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NATO wants thousands of AI drones guarding its borders — but there’s one thing they won’t be allowed to do
NATO plans to bolster its eastern defenses with AI assisted drones, but won’t give the autonomous technology the power to engage targets without human…
Ditching my plastic air fryer for the non-toxic Ninja Crispi Pro was the best kitchen upgrade I made this year
Thanks to two borosilicate cooking containers and still being a compact size for easy storage, the Ninja Crispi Pro also makes cooking and cleaning ea…
Pixel 11 series quietly and exclusively adds one of the most useful new haptic features
Pixel 11's new custom vibration options are music to your…fingertips. TL;DR The Pixel 11 series debuts custom vibration features we first uncovered in…
MIT engineers design a better controller for operating construction diggers
The new, more intuitive system could speed up the training process for excavator operators. Anyone who’s ever wrestled with a claw machine at an arcad…
YouTube is using a carrot-and-stick approach to keep top creators from cozying up to Netflix
YouTube is offering top creators millions to skip Netflix deals, according to a new Bloomberg report, as the platform tries to keep its biggest stars …
Tesla’s Robotaxi gets caught crashing through bollards, just as it readies the purpose-built Cybercab for public roads
Tesla Robotaxi gets confused by bollards — just as the Cybercab gets ready for the road Texas Robotaxi passenger films car hitting plastic bollardsCom…
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Genesis GV90 SUV Debuts With Coach Doors, 310-Mile Range
The luxury electric SUV rolls out with HMG’s biggest battery to date and its most dramatic set of doors.
Samsung just set a date for its next Galaxy S26 launch, and this one is for the fans!
Samsung is getting ready to make the Galaxy S26 FE official. Credit: Samsung TL;DR Samsung has announced a Galaxy Event for August 27 to introduce a n…
Apple hits back at OpenAI’s bid to dismiss lawsuit, reaffirms ‘pervasive trade secret misappropriation’
Apple has filed its response to OpenAI’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit in which it accuses two former employees, as well as OpenAI and io Products, of…
Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Thursday, Aug. 20
Here are hints and the answers for today’s NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Aug. 20, 2026.
Microsoft ends one of the last ways to buy VMware without big bundles
Broadcom’s VCF-or-nothing licenses are coming to Azure Microsoft has signalled it will end one of the last remaining ways to acquire VMware products o…
Google is giving students a free year of AI Pro and a new Gemini Student Hub
Google is giving eligible college students a free year of AI Pro while adding a new Student Hub packed with study tools.
Astropad Workbench 1.3 adds faster streaming, privacy curtain, and more
Astropad has released Workbench 1.3, its largest update to the remote desktop app since the launch earlier this year. The release adds several tools f…
Comcast Xfinity Wants to Use Your Wi-Fi as a Motion Sensor in Your Home
Xfinity Shield is a combination of cyber and home security using several new technologies I’ve seen in recent years.
We Think We Found ‘Human Printer’ Natalie Harp’s Printer Setup. It’s Bulky
A fairly bulky printer, and a totally unnecessary backup battery. Why?
UC Berkeley professor admits to using AI to edit op-ed on students’ math skills
Zvezdelina Stankova says she used AI to ‘help edit’ an article about some of her students being ‘five to eight years’ behindA math professor at the Un…
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PSA: ChatGPT outage is blocking users from logging in or creating new accounts [U: Fixed]
Update, 8:54 p.m. ET: OpenAI says the issue is now fully resolved. The original story follows below. OpenAI has confirmed that users are encountering …
What If This Was How You Found Out The Singularity Has Begun?
The authority on the matter: a financial services platform.
NASA calls off mission to rescue Swift gamma-ray observatory
Without a rescue, NASA's Swift Observatory is expected to reenter the atmosphere later this year. NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies announced Wedne…
EU Welcomes Apple's App Store Changes, Epic Slams 'Junk Fees'
Apple yesterday updated its App Store fees in the EU to comply with the Digital Markets Act and to put an end to its ongoing conflict with the Europea…
Google Goes Back to School With New AI Study Tools
A new dedicated study hub includes a study notebook, customized flash cards and practice quizzes.