2026-08-13

10 places in Canada that Americans have no reason to keep overlooking

No Toronto, no Banff, no Niagara Falls — the parts of Canada that rarely make an American's radar and genuinely should [...]

2026-08-12

Four of five enterprises that secured AI agent identities still can't contain one that goes rogue

Visa's president of technology, Rajat Taneja, walked the VB Transform 2026 audience through aiming Anthropic's Mythos at Visa's own payment network. The model stitched minor weaknesses into working exploit chains, and Visa open-sourced the harness that governed the hunt.That's what it looks like when an enterprise has the engineering depth to act on what it finds. Most don' [...]

2026-08-12

Pixel Buds Pro 2 and 2a are getting some upgrades, including deeper Gemini integration

Google didn't have any new headphones this year, but some new features are coming to the Pixel Buds. [...]

2026-08-12

Two hydrogen-burning engines powered this car to a new land speed record

JCB has invested heavily in hydrogen to power its diggers and other machinery. [...]

2026-08-12

SpaceXAI's Grok 4.6 matches OpenAI's best model and undercuts it on price

xAI's Grok 4.6 scores 61 points on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, tying GPT-5.6 Sol and trailing only Anthropic's Claude Opus 5. On agentic tasks, it completes complex workflows in about 53 steps where Claude Opus 5 needs 103, at a price more than 60 percent lower.<br /> The article SpaceXAI's Grok 4.6 matches OpenAI's best model and undercuts it on price app [...]

2026-08-12

Henkel is recalling its Schwarzkopf hair mousse over explosion risk in aluminum cans

The voluntary recall covers 25 lots of Schwarzkopf Professional Osis Grip sold through 21 distributors across 12 states [...]

2026-08-12

The Gender War Over ‘Obsession’ Has Come for Theme Parks

Debate over the true villain in Obsession is raging again after Universal Studios announced the movie’s female lead will be featured at an upcoming Halloween event. [...]

2026-08-12

Uber is working on letting 10-year-olds ride alone

Code in the latest Uber iOS app refers to adding a tween aged 10 to 12 to an Uber Family profile, with a trusted adult contact and the option to require a grown-up at pickup. Uber says it is not a live product and that its only teen offering remains 13 to 17. Uber is […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

2026-08-12

'An exceptionally well-priced mini PC that can handle pretty much anything you throw at it': GMKtec M6 Ultra with 32GB DDR5 RAM and triple-display support gets a huge $200 discount

Our top-tested mini PC for most people packs Ryzen 5 power, 32GB DDR5 RAM and 1TB storage and it's $200 off right now. [...]