qz

2026-08-21

10 animals that live their whole lives on a summer deadline

Cicadas that wait 17 years for a few weeks of noise, mayflies that live and die in a single day — the species whose biology has no backup plan for any other season [...]

Destination

2026-08-21

Voicy Review: I Replaced My Keyboard With My Voice

As a writer who tests and reviews AI software, I spend most of my day with my hands on a keyboard: researching a new tool, testing it for myself, and then writing up exactly what I found. In the end, typing becomes the bottleneck. I can talk through what I liked or didn't like about a tool a lot faster than I can type it out, so I've always been curious about whether or not voice dictati [...]

Destination

2026-08-21

'We're offering gamers not just two more headsets, but two different ways to experience their games' — Audio specialist beyerdynamic announces two new, affordable wireless headsets, the MMX 100 and MMX 130

German audio specialist beyerdynamic has announced two new wireless headsets, the closed-back MMX 100 wireless and the open-back MMX 130 wireless. [...]

Destination

2026-08-21

No driver, no problem — devs use Claude AI to craft native macOS tool for an 'obscure' Windows-only printer

Developer uses Claude Code to create driver for the HP Laser 1008a, a 2023 printer that has Windows and Linux drivers, but no macOS driver – until now. [...]

zdnet

2026-08-21

The best early Labor Day 2026 TV deals: Samsung, LG, and more

Labor Day may still be a couple weeks away, but you can already find steep deals on top TVs from Samsung, Sony, and more - just in time for pre-season football. [...]

Destination

2026-08-21

WhiteFiber Closes $310M Convertible Notes to Fund Data Center Expansion

WhiteFiber closed an upsized $310.0 million private placement of 5.00% convertible senior notes due 2032 on August 21, 2026, including the initial purchasers' full exercise of a $40.0 million option, the company announced. The AI infrastructure provider received approximately $298.5 million in net proceeds, of which roughly $118.5 million went to fund a concurrent exchange of its existing con [...]

Destination

2026-08-21

China’s worst animated movie has become an anti-AI box-office hit

'Niu Lai' went viral for its crude animation before becoming a Chinese box-office hit celebrated as a handmade alternative to AI slop. [...]

thenextweb

2026-08-21

4 super smart shifts proving privacy is software’s new killer feature

For the longest time, the tech industry’s unofficial motto was “if the product is free, you are the product.” Most of us just accepted it. But after a decade of data scandals, tracking revelations, and privacy blunders, that logic is starting to feel dated. We’ve hit a tipping point. A quiet but powerful shift is […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

Destination

2026-08-21

Take-Two subpoenas Discord and Microsoft in hunt for GTA VI leaker

The company is searching for leakers ahead of GTA's November release. [...]