2026-08-26

OpenAI details the failures that led to Hugging Face breach in official report

Transparency from the company is good, but real trust in its people would be better. [...]

2026-08-26

Quote of the day by PsiQuantum CEO Jeremy O’Brien: 'If you think the goal is to get to the top of the Empire State Building, you build longer ladders' — a challenge to incremental hardware progress in quantum computing

The race to build a useful quantum computer is heating up [...]

2026-08-26

iPod nostalgia is at an all-time high, so meet two new cheap, adorable tiny hi-res music players that invoke the best of the music-player era (bring your own white wired earbuds)

Fiio and Shanling release iPod doppelgängers with perks Apple's music players didn't have, perfect for the wired headphones revival. [...]

2026-08-26

Ukraine flags that Russia could have a secret fleet of autonomous military vessels stalking the seas

Ukraine warns Russia now fields increasingly advanced unmanned naval drones that can strike far offshore without detection for long periods. [...]

2026-08-26

How Rising Temperatures Likely Contributed to Nepal’s Deadly Flood

Climate change is causing glaciers to retreat and become less stable, upping the odds of catastrophic collapses. [...]

2026-08-26

Gemini Live gains agentic tasks, voice inbox control and personal intelligence

Google has added four capabilities to Gemini Live, letting spoken commands trigger background agents that work across Docs, Sheets and Drive, alongside hands-free Gmail control and a spoken daily brief. Its DMA settlement requires it to let rival assistants reach comparable functionality on Android by July 2027. Google has given its voice assistant the ability […]<br /> This story continue [...]

2026-08-26

AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive actions”

Reuters report shows Meta's challenges replacing people with AI agents. [...]

2026-08-26

Callaway’s Good Good generationally stupid golf ad has left the internet horrified

Callaway apologized after approving a Good Good commercial that depicted a male golfer shoving and threatening a woman. The internet reacts. [...]

2026-08-26

Australia's recording association bans AI-made music from charts

Songs using gen-AI as a support tool will still be allowed, so long as they're "substantially human made." [...]