qz

2026-08-26

Intuit stock is sliding as TurboTax loses price-conscious customers to rivals

The tax software maker forecast revenue growth of 9% to 10% for fiscal 2027, below its recent pace of 14% [...]

qz

2026-08-26

Jim Cramer says Nvidia's earnings are a test for the entire AI trade

The CNBC host said Nvidia has grown so central to the AI ecosystem that its quarterly results carry implications beyond the company itself [...]

qz

2026-08-26

Bill Gates warned the world isn't ready for the AI upheaval coming for jobs and society

The Microsoft co-founder called for new national and international institutions to manage a transition he says could produce a net negative outcome [...]

Destination

2026-08-26

Can You Defend What Your AI Just Did?

Regulatory Deadlines for AI Keep Slipping, but the Need for AI Accountability Remains For two years, the regulatory conversation around enterprise AI has been organized around deadlines. The EU AI Act's high-risk provisions were set to take effect on August 2. Colorado’s first-in-the-nation AI law was going to take effect on June 30. Washington was finally going to settle the question of wh [...]

Destination

2026-08-26

Agent Washing: Why Some Restaurant Operators Are Wary of Overhyped AI

For those in the restaurant industry, it seems like AI rollouts have hit a rocky road. In the Spring, Starbucks switched off a computer-vision system for counting inventory before it was a year old. In that same month, Pizza Hut's biggest franchisees sued the chain for $100 million, claiming a mandatory AI platform broke down across more than 110 restaurants. Reading these headlines can draw [...]

Destination

2026-08-26

How Liz Plank created her dream job and keeps it real

Liz Plank opens up about the realities of modern content creation: from navigating burnout and the pressure to monetize, to building a genuine connection with your audience and maintaining authenticity. [...]

thenextweb

2026-08-26

EU officials were targeted on WhatsApp, an internal document shows

Foreign governments have tried to break into the messaging accounts of senior European Union officials. The bloc’s own cyber defence unit told national governments so in July. An internal presentation lists “account takeover targeting high-ranking officials” among the top threats facing the bloc this year. Sam Clark obtained the document for Politico. It is the […]<br /> This story c [...]

Destination

2026-08-26

The Mac mini’s price has jumped 50% in 5 months — come on Apple, put an A18 Pro chip in an Apple TV-sized box and give us a $599 'Mac Neo' PC to bring the cost back down

If it's good enough for the MacBook Neo, it's good enough for a budget desktop — and we've never needed one more. [...]

Destination

2026-08-26

HP Smart Tank 6001 comes with two years of free ink for home office printing, but I love the back-to-school discount even more

HP Smart Tank 6001 offers cartridge-free printing with enough ink for thousands of school assignments and home office documents. [...]