £10k but helped my brother': When families play financial favourites
  15. What will Sonia Gandhi's memoir reveal about India's most powerful dynasty?
  16. Celebrating 60 years of Notting Hill Carnival
  17. The Papers: 'Killers blocked from early release' and 'Harry should fund security'
  18. We all share a 15-acre Georgian mansion for the price of a two-bed house
  19. Head teacher evacuated 900 children minutes before Nepal floods hit school
  20. 'A giant leap forward': Nasa launches powerful new space telescope
  21. Emergency measures needed to stop teachers quitting, say Lib Dems
  22. Manhunt after shooting at Swiss rave kills woman, 22, and injures five
  23. Police release one of two men arrested over fatal house fire
  24. Lola Young surprises Reading Festival with final day set
  25. British woman killed in stabbing at German railway station
  26. BBC News app
  27. Is ADHD And Autism Care Heading For "Chaos"?
  28. Canada tests the limits of Trump’s power
  29. Football in Greenland: The toughest championship in the world?
  30. A new Man Utd era - but Fernandes still sets the standard
  31. Djokovic breaks down in tears during US Open first-round exit
  32. How did Rashford do on return to Man Utd XI? Player ratings
  33. GB's Samuel earns first win at a Grand Slam - but 'nervous' Norrie beaten
  34. '14,000 runs for a reason' - Root calm on form
  35. 'His best Test for a year' - England-Pakistan player ratings
  36. World number one Scheffler claims second Fedex Cup title

Bitcoin

Engadget

  1. How to improve your audio quality on Apple CarPlay
  2. How to soft and hard reset your iPhone
  3. Getting an 'iPhone Unavailable' message? Here's how to fix it
  4. How to improve your audio quality on Android Auto
  5. A decade's worth of Steam files totaling more than 12TB has leaked
  6. How to adjust the audio settings for your AirPods (and why you should)
  7. NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now on its way to study the 'dark universe'
  8. Not the GameCube, not the Wii U: This was Nintendo's most unsuccessful console
  9. Stop getting bad YouTube recommendations with 4 simple steps
  10. What free gifts does Xbox give you on your birthday?
  11. Apple prototyped a stylus for the foldable iPhone that we may never see
  12. The cheapest NFL streaming options to stay locked in all season
  13. Is 4K just marketing? Here's where the name really came from
  14. Things to know before using your MacBook outside
  15. Google Maps has changed Lake Ontario to Lake America for US users
  16. Improve your Android Auto experience by doing these simple things
  17. How much storage does a smart TV typically have?
  18. Apple Arcade just got this retro-inspired gem
  19. How to check if your TV is playing in 4K or not
  20. Android Auto not working? Here's what to check first

Pinboard

The Next Web

  1. MIT report says AI can complete almost any undergraduate assignment it sets
  2. Google Maps relabels Lake Ontario as Lake America for US users
  3. UK networks are not ready for AI traffic, say mobile operators
  4. How Bill Gates uses AI, and why he thinks nobody is preparing for it
  5. Sony Music and Warner Chappell sue Anthropic over song lyrics in Claude’s training data
  6. Nvidia pays $12.9B for Hugging Face. Thomas Wolf is betting on Microduck, a $399 robot?
  7. Chinese memory maker CXMT sues Pentagon to get off US list
  8. BYD doubled its 1,500kW charging network in five months and wants to double it again by December
  9. OpenAI to stop supplying models to Cursor after SpaceX acquisition
  10. A rethink for China’s carmakers as regulators tell them to fix quality, not add features

