2026-08-20

Scientists develop next-gen zinc-iodine batteries with 60,000+ cycles that charge in 3 minutes — and they won't catch fire either

Progress is being made in developing sustainable, fast-charging, long-lasting zinc-iodine batteries. [...]

2026-08-20

Amazon just gave users a valuable upgrade — Alexa+ is now free to use on Fire TV devices as well as Hisense and Panasonic models, and you don’t need Prime

Amazon just made Alexa+ free to use on Fire TV devices, and you don't need a Prime membership. [...]

2026-08-20

Whoop opens its blood-testing service to non-Whoop owners — Garmin, Apple and Oura fans can now use $150 diagnostics test that now includes early cancer screening

Whoop’s Advanced Labs blood-testing service no longer requires a Whoop membership, opening access to Apple and Garmin users. [...]

2026-08-20

All your EPL Matchday 1 streaming options – and don’t forget the early FPL GW1 deadline time

US and UK streaming schedules for the opening weekend of the Premier League [...]

2026-08-20

Samsung is planning a $72 billion shareholder return programme amid AI chip boom

The South Korean chipmaker plans to spend 50% of its free cash flow on the programme, which would include a special dividend [...]

2026-08-20

SK Hynix is shifting most of its workers' giant AI-boom bonuses into company stock

The agreement also includes a 6.3% wage increase and a clause allowing the company to defer wages if it posts a loss [...]

2026-08-20

Deere posted its first quarterly profit rise in nearly three years, lifted by construction

The equipment maker raised its full-year net income forecast to $4.75 billion–$5 billion after its construction and forestry segment posted an 84% jump in operating profit [...]

2026-08-20

U.S. agencies warned hackers are using AI to attack Siemens industrial controls at water plants

The NSA, CISA, FBI, and other agencies say threat actors are using AI-generated scripts to target Siemens controllers across critical infrastructure sectors [...]

2026-08-20

Slack Code Puts AI Coding Agents in Dedicated Project Channels

Slack on August 20, 2026 launched Slack Code, a feature that gives teams dedicated channels for building software alongside AI coding agents, available on any Slack plan from the same day. Rather than delegating a task to an assistant in a private chat, a team tags a coding agent such as Anthropic's Claude Code or Cognition's Devin into a conversation, and the agent opens a project-speci [...]