2026-08-19

Coders Say They Already Found Workarounds to Claude’s Invisible Watermarks

Anthropic announced last week it would include invisible watermarks in AI-generated content to comply with new EU rules. Within hours, overrides were being touted online. [...]

2026-08-19

OpenAI puts a 20% compute cost on its new AI safety monitoring

OpenAI has put figures and detail on the slowdown it signalled this week. It paused some frontier training for two weeks, it said. It is also running a new monitoring system for the riskiest work. That system adds about 20 percent to the compute cost of what it covers. The company set out the changes […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-08-19

Google is trying to solve contrails with AI

Operation Blue Skies, which also involves the UK government, will subtly reroute flights to test contrail avoidance. [...]

2026-08-19

Amazon is bringing drone deliveries to the Chicago and Atlanta metro areas as part of a major expansion

Amazon says it will serve nearly 500 US towns and cities with Prime Air deliveries by the end of the year. [...]

2026-08-19

This Lenovo Idea Tab with a stylus and folio case is built for hybrid workers and back-to-school students — and Amazon has it on a limited-time deal for $200

A solid budget tablet with an 11-inch 2.5K IPS display, Tab Pen and folio case. [...]

2026-08-19

This World Photography Day, I’m getting lost in the late David Hockney’s incredible Polaroid composites

Hockney's cubism-inspired collages of dozens of Polaroid images are the perfect way to celebrate World Photography Day. [...]

2026-08-19

Canon’s World Photography Day sale is live — including up to £270 off the R8, R6 Mark II, R6 Mark III, and a multitude of lenses

Save up to £270 on Canon cameras in this limited-time World Photography Day sale. [...]

2026-08-19

This TP-Link Deco X55 Wi-Fi 6 mesh system is a $150 dead-zone eliminator if you're upgrading your home office

AX3000 Wi-Fi 6, covers up to 6,500 sq ft, 3-pack with 3 Gigabit ports per unit, Ethernet backhaul support. [...]

2026-08-19

'We operate fleets of smaller, lower-cost assets that are centrally controlled and highly scalable': How tiny uncrewed vessels are mapping the ocean and delivering instant marine data at scale

XOCEAN is changing the way ocean data is delivered [...]