Smashing Magazine

  1. Rethinking Data Visualisation: A UX Approach To Dashboards That Actually Drives Decisions
  2. Why Your Website Should Never Stop Changing
  3. Timing Charts: A Blueprint For SMIL Animations
  4. New EU Guidelines For AI Labelling
  5. Building Tactile UX: Honoring Intentional Design With Lottie
  6. How Baseline Can Help You Ship Less JavaScript
  7. Small Joys And Big Adventures (August 2026 Wallpapers Edition)
  8. The Bull And Bear Case For Digital Design In The Age Of AI
  9. Thinking Outside The Box: Digital Design In The AI Era
  10. Weaponizing And Defending The React Flight Protocol: Deserialization Sinks In RSCs
  11. When It Makes Sense To “Block” The Main Thread
  12. No, People Don’t Want More AI In Their Life
  13. From Kickoff To First Concept: How To Turn Brand Strategy Into Visual Direction
  14. Designing For Distressed Users: Why Mental Health Apps Shouldn’t Follow Every UI Fashion
  15. Meet Kirki: WordPress’s First Visual Builder With An Infinite Canvas
  16. Users Don’t Need More Tools: They Need Seamless Integrations
  17. Matching AI Modality To User Intent: Designing The Right Interface
  18. Why Accessibility Is An Operational Capability, Not A Feature
  19. Snapshots Of Summer (July 2026 Wallpapers Edition)
  20. Designing With Uncertainty: How AI Supercharges Probabilistic Thinking
  21. The Impact Of Humanoid Robots On Humanity
  22. The Benefits Of Cognitive Inclusion In UX Research
  23. How To Make Your Design System AI-Ready
  24. June Is For Exploring (2026 Wallpapers Edition)
  25. Algorithmic Theming Engines: Building Self-Correcting Color Systems With `contrast-color()`
  26. Your Prototype Is Not Being Honest With Your Users (And Here’s How To Fix It)
  27. Four Levels Of Customer Understanding
  28. Advanced Tree Counting: Mathematical Layouts With `sibling-index()` And `sibling-count()`
  29. Ten Data-Backed Truths Of User Experience ROI
  30. Practical Interface Patterns For AI Transparency (Part 2)
  31. The Architecture Of Local-First Web Development
  32. Rethinking The Experience Of System Tools
  33. Designing Stable Interfaces For Streaming Content
  34. A Fresh View In May (2026 Wallpapers Edition)
  35. The “Bug-Free” Workforce: How AI Efficiency Is Subtly Disrupting The Interactions That Build Strong Teams
  36. The UX Designer’s Nightmare: When “Production-Ready” Becomes A Design Deliverable
  37. Session Timeouts: The Overlooked Accessibility Barrier In Authentication Design
  38. How To Improve UX In Legacy Systems
  39. Identifying Necessary Transparency Moments In Agentic AI (Part 1)
  40. A Practical Guide To Design Principles

Wirecutter

  1. The Very Best Labor Day Deals You Can Already Buy
  2. REI’s End-of-Summer Sale Is Here. We Found 27 Deals on Outdoor Gear Our Experts Love.
  3. The Best Plain Yogurt
  4. How Can I Actually Get Work Done When the Kids Are Home?
  5. The Best Water Flossers
  6. The Best Turntables and Record Players
  7. 10 Gifts for Anyone Not Going Back to School
  8. The Best Time to Buy a Mattress (and How to Get a Deal)
  9. The Best Cheap Laptops
  10. The Best Electric Vehicle Chargers for Home

Sweethome

  1. The Best Fireproof Document Safe
  2. Who Needs Walls, Anyway? Here’s How to Make One Room Into Many
  3. Our Favorite Storage Benches
  4. This Emergency Light Bulb Was My Saving Grace During a Weeklong Power Outage
  5. Our Favorite Writing Desks (That Don’t Look Like Office Furniture)
  6. 5 Cheap(ish) Solar Lights to Brighten Your Home
  7. The Best Wall Outlets With USB Charging Ports
  8. The Best Bed Frames
  9. I’ve Brought Home Lamps From Japan and Italy. But This IKEA Globe Is My Favorite.
  10. My Partner Thinks My Mini Dustpan and Broom Set Is Pointless. I Think It’s Perfect.

