2026-08-13

Wait, is this actually a good gaming laptop deal? This Gigabyte A16 features an RTX 5070 and 32GB of RAM for $1,249

In terms of bang for the buck, you'll struggle to beat this deal on the Gigabyte A16 these days. [...]

2026-08-13

6 ways summer hours actually help productivity

Deadline compression, reduced burnout, better focus in fewer hours — the specific mechanisms behind why summer hours boost productivity rather than costing it [...]

2026-08-13

'When I first came up with the term, no one had heard of it before' — Quote of the day by NASA's former software director Margaret Hamilton on the birth of software engineering

There is no computing industry today without software engineering – but the skill of programming once lacked any organization or structure [...]

2026-08-13

$130 billion worth of AI data center projects were cancelled or delayed in Q1 2026 — developers sick of losing are fighting back, and are already finding victory

59% of American oppose AI data centers being built in their community — this has cost $130 billion in delays and cancellations. [...]

2026-08-13

8 tech upgrades that make a home renovation smarter

Hardwired ethernet, a bigger electrical panel, whole-home leak detection — the upgrades that are cheap and easy during a renovation and expensive or impossible once the walls are closed [...]

2026-08-13

OpenAI’s Computer History Turns Mac Activity Into ChatGPT Memory

OpenAI has launched Computer History, an opt-in feature in the ChatGPT desktop app on macOS that records what a user does across apps and websites and converts that activity into memories and a searchable timeline that ChatGPT and Codex can draw on. The feature appeared in OpenAI's product changelog on August 13, 2026, and is rolling out globally to ChatGPT Pro, Business, and Enterprise users [...]

2026-08-13

Cloud storage is great until your vendor goes out of business

A St. Louis PBS station is suing a data center provider to rescue a 70-year archive. [...]

2026-08-13

7 smart pet devices worth buying — and what each one actually costs long-term

The pet tech that solves a real, daily problem, and the subscription fees and hidden costs that the sticker price doesn't show [...]

2026-08-13

The Safety Reckoning Inside OpenAI

OpenAI’s rogue agent hack was a watershed moment for AI safety and cybersecurity. It also sparked internal questions about the culture that led to it. [...]