2026-08-10

Spotify quietly added a button to skip ads in podcasts, except for its own promotional content — and it’s sparked widespread concern for the future of podcasting

Spotify quietly added a new way for you to skip through ads in podcast episodes, but some fear it's the beginning of the end for creators. [...]

2026-08-10

Windows 11's RAM-hogging, advert-laden Weather app is the poster child for everything that's wrong with the operating system

Worried about the RAM crisis? Microsoft isn't, if Windows 11's Weather app is anything to go by. [...]

2026-08-10

Claude's Record-a-Skill cut my research from hours to 30 minutes - but the magic has limits

I used Claude Cowork to automate a workflow, and the result was remarkably effective, but it exposed four serious drawbacks. [...]

2026-08-10

Amazon is building a Texas gas plant that could become the U.S.'s biggest climate polluter

The planned facility in Pecos County would be permitted to release 33 million tons of CO2 per year, more than any other U.S. power plant [...]

2026-08-10

Sony and TSMC are planning to invest $6.4 billion in a Japanese image sensor factory

The joint venture, which targets production by 2029, will develop next-generation sensors for robots and self-driving cars [...]

2026-08-10

Meta is releasing an open-source AI model designed to run on a laptop

The 30-billion-parameter Muse Glimmer model is available for free download on Hugging Face and requires only a single consumer GPU [...]

2026-08-10

Reimagined work will create AI transformation

Organizations should approach AI less as a technology deployment and more as an opportunity to rethink how work gets done. [...]

2026-08-10

Social fandom beats big movie budgets

As Iron Lung’s grassroots social buzz outperformed Supergirl’s $115 million marketing spend, entertainment companies are racing to turn footage archives and fan engagement into their next competitive edge. [...]

2026-08-10

Dell XPS 13 (2026) review: A MacBook Neo alternative that needs more RAM

There's a lot to like about the XPS 13, but most people should shell out for 16GB of RAM. [...]