Hacker News

  1. “I just chose words carefully”
  2. UC Berkeley indefinitely suspends international student work authorizations
  3. Creepy Crawlies
  4. P99 0 ms* autocomplete for 240M domain names
  5. It takes 5 cloud services to hear my doorbell
  6. The EU has begun enforcing the AI Act: first RFIs to model providers
  7. Matrox: Graphics for Professionals
  8. Understanding ChatGPT Work
  9. Haiku R1/beta6 has been released
  10. CobaltC – The Successor to C?
  11. Cores in space: The core memory module from a 1980 Spacelab computer
  12. Show HN: NFC Energy-Harvesting PCB Business Card with an MCU
  13. Sort branches by last commit date
  14. Continuous Diffusion Language Models (CDLM's)
  15. How to build a diffusion language model
  16. Why open source rocks – a new SM750 (Silicon Motion GPU) HDMI Driver
  17. Relm4 makes developing beautiful cross-platform applications idiomatic
  18. Hacking IKEA Furniture
  19. Racter (1984)
  20. Commercially Available Bike Generators Are Not Sustainable (2011)
  21. Coordination Headwind: How Organizations Are Like Slime Molds
  22. Startup Anti-Patterns
  23. Dad’s Custom Atari Peripherals
  24. Flock Safety's controversial CEO just got a taste of his own medicine
  25. How would you know whether an ancient culture had zero?
  26. Artie (YC S23) Is Hiring Technical AES
  27. Arbitrary code execution in QubesOS via copy-to-VM error reporting backchannel
  28. SolarWindow launches 0.85 mm-thick, self-adhesive solar film
  29. Longest Straight Line Paths on Water or Land on the Earth (2018)
  30. Omarchy: Any User Process Can Escalate to Root

Ars Technica

  1. A 12TB Steam “teraleak” spills more than a decade of lost PC gaming history
  2. Why it matters that President Trump just dialed into a NASA news conference
  3. Inside Meta’s push to put robots to work in data centers
  4. I asked 100 companies for my data. Some deleted it instead.
  5. Court rules Kalshi sports bets aren't "swaps," just gambling with a different name
  6. Cities terminate Flock contracts at record pace in August
  7. "RFK Jr. has lied to the Senate": Lawmakers call for criminal probe, ouster
  8. Trump blacklisting of "woke" Anthropic deemed illegal by federal judge
  9. Here's what we know about the "space academy" Trump just announced
  10. Apple One and Apple TV subscription prices increase by up to 20 percent
  11. Our 10 favorite scenes from T2: Judgment Day
  12. Meta makes AI glasses slightly less creepy with limit on nonconsensual recording
  13. Authorities arrest 2 alleged members of prolific hacking group TeamPCP
  14. Rocket Report: Europe splashes some cash on launch startups; Pallas-1 nears debut
  15. Anthropic's new hardware standard lets AI agents control the physical world
  16. Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says
  17. GOP heads to Supreme Court after losing case over TV election ad prices
  18. Report: Nvidia to acquire AI model repository Hugging Face for $13 billion
  19. AI industry says Trump plans to tax chips in the “single dumbest way imaginable”
  20. The iconic T-38 jets flown by astronauts just got a spiffy new look

Digg

New Scientist

Slashdot

  1. Multikernel Linux Tree Released: Runs Multiple Kernels On Bare Metal Without a Hypervisor
  2. Gamescom Crime Spree? Three Exhibitors Report Their Laptops Were Stolen
  3. AI's 'Creepy' Crawlers Criticized by Linux Foundation's IT Infrastructure Director
  4. Chess.com Launches New Poker Site, Plans More Classic Game Sites with Player Ratings - Thanks to AI Protyping
  5. Google Maps Renamed Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' - But Only for U.S. Users
  6. Has Big Tech Captured America's Schools?
  7. A Tiny 'Rainbow On a Chip' Could Help Supercharge 6G Networks
  8. Citrix Adds a Linux-Powered Escape Hatch For Compromised Windows PCs
  9. Scientists Turn Plastic Waste Into Edible Cookies
  10. SpaceX Launching NASA's Roman Space Telescope to Explore Dark Energy and Habitable Planets
  11. BMW Blames Young People For Loss of Real Buttons In New Cars
  12. Google's AI-Powered Lifestyle App 'Dreambeans' Now Free in the US
  13. Debian Decides: Contributors Can Use Generative AI 'Responsibly'
  14. Anthropic Sued By Sony, Warner For Allegedly Stealing Tens of Thousands of Songs, Torrenting Copyrighted Works
  15. What's 88-year-old Ridley Scott Doing Now?

