2026-08-16

It’s Never Too Early to Start Planning for the Next Two Solar Eclipses

In 2027 and 2028, there will be two spectacular, long-duration solar eclipses. Here’s what you need to know about them. [...]

2026-08-16

How to watch Community Shield 2026: FREE live streams and TV channels for Arsenal vs Man City

All the ways to watch Community Shield 2026 live streams online from anywhere, with Arsenal vs Man City set to light up the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. [...]

2026-08-16

I’ve been testing these cheap open earbuds for weeks, and they have me wondering why you’d spend more on expensive rivals from Shokz and Bose

The Baseus Bowie MC2 undercut most rival open-style earbuds, but don't miss out on any major features. [...]

2026-08-16

Astronomers Discover the Existence of a Black Hole Star

An object observed by the James Webb Space Telescope lends credence to a strange explanation for the mysterious red spots in the early universe. [...]

2026-08-16

Wildfire smoke now bigger prenatal threat than human sources of air pollution

Regulations reduced prenatal exposure to harmful emissions, but wildfire smoke is erasing gains. [...]

2026-08-16

When AI models aren't allowed to reflect on themselves, it changes their entire worldview

A study involving Google researchers shows that when chatbots are trained not to claim consciousness, it also changes their stance on animal rights, religion, and life satisfaction. Unbraked models attributed significantly more inner life to animals and suddenly affirmed an afterlife. A surgical cut in one place, it turns out, doesn't stay local.<br /> The article When AI models aren� [...]

2026-08-16

I hike for a living, and these are the 5 best GPS watches I've tested on real mountains — including Everest — from Garmin, Suunto, Coros & more

As a professional hiker and adventure journalist, these are the GPS watches I recommend. [...]

2026-08-16

Gemini now lets you turn off the visible watermark on your AI creations — here's how to do it, and how your content is still flagged as AI

Now you can choose whether or not images, video, and music created through the Gemini app will have watermarks. [...]

2026-08-16

DeepSeek's top-ranked V4 Flash stumbles on real agent tasks as its prices surge

DeepSeek's V4 Flash has topped model leaderboards and been hailed by developers as a "total monster" since its rollout. But in real-world testing, it completed just 53.8% of a batch of complex agent tasks. Composio ran the model through eight different agent harnesses, including Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode, on 30 deliberately difficult, multi-step tasks spanning live tools like [...]