2026-08-27

Brazil sues Discord for R$500M and wants an office in the country

Brazil’s federal government has sued Discord for R$500M, about $97M, over what it describes as severe gaps in the platform’s age verification and user safety protections. It lands three days after Discord appealed against the data protection authority’s order suspending its livestreaming feature, arguing that only a court can suspend a service, and amid a wider […]<br /> This story [...]

2026-08-27

Claude Cowork now runs its own browser inside the desktop app

Anthropic is building its own browser into Claude Cowork, running inside the desktop app.<br /> The article Claude Cowork now runs its own browser inside the desktop app appeared first on The Decoder. [...]

2026-08-27

Why retailers need to own their digital visibility

Relying too heavily on third-party platforms can leave retailers vulnerable [...]

2026-08-27

London surgeons remove brain tumour in first AI-assisted operation of its kind

Surgeons at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London have removed a brain tumour in what University College London Hospitals says is the world’s first successful AI-assisted operation of its kind. The system analysed live camera footage during the procedure, helping the team identify nerves and blood vessels near the tumour, and joins […]<br /> This story continues [...]

2026-08-27

GLM-5.3-Flash matches top models at a fraction of the cost, and runs without Nvidia

Z.ai releases GLM-5.3-Flash, an open-source model with 320 billion parameters that lands just three points behind the larger GLM-5.3 on Artificial Analysis's Intelligence Index, at a seventh of the cost. What's notable is that all of the inference traffic ran on Chinese AI chips instead of Nvidia hardware.<br /> The article GLM-5.3-Flash matches top models at a fraction of the cost [...]

2026-08-27

Logitech's new tool will now track if your office is too warm to work in

Spot gives you all sorts of insights about your office environment, and it now integrated with third party software. [...]

2026-08-27

The 12 best products for a good night's sleep, according to Consumer Reports

Getting good sleep often comes down to small habits and gear. Consumer Reports staffers shared the 12 products they rely on [...]

2026-08-27

Stop Touching Your Keyboard. Use This AI-Powered Microphone Instead

The Relay Q, due next year, is the latest attempt to reposition voice as the most seamless method for human-computer interaction. [...]

2026-08-27

What the US semiconductor tariff does and does not currently touch

The 25% tariff the United States imposed on advanced semiconductors in January comes with a carve-out that has kept it from touching the AI buildout, exempting covered products destined for American data centres. That exemption was always provisional, and the Commerce Department report that determines whether it survives was due on 1 July, in a […]<br /> This story continues at The Next We [...]