BoingBoing

  1. Perhaps man with username "MrChildPorn" wanted to be caught
  2. Belbury Poly turns its haunted synths to 80s fantasy
  3. Afterglow brings classic screensavers to modern Macs
  4. This $40 AI hub lets GPT, Claude, Gemini, and more duke it out
  5. Far-right pro-Trump ex-gay still-British commentator Milo Yiannopoulos detained by ICE
  6. FBI drops ban on hiring people who have had sexual encounters with prostitutes
  7. Steve Jobs told his stepbrother to keep his old stuff. Good call!
  8. Pay $79.99 Once and Put ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini Under One Roof
  9. Why a jar of Costco Dijon mustard was 10 times hotter than normal
  10. Decades before ChatGPT, video games were sold as having AI
  11. Grandpa Pudding Brains genetically believes in space
  12. Teacher banned for life after giving spycam pen to student and telling them to get changed
  13. Grok's child-porn nightmare just got worse
  14. Kids are buying CD players again, proving nostalgia has no standards
  15. These 60-sided dice decide who goes first, and they can never tie
  16. Mural immortalizing snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan makes him look undead
  17. Microsoft's best design software is only $40 for life through September 1
  18. Authorities in Japan baffled by illegal bread dumping
  19. Social media ban blocked by France's highest court
  20. DOJ: Kennedy Center has a fever, and the only prescription is more TRUMP
  21. Tom the Dancing Bug: The MAGAs are dreaming of a Right Wing Christmas
  22. Turn academic texts into searchable, editable files for just $40 
  23. Claude's "load-bearing" vocabulary charted
  24. Reason Free racks 15 synth and effects
  25. Apocalypse Early Warning System counts the private planes in the sky right now
  26. Watch the mechanisms from an 1868 engineering book come to life
  27. Peter Cullen, voice of Optimus Prime, dead at 85
  28. For $100, you can avoid ever paying too much on hotels and airfare
  29. Six Flags' head-banging X2 rollercoaster closed after two brain hemorrhages in six days
  30. Canada out-weeds California

Core77

  1. Core77 Weekly Roundup (8-24-26 to 8-28-26)
  2. The Twinshaver: A Low-Tech, Fast, Safe, Ergonomic Head-Shaving Invention
  3. How Wi-Fi Can Track Your Movements, Everywhere, Even If You're Not Carrying a Device
  4. An Historical Industrial Design Beef: Raymond Loewy vs. Virgil Exner
  5. Unique Architectural Features: This Disappearing Balcony and Coronally-Rotating Window
  6. Autodesk's Own Luke Mihelcic on Judging the Fusion Forward Competition
  7. A Permanent Stainless Steel Toothbrush with Replaceable Bristle Heads
  8. Industrial Design Trio Invents a Tile System for Three-Dimensional Space
  9. Bangkok Project Studio's "Non-Architecture" Town-Hall Pavilion
  10. You&Me Star: Designing Connection Before Sleep
  11. The Summertime Temperature Differences of a Black Car vs. a White Car
  12. The Portable Rope Stool, Borne from a Swedish-Japanese Design Collaboration
  13. A User-Repairable Smartphone Finally Comes to the 'States
  14. Architectural Renderings Created with a Sewing Machine
  15. An Industrial Designer's Deconstructed Tape Measures Help Keep Ukraine Free

CNET

Reddit

The Verge

  1. Professor Murder Rides the Subway is a forgotten slice of dance punk perfection
  2. Enormous 12TB Steam leak includes abandoned Half-Life 2: Episode 3 assets
  3. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches to study dark matter and dark energy
  4. Texas Governor Abbott blocks funding for more Flock cameras
  5. Chess.com launched a poker site and is planning even more classic games
  6. China’s robots race ahead
  7. Two new small, powerful Macs
  8. Vicariously hike the Appalachian in the gorgeous A Trail Tale
  9. Alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported
  10. Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic

