qz

2026-08-21

Panda Express is giving rewards members free food every Wednesday through an app game

Rewards members can play the Wok Wednesday game each week in the Panda Express app to unlock deals, free items, and bonus points [...]

fastcompany

2026-08-21

When everyone has the same AI, what makes your company smarter?

The trick is not to have the biggest model, but the best one for you. [...]

thenextweb

2026-08-21

Aptera has found someone to build its solar car, and it is in Shanghai

Aptera has partnered with Shanghai’s Launch Design on a manufacturing programme worth up to $44mn, covering tooling, testing and pilot production. Aptera pays two-thirds of the costs, while its latest filing reports $10.1mn in cash and substantial doubt about continuing as a going concern. Aptera has finally found someone to build its solar car. The […]<br /> This story continues at The [...]

Destination

2026-08-21

Season two of Netflix's Cyberpunk 2077 anime streams October 20

Season two of Netflix's Cyberpunk 2077 anime streams October 20 [...]

Destination

2026-08-21

I spent six months with the Poco F8 Ultra, and it delivers a mobile streaming experience ‘that simply can’t be matched by any phone of a similar price’

The Poco F8 Ultra proves that flagship performance no longer demands a huge price tag. [...]

thenextweb

2026-08-21

Apple cuts more than 200 jobs across Siri and Vision Pro

Apple is cutting more than 200 jobs, roughly 100 from the Vision Pro organisation and 100 from Siri and software teams, largely shutting the headset’s gaming unit. The company says it is realigning teams and will create new roles. Apple is cutting more than 200 jobs across the teams that build Siri and the Vision […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

Destination

2026-08-21

LinkedIn says its AI slop button is working

LinkedIn says its AI slop button is working. [...]

Destination

2026-08-21

Deepseek releases experimental Flash vision model that rivals Opus 4.8 on agent benchmarks

Deepseek has released V4-Flash-Vision-Exp, an experimental multimodal model that adds image understanding to V4-Flash's text capabilities. On the company's own multimodal agent benchmarks, it approaches Opus 4.8 and sometimes beats it.<br /> The article Deepseek releases experimental Flash vision model that rivals Opus 4.8 on agent benchmarks appeared first on The Decoder. [...]

Destination

2026-08-21

Back to school on a budget: Our top 5 mini PCs under $600 for work and study

Based on our tests, these 5 mini PCs under $600 are perfect for studying, productivity, streaming, and everyday tasks. [...]