Destination

2026-08-21

Digital camera sales are up, and Fujifilm just leapfrogged Nikon — here's what the numbers tell us

A new Nikkei report is encouraging reading for the camera industry, particularly Canon and Nikon —here's what we can learn from the data. [...]

zdnet

2026-08-21

I tried the free Wispr Flow voice dictation tool everyone's talking about - and I'm hooked

Designed for Windows, MacOS, iOS, and Android, Wispr Flow is a pleasure to use compared with other voice dictation apps. Here's how. [...]

qz

2026-08-21

Venezuela signed its first U.S. oil deals since Maduro's capture — and wants more

Oil minister Paula Henao said 916 areas are available for exploration and production, as Venezuela seeks investment to rebuild after a June earthquake [...]

qz

2026-08-21

OpenAI is gaining on Anthropic among business users, but enterprise AI spending remains volatile

OpenAI grew faster than Anthropic among business users in Q3 to date, though Anthropic still leads with 43.5% of companies vs. OpenAI's 39.7% [...]

qz

2026-08-21

Bill Ackman donated $400 million in Pershing Square stock to fund a new brain research institute

The couple plans a Manhattan neuroscience and longevity center inspired by Ackman's daughter, who suffered a brain hemorrhage [...]

Destination

2026-08-21

Your Edge Device Was Benchmarked on a Forward Pass. Your Agent Will Run a Loop.

The hardware conversation about edge AI has become a great deal more honest in the last year. A recent piece on this site argued that the old design hierarchy — "maximize throughput, then manage power and thermals around it" — has inverted, and that for industrial deployments power now takes top billing, with raw throughput coming last. It follows an argument this publication has bee [...]

Destination

2026-08-21

NVIDIA Takes Minority Stake in Cloverleaf Infrastructure

Cloverleaf Infrastructure, a Houston-based developer of powered data-center sites, announced a strategic partnership with NVIDIA on August 21, 2026, with NVIDIA taking a minority investment in the two-year-old company to support the build-out of what both firms call AI factories. The partnership announcement did not disclose the size or terms of the investment. The deal pairs a site developer with [...]

thenextweb

2026-08-21

Patreon says its discovery problem for small creators is its own fault

Patreon has published a roadmap of new and revamped features. TechCrunch counted 30 of them. The most consequential line in the post is an admission. “To the smaller creators on Patreon: the lack of discovery you’re seeing right now is not your fault. It’s ours,” chief executive Jack Conte wrote in a long post to […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

Destination

2026-08-21

TechRadar's weekly crossword — puzzle #4, Friday, August 21

This week's TechRadar Crossword puzzle is here, so come test your general tech knowledge and see where you place on the leaderboard. [...]