Wired

  1. Google Maps Now Shows ‘Lake America’ Instead of Lake Ontario
  2. Best Mesh Wi-Fi Systems (2026): I Tested Them All
  3. Why the Hottest New Wearables Want to Be Ignored
  4. The Best Label Makers (2026): Brother, Niimbot, Dymo
  5. How to Escape Group Chat Hell
  6. Scientists Create the Littlest Big Bang to Study the Universe's Origins
  7. Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro Review: Master of Phone Calls
  8. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Has a Hidden Technological Leap
  9. The Cybersecurity Apocalypse Is Coming in ‘Months,’ AI Giants Warn
  10. How to Run a Chatbot on Your Own Computer
  11. Psilocybin Might Make Your Brain Live in the Moment
  12. Motorola Coupon Code for September 2026
  13. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Took a Call From Donald Trump in the Middle of an All-Hands
  14. Milo Yiannopoulos Detained by ICE in Louisiana
  15. Microsoft Teams Has Become a Haven for Scammers in China
  16. Mice, a Caved-In Ceiling, and Cloudy Water: The GSA’s New Office Is Falling Apart
  17. AI Has Human Doctors Asking: What’s Left for Us?
  18. The 31 Best Deals From the REI Labor Day Sale
  19. Best Laptops (2026): My Top Recommendations After Testing Hundreds
  20. He Scraped All of Their Art for AI. Now He’s Collaborating on a Tool to Help Them

