2026-08-07

9 phone charging myths that made sense for a different generation of batteries

Overnight charging, letting the battery die, unplugging at exactly 100% — the charging habits that were once good advice and are now outdated or actively unnecessary [...]

2026-08-07

WhatsApp scam costs Hong Kong man $1.27 million after criminals used AI voice notes to impersonate his father — experts say secret codewords are the best way to stay safe

Scammers used AI to steal $1.27 million from a Hong Kong man as experts say a secret codeword can keep you safe. [...]

2026-08-07

'I wasn’t driving. I had Autopilot on': Tesla’s Full Self-Driving system is getting drivers speeding tickets, and owners aren’t happy

Tesla's autonomous driving systems are getting drivers speeding tickets — but the law is having none of it. [...]

2026-08-07

Our top-rated business PC is a multitasking powerhouse — save $530 on the Dell Tower Plus with Core Ultra 7

Our top-rated desktop computer for professionals comes with Intel Core Ultra 7 265, Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti, 32GB DDR5 RAM, and a 1TB NVMe SSD. [...]

2026-08-07

Could this be the end of BIOS-locked laptops? AI tweaker deploys Claude to unlock and change settings for good

AI helps patch a signature check to always say "yes" on a specific HP laptop using a hardware flasher. [...]

2026-08-07

Four AI agents coordinating in real time outperformed Claude Opus 4.8 on enterprise coding tasks

As enterprise codebases grow, AI agents tasked with analyzing them are buckling under the weight of long-horizon tasks that require multiple interactions and tool calls. Dividing the work among a team of agents seems like the obvious fix, but it introduces a fatal flaw: most multi-agent systems are not designed for agents to coordinate among themselves mid-task and in real time.To solve this, rese [...]

2026-08-07

Flesh-eating screwworms feast on humans in Mexico; human cases top 500

Six deaths reported among screwworm cases, one directly attributed to the flies. [...]

2026-08-07

Judge rules Meta caused "public nuisance" and must fund mental health treatment

New Mexico judge orders $567M fund to help address youth mental health crisis. [...]

2026-08-07

The ultimate eclipse chase: A Concorde raced against the Moon's shadow

Fitted with telescopes, the plane did our longest imaging of the Sun's corona. [...]