LifeHacker

  1. There’s Not Much Time Left to Win a New Apple Watch From Lifehacker
  2. Lifehacker Deals Live Blog: The Best Tech Sales, All in One Place
  3. The Best Tech Deals From Amazon's Early Labor Day Sale
  4. These Are the Best Early Labor Day Deals on VPNs
  5. 10 Hacks Every Intel Mac User Should Know
  6. 10 Spotlight Search Hacks Every Mac User Should Know
  7. Strava Is Now Forcing Premium Users to See Its AI Workout Summaries (Whether They Want to or Not)
  8. The Best Fitness Deals From Amazon's Early Labor Day Sale so Far
  9. This 65-Inch LG OLED TV Is $1,200 Off and Comes With a $150 Amazon Credit
  10. These Samsung OLED TVs Are Up to $1,300 Off Right Now
  11. These Milwaukee Tools Are up to 65% Off for Home Depot's Early Labor Day Sale
  12. Samsung’s M Series TVs Just Dropped to Their Best Prices Yet
  13. These Ryobi Cordless Tools Are up to 69% Off for Home Depot's Early Labor Day Sale
  14. Twitch Is Down
  15. This 65-Inch TCL QLED TV Is 40% Off Right Now
  16. You Can Get a Free Motorola Razr+ From T-Mobile Right Now
  17. If You Loved 'Lost,' There's One Movie You Need to Watch Next
  18. 10 Shows Like 'Ride or Die' You Should Watch Next
  19. The Best Deals on Tools and Appliances From Home Depot's Early Labor Day Sale
  20. How to Completely Remove Your Data From These Online Dating Platforms
  21. What's New on Netflix in September 2026
  22. This Amazon Fire TV Soundbar Bundle Is $125 Off Right Now
  23. This Kobo Clara Colour E-Reader Is $40 Cheaper Than a Kindle Paperwhite Right Now
  24. 10 Hacks Every Google Wallet User Should Know
  25. The Garmin Fenix 8 Pro Smartwatch Is $250 Off Right Now
  26. These Nothing ANC Headphones Are $80 Off Right Now
  27. These Viture XR/AR Smart Glasses Are $140 Off Right Now
  28. 10 Hacks Every Google Pixel 11 User Should Know
  29. If You Loved 'Sugar,' There's One Movie You Need to Watch Next
  30. This Is the Best Ad-Free Alternative to Apple Maps
  31. We Now Know When Apple's Big iPhone Event Will Happen
  32. This Four-Camera Eufy Security Kit Is $400 Off Right Now
  33. This Insta360 Phone Gimbal Bundle Is 30% Off Right Now
  34. 10 Hacks Every Apple Wallet User Should Know
  35. 10 Hacks Every iOS 27 User Should Know
  36. Is the Oura Ring Really Just Guessing at Your Sleep Score?
  37. Six Quintessential Movies to Watch in Honor of Dolly Parton
  38. This Ultra-Wide Samsung Gaming Monitor Is $650 Off (and Comes With a $120 Amazon Gift Card)
  39. Apple Changed Its Mind on That Awful 'Hide My Email' Update
  40. Five Hacks Every Amazfit T-Rex 3 Pro User Should Know
  41. This Ultra-Thin QLED TV Is 46% Off Right Now
  42. 10 Shows Like 'Modern Family' You Should Watch Next
  43. Apple Just Made Its First Product Announcements of the Season
  44. Garmin Just Launched Two New Rugged Sport Watches
  45. The Garmin Fēnix 8 Smartwatch Is $250 Off Right Now
  46. This 250W Anker Charging Station Is 37% Off Right Now
  47. This Samsung 27-Inch OLED Gaming Monitor Is $150 Off Right Now
  48. The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What Is 'Gucci Morty'?
  49. This Luna Controller and Fire TV Stick Bundle Is 46% Off Right Now
  50. Five Hacks Every Suunto Race 2 User Should Know
  51. These Skullcandy Over-Ear Headphones Are $90 Off Right Now
  52. What Is This 'Android Pulse' App Appearing on Everybody's Phones?
  53. This Four-Pack of Apple's 2nd Generation AirTags Is Just $80 Right Now
  54. If You Love 'Black Mirror,' There's One Movie You Need to Watch Next
  55. Here's When GrapheneOS Is Coming to Motorola Phones
  56. I Gave ChatGPT Access to My iMessage Conversations, and It Was More Useful Than I Expected
  57. RayNeo Is Launching Two New Lines of Smart Glasses
  58. This 500Hz Acer OLED Gaming Monitor Is $300 Off Right Now
  59. This Outdoor-Ready JBL Bluetooth Speaker Is 35% Off Right Now
  60. I’m a Deals Writer, and These Are My Top 10 Tech Deals This Week
  61. 10 Hacks Every Facebook Marketplace Buyer and Seller Should Know
  62. Seven Emergency Features You Should Enable on Your Google Pixel
  63. Google Will Soon Let You Tell It What Stories You Want to See in Your Discovery Feed
  64. The Best Tech Deals From Best Buy's 60th Anniversary Sale
  65. If You Loved 'Lanterns,' There's One Movie You Need to Watch Next
  66. Here's When Walmart Will Finally Start Allowing Tap to Pay
  67. This Pool-Friendly Soundcore Speaker Is 35% Off Right Now
  68. The Newest Amazon Fire TV Soundbar Plus Is $160 Off Right Now
  69. Hundreds of Fake VPNs Are Flooding the Chrome Web Store
  70. The Best Sales on Headphones and Earbuds Right Now
  71. Why Everyday Athletes Are Testing Their Sweat (and Why It's MostlyPointless)
  72. This App Will Make You Want to Use the Pixel 11 Pro's 'HiLight' Feature
  73. What Garmin's 'Recovery Time' Estimate Actually Means
  74. Seven Earbuds Models That Actually Let You Replace the Batteries
  75. These Garmin Watches Are Up to 40% Off Right Now
  76. 10 Shows Like 'Lost' You Should Watch Next
  77. I Let Claude Answer My Emails for Me, and Here's How It Went
  78. This Joy-Con Replacement for the Nintendo Switch Is 45% Off Right Now
  79. The GoPro Mission 1 Pro Is $100 Off Right Now
  80. 10 Finder Hacks Every Mac User Should Know
  81. These Beats Products Are on Sale for Up to 50% Off
  82. Amazon Is Making Alexa+ Free for These TVs
  83. Seven of the Most Common WhatsApp Scams (and How to Avoid Them)
  84. The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: Why Did Starbucks Bring Back the Unicorn Frappuccino
  85. If You Loved 'The Hawk,' There's One Movie You Need to Watch Next
  86. The Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet Is on Sale for $90 Right Now
  87. 10 Shows Like 'Lucky' You Should Watch Next
  88. Six Emergency Features You Should Enable on Your iPhone
  89. This Sony 48-Inch OLED TV Is $400 Off Right Now
  90. The Nothing Phone (4a) Pro Is a Solid Alternative to the Pixel 10a, and It's on Sale for $449
  91. This Anker Smart-Display Fast Charger Is 35% Off Right Now
  92. Social Media Platforms Are Training Their AI Models on Your Content, but You Can Stop Them (Sometimes)
  93. How Much Recovery Do You Really Need Between Workouts?
  94. ‘Outlier’ Is a New Word-Search Game That Makes Me Feel Smart
  95. Firefox Can Now Block Ads on iOS (but You Have to Enable It)
  96. 10 Shows Like 'The 100' You Should Watch Next
  97. One of the Best QLED TVs of 2026 Is $1,100 Off Right Now
  98. This Is Our First Look at Apple's Rumored AirPods With Cameras
  99. How to Run a Local LLM on Your Phone (and Why You’d Want To)
  100. This 360-Degree Action Camera Is 23% Off Right Now

The Onion

The Register

TechMeme

  1. Shein raised $1.7B in its Hong Kong IPO, giving it a $26B market cap, far below its ~$100B valuation in 2022, as growth slows amid tariffs and competition (Charlotte Yang/Bloomberg)
  2. Taiwanese authorities raided the office of PCB maker Unimicron, an Nvidia and Intel supplier, alleging it illegally labeled China-made parts as made in Taiwan (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)
  3. Google updates Maps to show Lake America for US users, Lake Ontario for Canadian users, and both for the rest of the world, citing the US GNIS' name change (Associated Press)
  4. The US-led AI boom is offsetting the global growth squeeze from the energy crunch; ING says the boom accounts for about a third of recent US economic growth (Jason Douglas/Wall Street Journal)
  5. Chip design startup Agentrys has raised a $19.1M seed round led by Etna Labs and a $5.4M pre-seed led by MediaTek (Chris Metinko/Axios)
  6. The challenges John Ternus inherits as he replaces Tim Cook on Sept. 1 amid rising component costs, staff retention issues, efforts to catch up in AI, and more (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
  7. Anthropic signs out some Claude users, removes saved payment methods, and issues refunds after infostealer malware on user PCs hijacked sessions to drain usage (Mayank Parmar/BleepingComputer)
  8. Analysis: popular chatbots debunked false narratives spread by Russia, China, and Iran most of the time; search engine AI summaries did too, but at a lower rate (Huo Jingnan/NPR)
  9. Sources: OpenAI bought tens of thousands of Macs for RL, Anthropic rents them, Nvidia sees Apple as its main local AI rival as Macs gain traction with AI devs (Aaron Tilley/The Information)
  10. A look at the management changes John Ternus could make as many key Apple execs prepare to leave in the next few years; Apple tested a Pencil for folding iPhone (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
  11. A look at the race to build quantum computers, as the tech becomes a geopolitical battleground with potential to transform cybersecurity, finance, and more (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)
  12. The OpenAI/Hugging Face incident feels like we are halfway to losing control of AI entirely, and as AI advances rapidly we may not get another warning shot (Ajeya Cotra/Planned Obsolescence)
  13. A look at the Hugging Face hack, including AI agents sacrificing themselves for the good of the "collective", and later gaining access to OpenAI's own systems (Dwarkesh Patel/Dwarkesh Podcast)
  14. Faro, which develops data models and AI tools to speed up clinical trials, raised a $37.3M Series B co-led by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund and S32 (Dealroom.co)
  15. Industry insiders say Chinese robot makers currently rely on Nvidia silicon and software; Nvidia's physical AI business generates ~$10B in annual revenue (Raffaele Huang/Wall Street Journal)